# Sports Numbers list **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473 "2005-08-24T19:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/41 "2005-08-26T23:32:47Z")
Tough call on #32: O.J. Simpson, Magic Johnson, or Sandy Koufax? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/42 "2005-08-27T01:39:54Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Maybe on the list by default, but I can’t think of any one else with it, and it is a somewhat iconic image: > > 00 - Robert Parish Jim Otto, the great center for the hated Oakland Raiders. And to add a couple more NASCAR drivers for consideration: 11-Cale Yarborough 17-Darrell Waltrip And for a NASCAR team: 21-The Wood Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/43 "2005-08-27T02:46:53Z")
1 - Warren Moon 6 - Bill Russell or Julius Erving 29- Eric Dickerson 40- Gale Sayers 44- Jerry West 53- Don Drysdale 70 - Jim Marshall 74- Merlin Olsen 75- Deacon Jones 78- Anthony Munoz 81- Carl Eller 88- Alan Page 99- George Mikan ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/44 "2005-08-27T02:55:12Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Maybe on the list by default, but I can’t think of any one else with it, and it is a somewhat iconic image: > > 00 - Robert Parish > > which of course immediately brings up > > 33 – Larry Bird When I was growing up, the last 4 digits of my parents’ phone number was 0033. No one ever forgot my number, because I always gave it out as “###-Parrish/Bird” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/45 "2005-08-27T03:00:44Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Tough call on #32: O.J. Simpson, Magic Johnson, or Sandy Koufax? Don’t forget Jim Brown! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/46 "2005-08-27T10:07:38Z")
35 - Tony Esposito 51 - Dick Butkus 58 - Jack Lambert 66 - Ray Nitschke ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/47 "2005-08-27T10:20:35Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > 11-Cale Yarborough Jonah Lomu. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/48 "2005-08-27T15:21:46Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Jonah Lomu. Who??? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/49 "2005-08-27T16:08:55Z")
8 - Troy Aikman 9 - Jim McMahon ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/50 "2005-08-27T16:18:30Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Sergei Fedorov wears #91 and would probably be a better choice. I mean Anna K beats Carmen Electra any day of the week. Probably not at tennis though. I’ll nominate a non-number wearing choice - Jack Nicklaus (18). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/51 "2005-08-27T17:36:22Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Probably not at tennis though. Yeah, I was thinking warm baby oil myself. 1. Mark Messier. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/52 "2005-08-29T13:07:16Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Who??? Jonah Lomu. Don’t worry. It’s all about Rugby. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/53 "2005-08-29T13:11:39Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Jonah Lomu. Don’t worry. It’s all about Rugby. Not to mention, a whole 'nother hemisphere … ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473/54 "2005-08-29T13:34:12Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Who??? An apposite reaction to this whole thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-numbers-list/318473.md?page=2)