In this episode of the Sports Jersey Dispatch we discover who are some of the greatest NFL players that wore number 33? Find out in this episode of Football by Numbers as we discuss the top NFL players to ever wear the number 33 with the When Football was Football Podcast's host Joe Ziemba! Recorded originally back in 2021 on Pigskin Dispatch.
NFL Number 33s
The Greatest NFL Players Who Wore the Number 33 Jersey - Discussion with Joe Ziemba
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Top Ten of Jersey 33
We had fun finding the best players in the NFL’s history to put on the number 33 jersey with historian and author Joe Ziemba
We had a great list of candidates that really spanned the entire 101 plus years of history of the League and came up with these ten player as being the most substantial:
- Ray Nitschke
- Sammy Baugh
- Tony Dorsett
- Ollie Matson
- Roger Craig
- Larry Morris
- Charles Tillman
- Reggie Rucker
- Mike Michalske
- Nick Pietrosante
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Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Football-Reference.com and Stathead.com resources.
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