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NFL - The idea of putting numbers on uniforms to identify players dates back to the early 1900s. In those days, numbers sometimes meant something specific: The 1929 Yankees handed out uniforms based on their batting order, which is why three-hole hitter Babe Ruth ended up with No. 3. Soccer used to assign numbers by position, and so did American football. Most sports have long since stopped worrying about this, but the NFL still has rules in place that keep players at certain positions within certain ranges of uniform numbers. A quarterback can wear 1 through 19, but never 20; a running back can wear 20-49, but never 5 or 50; and if you see a number in the 90s, you're looking at a linesman. No position's range of legal uniform numbers includes the number 0, which means 0 and 00 are effectively banned in the NFL. Interestingly, the NHL also currently bans 0 and 00 — but it used to allow them!:
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It is possible that the rules changes since he played in the 60s and the 70s. Jim Otto who played center for the Raiders in the 60 and the 70s wore 00. Otto started playing in the AFL and continued playing after the merger and wore 00 in the NFL.
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