WAR ADMIRAL / JOE MEDWICK / THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA

three-time winners

in 1937

  1. WAR ADMIRAL won horse racing's Triple Crown:
    1. Kentucky Derby
    2. Preakness
    3. Belmont Stakes
  2. JOE MEDWICK won baseball's Triple Crown:
    1. Home Runs
    2. Batting Average
    3. Runs Batted In
  3. THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA won three Academy Awards:
    1. Best Picture
    2. Best Screenplay
    3. Best Supporting Actor

Notice that 1937 is the only year
with a winner for both triple crowns.
year horse racing baseball
1887 Tip O'Neill
1894 Hugh Duffy
1901 Nap Lajoie
1909 Ty Cobb
1919Sir Barton 
1922 Rogers Hornsby
1925 Rogers Hornsby
1930Gallant Fox 
1933 Jimmie Fox (AL)
Chuck Klein (NL)
1934 Lou Gehrig
1935Omaha 
1937War AdmiralJoe Medwick
1941Whirlaway 
1942 Ted Williams
1943Count Fleet 
1946Assault 
1947 Ted Williams
1948Citation 
1956 Mickey Mantle
1966 Frank Robinson
1967 Carl Yastrzemski
1973Secretariat 
1977Seattle Slew 
1978Affirmed 
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