Without looking it up. Go back as far as you can. Just pretend the Jeopardy music is playing in the background.
Just for fun: What was the starting QB's jersey number in every NC year?
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Without looking anything up, here goes:
2012: #10 AJM
2011: #10 AJM
2009: #11 GMAC
1992: #7 Jay Barker
1979 #10 Steadman Shealy
1978: #11 Jeff Rutledge
1973: #11 Gary Rutledge
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12 Namath and snake
7 barker
12 McElroy
10 mccarron
All I got for bama
13 was mccaron 10
12 also
11 scam 2
10 McElroy 12
09 tebow 5
08 Flynn 11?
07 leak 12
06 young 10
05 leinart 11
04 mauk 5? Leinart 11
7 barker
12 McElroy
10 mccarron
All I got for bama
13 was mccaron 10
12 also
11 scam 2
10 McElroy 12
09 tebow 5
08 Flynn 11?
07 leak 12
06 young 10
05 leinart 11
04 mauk 5? Leinart 11
Are we talking about just for Alabama or every team?
2012: AJ McCarron #10
2011: AJ McCarron #10
2009: Greg McElroy #12
1992: Jay Barker #7
1979: Steadman Shealy #10
1978: Jeff Rutledge #11
1973: Gary Rutledge #11
1965: Steve Sloan #14
1964: Joe Namath #12
1961: Pat Trammell #10
Good luck getting anything earlier than that. Players in the early days sometimes switched numbers over the course of a season.
2012: AJ McCarron #10
2011: AJ McCarron #10
2009: Greg McElroy #12
1992: Jay Barker #7
1979: Steadman Shealy #10
1978: Jeff Rutledge #11
1973: Gary Rutledge #11
1965: Steve Sloan #14
1964: Joe Namath #12
1961: Pat Trammell #10
Good luck getting anything earlier than that. Players in the early days sometimes switched numbers over the course of a season.
Since he left the teams out, by default it would have to be Alabama.
Before those days, they didn't have numbers?
I think they did... but it would be hard to find them. And then, some times they changed up during the season. There is a famous story about Coach Bryant changing numbers during the 1934 season, but I can't remember it exactly.
Those guys look like a bunch of referees. Did they have numbers on the back of their jerseys?Anyone curious about the 1930 team?
What was the QB's # in 1930?
Sticking to tradition, do we need to go back to those uniforms? Maybe we could place a "Script A" on our leather helmets.
I guess those were Wallace Wade uniforms. What did Thomas' Tide jerseys' look like?
IIRC, that story came from the 1934 game against Tennessee that Coach Bryant played with a broken leg. Players used to switch numbers frequently so that fans would need to buy programs to know who was who. Before the game in the Alabama locker room, Coach Thomas was giving his pregame speech and said something to the effect of how although the game may be hotly contested, that they would have ol' 37 on their side. This fired up the players as they looked around to see who was wearing this #37, only to see it was Bryant with his leg wrapped up. Not wanting to disappoint his coach and team, Bryant not only played, but played one of the finest games of his career. Hopefully that account is fairly accurate, that's the way I remember it at least.
Names of historical note you might recognize:
Front row, last on the right Albert Elmore
Row 2, 3rd from right Carnie Laslie, to his left QB #25 Johnny "Hurri" Cain
Row 3, 1st on left Fred Sington; 3rd from left former Clemson HC Frank Howard, #35 guard
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