Player deaths

NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them

by Chase Stuart on February 7, 2013

The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting in 1950), position(s), and years with the team. Each column is sortable, and you can use the search box to search by team (or uniform number, or position, or anything else); you can also change how many rows are shown by clicking on the dropdown box on the left.

Franchise	Player	Number	Pos	AV	First Yr	Last Yr
Arizona Cardinals	J.V. Cain	88	TE-WR	21	1974	1977
Arizona Cardinals	Marshall Goldberg	99	B	0	1939	1948
Arizona Cardinals	Stan Mauldin	77	T	0	1946	1948
Arizona Cardinals	Pat Tillman	40	DB	16	1998	2001
Arizona Cardinals	Larry Wilson	8	DB	96	1960	1972
Atlanta Falcons	William Andrews	31	RB	68	1979	1986
Atlanta Falcons	Steve Bartkowski	10	QB	70	1975	1985
Atlanta Falcons	Tommy Nobis	60	LB	63	1966	1976
Atlanta Falcons	Jeff Van Note	57	C-G-LB	77	1969	1986
Baltimore Ravens	None
Buffalo Bills	Jim Kelly	12	QB	103	1986	1996
Carolina Panthers	Sam Mills	51	LB	100	1995	1997
Chicago Bears	Dick Butkus	51	LB	97	1965	1973
Chicago Bears	Willie Galimore	28	HB	34	1957	1963
Chicago Bears	Bill George	61	LB-G-MG-DT	132	1952	1965
Chicago Bears	Red Grange	77	HB-BB-DB-TB	0	1925	1934
Chicago Bears	George Halas	7	E	0	1920	1928
Chicago Bears	Bill Hewitt	56	E-DE	0	1932	1936
Chicago Bears	Sid Luckman	42	QB-HB-DB	1	1939	1950
Chicago Bears	George McAfee	5	HB-DB	8	1940	1950
Chicago Bears	Bronko Nagurski	3	FB-LB-T	0	1930	1943
Chicago Bears	Walter Payton	34	RB	128	1975	1987
Chicago Bears	Brian Piccolo	41	RB	7	1966	1969
Chicago Bears	Gale Sayers	40	RB	54	1965	1971
Chicago Bears	Bulldog Turner	66	C-T-LB-G	20	1940	1952
Cincinnati Bengals	Bob Johnson	54	C	57	1968	1979
Cleveland Browns	Jim Brown	32	FB	106	1957	1965
Cleveland Browns	Don Fleming	46	DB	19	1960	1962
Cleveland Browns	Otto Graham	14	QB-DB	84	1946	1955
Cleveland Browns	Lou Groza	76	T-C-DT-K	100	1946	1967
Cleveland Browns	Ernie Davis	45	RB	0	1962	1962
Dallas Cowboys	None
Denver Broncos	John Elway	7	QB	138	1983	1998
Denver Broncos	Floyd Little	44	RB	71	1967	1975
Detroit Lions	Lem Barney	20	DB	111	1967	1977
Detroit Lions	Dutch Clark	7	TB-DB	0	1931	1938
Detroit Lions	Chuck Hughes	85	WR	7	1970	1971
Detroit Lions	Bobby Layne	22	QB	107	1950	1958
Detroit Lions	Barry Sanders	20	RB	122	1989	1998
Detroit Lions	Joe Schmidt	56	LB	119	1953	1965
Detroit Lions	Billy Sims	20	RB	58	1980	1984
Detroit Lions	Doak Walker	37	HB-DB	58	1950	1955
Green Bay Packers	Tony Canadeo	3	HB-TB-FB-DB	18	1941	1952
Green Bay Packers	Don Hutson	14	E-DB-DE	0	1935	1945
Green Bay Packers	Ray Nitschke	66	LB	102	1958	1972
Green Bay Packers	Bart Starr	15	QB	100	1956	1971
Green Bay Packers	Reggie White	92	DE-DT	163	1993	1998
Houston Texans	None
Indianapolis Colts	Raymond Berry	82	E	102	1955	1967
Indianapolis Colts	Art Donovan	70	DT-T	88	1953	1961
Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning	18	QB	165	1998	2011
Indianapolis Colts	Gino Marchetti	89	DE-T-DT	121	1953	1966
Indianapolis Colts	Lenny Moore	24	HB-FL	96	1956	1967
Indianapolis Colts	Jim Parker	77	T-G	102	1957	1967
Indianapolis Colts	Johnny Unitas	19	QB	141	1956	1972
Indianapolis Colts	Buddy Young	22	HB-FB-DB	30	1953	1955
Jacksonville Jaguars	None
Kansas City Chiefs	Bobby Bell	78	LB-DE	105	1963	1974
Kansas City Chiefs	Buck Buchanan	86	DT	101	1963	1975
Kansas City Chiefs	Len Dawson	16	QB	100	1962	1975
Kansas City Chiefs	Abner Haynes	28	HB	36	1960	1964
Kansas City Chiefs	Mack Lee Hill	36	FB-HB	13	1964	1965
Kansas City Chiefs	Willie Lanier	63	LB	99	1967	1977
Kansas City Chiefs	Jan Stenerud	3	K	8	1967	1979
Kansas City Chiefs	Derrick Thomas	58	LB	106	1989	1999
Kansas City Chiefs	Emmitt Thomas	18	DB	78	1966	1978
Kansas City Chiefs	Stone Johnson	33	HB-KR	0	1963	1963
Miami Dolphins	Larry Csonka	39	RB	72	1968	1979
Miami Dolphins	Bob Griese	12	QB	105	1967	1980
Miami Dolphins	Dan Marino	13	QB	146	1983	1999
Minnesota Vikings	Cris Carter	80	WR	98	1990	2001
Minnesota Vikings	Jim Marshall	70	DE	107	1961	1979
