From: mas@cray.com (Michael A. Sand)
Subject: Re: Famous Jerseys
Reply-To: mas@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:50:50 CST

In article 194122@jefferson.inmet, johndoe@jefferson.inmet (johndoe) writes:
>In article 155811RZANDBER@ESOC.BITNET, RENE ZANDBERGEN <RZANDBER@ESOC.BITNET> () writes:
>>Hi all!
>>
>>This may come at completely the wrong time, when everybody is only
>>interested in rehashing the Cowboys-Niner game, or surrendering to
>>the SB hype, but then again I may not be able to post after the
>>SB :-)
>>So here's my question.
>>
>>If you see a player wearing nr.16 or 13, you associate immediately
>>with Joe Montana and Dan Marino. Teams would retire certain jersey
>>numbers if the players who wore them were sufficiently unique.
>>Knowing that QB's are in the range of 1-19 (20?), I wonder if
>>you all could come up with a list of 'the most famous player
>>to wear nr. xx' in the range from 1-19. P's and K's are also
>>allowed of course, and ties for 'most famous' will also be
>>accepted. There are enough flame wars here already.
>>So, to show off my infinite knowledge of past and present QB's,
>>I'll start the list myself:
>>
>Here are my additions:
>
> 00. Otto Graham/Jim Otto(C)
>>1. Warren Moon
>>2. Doug Flutie
>>3. Daryl Lamonica/Bobby Hebert
>>4. Brett Favre
  4. Reggie Roby
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^-this is a sad state of commentary on the #4s through history
>>5. Paul Hornung
>>6.
  6. Marc Wilson 
>>7. John Elway
> 7. Bob Waterfield/Dan Pastorini/Bert Jones/Joe Theismann
>>8. Archie Manning
> 8. Larry Wilson (S)
> 9. Billy Wade/Sonny Jurgenson
>>10. Fran Tarkenton
>>11. Phil Sims
> 11. Norm Van Brocklin/Joe Kapp/Pat Haden
>>12. Terry Bradshaw/Roger Staubach/Ken Stabler
> 12. Joe Namath/John Brodie
>>13. Dan Marino
> 13. Don Maynard(WR)/Jake Scott(DB)
>>14. Y.A. Tittle
> 14. Dan Fouts
>>15. Bart Starr
> 15. Earl Morrall
>>16. Joe Montana
> 16. Frank Gifford(FL/DB)/George Blanda/Len Dawson/Jim Plunkett
>>17. Don Meredith
> 17. Jim Hart
>>18. Roman Gabriel
> 18. Charlie Joiner(WR)
>>19. Johnny Unitas
> 19. Lance Alworth(WR)
> 21. John Hadl
> 33. Sammy Baugh
> 42. Charlie Connerly
>
>>
>>Let's see this list complete, and we (=you) can do RB's and other positions
>>later also.
>why not do them now.
>
>20. Rocky Bleier/Billy Sims/Barry Sanders
 20. Lem Barney/Mel Renfro
>21. Jim Kiick/Cliff Branch
>22. Bob Hayes/Mercury Morris
 23. Travis Williams
>24. Lenny Moore
 24. Willie Wood
>25. Fred Belitnekoff
>26. Raymond Clayborn
 26. Herb Adderly
 27. Terrell Buckley
>28. Clarence Davis
 28. Willie Buchanon
>29. Eric Dickerson
>30. Dan Reeves
>31. Jim Taylor
>32. Jim Brown/O.J. Simpson/Franco Harris (all 11,000+ yds)
>33. Tony Dorsett
>34. Walter Payton
 34. Earl Campbell
>35. Calvin Hill
 36. Dick Lane
>37. Lester Hayes
 38. 
>39. Larry Csonka
>40. Elroy Hirsch/Gale Sayers
>41. Charlie Waters
 41. Matt Snell
>42. Paul Warfield/Ronnie Lott
>43. Cliff Harris
 43. Larry Brown
>44. Chuck Foreman/John Riggins
 45. Jim Bertleson 
>46. Todd Christenson
 47. Mel Blount
 48.
 49. 
>50. Mike Singletary
>51. Dick Butkus
 52. Cornelius Bennett
 53. Mick Tinglehoff
>54. Chuck Howley/Randy White
 55. Leroy Jordan
>56. Thomas Henderson/Lawerence Taylor
>57. Tom Jackson/Dwight Stephenson
>58. Jack Lambert
>59. Jack Ham
>60. Chuck Bednarik
>61. Tommy Nobis
 62. 
 63. Fuzzy Thurston
>64. Jerry Kramer/Jack Reynolds
 65. Gary Zimmerman
>66. Ray Nitschke/Larry Little/Joe Jacoby
 67.
>68. L.C. Greenwood
 69. Tim Krumrie
>70. Sam Huff
 71. Alex Karras 
>72. John Matuszak
>73. John Hannah
>74. Merlin Olsen/Bob Lilly
>75. Joe Greene
>76. Lou Groza
>77. Lyle Alzado
>78. Bruce Smith
>79. Harvey Martin
>80. Kellen Winslow/Jerry Rice
>81. Art Monk
>82. Raymond Berry/John Stallworth
>83. Ted Hendricks
 83. Mark Clayton 
 84. Jack Snow/Bill Stanfill/Sterling Sharpe
>85. Jack Youngblood/Isaac Curtis/Wesley Walker
 85. Nick Buonoconti
>86. Butch Johnson
 86. Buck Buchanon/Stanley Morgan 
>87. Dwight Clark
 87. Raymond Chester/Willie Davis
>88. Lynn Swann/Drew Pearson
 88. Alan Page
>89. Mike Ditka
>90. Fred Dryer
 91. Kevin Greene
 92. Reggie White
 93.
 94.
>95. Richard Dent
 96. Clyde Simmons 
>97. Cornelius Bennett
 98.
 99. Cortez Kennedy/Jerome Brown
>
>>Cheers,
>>         Rene Zandbergen
>



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