

2-The Thrilla In Manila- Ali V Frazier III 3. The film about the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck revived the past.
#Franz klammer 1976 innsbruck pro
Champion Golden State glitters with a new pro concept: total. I watch it every four years at the Olympics but Klammer’s run is on my Mount Rushmore of Most Exciting Events I have seen in nearly 50 years of watching sports. 2/16/76 and Innsbrucks human sized Winter Olympics produced larger than life performances. Frank Gifford called this event and he nailed it. Lighting of the Olympic Flame by: Two cauldrons were lit as a symbol of Winter Games being held twice in Innsbruck.

Winner of eight of the nine downhill races on the World Cup tour in. Official Opening of the Games by: President Dr Rudolf Kirschschlger. He won the gold medal in the downhill event at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Still one of the damnedest things Ive ever seen in sports. 4 February 1976: There were two Olympic cauldrons, to celebrate not only the present Games, but also the previous time they had been held in Innsbruck, 1964. He was on the edge the entire trip down the hill, several times he looked like he was out of control and going to wreck. win gold in the downhill on his final run Innsbruck Austria, 1976. The Olympic Games were in Innsbruck, Austria and there was tremendous pressure on Klammer to win the gold medal.

One of the most exciting sports events I have ever witnessed was Franz Klammer’s 1976 Winter Olympic run for the gold in the downhill. Frank Gifford who passed away yesterday at the age of 84 was known most as a Hall of Fame football player and the play-by-play man on Monday Night Football.