Minnesota Vikings	Alan Page	88	DT	157	1967	1978
Minnesota Vikings	Korey Stringer	77	T	45	1995	2000
Minnesota Vikings	Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	139	1961	1978
Minnesota Vikings	Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	102	1962	1978
New England Patriots	Bruce Armstrong	78	T-G	87	1987	2000
New England Patriots	Gino Cappelletti	20	FL-SE-DB-WR-K	41	1960	1970
New England Patriots	Bob Dee	89	DE-DT	47	1960	1967
New England Patriots	John Hannah	73	G	106	1973	1985
New England Patriots	Mike Haynes	40	DB	109	1976	1982
New England Patriots	Jim Hunt	79	DT-DE	47	1960	1970
New England Patriots	Steve Nelson	57	LB	70	1974	1987
New Orleans Saints	Doug Atkins	81	DE	120	1967	1969
New Orleans Saints	Jim Taylor	31	FB	70	1967	1967
New York Giants	Al Blozis	32	T	0	1942	1944
New York Giants	Charlie Conerly	42	QB	76	1948	1961
New York Giants	Ray Flaherty	1	E-DE	0	1928	1935
New York Giants	Frank Gifford	16	HB-FL-DB-WR	88	1952	1964
New York Giants	Mel Hein	7	C-LB	0	1931	1945
New York Giants	Tuffy Leemans	4	FB-TB-DB-QB	0	1936	1943
New York Giants	Joe Morrison	40	HB-FL-FB	42	1959	1972
New York Giants	Phil Simms	11	QB	91	1979	1993
New York Giants	Ken Strong	50	FB-TB-HB-WB-DB-K	0	1933	1947
New York Giants	Lawrence Taylor	56	LB	139	1981	1993
New York Giants	Y.A. Tittle	14	QB	112	1961	1964
New York Jets	Dennis Byrd	90	DT-DE	19	1989	1992
New York Jets	Joe Klecko	73	DT-NT-DE	76	1977	1987
New York Jets	Curtis Martin	28	RB	100	1998	2005
New York Jets	Don Maynard	13	E-FL-HB	70	1960	1972
New York Jets	Joe Namath	12	QB	90	1965	1976
Oakland Raiders	None
Philadelphia Eagles	Chuck Bednarik	60	LB-C	133	1949	1962
Philadelphia Eagles	Tom Brookshier	40	DB	56	1953	1961
Philadelphia Eagles	Jerome Brown	99	DT	48	1987	1991
Philadelphia Eagles	Brian Dawkins	20	DB	101	1996	2008
Philadelphia Eagles	Pete Retzlaff	44	E-HB-TE	71	1956	1966
Philadelphia Eagles	Steve Van Buren	15	HB	12	1944	1951
Philadelphia Eagles	Reggie White	92	DE-DT	163	1985	1992
Philadelphia Eagles	Al Wistert	70	T-G-DT	24	1943	1951
Pittsburgh Steelers	Ernie Stautner	70	DT-DE-G	112	1950	1963
San Diego Chargers	Lance Alworth	19	FL-WR	78	1962	1970
San Diego Chargers	Dan Fouts	14	QB	122	1973	1987
San Diego Chargers	Junior Seau	55	LB	125	1990	2002
San Francisco 49ers	John Brodie	12	QB	88	1957	1973
San Francisco 49ers	Dwight Clark	87	WR	61	1979	1987
San Francisco 49ers	Jimmy Johnson	37	DB-HB	108	1961	1976
San Francisco 49ers	Charlie Krueger	70	DT-DE	79	1959	1973
San Francisco 49ers	Ronnie Lott	42	DB	117	1981	1990
San Francisco 49ers	Hugh McElhenny	39	HB	88	1952	1960
San Francisco 49ers	Joe Montana	16	QB	123	1979	1992
San Francisco 49ers	Leo Nomellini	73	DT-T	116	1950	1963
San Francisco 49ers	Joe Perry	34	FB	75	1948	1963
San Francisco 49ers	Jerry Rice	80	WR	160	1985	2000
San Francisco 49ers	Bob St. Clair	79	T	80	1953	1963
San Francisco 49ers	Steve Young	8	QB	135	1987	1999
Seattle Seahawks	Fans (12th man)	12
Seattle Seahawks	Walter Jones	71	T	96	1997	2008
Seattle Seahawks	Cortez Kennedy	96	DT	97	1990	2000
Seattle Seahawks	Steve Largent	80	WR	103	1976	1989
St. Louis Rams	Isaac Bruce	80	WR	102	1994	2007
St. Louis Rams	Eric Dickerson	29	RB	91	1983	1987
St. Louis Rams	Marshall Faulk	28	RB	133	1999	2005
St. Louis Rams	Deacon Jones	75	DE	112	1961	1971
St. Louis Rams	Merlin Olsen	74	DT	139	1962	1976
St. Louis Rams	Jackie Slater	78	T-G	93	1976	1995
St. Louis Rams	Bob Waterfield	7	QB	35	1945	1952
St. Louis Rams	Jack Youngblood	85	DE	122	1971	1984
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Lee Roy Selmon	63	DE-DT	81	1976	1984
Tennessee Titans	Elvin Bethea	65	DE	89	1968	1983
Tennessee Titans	Earl Campbell	34	RB	68	1978	1984
Tennessee Titans	Bruce Matthews	74	G-C-T	121	1983	2001
Tennessee Titans	Warren Moon	1	QB	119	1984	1993
Tennessee Titans	Mike Munchak	63	G	84	1982	1993
Tennessee Titans	Jim Norton	43	DB-P	44	1960	1968
Washington Redskins	Sammy Baugh	33	QB-TB	18	1937	1952

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