Best Names To Wear The Number

[tidwell]

Do they know there are actually a sizeable number of people who don't even have a clue who Dale Earnhardt is?

The same could be said for Babe Ruth.

When I see a #3, I think of Earnhardt, but I'm not going to make the argument that he's the most important or memorable #3 in sports. You can't make that argument when such a large chunk of the country is ignorant when it comes to NASCAR. You'd have to be to think the name 'Earnhardt' isn't fairly well known around the country, especially after his death.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

nominees for 6 thru 10?


I'll give the NBA a nod at 6 and 10

#6-Dr.J
#10-Walt Frazier

 

[hatvol96]

nominees for 6 thru 10?
I'll give the NBA a nod at 6 and 10

#6-Dr.J
#10-Walt Frazier

#6-Bill Russell
#7-Mickey Mantle
#8-Troy Aikman, Joe Morgan. Nobody comes to mind immediately.
#9-Ted Williams, as previously discussed.
#10-Fran Tarkenton.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Also #8s..
Cal Ripken Jr., Steve Young

 

[tidwell]

6 - Bill Russell. No other nominees accepted.

7 - Mantle or Elway?

8 - I like Joe Morgan but I'd go with Ripken.

9 - Ted.

10 - Tarkenton I suppose. No other #10s coming to mind.

 

[D MAN 335]

6 - Bill Russell. No other nominees accepted.

7 - Mantle or Elway?

8 - I like Joe Morgan but I'd go with Ripken.

9 - Ted.

10 - Tarkenton I suppose. No other #10s coming to mind.

6- yes, well said
7- elway i think..
8- ripken..
9- teddy ballgame... no arguments
10- ehhh idk

 

[jaybird_1981]

Nevermind

 

[D MAN 335]

How about showing Pele some respect for number 10, I know soccer isnt big in America, but he is like Jordan or Gretzky in his sport!!

he was a little bit of a baller

 

[volfan2024]

#1- I'm a huge Billy Martin fan, but it's Oscar Robertson, with Ozzie Smith a distant second.
#2-Deon Sanders at FSU.
#3-Ruth.
#4-Gehrig. Honorable mention to Favre and Bobby Orr.
#5- A number of choices. Hornung, Brett. However DiMaggio is the choice.

Johnny Bench #5? No consideration.

 

[D MAN 335]

rick reilly wrote an article once with 0-99 numbers and who oughta get them.. i need to find that

 

[volfan2024]

Pete Rose #14?

 

[jaybird_1981]

Pete Rose #14?

Give me Ernie Banks anyday

 

[D MAN 335]

Give me Ernie Banks anyday

rose
rose
rose
rose
and then pete rose

 

[hatvol96]

Johnny Bench #5? No consideration.

Bench was an oversight on my part. However. he still falls behind DiMaggio.

 

[Lexvol]

Bench was an oversight on my part. However. he still falls behind DiMaggio.

I cannot think of two more self absorbed athletes. It is ironic that they shared a number.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

In historical significance, NASCAR is to baseball as Millard Fillmore is to Abraham Lincoln.

that is ur opinion. not everyone's

dale sr is my pick.

 

[milohimself]

Not everyone's CBC, but damn close to it outside of the south.

 

[la.lovesorange]

Do they know there are actually a sizeable number of people who don't even have a clue who Dale Earnhardt is?

I agree but there is also a sizeable number of people who dont give a crap about baseball either. :angel:

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Not everyone's CBC, but damn close to it outside of the south.

yeah but yall act like nascar is nothing.

it is #2 only behind the nfl.

 

[milohimself]

yeah but yall act like nascar is nothing.

it is #2 only behind the nfl.

This is also a historical list. What's the historical popularity of NASCAR vs. pro/college football, pro/college basketball or MLB? Or even the NHL for that matter? I'm not using this as an opportunity to rip on NASCAR. I'm asking a legit question. I know NASCAR has surged recently but the last couple years aside, virtually nobody outside of the south followed the sport. Once again, this is an all-time list.

 

[milohimself]

I agree but there is also a sizeable number of people who dont give a crap about baseball either. :angel:

But I can guarantee you most of them will still know who Babe Ruth is. He transcended sports. Ruth is on a level of pure Americana.

 

[tidwell]

But I can guarantee you most of them will still know who Babe Ruth is. He transcended sports. Ruth is on a level of pure Americana.

Just like they'll know the name Earnhardt, he made a sport what it is and put it on the map.

 

[hatvol96]

that is ur opinion. not everyone's

dale sr is my pick.

Given that baseball dates back to before the Civil War and NASCAR dates back to the 1950s, it's an indisputable fact.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

This is also a historical list. What's the historical popularity of NASCAR vs. pro/college football, pro/college basketball or MLB? Or even the NHL for that matter? I'm not using this as an opportunity to rip on NASCAR. I'm asking a legit question. I know NASCAR has surged recently but the last couple years aside, virtually nobody outside of the south followed the sport. Once again, this is an all-time list.

give it some more years.

and i say ruth has tons more historical value than dale but here is my problem. no one that is breathing except some old folk seen him play. we know nothing exept the monster fish stories we have been told.


ruth played without all the media we have now and all the publicity. he is like a bigger than life fairy tale like paul bunyun and some of the stories i hear are very far fetched. but we got to see dale sr first hand. all his stuff is taped and sealed.


to me that difference means alot.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Given that baseball dates back to before the Civil War and NASCAR dates back to the 1950s, it's an indisputable fact.

u make no sense at all when u talk. none.