aikido09 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I absolutely can not believe that #9 and #44 are not retired!!! Am I the only one who feels there are numbers that need to be retired with #33? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I absolutely can not believe that #9 and #44 are not retired!!! Am I the only one who feels there are numbers that need to be retired with #33? Hmm, I know they aren't retired, but there are certain numbers that you have to ask permission for. My feeling is that those two numbers are included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuckDallas81 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'm not sure if number 81 is retired but I know they won't let anyone wear that # and I am so glad of that because there will never be another Art Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwitt Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 They might as well retire number 85 because no player will want to wear that jersey by the time Brandon Lloyd is done stinking it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddrummer Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 i know some #'s are offically retired(like 33 and 28) and some are unoffically retired(9 and 44) which of the others are offically retired and which are unoffically retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin81 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 They might as well retire number 85 because no player will want to wear that jersey by the time Brandon Lloyd is done stinking it up. LOL good one. :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikido09 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 According to someone from redskins.com, the ONLY number that is retired is #33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins4life234 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 i know some #'s are offically retired(like 33 and 28) and some are unoffically retired(9 and 44) which of the others are offically retired and which are unoffically retired? Only 33 is officially retired. Mr. Green's Number isn't, and most likely will never if the team keeps going with the trend set early on in the teams history. One of the owners, after Retiring Sammy Baugh said they would never retire another jersey again.. Leading to unofficial retirements, such as 44, 9, 7, then there are others that are Need permission, but not really unofficially retired, such as 17. No one again will probably wear 44 or 9, and a few numbers again, but they won't be retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddrummer Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 i thought that 28 was offically retired? guess i was wrong. oo well its not like they will let anyone wear it anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Only 33 is officially retired. Mr. Green's Number isn't, and most likely will never if the team keeps going with the trend set early on in the teams history. One of the owners, after Retiring Sammy Baugh said they would never retire another jersey again.. Leading to unofficial retirements, such as 44, 9, 7, then there are others that are Need permission, but not really unofficially retired, such as 17. No one again will probably wear 44 or 9, and a few numbers again, but they won't be retired. And let's not forget #49! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikido09 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 What if.....we fans petition the powers that be to retire some of these worthy numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 What if.....we fans petition the powers that be to retire some of these worthy numbers? I like that idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvkeeper19 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 So far, only Sammy Baugh's #33 has been retired. Numbers cosidered "out of circulation" are: #7 Joe Theismann #9 Sonny Jurgensen #28 Darrell Green #42 Charley Taylor #43 Larry Brown #44 John Riggins #49 Bobby Mitchell #51 Monte Coleman #81 Art Monk None of these numbers have been worn since those players left the team. I'd like to see 7, 28, 44, and 81 officially retired, although Darrell Green's number takes priority in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSellers45 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I never really understood the whole retiring of numbers thing. Sure, all of those players are great, but why should that prevent someone else from wearing that number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 i know some #'s are offically retired(like 33 and 28) and some are unoffically retired(9 and 44) which of the others are offically retired and which are unoffically retired? I thought this was correct, but I guess I was mistaken. Before the DG retirement, only 33 was retired. But it seems to me Dan made a big deal out of retiring #28. But apparently it was only an "unofficial" retirement. <snip> Unofficial retired numbers The Redskins' policy since Baugh's retirement has been to not retire numbers. However, some numbers are unofficially retired and are usually withheld from being assigned to new players. The following numbers of past Redskin greats fall into that category. 