Talk about your forgotten record holders! Has anyone heard of Jim Benton? The split end for the Cleveland Rams (not a typo, kids) was the first NFL player to gain 300 receiving yards in a single game. Benton caught ten passes for a staggering 303 yards in a 28-21 win over the Detroit Lions on November 22, 1945. But he is now completely forgotten.

Many people know that Wilt Chamberlain has never been left out of an NBA game, but on the other end of the spectrum is the shadowy figure of Don Otten, who, while playing for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in a game on November 24, 1949 against the Sheboygan Redskins, committed EIGHT personal fouls, setting an NBA record for hacking that will never be reached as long as the six-foul disqualification rule is in effect.

Exactly eleven years later, on November 24, 1960, Chamberlain set one of his many records by grabbing a staggering fifty-five rebounds in a game against the Boston Celtics. Does anyone out there think that record will ever be broken?

One of the most astounding records in all of Major League Baseball history belongs to Owen “Chief” Wilson, who while playing for the 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates hit 36 ​​triples, a record that on the surface may seem unbeatable, but one that has passed the test. of time – 88 years, to be exact. The truth is, since Wilson, no one has come anywhere near that three-packer total. In fact, the last time a player had that many 25s in a season was 1925, when Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler recorded 26 3-pointers, once again for the Pirates. But Wilson is not only forgotten by virtually all but the most avid baseball historians, the record is rarely mentioned, possibly because, unlike most other long-standing records, it is never seriously threatened!