From: johndoe@jefferson.inmet (johndoe)
Subject: Re: Famous Jerseys
Reply-To: johndoe@inmet.com (Bus error - core dumped)
Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:07:01 GMT

some additional names, maybe, to make a complete list.  some from mail, etc.

>In article <1993Jan21.115050.6633@walter.cray.com> mas@cray.com (Michael A. Sand) 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)
   i think i got overzealous with my ottos here.  otto graham was 60 before
   becoming 14.
>>>1. Warren Moon
>>>2. Doug Flutie
>>>3. Daryl Lamonica/Bobby Hebert
>>>4. Brett Favre
>  4. Reggie Roby
   4. Steve Fuller
>>>5. Paul Hornung
>  6. Marc Wilson
>>>7. John Elway
>> 7. Bob Waterfield/Dan Pastorini/Bert Jones/Joe Theismann
>>>8. Archie Manning
>> 8. Larry Wilson (S)/Ray Guy (P)
>> 9. Billy Wade/Sonny Jurgenson
>>>10. Fran Tarkenton
   10. Jim Zorn/Brad Van Pelt(LB)/Don Strock
>>>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
   14. Ken Anderson
>>>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
   22. Bobby Layne
>> 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.
>>
  17. Harold Charmichael
  19. Essex Johnson
>>20. Rocky Bleier/Billy Sims/Barry Sanders
> 20. Lem Barney/Mel Renfro
>>21. Jim Kiick/Cliff Branch
  21. Deion Sanders
>>22. Bob Hayes/Mercury Morris
> 23. Travis Williams
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--i thought so, but i wasn't sure
>>24. Lenny Moore
> 24. Willie Wood
  24. Willie Brown
>>25. Fred Belitnekoff
  25. Tommy McDonald
>>26. Raymond Clayborn
> 26. Herb Adderly
> 27. Terrell Buckley
  27. Steve Atwater
>>28. Clarence Davis
> 28. Willie Buchanon
  28. Darryl Green/Curt Warner
>>29. Eric Dickerson
>>30. Dan Reeves
>>31. Jim Taylor
>>32. Jim Brown/O.J. Simpson/Franco Harris (all 11,000+ yds)
>>33. Tony Dorsett
  33. Duane Thomas/Reggie Rucker
>>34. Walter Payton
> 34. Earl Campbell
  34. Bo Jackson
>>35. Calvin Hill
  35. Christian Okoye
> 36. Dick Lane
>>37. Lester Hayes
  37. Ken Houston
> 38. 
>>39. Larry Csonka
>>40. Elroy Hirsch/Gale Sayers
>>41. Charlie Waters
> 41. Matt Snell
  41. Tom Matte/Phil Vilipiano
>>42. Paul Warfield/Ronnie Lott
  42. Charlie Taylor
>>43. Cliff Harris
> 43. Larry Brown
>>44. Chuck Foreman/John Riggins
> 45. Jim Bertleson
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^--this one escapes me!
>>46. Todd Christenson
  46. Chuck Muncie
> 47. Mel Blount
> 48.
> 49. 
  49. Dennis Smith
>>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
      ^^^^^^^^^^^--should be 60
  61. Bill George
> 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
  70. Jim Marshall (and Leonard Marshall)/Art Donovan
> 71. Alex Karras 
>>72. John Matuszak
  72. "Too Tall" Jones/William "Refrigerator" Perry
>>73. John Hannah
>>74. Merlin Olsen/Bob Lilly
>>75. Joe Greene
  75. Jethro Pugh/Chris Hinton
>>76. Lou Groza
>>77. Lyle Alzado
>>78. Bruce Smith
  78. Anthony Munoz/Bubba Paris
>>79. Harvey Martin
>>80. Kellen Winslow/Jerry Rice
  80. Steve Largent/James Lofton
>>81. Art Monk
>>82. Raymond Berry/John Stallworth
  82. Ozzie Newsome
>>83. Ted Hendricks
> 83. Mark Clayton 
  83. John Jefferson/Willie Gault
> 84. Jack Snow/Bill Stanfill/Sterling Sharpe
  84. Daryl Stingley
>>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
      wasn't chester 88 when with the raiders because of their other fairly
      great te whose name escapes me
>>88. Lynn Swann/Drew Pearson
> 88. Alan Page
  88. Pat Summerall
>>89. Mike Ditka
  89. Wes Chandler/Billy Joe Dupree
>>90. Fred Dryer
> 91. Kevin Greene
> 92. Reggie White
  93. Charles Ball
  94.
>>95. Richard Dent
> 96. Clyde Simmons 
>>97. Cornelius Bennett
  98.
> 99. Cortez Kennedy/Jerome Brown
>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>         Rene Zandbergen
>>
>
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