7 Joe Theismann, QB, 1974-85 9 Sonny Jurgensen, QB, 1964-74 28 Darrell Green, CB, 1983-2002 42 Charley Taylor, WR, 1964-77 43 Larry Brown, RB, 1969-76 44 John Riggins, RB, 1976-79, 1981-85 49 Bobby Mitchell, RB, 1962-68 51 Monte Coleman, LB, 1979-94 70 Sam Huff, LB, 1964-69 (Worn by Leonard Marshall in 1993) 81 Art Monk, WR, 1980-93 In the film Everybody's All-American, Gavin Grey (played by Dennis Quaid) plays for the Redskins, and his number 47 is retired. In real life, that number was worn by running back Dick James at the time of the film (the 1960s), and the Redskins keep this number in circulation (currently worn by HB/TE Chris Cooley). The use of unofficial retired numbers drew controversy during Steve Spurrier's first year as head coach. Quarterbacks Danny Weurffel and Shane Matthews first wore 7 and 9 respectively during training camp. The resulting sports talk furor led to them switching to 17 and 6. During the season, reserve tight end Leonard Stephens wore number 49 for the season. After his retirement as assistant GM, Bobby Mitchell blasted the team, accusing late owners Edward Bennett Williams and Jack Kent Cooke of racism for not being considered for GM and was upset that the team would let a player like Leonard Stephens wear his number. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins <end> As I remember, Bobby Mitchel was most pissed off at Snyder. Snyder, as I remember, dismissed it as "an oversight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikido09 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 It's a tribute to really super players who really made a difference for their team!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwitt Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Eventually you just can't keep retiring numbers or you will simply run out of them. Unless you want to go triple digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunBunch7 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 If the U.S. evers switches to the metric system, then we'll really be screwed...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 It speakes volumes about the sad state of this franchise when they can't find the decency to unofficially retire the numbers worn by Marc Boutte, Shar Pourdanesh, and Romeo Bandison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwet Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This is according to memory, but I thought that Mark Mosley's number was unofficially retired, too, but he allowed Jeff George to wear it for his season or two here. Does anyone else remember that? I do remember during the Spurrier years that someone was wearing Bobby Mitchell's number. He didn't say anything until the end of the season--when he did say he felt insulted by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This is according to memory, but I thought that Mark Mosley's number was unofficially retired, too, but he allowed Jeff George to wear it for his season or two here. Does anyone else remember that?I do remember during the Spurrier years that someone was wearing Bobby Mitchell's number. He didn't say anything until the end of the season--when he did say he felt insulted by it. All during that season, the guys on the Sports Reporters kept talking about it and it jumped out at me when I saw Stephens wearing that #49. I just want to know how it was people jumped up and down when those guys were wearing 7 and 9, but no one said a word about #49. That was just the biggest slap in the face to Bobby Mitchell and he should be mad about it. They did him wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 All during that season, the guys on the Sports Reporters kept talking about it and it jumped out at me when I saw Stephens wearing that #49. I just want to know how it was people jumped up and down when those guys were wearing 7 and 9, but no one said a word about #49. That was just the biggest slap in the face to Bobby Mitchell and he should be mad about it. They did him wrong! i can't speak for the rest of the crew, but i think 7 and 9 were way more recognizable numbers. that said, those in the organization knew what they were doing. and it was wrong. very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 i can't speak for the rest of the crew, but i think 7 and 9 were way more recognizable numbers. Yeah, I'd have to agree. I wasn't even a Redskins fan when Bobby Mitchell retired, and the Redskins sucked back then anyway -- even worse than they do now. It was so long ago. Bobby Mitchell never played on a winning Redskins team his entire career. The number 49 just doesn't flash in my head like the others. The only reason I know #70 is because I see it on eBay all the time. Mitchell & Ness makes that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1njskinsfan Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 #10 for john hall needs to never be worn again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Only a fool would WANT to try and wear #9 as a QB here. At least for a while yet. Or, a RB and #43 or #44, or WR and #81, or a CB and 28. It's not as bad if they give one of the "unofficially retired" #'s to someone at a different position. To me, Reed Doughty, at safety, is fine wearing Pat Fischer's number. Hell, #21 has had several great Redskins wear it. Byner, Nelms, Terry Allen, and now Sean. Of course Pee-on disgraced the whole uniform, much less the number. Rocky at #52 looks just fine on the outside. #53 had two of the alltime greats. Harold McLinton & Jeff Bostic. Point being, we can't officially retire a bunch of numbers. So, moving them around as much as possible is the best solution. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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