Portal:Sports/Did you know/9

...that the Birdsville Races in Queensland, Australia used to have separate races for horses that ate grass and those that ate corn?
...that the layback spin was invented by 1936 Winter Olympics silver medalist Cecilia Colledge?
...that Jerry Reuss was one of a few players in Major League Baseball history to play in four different decades?
...that the flèche (pictured) is an aggressive fencing attack generally used with the foil and épée weapons, and is actually illegal to use with the sabre under USFA rules?
...that the French footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930?