No, number 42 is not retired in all sports, but it is universally retired in Major League Baseball (MLB) for Jackie Robinson, and across all sports at his alma mater, UCLA; while other sports have individual retirements or tributes, MLB's league-wide retirement is the most significant, with players wearing it annually on Jackie Robinson Day to honor his legacy.
Unlike Major League Baseball (which retired Jackie Robinson's number 42), the National Hockey League (which retired Wayne Gretzky's 99), and the National Basketball Association (which retired Bill Russell's 6), the NFL has never retired a jersey number league-wide in honor of anyone.
In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number, 42, across all Major League teams; he was the first professional athlete in any sport to be so honored. MLB also adopted a new annual tradition, "Jackie Robinson Day", for the first time on April 15, 2004, on which every player on every team wears the number 42.
Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson's uniform number 42 in 1997. On April 15 (or April 16 if a team has the 15th off) of every year, every player on every MLB team wears number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.
More than 240 players wore number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson's retired number, including the entire team rosters of the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 1997, Major League Baseball honored Jackie Robinson by making his No. 42 the first uniform number to be retired across the sport.
Today, in honor of Jackie Robinson, every player across Major League Baseball will wear the number 42. It's a powerful tribute. And here's a quick note for the real baseball fans: Jackie's jersey with the Brooklyn Dodgers didn't have his name on the back.
The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is.
Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
His number was retired across the league in 1997. At the time, any player currently wearing No. 42 was allowed to continue wearing the number until their playing career concluded, but no new players would be allowed to wear No. 42.
On this day in Lakers history, James Worthy's No. 42 jersey was retired.
In 2015, the NFL Competition Committee allowed linebackers to wear numbers from 40–49.
Seventeen years ago, Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired to honor the 50th anniversary of Robinson's breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Thirteen players who wore 42 at the time were allowed to keep it. Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera was the last player to wear 42 in Major League Baseball.
Yes, you can have the number 69 in football (soccer), and it has been worn by players like Bixente Lizarazu, who chose it for personal reasons (born in '69, 169cm tall, weighed 69kg), proving it's allowed, though it's less common in American football (NFL) where it's generally for linemen (50-79), but even there, rules change, allowing more options, though 69 remains a lineman number usually.
Jersey #42 – Jackie Robinson
Number 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball on April 15, 1997, marking the 50th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, making it the only number retired across an entire professional sports league at that time.
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2. Numbers shall be plain Arabic numerals and must be the same style and color as the number on the back of the jersey. 3. Legal numbers are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 00, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55.
Thurmond was named both a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Known to fans as "Nate the Great",Thurmond has had his #42 jersey retired by both the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers franchises.
While most numbers are fair game in choosing a jersey number, there are a few exceptions. The NBA prohibits players from wearing certain numbers for various reasons. For example: Numbers 69 and above: Players cannot wear numbers #69 and above due to potential concerns over inappropriate or offensive associations.
No, 42 is not a perfect number. In general, we determine if a number, x, is a perfect number using the following steps: Find the divisors of x.
42 is the largest number whose reciprocal, added with three other unique positive integers, sums to exactly 1.
In numerology, 42 is considered an angel number, a powerful message from the divine realm. It combines the energies and vibrations of the numbers 4 and 2, where 4 resonates with determination and building a solid foundation, while 2 signifies balance, harmony, and cooperation.
It all started with Douglas Adams' cult radio show turned novel turned movie, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you're not familiar, the fictional series proclaims that 42 is "the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything".