They Wear It Well

The Sporting News recently named the best player to wear each uniform number. It was a fun list but they cover all sports. The Flea Flicker is all football so here's my list of the best football players to wear each uniform number.

00  Jim Otto
1   Warren Moon
2   Paddy Driscoll
3   Bronko Nagurski
4   Brett Favre
5   George McAfee
6   Benny Friedman
7   John Elway
8   Steve Young
9   Drew Brees
10 Fran Tarkenton
11 Norm Van Brocklin
12 Tom Brady-with Bradshaw, Namath and Staubach this is a tough one
13 Dan Marino
14 Don Hutson-very tough with Otto Graham and YA Tittle
15 Bart Starr
16 Joe Montana
17 Red Badgro
18 Peyton Manning
19 Johnny Unitas
20 Barry Sanders
21 Deion Sanders
22 Emmitt Smith
23 Devin Hester
24 Lenny Moore
25 Fred Biletnikoff
26 Rod Woodson
27 Ken Houston
28 Adrian Peterson
29 Eric Dickerson
30 Clarke Hinkle
31 Jim Taylor
32 Jim Brown
33 Ollie Matson-Dorsett is right there
34 Walter Payton
35 Pete Pihos
36 Marion Motley
37 Doak Walker
38 Arnie Herber
39 Hugh McElhenny
40 Gale Sayers
41 Cal Hubbard
42 Ronnie Lott
43 Troy Polamalu
44 Chuck Foreman
45 Archie Griffin
46 Doug Plank-mainly due to his giving the name to Buddy Ryan's 46 defense
47 Mel Blount
48 Les Richter
49 Bobby Mitchell
50 Mike Singletary
51 Dick Butkus
52 Ray Lewis
53 Harry Carson
54 Randy White
55 Derrick Brooks
56 Lawrence Taylor
57 Dwight Stephenson
58 Jack Lambert
59 Jack Ham
60 Chuck Bednarik
61 Bill George
62 Charley Trippi
63 Lee Roy Selmon
64 Randall McDaniel
65 Elvin Bethea
66 Clyde "Bulldog" Turner-its tough to pass Ray Nitschke
67 Bob Kuechenberg
68 Russ Grimm
69 Jared Allen
70 Jim Marshall
71 Alex Karras
72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones
73 Ron Yary
74 Bob Lilly-this pretty close to a push with Merlin Olsen
75 Joe Greene-tough with Deacon Jones, Howie Long too
76 Lou Groza
77 Red Grange
78 Bruce Smith-Anthony Munoz and Art Shell
79 Roosevelt Brown
80 Jerry Rice-it has to be Rice but sure wish that Cris Carter could go here
81 Dick "Night Train" Lane
82 Raymond Berry
83 Ted Hendricks
84 Randy Moss
85 Nick Buoniconti
86 Buck Buchanon
87 Willie Davis
88 Alan Page
89 Gino Marchetti
90 Julius Peppers
91 Kevin Greene
92 Reggie White
93 John Randle
94 DeMarcus Ware
95 Richard Dent
96 Clyde Simmons
97 Bryant Young
98 Tom Harmon
99 Warren Sapp

One interesting nugget of trivia is that the #1 worn by the New York Giants' Ray Flaherty was retired in 1935. It was the first number to be retired by any team in a major league sport.