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Retired Numbers
On Sept. 18, 2005, the Green Bay Packers for only the fifth time in nearly nine decades formally removed a uniform number from circulation, retiring Reggie White's No. 92.
The gesture was not spurred by White's premature death in December of 2004. In fact, Packers CEO Bob Harlan had met with White three months before he passed away and told him of the team's plans to retire the number during the '05 season, mentioning the public display of retired numbers on the green facade of Lambeau Field's north end zone.
All five Packers players to have their number retired are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including White, a first-ballot entry in the Class of 2006.
There is no known evidence that Tony Canadeo, one of those five, was ever honored at a public ceremony; the club is believed to have retired his number sometime during or after the 1952 season. Some think the team retired his No. 3 on 'Tony Canadeo Day,' Nov. 23, 1952, against the Dallas Texans at (old) City Stadium. The future Hall of Famer that day scored two TDs in a 42-14 Packers win, but newspaper accounts don't mention the number retirement.
In research supplied by the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the team's four known number retirement dates are listed below.
| Retired Numbers |
| No |
Pos |
Player |
Date |
| 3 |
B |
Tony Canadeo |
1952 |
| 4 |
QB |
Brett Favre |
Will be retired during 2008 season |
| 14 |
E/DB |
Don Hutson |
12/02/51 vs. N.Y. Yanks at City Stadium |
| 15 |
QB |
Bart Starr |
11/11/73 vs. St. Louis Cardinals at Lambeau Field |
| 66 |
LB |
Ray Nitschke |
12/04/83 vs. Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field |
| 92 |
DE |
Reggie White |
09/18/05 vs. Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field |
| Retired Numbers - by franchises with most championships, by sport |
Retired
Numbers |
Franchise |
League |
World
Championships |
| 21 |
Boston Celtics |
NBA |
16 |
| *16 |
New York Yankees |
MLB |
26 |
| *12 |
Montreal Canadians |
NHL |
24 |
| 5 |
Green Bay Packers |
NFL |
12 |
* Does not include Jackie Robinson or Wayne Gretzky.
Last Updated: 03/20/08
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