AlexWilson Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 73 seems to be a popular number this season in the NHL. 2 rookies were wearing it (Gallagher and Toffoli) along with Micheal Ryder and Guliamme Lautendresse. First time that number has been worn more than once in a season except '07 (Pavel Kubina wore it as well as Ryder). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 A few years ago I started a thread about non-whole numbers after I saw defensman Dave Reid wearing 95.5 with EHC Munich:This was done because one of the team's sponsors is Munich radio station Radio Charivari 95.5. There was a player in England who pulled a similar stunt back in the 1980s.If you check the thread linked we already discussed it. I was just pulling it up again for this thread.Hawaiian native Pisa Tinoisamoa wore number 50 when he was with the Rams (Hawaii Five O)Or the 50th state Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandyDelphia Mike Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hawaiian native Pisa Tinoisamoa wore number 50 when he was with the Rams (Hawaii Five O)The Mets had 2 different Hawaii natives do the same thing: Sid Fernandez and Benny AgbayaniFellow Hawaiian Shane Victorino does the same thing when playing for team USA. NCAA Baseball Champions | 2014, 2019Â facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The Japanese catcher with the three-digit number got me thinking - how long will it be until 3 digit numbers are used in American sports?Clearly we're used to seeing 1 or 2 digits because that's how it's been essentially since uniform numbers were introduced, but 3 digits (especially when the first digit is a 1) don't look cluttered at all.I'm thinking the first instance of 3 digit numbers will be in college football - with the large rosters and already some cases of duplicate numbers, somebody's got to do it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Carlton Fisk had worn 27 for the Red Sox, but reversed the digits when he got to the White Sox. It made for an unusual number for a baseball player, especially a Hall Of Fame catcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 First off: holy crap, a VandyDelphiaMike sighitng! Second...I'll bite and call it: the second the NCAA or any of the leagues allows triple digits, the following will happen:Players will try to wear their area codesTwo NYers from the same borough and on the same team will duel to the death for their code (with table legs, Metta Artest style, naturally)A closer will don 911A Gretzky wannabe will wear 999Some lineman will add up his bench and squat maxes for his numberBill Lee will make a one-game comeback so he can wear 337.Those who can't get their area codes will try to wear their birthdaysa particularly religious Johnson will ask for 316Finally, Miroslav Satan will be issued 666. Infuriated, he will defect to Cuba. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerBadger Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 NHL Goalie numbersDarren PuppaTomas VokounNikolai KhabibulinRon HextallI think Hextall wore #27 when he was with the Flyers, so he flipped his number when he got to Long Island. Thirty years ago, Carlton Fisk, #27 with the Red Sox, switched to #72 when he signed with the White Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hawaiian native Pisa Tinoisamoa wore number 50 when he was with the Rams (Hawaii Five O)The Mets had 2 different Hawaii natives do the same thing: Sid Fernandez and Benny AgbayaniI beleive the reason Bernie Williams wore 51 was for Puerto Rico (the "51st state")But this thread took a wrong turn somewhere and has gone from unusual numbers to "why players chose those numbers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Carlton Fisk had worn 27 for the Red Sox, but reversed the digits when he got to the White Sox. It made for an unusual number for a baseball player, especially a Hall Of Fame catcher.His daughter was also born in '72, I believe, so it worked out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_canadian Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 NHL Goalie numbersDarren PuppaTomas VokounNikolai KhabibulinRon HextallI think Hextall wore #27 when he was with the Flyers, so he flipped his number when he got to Long Island. Thirty years ago, Carlton Fisk, #27 with the Red Sox, switched to #72 when he signed with the White Sox.He wore 27 while he played a season in Quebec as part of the Lindros deal then was shipped to Long Island: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lee Noire Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I never thought a QB wearing a number in the 20s was unusual at all. I think its pretty dope and I hope that finds its way to the pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 So the NFL should change it's rules because you think it's "dope"? Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiohead Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 So the NFL should change it's rules because you think it's "dope"?If it's really "dope", a QB would wear uniform #420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Noire Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 What can I say? I'm an inner city kid born in the 80s. I say stuff like that from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeman33 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The only way that could happen in the NFL right now is something like this: A college QB is drafted but his team decides to turn him into a running back in pre-season, so he gets assigned a number in the 20s. Then due to an emergency situation, the team has to put him in at QB and decides to keep him there. He's now grandfathered in with his running back number and could keep it if he wants.Similarly, if Tim Tebow goes to a team that decides to put him at fullback or tight end, he can continue to wear 15 because he's grandfathered in. (Same has how Devin Hester still wears No. 23 even though he's a full-time WR now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The only way that could happen in the NFL right now is something like this: A college QB is drafted but his team decides to turn him into a running back in pre-season, so he gets assigned a number in the 20s. Then due to an emergency situation, the team has to put him in at QB and decides to keep him there. He's now grandfathered in with his running back number and could keep it if he wants.Similarly, if Tim Tebow goes to a team that decides to put him at fullback or tight end, he can continue to wear 15 because he's grandfathered in. (Same has how Devin Hester still wears No. 23 even though he's a full-time WR now.)I could see this happening to Denard Robinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I never thought a QB wearing a number in the 20s was unusual at all. I think its pretty dope and I hope that finds its way to the pros.Doug Flutie wore #20 with the Calgary Stampeders in the CFLI have to say that players, especially goalies (hockey), wearing non-traditional numbers drives me crazy. Most of the younger players are choosing "training camp" jersey numbers these days. Small gripe, I know, but I think it looks stupid to see goalies outside of numbers 1 and 30-39.Ken Dryden wore 29 and Gilles Meloche wore #27. Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Back in the 60s in international competition and European club hockey you'd see a more rigid numbering pattern kind of like NFL rules.For example, the starting goalie would get 1, then defenseman got lower numbers before the forwards got a shot at choosing. Different nations had different rules one what number the backup goalie wore like Canada and 21, the USSR and 20, Czechoslovakia and 2 while East Germany used 16 and 17 for the starter and backup.Point being 1 is the true traditional goalie number but there has hardly be a set standard before. Here's a nice little link with an explanation of how numbers in the 30s became "safe" for goalies. Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpc21 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Weird number aside, you would think this would be someone being funny picking #69 but the Sharks have a tradition on not letting their rookies pick numbers. They just take the numbers assigned to them in training camp, which is why they have lots of guys in the 60s over the last few years. Their AHL team is fairly similar but on the 1-20somethign side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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