The Hall of Fame of Uniform Numbers

[CW]

I'll add another vote for

66 - Mario Lemieux

[Peter_Spaeth]

and I cheated because I just couldn't think of any
and for good reason it turns out

48 rick rueuschel
57 johan satana

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

and I cheated because I just couldn't think of any
and for good reason it turns out

48 rick rueuschel
57 johan satana

And you misspelled both of them.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

And you misspelled both of them.

So it goes.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So it goes.

I hold you to a very high standard Peter.

[bobbvc]

Ted Williams at #9. This is a vintage Baseball forum after all.

[bobbvc]

And for that matter, Jim Bouton at #56.

[Peter_Spaeth]

95 Richard Dent
and 90 the great Julius Peppers

[markf31]

#90 Neil Smith
#93 Doug Gilmour
#94 Charles Haley
#95 Richard Dent
#96 Tomas Holmstrom
#97 Cornelius Bennett

[Butch7999]

new moninees for
1 - Jacques Plante (NHL) - six nominees already for 1, so explanation/argument now required:
... Hockey HOF, multiple Cup champion, career stats among very best of all time (miles better than Sawchuk, e.g.), innovator at position
2 - Tim Horton (NHL) -- could also enter with 7 or 24, but too many nominees there, so 2, his late-career number
10 - Pele (soccer) -- explanation needed again -- seriously? No other nominations for greatest footballer of all time?
34 - Thurman Thomas (NFL)
39 - Dominik Hasek (NHL) -- what Orr was to defencemen and Gretzky was to forwards, Hasek was to goalies
-- by any stat, light years beyond any other goalie of past 60 years
67 - Kent Hull (NFL)
78 - Bruce Smith (NFL)
79 - Ron McDole (AFL/NFL) -- should be for 72, his best years, but no other nominees at 79, his late-career number
89 - Steve Tasker (NFL)

redundant votes for
3 - the Babe (MLB)
4 - Orr (NHL)
8 - Yogi (MLB)
24 - Mays (MLB)
45 - Gibson (MLB)
66 - Lemieux (NHL)
68 - Jagr (NHL)
77 - Esposito (NHL) -- should be for 7, but too many nominees there, so 77, his late-career number
83 - Andre Reed (NFL)
99 - Gretzky (NHL)

[Peter_Spaeth]

60 Otto Graham

[Peter_Spaeth]

73 John Hannah how did I forget that one.

[Tabe]

Man, even when honored, Sergei gets dissed. It's Fedorov, not Federov

And I his nomination for 91.

[drmondobueno]

3 Harmon Killebrew. Power nonstop
7. The Mick, nuff said
8. Yogi Berra. How many rings, ten?
9. Roger Maris. Deserves mention if for no other reason he did what Ruth did not, by one...
16. Marcel Dionne, as smooth and consistent a hockey player. Too bad he played on lousy teams. Really lousy teams. Ask this question. Brett hull, a one dimensional scoring machine versus a center, Dionne who made his wingers look like HOFers. Until Gretzky came along, Dionne pounded the assists like no one else in hockey. If no one else agrees with me, fine. Dionne was number two in league scoring at his retirement, behind some guy named Howe. Nuff said. You are wrong, Dionne is RIGHT.
21. Clemente, bar none
32. Steve Carlton. Lefty.
74. Merlin Olson
75. Deacon Jones
85. Jack Youngblood.
99. The Great One, Wayne Gretzky
-- Ty Cobb. Gotta be on this list