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Normally the individual clubs are responsible for retiring numbers. On April 15, 1997, Major League Baseball took the unusual move of retiring a number for all teams. On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the baseball color line, his number 42 was retired throughout the majors, at the order of Commissioner Bud Selig.
Chicago Bears retired numbers: Bronko Nagurski FB/LB/T 1930–1937, 1943 Minnesota: George McAfee RB/DB/PR 1940–1941, 1945–1950 Duke: George Halas End/HC Owner/Founder 1920–1983 Illinois: Willie Galimore RB 1957–1963 Florida A&M: Walter Payton RB 1975–1987 Jackson State: Gale Sayers RB/KR 1965–1971 Kansas: Brian Piccolo RB/FB 1965 ...
Adrián Beltré wore uniform number 29 while playing for the Texas Rangers. His number was later retired by the team. In baseball, the uniform number is a number worn on the uniform of each player and coach. Numbers are used for the purpose of easily identifying each person on the field as no two people from the same team can wear the same number.
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
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I don't think it's necessary, though - there aren't many comments here that indicate that people want to know what the lowest non-retired number is. It's very easy to look in the list and see what numbers aren't there, in my opinion. Irregulargalaxies 21:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
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