RedskinsChief Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I have been a Redskins fan since before birth and I am pretty sure a comment made during a Randle El posting is incorrect. It was stated that Slingin' Sammy's number is the only officially retired Skins jersey. I truly believe this is false...NO jersey has been retired by the Skins...... INPUT PLEASE???:gaintsuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPstretch Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 there are certain numbers that people cannot wear, like 81, 7 and 28. its like an unspoken rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I have been a Redskins fan since before birth and I am pretty sure a comment made during a Randle El posting is incorrect. It was stated that Slingin' Sammy's number is the only officially retired Skins jersey. I truly believe this is false...NO jersey has been retired by the Skins......INPUT PLEASE???:gaintsuck Sammy is the only one officially retired. People know not to touch the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakinandpeakin Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Here is a old story from ESPN when Spurrier first came to Washington. http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/0513/1382067.html " The Redskins have only retired one number -- Sammy Baugh's No. 33. But former equipment manager Jay Brunetti always kept certain numbers out of circulation. The untouchables were considered to be No. 3 (Mark Moseley), No. 7 (Theismann), No. 9 (Jurgensen), No. 42 (Charlie Taylor), No. 43 (Larry Brown), No. 44 (John Riggins), No. 49 (Bobby Mitchell) and No. 81 (Art Monk)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPstretch Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 didnt weurrfel try to take number 7? i could have swore he did. that guy sucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakinandpeakin Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 That is what the article I linked to was about. Wawful was wearing No. 7, but changed to No. 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Here is a old story from ESPN when Spurrier first came to Washington.http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/0513/1382067.html " The Redskins have only retired one number -- Sammy Baugh's No. 33. But former equipment manager Jay Brunetti always kept certain numbers out of circulation. The untouchables were considered to be No. 3 (Mark Moseley), No. 7 (Theismann), No. 9 (Jurgensen), No. 42 (Charlie Taylor), No. 43 (Larry Brown), No. 44 (John Riggins), No. 49 (Bobby Mitchell) and No. 81 (Art Monk)." Yup, Baugh is the only officially retired jersey. The rest of those need to be retired though as the players who wore them certainly deserve it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xCHIEFx Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 didnt weurrfel try to take number 7? I don't know if he tried or not... but he wore 17: Ugh... bad memories - the "Fun and Gun" offense :doh: . I love the throwbacks, but I am kind of glad we don't wear them anymore. I love our traditional home white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I don't know if he tried or not...but he wore 17: Ugh... bad memories - the "Fun and Gun" offense :doh: . I love the throwbacks, but I am kind of glad we don't wear them anymore. I love our traditional home white. I think we should wear them more often, I'm a big fan of them, and they're not breaking tradition by being black or anything like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 didnt weurrfel try to take number 7? i could have swore he did. that guy sucked Shamed Mathews tried to wear #9. He was almost lynched for that. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Didn't SOS issue #49 to a camp scrub a few years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xCHIEFx Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think we should wear them more often, I'm a big fan of them, and they're not breaking tradition by being black or anything like that Black? Gibbs doesn't want to wear them so that is that. They look good - but they are not the Redskins tradition of the Gibbs era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silencer6091 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Yup, Baugh is the only officially retired jersey. The rest of those need to be retired though as the players who wore them certainly deserve it How can he forget #28 (Darrell Green)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakinandpeakin Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 The article is from before Green retired. I don't think anyone has worn #28 since he retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins4life234 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I know Sammy's is retired. Wasn't Darrells retired at his last game? I know a lot of player Jerseys of unoffically retired. And most players ask permission to use the number, and the other players usally dont care, but fans and coaches sometimes do. E.g Jason Campbell asked permission from Doug Williams to use 17. Actually, Only Sammy's is only one retired, just checked. http://www.nfl.com/history/retired-numbers Retired numbers 1. 33 Sammy Baugh Note: Team policy since Baugh's retirement has been not to retire numbers. However, some are unofficially retired, like 9, Sonny Jurgensen's number. There is pressure on the Redskins to change this policy, or retire 28, Darrell Green's number. I just saw that on http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Washington_Redskins towards the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangee7 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Just think....after the current crop of players make their 4 in-a-row SB run, we're gonna run outta numbers !!! We'll have guys wearing 109, 144, 128 10 years from now! Won't it be sweet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I would highly doubt #28 is ever worn again, whoever tried that would be murdered...Might as well retire the rest of the numbers on that list as well. At least 9, 42, 43, 44, 49, and 81. Mosely and Theismann I'm iffy on as far as retiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pressure Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I have been a Redskins fan since before birth and I am pretty sure a comment made during a Randle El posting is incorrect. It was stated that Slingin' Sammy's number is the only officially retired Skins jersey. I truly believe this is false...NO jersey has been retired by the Skins......INPUT PLEASE???:gaintsuck Uhh...no your wrong. http://nflhistory.net/shared/retirednumbers.asp?Team=20 http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/WAS/5332427 The NFL.com article: "The Washington Redskins have only retired one number -- Sammy Baugh's No. 33. But former equipment manager Jay Brunetti always kept certain numbers out of circulation. The untouchables were considered to be No. 3 (Mark Moseley), No. 7 (Theismann), No. 9 (Jurgensen), No. 42 (Charlie Taylor), No. 43 (Larry Brown), No. 44 (John Riggins), No. 49 (Bobby Mitchell) and No. 81 (Art Monk)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 How can he forget #28 (Darrell Green)? It will be OFFICIALLY retired right after his name is in Canton. :applause: Now it's untouchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hey, there is another reason we didn't sigh T.O. Because, he wears #81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPstretch Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 i could totally see TO taking number 81 and being an ******* about it. glad we didnt sign that guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themurf Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Didn't SOS issue #49 to a camp scrub a few years ago? Yes sir. That's the biggest reason Bobby Mitchell is no longer in contact with the team. He pretty much said that's the last straw, when some nobody back-up tight end was issued his (unofficially) "retired" number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyf316 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 If we retired all the deserving numbers, we'd end up having a number 000, a 1/2, a 3/5 and a bunch of other fractions. Think about all the numbers we'd lose... 3, 7, 9, 28, 32, 33(already gone), 42, 44, 53, 66, 68, 70, 81, 83, 84... and that's just off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauss Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think Baugh let his number be used for a while when Duane Thomas was a Skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 im sorry for not having a link for this, but i vaguely remember from somewhere that Baugh was told he would be the only Redskin to have his jersey retired, so it was, but subsequently, since his number (33) is retired, all the preceding numbers had to be unnoffically retired to hold true to the promise made to him. am i wrong and just thinking things up or is that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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