Presents the Top Ten Sports Stories of Past 75 Years
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The Sports Story of the Past 75 Years Award will go to the most memorable team/team accomplishment af the last 75 years. Nominees accepted must be from the Pacific Northwest region to be eligible.
| 1938 Fred Hutchinson goes wins his 19th game on his 19th birthday, and goes on to win 25 games that season. |
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1958 UW Men's Varsity Eight Crew defeats the infamous Leningrad Trud crew in Russia and is one of the greatest updsets in rowing history.
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1958 Seattle University Men's Basketball are the runner-up in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament with the help of All-American Elgin Baylor.
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1977 UW Football's Warren Moon leads UW to the first bowl game of the Don James era beating Michigan in the 1978 Rose Bowl.
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1979 SuperSonics win the NBA World Championship.
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1991 UW Football defeats Michigan in the 1992 Rose Bowl and is crowned National Champions.
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1995 Seattle Mariners make dramatic run to the playoffs and the season is noted for saving baseball in Seattle.
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2004 Seattle Storm win the WNBA Championship.
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2005 Seattle Seahawks become the NFC Champions and play the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Super Bowl.
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 | 2009 Seattle Sounders FC are awarded to Seattle as an MLS expansion team. Soccer fever quickly takes over the city and the Sounders FC make it to the playoffs in their first year. |
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