A team of Victorian basketballers from Mildura achieved a world record for the longest continuous basketball game in 1972, playing for 120 hours. Due to an administrative error, the record was not officially recognized at the time. Recently, the team successfully applied to another record-keeping organization, Record Setter, and their achievement has finally been acknowledged.
A team of Victorian basketballers is celebrating the recognition of a world record they achieved more than 50 years ago.The submission for the world record at the time had an error that meant it was not officially recognised, but the world record still remains to this day.At the end of one of the most exhausting basketball games in north-west Victorian history, official scores stood at 5,269 to 5,249.
It was April 25, 1972, and a bedraggled bunch of 20 basketballers were out on their feet and gasping for air after finishing five days of continuous on-court action.The goal of this sophisticated operation was to break the world record for the longest-ever continuous basketball game. The two teams had masseuses, caterers, physiotherapists, chiropractors, and even a separate area of the gym where they could sleep when substituted off the court.The two teams from Mildura did what no-one had ever done before, notching up a record 120 hours on the court.Old footage of the match was republished by local documentary filmmakers.The Mildura team's record was never officially recognised due to an administrative issue at the time.Alan Morris in front of the court where world record history was made in 1972.Mr Morris said the issue was not easily remedied in those days as there was no access to email and telephone access to overseas countries was limited, which was a requirement to have their achievement officially ratified.That is, until a few years ago, when a new application was completed to etch their names into the record books. 'We had heard of Record Setter, which is another division like Guinness Book of Records, and they keep around 6,000 records or something,' Mr Morris said.Alan Morris still loves coaching basketball.It's not the first time these 20 men played basketball for a seemingly inhuman amount of time in search of glor
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