Sunday, October 26, 2008

Best by the Number

In an issue of The Sporting News from May 14th 2007 there are 2 numbers lists with the best players based on uniform numbers. One list is of current (as of then) players, while the second list is of former/hall of fame players. Rewritten here is the list of the former players.
  1. Jacques Plante
  2. Secretariat
  3. Babe Ruth
  4. Lou Gehrig
  5. Joe Dimaggio
  6. Bill Russell
  7. John Elway
  8. Cal Ripken
  9. Hockey's Trinity: Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe & Bobby Hull
  10. Pele
  11. Isiah Thomas
  12. Joe Namath
  13. Wilt Chamberlain
  14. Otto Graham
  15. Bart Starr
  16. Joe Montana
  17. John Havlicek
  18. Peyton Manning
  19. Johnny Unitas
  20. Barry Sanders
  21. Roberto Clemente
  22. Emmitt Smith
  23. Michael Jordan
  24. Willie Mays
  25. Barry Bonds
  26. Billy Williams
  27. Juan Marichal
  28. Marshall Faulk
  29. Ken Dryden
  30. Nolan Ryan
  31. Greg Maddux
  32. Jim Brown
  33. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  34. Walter Payton
  35. Phil Niekro
  36. Meadowlark Lemon
  37. Casey Stengel
  38. Curt Schilling
  39. Roy Campanella
  40. Gale Sayers
  41. Tom Seaver
  42. Jackie Robinson
  43. Richard Petty
  44. Hank Aaron
  45. Bob Gibson
  46. Lee Smith
  47. Mel Blount
  48. Jimmie Johnson
  49. Ron Guidry
  50. David Robinson
  51. Dick Butkus
  52. Ray Lewis
  53. Don Drysdale
  54. Goose Gossage
  55. Orel Hershiser
  56. Lawrence Taylor
  57. Dwight Stephenson
  58. Jack Lambert
  59. Jack Ham
  60. Chuck Bednarik
  61. Bill George
  62. Charley Trippi
  63. Willie Lanier
  64. Jerry Kramer
  65. Elvin Bethea
  66. Mario Lemieux
  67. Bob Kuechenberg
  68. Jaromir Jagr
  69. Larry Costello
  70. Jim Marshall
  71. Alex Karras
  72. Carlton Fisk
  73. John Hannah
  74. Bob Lilly
  75. Joe Greene
  76. Lou Groza
  77. Red Grange
  78. Anthony Munoz
  79. Roosevelt Brown
  80. Jerry Rice
  81. Tim Brown
  82. Raymond Berry
  83. Ted Hendricks
  84. Sterling & Shannon Sharpe
  85. Nick Buoniconti
  86. Buck Buchanan
  87. Willie Davis
  88. Alan Page
  89. Mike Ditka
  90. Bob Kurland
  91. Sergei Fedorov
  92. Reggie White
  93. Doug Gilmour
  94. Charles Haley
  95. Richard Dent
  96. Bill Voiselle
  97. Cornelius Bennett
  98. Tom Harmon
  99. Wayne Gretzky

So here is the list of the greatest of All-Time. Hopefully in the next little bit I will post more lists like this including a list of All-Time Cleveland Sports personalities.

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