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Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
Only the individual with the retired number can wear that number upon a potential return to that team. Generally, such retirements are reserved for those individuals whose performance and impact were notable not just to a single team, but to Major League Baseball as a whole. The first MLB number retired was Lou Gehrig's #4 by the New York Yankees.
This meant that no future player on any major league team could wear number 42, although players wearing #42 at the time were allowed to continue wearing it (Mariano Rivera was the last active player to be grandfathered in, retiring after the 2013 season). [25]
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers will wear the No. 1 jersey in his rookie NFL campaign, becoming the first Giants player to wear the number since 1935.. No. 1 was last worn by Ray ...
Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
The number was retired by the Giants in 1935, coinciding with the retirement of end Ray Flaherty. The Giants announced Wednesday that Nabers will wear No. 1 this season.
In contrast, in the American league NASL, players have always worn permanent numbers since its inception in 1967. [2] Moreover, Pelé's #10 was retired by the New York Cosmos during the farewell of the Brazilian star on 1 October 1977, [3] probably becoming the first number ever retired in association football. [4]
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers will wear the No. 1 jersey in his rookie NFL campaign, becoming the first Giants player to wear the number since 1935.