Well apart from winning the championship in his second season which is rare enough he narrowly (by 1 point) missed winning the championship in his first season which would have been totally unheard of. He is also the first black driver, first black world champion and uniquely has said he wants to remain with the McLaren team for his F1 whole career
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In his professional career, Tiger Woods has missed two majors, 2008 Open Championship and 2008 PGA Championship.
Scott Norwood missed a 47 yard game winning field goal in the 1991 Super bowl.
He missed the cut at The Quail Hollow Championship and the WD from The Players the week after. (He played six holes and WD with a neck injury)
Milkha Singh who finished 4th in men's 400 meter dash. He missed winning a bronze medal by .13 of a second.
At the start of the the season. Every English team is in the FA cup. Most championship sides get knocked out early so you may have missed your team play.
Scott Norwood missed the game-winning 47-yard field goal in Super Bowl XXV.
Between his first major appearance in 1957 and his last major before he turned 40 (1979) he missed 7 cuts in major championships. Jack did not turn age 40 until 1980. He won two Major Championship's after turning 40 years of age, The PGA Championship in 1980, and the Master's Championship in 1986. **Jack's birthday is January 21, 1940
Scott Norwood
From 1957 to 2005, Jack Nicklaus played in 163 Major championships. He missed the cut 32 times. But some of these came in his amateur career, and most of them came in his declining years.
Fabio Grosso scored the winning penalty after France's David Trezeguet missed.