Super Stars

Do you remember the Superstar Competitions Show that used to air on ABC Television back in the day? Our guest Clay Parker and his friends do and they are assembling a website that collects all of the data, stats and videos they can to pay tribute to this fun and groundbreaking show that so many enjoyed.

Superstars was an American sports entertainment competition television series that aired on ABC from 1973 to 1986. The show featured athletes from various sports competing in a variety of events, including track and field, swimming, obstacle courses, and weightlifting.

The show was created by Bob Stewart and produced by Sports Action, Inc. Some early episodes of Superstars was hosted by Howard Cosell and Keith Jackson. Later seasons were hosted by various personalities.

The first Superstars competition was held in Rotonda West, Florida in February 1973. The winner was pole vaulter Bob Seagren. Seagren also won the second season of Superstars in 1974.

We are told that way back in 1973, ABC-TV in the United States debuted a two-hour special featuring ten top athletes from ten different sports competing in events that were not their own. The Superstars group project is trying to compile info for the Superstars Competition.

Clay tells us that they would love to find footage of the missing competitions to find more results. We have combed through hundreds of newspapers online for results but we still are missing several years. Late 1970s seems to be the toughest for US results, mainly the preliminaries. 

Superstars Competition

The website collects records and participants that were on the ABV Television Show Superstars.

View on WWW.THESUPERSTARS.ORG

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Clay tells us that by his count their were at least 72 Pro Football Hall of Fame players that appeared in competition ont he Superstars Competition Shows. SOme of the legendary NFL players include:

• Barry Sanders
• Franco Harris
• Roger Staubach
• Lynn Swann
• O. J. Simpson
• Darrell Greene
• Lawrence Taylor
• Jack Ham
• Paul Warfield
• Max McGee
• Fred Biletnikoff
• Fred Dryer
• Tony Dorsett
• Joe Theismann
• Lee Roy Selmon
• Kellen Winslow
• Jack Reynolds
• Dwight Clark
• Mark Gastineau
• Willie Gault
• Herschel Walker
• Richard Dent
• Andre Tippett
• James Lofton

These only scratch the surface!!

Here are some of our favorite Superstars episodes to enjoy some of the great athletes of long ago, and especially the football legends

We thank Clay Parker for joining us to rember such a fantastic show that let us see our sports heroes in a fun and different light that we were used to.