Jackie Robinson played ten years with Brooklyn Dodgers, before he was traded to the arch rival New York Giants. However, Robinson retired, instead of playing for the Giants, to take a job with Chock Full O’nuts
Then I’ll keep my own list in my own head with Brodeur on top. And you can’t stop me.
I’ll go with what we have.
Iginla may yet play for someone else in a “get the guy a ring” trade. I doubt Alfredsson will ever leave - in fact I doubt he’ll play beyond this year at all - and Brodeur will certainly not.
Surprised it took that long for someone to mention Ernie Banks…Mr. Cub and all.
Few more.
[del]Steve Yzerman (Red Wings)[/del] - Damn you!
Stan Mikita (Blackhawks)
John Havlicek (Celtics)
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Trivia question: Name the only player to play for a franchise in 3 different cities?
Eddie Mathews-Braves. Boston, Millwaukee and Atlanta.
Fine with me. I was just saying that you never know. 
And if we wanna go that route, chances are that Sidney Crosby’s gonna be a Penguin for life. At least that seems to be the plan. Hell, Consol Energy Center has a capacity of 18,087 for hockey games. That should tell you something.
Tim Thomas is probably done. I doubt his “break” is going to end any time soon.
And I named Yzerman and Mikita in my first post. So neener neener neener! 
Rocky Blier for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Would Joe Sakic count? He didn’t change teams – he stayed with the Nordiques after they moved to Colorado and became the Avalanche.
Yup, that counts. I counted Shane Doan, who played for the Jets that become the Coyotes. Same franchise.
That was a statistic about him that I didn’t know, but it doesn’t surprise me. He retired when his numbers dropped too low for his own standards, and turned down opportunities to DH in the AL. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, the only player elected that year in their first year of eligibility. He has impressive numbers for a 1980s ballplayer.
No, what were the Padres thinking?
MLB
Ted Lyons (White Sox)
Luke Appling (White Sox)
Addie Joss (Indians) (in the HOF, though he only played nine seasons).
Correct of course.
And what about Jock McHale at Collingwood, a 17 year playing career overlapped by a 37 year coaching stint, 46 years all up (1903-1949)
He also might lead the league in the number of tears shed during a retirement speech:
As a San Diego Chargers fan I was saddened to see both LT and Junior not finish stay with the Chargers but at least Dan Fouts did 
Trading a glove for a stick - Templeton was arguably the best hitting shortstop in baseball at the time, with a career .305 batting average with a .743 OPS and a Silver Slugger award while playing for St. Louis. He was never quite the same hitter in San Diego as he was in St. louis, but still won another Silver Slugger in 1984.
Early, tragic death due to illness tends to cut short a career.:eek:
Robin Yount – 20 years with the Brewers, and won MVP awards as both a shortstop ('82) and center fielder ('89).
And, while not of the same level of talent as Yount, his contemporary Jim Gantner played his entire 17-year career with the Brewers.
nevermind.