Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's First Three Retired Jerseys

Feb 13, 2024

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the first three college football players to have their jerseys retired. Red Grange was the first. You will be familiar with the second player, but the third is more of a stretch for most fans.

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December 21, 2023

Today's Tidbit... The First Three Retired Jersey Numbers ($)

Only exceptional players have their jersey numbers retired, so one would think that well-known superstars would have been the first three players to have their numbers removed from the rotation. As it turns out, the first two players with retired numbers fall into that category, while the third does not.

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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's First Three Retired Jerseys

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