Hockey jersey numbers

[MattPie]

42, since I'm THE ANSWER.

 

If it's a 3-digit:

[dscrapj]

I've always worn 9. Still do. As a kid, I was partial to 11 because of Perrault but when I started playing sports I picked up 9 and stuck with it.

 

I'm not a fan of the 50-70's numbers. Just doesn't seem right. It surprises me that teams with less history have their guys in those types of numbers when they could be in the more classic lower numbers.

[thewookie1]

24 has always been my ideal number since its my birthday

 

Wore 12 and 13 a few times in baseball

 

Most years I was just given a number between 1 and 9 though so anything it that range I've forgotten at this point.

[LTS]

I am 13. I am always 13 except one time when I was nice and let someone else have it. I hated that jersey.

 

I am 13 because it's unlucky for everyone else. I don't believe in that crap, so it doesn't bother me.

 

Strangely enough, my wife always wore 13 as well in high school sports.

 

Not strangely enough, my son wears #13.. because he may have been unduly influenced by both his parents wearing 13.

 

I am sure I have had other numbers in my lifetime on jerseys.. but none of those I can remember so they clearly don't matter.

[qwksndmonster]

42, since I'm THE ANSWER.

You're the answer to nothing.

 

(except what's 6 times 9)

[Samson's Flow]

You're the answer to nothing.

 

(except what's 6 times 9)

ummm.... 54? I don't get it. :unsure:

[MattPie]

You're the answer to nothing.

 

I'm the answer to a question no one has asked!

[qwksndmonster]

ummm.... 54? I don't get it. :unsure:

It's a Hitchhiker's Guide thing.

[chileanseabass]

I was assigned my first number, 4, and wore that for a few years before I switched to 14. I wore 18 for one game, shattered my arm, and never wore it again. In college I started wearing 32, and still do.

[Cereal]

Similarly... I was assigned #7 freshman year of college, and I typically go with that. However, since it's often a battle to get such a popular number, at some point I chose #34 as an alternate. 7=3+4, plus I have a Thurman Thomas jersey I always wear.

 

Single-digit numbers are the coolest.... I always thought so because I was a huge Yankees fan growing up, and I thought it was cool that Derek Jeter and Joe Torres would probably be the last Yankees to wear single digits (all others were previously retired). On that note, interestingly, while I don't pay a lick of attention to baseball anymore (all NHL then NFL then NCAAFB), Paul O'Neill (Yankees RF #21) to this day is the only favorite played I've ever had. (Favorite players could be a cool topic for another thread, I bet.)

[ubkev]

Similarly... I was assigned #7 freshman year of college, and I typically go with that. However, since it's often a battle to get such a popular number, at some point I chose #34 as an alternate. 7=3+4, plus I have a Thurman Thomas jersey I always wear.

 

Single-digit numbers are the coolest.... I always thought so because I was a huge Yankees fan growing up, and I thought it was cool that Derek Jeter and Joe Torres would probably be the last Yankees to wear single digits (all others were previously retired). On that note, interestingly, while I don't pay a lick of attention to baseball anymore (all NHL then NFL then NCAAFB), Paul O'Neill (Yankees RF #21) to this day is the only favorite played I've ever had. (Favorite players could be a cool topic for another thread, I bet.)

 

Paul O'Neill is my favorite player of all time in any sport! Go ahead and start that thread up.

Edited April 22, 2014 by ubkev