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Cornerback Dré Bly seen in 2007 with numbers visible on the front and shoulders of his uniform. In American football, uniform numbers are displayed on both the front and back of the jersey, and in many cases the sleeves, shoulder pad, or occasionally helmets. The numbers on the front and back are very large, covering most of the jersey.
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 ...
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Since their founding in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, over 1,000 players, including 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers have played for the team. [1] Of those players, eight have had their uniform numbers officially retired by the organization. [2]
Larry Jones (1967-68) and Bob Zarr (1964-65) only did so as their alternate road jersey numbers back when the Lobos had an even number for their home whites and odd number for their road dark jerseys.
The earliest numbering systems were significantly different from the modern variation. Until the 1920s, when the NFL limited its rosters to 22 players, it was rare to see player numbers much higher than 25 (Red Grange was a notable exception, wearing 77 with the Chicago Bears while playing halfback, which would not be allowed under current NFL rules), and numbers had little correlation with ...
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Pittsburgh Panthers retired numbers at Acrisure Stadium, September 2011. Teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career. As with ...
The Tennessee Titans announced what jersey numbers their 2024 rookie class will wear, including the numbers for JC Latham and T'Vondre Sweat.