Not all jersey numbers are created equal. In the NFL, certain digits hold a special place in team history, worn by legendary players who left their mark on the gridiron. Number 70 is one such number, donned by both offensive and defensive stalwarts throughout the league's illustrious past. From championship winners to sack masters, keep reading to discover the most famous NFL players who wore number 70.
Best of Jersey 70
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Best of Jersey 70
On this edition of the Football by Numbers series will be coming up with the top ten best NFL players to wear the number 70! Once again our friend Joe Ziemba author and host of the When Football was Football Podcast brings his expertise and great story telling to this jersey number!
The Hall of Fame gives us our starting point.
The Substantial Players wearing 70 not yet in the HOF are:
- Jim Marshall
- Logan Mankins
- Russ Washington
- Charlie Krueger
- Bob Whitfield
- Leonard Marshall
- Zack Martin
- Henry Lawrence
- Joe Devlin
- Tom Sestak
- Harry Swayne
- Michael Sinclair
- Dave Studdard
- T J Lang
- Jake Matthews
- John Fina
- Keith Dorney
- Eric Wood
- Paul Smith
- Travelle Wharton
- L J Shelton
- Mike DeVito
- Donald Penn
- Trai Turner
- Herman Lee
- Leon Gray
- Bobby Massie
- Ron Carpenter
- Vaughn Parker
- Dean Steinkuhler
- Jammal Brown
- Leonard Davis
- Al Jamison
- Jim Skaggs
- Trey Teague
- Dave Scott
- Ron Mattes
- Shane Olivea
- Don Owens
- Wayne Gandy
- Brian Sochia
- Jim Harvey
- Kelechi Osemele
- Gary Jeter
- Dennis Lick
- Derek Kennard
- Jim Riley
- Ja'Wuan James
- Stan Waldemore
- Jim Nicholson
- Alex Barron
Big Thanks and Credit Goes Out to...
A speical thanks to the Pro Football Reference website for information they share on these great players. Check them out at Pro-Football-Reference.com
The Image used above is courtesy of Google Gemini and others from Wikimedia Commons. It is pleasing to see such vivid images of the jerseys that point out the uniform number and help us identify the legends that wore it.
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