[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

I know this is kinda open-ended, but Dick Fosbury occupies a specific place in history and people's knowledge/recollection of it.

-Fosbury, and specifically the "Fosbury Flop," is generally regarded as part of trivia canon, the sort of thing you are supposed to know if you are worth a damn as a serious trivia guy

-Even more specifically, by contrast I think that nothing else in the entire world of high jumping qualifies as such... no other athlete, record-holder, etc is really considered fair game for trivia... just this one specific guy and his innovation (by name)

I'm sure there are plenty of other people out there who are noteworthy for one specific thing, and widely/well remembered for that and that alone. Fosbury just feels like a sports world shining example of this phenomenon.

We could call it the "Eli Whitney Award" perhaps.

How quickly people forget "The triple Lindy"