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NFL: Retired Numbers Trivia Quiz

It is a high honor for a pro football player to have his jersey number retired by his team, never to be worn again. These questions relate to those teams, numbers, and honorees.

A multiple-choice quiz by fritzer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
fritzer

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
173,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
2124

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Question 1 of 15

1. The Colts' franchise has retired the number 19, belonging to which man that many call the greatest of all time? Hint

Raymond Berry

Gino Marchetti

Lenny Moore

Johnny Unitas

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Question 2 of 15

2. The Green Bay Packers retired the number 3 for which player, who died in November 2003 at age 84? Hint

Don Hutson

Tony Canadeo

Paul Hornung

Bart Starr

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Question 3 of 15

3. The first Buffalo Bills jersey number to be retired was 12. Who did it belong to? Hint

O. J. Simpson

Jim Kelly

Jack Kemp

Andre Reed

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Question 4 of 15

4. The San Diego Chargers have retired the number 14. Who were they honoring?

Answer: (Two words or just surname. Another quarterback seen on TV often.)

5. The Chicago Bears have had so many great players and retired their numbers, that they may someday run out of numbers. Number 41 belonged to the subject of an immensely popular made-for-TV 1971 movie with a very sad ending. What was the movie titled? Hint

"Running to Eternity"

"Brian's Song"

"They Call Him Bronko"

"The Galloping Ghost"

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which team has retired two sequential numbers, both worn by fantastic quarterbacks: Number 12 led the team from 1967 to 1979; Number 13 from 1983 to 1999? Hint

Forty-Niners

Vikings

Jets

Dolphins

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Question 7 of 15

7. The Seattle Seahawks have retired the number 80. The man honored had gone on to a successful political career, and had been a candidate for governor of his home state. Who is he? Hint

Brian Blades

Brian Bosworth

Steve Largent

Curt Warner

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Question 8 of 15

8. In an unusual move, the Seattle Seahawks retired the number 12. Who was being honored? Hint

The fans ("the Twelfth Man")

Jack Patera, the franchise's first head coach ("Ol' No. 12")

Two quarterbacks, Jim Zorn and Dave Krieg (both wore No. 12)

Warren Moon, Seahawks quarterback 1997-98 (because the Houston Oilers refuse to retire numbers)

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Question 9 of 15

9. The Rams, who for many years resided in Los Angeles, California, have retired the number 7. It was worn by a quarterback who was once married to one of Hollywood's most incredibly constructed actresses. He was a great football player out of UCLA, but who was she? Hint

Deanna Dors

Marilyn Monroe

Jane Russell

Jayne Mansfield

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Question 10 of 15

10. The Cleveland Browns retired the number 76, honoring which one of the all-time great football place-kickers? Hint

Jan Stenerud

Lou Groza

Tom Dempsy

Charlie Sanders

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Question 11 of 15

11. The Cleveland Browns retired the number 32. This honored a Hall of Fame running back, holder for decades of the NFL record for career yards per attempt at 5.22 yards. Who was this great? Hint

Fleming

Moore

Brown

Davis

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Question 12 of 15

12. The Denver Broncos retired which number in honor of John Elway? Hint

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which great lineman from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will never see his number 63 worn again on that team? Hint

Dexter Manley

Lee Roy Selmon

Mark Carrier

Wally Chambers

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Question 14 of 15

14. The New Orleans Saints retired the number 31 to honor a great running back who played for them during their first season in the NFL. He played only his final NFL year with the Saints, but nine years for which famous football dynasty? Hint

New York Giants

Kansas City Chiefs

Detroit Lions

Green Bay Packers

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Question 15 of 15

15. The Vikings retired the number 88 in honor of their great defensive lineman of the 1960s and 1970s, Alan Page. Where did Alan play college football? Hint

Oklahoma

Notre Dame

Miami (Florida)

UCLA

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Colts' franchise has retired the number 19, belonging to which man that many call the greatest of all time?

Answer: Johnny Unitas

The greatest quarterback of all-time, that is. Those other three great Colts have had their numbers retired as well.

2. The Green Bay Packers retired the number 3 for which player, who died in November 2003 at age 84?

Answer: Tony Canadeo

Tony was called the "Grey Ghost" and played halfback. The numbers of Hutson (14) and Starr (15) are retired.

3. The first Buffalo Bills jersey number to be retired was 12. Who did it belong to?

Answer: Jim Kelly

Quarterback for the Bills 1986 to 1996.

4. The San Diego Chargers have retired the number 14. Who were they honoring?

Answer: Dan Fouts

Fouts had a very successful television broadcasting career as a football analyst.

Answer: "Brian's Song"

James Caan as Brian Piccolo, Billy Dee Williams as Gayle Sayers; a white and a black football player with a loving, special friendship to the end, that end being Brian's death from cancer. By the way, Gayle Sayers' number 40 is also retired by the Bears.

6. Which team has retired two sequential numbers, both worn by fantastic quarterbacks: Number 12 led the team from 1967 to 1979; Number 13 from 1983 to 1999?

Answer: Dolphins

Bob Griese (12) is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dan Marino (13) had been holder of season and career passing yardage records.

7. The Seattle Seahawks have retired the number 80. The man honored had gone on to a successful political career, and had been a candidate for governor of his home state. Who is he?

Answer: Steve Largent

In 1994, former wide receiver Steve Largent, won a seat in the United States Congress representing the state of Oklahoma. The next year he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

8. In an unusual move, the Seattle Seahawks retired the number 12. Who was being honored?

Answer: The fans ("the Twelfth Man")

That savvy Seattle crowd that congregated in the now-demolished Kingdome, with its close-to-the-action seating and reverberant ceiling, was really tough on the opposing teams.

Answer: Jane Russell

Hall-of-Famer Bob Waterfield, the fabulous Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams star of the 1940s, was married to Jane Russell, the equally fabulous "Outlaw" star and beneficiary of Howard Hughes' inventive ultra-lift cantilever bra.

10. The Cleveland Browns retired the number 76, honoring which one of the all-time great football place-kickers?

Answer: Lou Groza

He was called "The Toe." That pretty much says it.

11. The Cleveland Browns retired the number 32. This honored a Hall of Fame running back, holder for decades of the NFL record for career yards per attempt at 5.22 yards. Who was this great?

Answer: Brown

Jim would come back to the huddle looking like he was totally pooped and couldn't run another step, and then he'd rip off another 5.22 yards.

12. The Denver Broncos retired which number in honor of John Elway?

Answer: 7

John was the franchise player starting in 1984, and led the Broncos to the NFL Super Bowl five times, including Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII (played in 1998 and 1999), both of which they won.

13. Which great lineman from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will never see his number 63 worn again on that team?

Answer: Lee Roy Selmon

Selmon was a six-time Pro Bowl player, 1979 through 1984.

Answer: Green Bay Packers

He is Jim Taylor, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and five-time Pro Bowl player. The folks around New Orleans have good reason to be proud of Jim. He was born in Louisiana, and was a 1957 All-America player at Louisiana State University.

15. The Vikings retired the number 88 in honor of their great defensive lineman of the 1960s and 1970s, Alan Page. Where did Alan play college football?

Answer: Notre Dame

Yes, another "Domer"! Alan later became a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. The man is really something special.

Source: Author fritzer

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