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Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Charlie Joiner was the last player covered by the clause, wearing number 18 through the 1986 NFL season, after which he retired (Under the current jersey system, Joiner's #18 would have been allowed for a Wide receiver to wear). Joiner was the last active player who began his career in the AFL. [1] The ...
The number 0 was made legal in 2022, although it remains banned as the first digit of a two-digit number. [7] In forms of the game that have fewer than 11 men (most notably eight-man football and six-man football) a player can wear any number. In eight-man, there are only three ineligible receivers and in six-man, all players are eligible ...
Vinny Testaverde. Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr. (/ tɛstəˈvɜːrdi /; born November 13, 1963) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He played college football at the University of Miami, where he earned consensus All-American and won the Heisman Trophy in 1986.
Jim Kelly, the first player to have his jersey number (12) officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, is seen here in 2010 Otto Graham, whose number 14 was retired by the Browns, at his new job, as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Director in 1959 Jim Brown's #32 was retired by the Browns after his 9-years tenure on the franchise Lenny Moore, whose number 24 was retired by the Colts, poses ...
Lambeau Field 's north end zone with the six retired numbers. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Since their founding in 1919, over 1,700 players, [1] including 33 Pro Football Hall of Famers [2] have played for the team. Of those 33, 6 players have had their uniform numbers officially ...
The holding of number 14 was most evident in 1998, when the Bengals signed Neil O'Donnell, who wore number 14 during most of his career. O'Donnell wore number 12 during his one-year stay in Cincinnati, the only time in his NFL career he did not wear number 14. With Anderson's approval, Andy Dalton wore number 14 for the duration of his Bengals ...
The number 10 he wore was retired by Napoli in 2000. [1] This practice, long established in the major North American sports, is a recent development in football elsewhere, since squad numbers for specific players were not widely used until the 1990s. Before then, it was typical for players in the starting lineup to be issued numbers 1 to 11 by ...
Squad number, as depicted on an association football jersey. In team sports, the number, often referred to as the uniform number, squad number, jersey number, shirt number, sweater number, or similar (with such naming differences varying by sport and region) is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player (and sometimes others, such as coaches and officials ...