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Tom Brady scores top No. 12 slot
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Tom Brady is the greatest athlete to ever wear No. 12, according to a new book, ‘Any Given Number.’
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What do jock greats Tom Brady, Bill Russell, Bobby Orr and Ted Williams have in common? They all did their jerseys proud, according to “Any Given Number,” a new book that counts jersey numbers from 00 to 99 to decide which pro athlete wore his number best. (No, there are no women, so no calls please. ...)
Brady is No. 1 at No. 12, according to the book by jock bible Sports Illustrated.The Patriots QB/QT bested fellow Super Bowl-winning field generals Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach, who all wore the same number. Although Brady has won one fewer Vince Lombardi trophies than Bradshaw, the authors point out that the erstwhile Blond Bomber played with a pack of Hall of Famers, while Mr. Gisele Bundchen was “indisputably important to (his) Super Bowl-winning teams.”
“Brady and Coach Bill Belichick have defined more than a decade of Patriots excellence,” they conclude.
At No. 4, Orr offs Lou Gehrig (“the best first baseman ever”) and Brett Favre (“rewrote the record book”) because the Bruins legend “quite simply transformed hockey,” becoming the highest-scoring defenseman of that time.
Bill Russell (“the best player on the greatest dynasty in professional sports”) and Ted Williams (“defined not only baseball greatness but a certain species of American hero”) also took top spots, at No. 6 and No. 9. But Celtics legend Larry Bird lost the 33 battle to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Yogi Berra topped Carl Yastrzemski at No. 8. Discuss ...
Other Boston athletes who wore their jerseys best include former Celtics John Havlicek (17) and Robert Parish (00), former Red Sox Curt Schilling (38), Pedro Martinez (45) and Wade Boggs (26), and ex-Patriot John Hannah.Ex-Boston jocks Randy Moss, Babe Ruth and Jaromir Jagr also won their jersey titles but were honored mostly for their heroics on other teams.
A pack of local faves who happened to have very popular numbers suffered for it, while some who had little competition at their digits scored.
David Ortiz, Paul Pierce and Shaquille O’Neal might have broken out if they weren’t battling Walter Payton for 34 glory, and Dave Cowens and Johnny Damon lost the 18 fight to Peyton Manning. Carlton Fisk would have won 27 props, the authors say, except that he switched to 72 after he departed theRed Sox for the White Sox.
Of course, winning isn’t everything, so let us pause, in true Boston fashion, to enjoy our enemies’ defeats. Be grateful that LeBron James chose the same digits as legends Bill Russell and Michael Jordan, so he’s off the list. Ditto for ex-Sox hurler Roger Clemens, who lost the top 21 spot to Spurs star Tim Duncan and 22 honors to Emmitt Smith.
Tom Brady scores top No. 12 slot
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Tom Brady is the greatest athlete to ever wear No. 12, according to a new book, ‘Any Given Number.’
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What do jock greats Tom Brady, Bill Russell, Bobby Orr and Ted Williams have in common? They all did their jerseys proud, according to “Any Given Number,” a new book that counts jersey numbers from 00 to 99 to decide which pro athlete wore his number best. (No, there are no women, so no calls please. ...)
Brady is No. 1 at No. 12, according to the book by jock bible Sports Illustrated.The Patriots QB/QT bested fellow Super Bowl-winning field generals Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach, who all wore the same number. Although Brady has won one fewer Vince Lombardi trophies than Bradshaw, the authors point out that the erstwhile Blond Bomber played with a pack of Hall of Famers, while Mr. Gisele Bundchen was “indisputably important to (his) Super Bowl-winning teams.”
“Brady and Coach Bill Belichick have defined more than a decade of Patriots excellence,” they conclude.
At No. 4, Orr offs Lou Gehrig (“the best first baseman ever”) and Brett Favre (“rewrote the record book”) because the Bruins legend “quite simply transformed hockey,” becoming the highest-scoring defenseman of that time.
Bill Russell (“the best player on the greatest dynasty in professional sports”) and Ted Williams (“defined not only baseball greatness but a certain species of American hero”) also took top spots, at No. 6 and No. 9. But Celtics legend Larry Bird lost the 33 battle to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Yogi Berra topped Carl Yastrzemski at No. 8. Discuss ...
Other Boston athletes who wore their jerseys best include former Celtics John Havlicek (17) and Robert Parish (00), former Red Sox Curt Schilling (38), Pedro Martinez (45) and Wade Boggs (26), and ex-Patriot John Hannah.Ex-Boston jocks Randy Moss, Babe Ruth and Jaromir Jagr also won their jersey titles but were honored mostly for their heroics on other teams.
A pack of local faves who happened to have very popular numbers suffered for it, while some who had little competition at their digits scored.
David Ortiz, Paul Pierce and Shaquille O’Neal might have broken out if they weren’t battling Walter Payton for 34 glory, and Dave Cowens and Johnny Damon lost the 18 fight to Peyton Manning. Carlton Fisk would have won 27 props, the authors say, except that he switched to 72 after he departed theRed Sox for the White Sox.
Of course, winning isn’t everything, so let us pause, in true Boston fashion, to enjoy our enemies’ defeats. Be grateful that LeBron James chose the same digits as legends Bill Russell and Michael Jordan, so he’s off the list. Ditto for ex-Sox hurler Roger Clemens, who lost the top 21 spot to Spurs star Tim Duncan and 22 honors to Emmitt Smith.
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