This is going to be an awfully long list to build so we’ll keep it at 1-99.
For each number, 1 thru 99, what sports figure is most recognized with that number or should be attached to that number.
For instance:
3 Dale Earnhardt
10 Babe Ruth (3?)
13 Dan Marino
16 Joe Montana
23 Michael Jordan
44 Reggie Jackson
99 Wayne Gretzky
(Sorry Lance Armstrong, Jesse Owens, Pete Sampras, Tiger Woods. No jersey number, no on the list.)
1 - Ozzie Smith
2 - Derek Jeter
4 - Brett Favre
32 - Shaq
33 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
34 - Walter Payton
92 - Reggie White
66 - Mario Lemieux
Who do we give #9 to? Maurice Richard, or Gordie Howe?
I think that would be an argument for us Canadians, however Americans would probably lean towards somebody like Ted Williams.
3 - Babe Ruth
23 - Michael Jordan
53 - Herbie
22-Emmitt Smith
19-Bernie Kosar. Go Bernie! 
#8 is just going to be brutal…
#80- Jerry Rice
#29- Kevin Harvick
8-Yogi Berra42-Jackie Robinson 72-Carlton Fisk 51-Dick Butkus 41-Tom Seaver
7 Mickey Mantle. (Geoge Costanza would be horrified that this hasn’t been posted already.)
As much of a Reggie fan as I am, #44 should rightfully belong to the man for whom Reggie wore it as a tribute: Henry Aaron .Just MHO, ya unnerstand. 
Bobby Hull. 
Just for fun, here are a couple of unusual ones:
1A - Secretariat
1/8 - Eddie Gaedel
Around here, 8 definitely goes to Cal Ripken.
4 - Bobby Orr
10 - Pele
24 - Jeff Gordon
77 - Ray Bourque
80 - Jerry Rice
I think Orr has Favre by a hair. Just my opinion though.
1 = Ozzie Smith
2 = Jeter
3 = Ruth (First man to wear #3)
4 = Gehrig (First Number ever retired)
5 = DiMaggio (Only in NY area probably)
7 = Mantle (Very famous picture of Mantle with number 7 on back)
8 = Yogi Berra (Only in NY area probably)
13 = Dan Marino
16 = Joe Montana
23 = Michael Jordan
42 = Jackie Robinson (Retired throughout baseball)
56 = LT - Lawrence Taylor (Only in NY area probably)
72 = Carlton Fisk (Such a High number for so famous a player, it stood out)
Note: Yankees are the team that introduced Uniform Numbers.
Where did you get 10 for Ruth from? He was either no # or 3 entire career. Even Boston Braves gave him 3 as he was so famous for it.
19 - Johnny Unitas.
0 - George Plimpton
37: Casey Stengel AFAIK, only his number and Gehrig’s were never issued to another player for the team that retired it (Ruth’s #3 was used by several players before it was returned, including one Hall of Famer).
Joe “Ducky” Medwick wore it for the Yankees in spring training of 1947.
Not strictly true. The Cleveland Indians did it several years earlier, but were ridiculed so much for it that they dropped the idea.
espn.com did a list with all the numbers including 0 and 00. Unfortunately, I can’t find it now. Some of those numbers between 50 and 79 were tough to do if I recall.
Here is the complete Yankee List
http://www.ultimateyankees.com/yankeeplayernumbers.htm
14 - Johan Cruyff
That’s the number I came in to say, and I doubt it would be confined to the NY area. (Though certainly more prevalent here.)
I third Jerry Rice for #80.
And 34 for Sweetness? Oh hell yeah.
