In this episode of the Sports Jersey Dispatch we discover who are some of the greatest NFL players that wore number 34? Find out in this episode of Football by Numbers as we discuss the top NFL players to ever wear the number 34 with the When Football was Football Podcast's host Joe Ziemba! Recorded originally back in 2021 on Pigskin Dispatch.
NFL Number 34s
The Top NFL Players that wore Number 34 with historian Joe Ziemba
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Top Ten of Jersey 34
We had fun finding the best players in the NFL’s history to put on the number 34 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:
- Joe Perry
- Thurman Thomas
- Walter Payton
- Earl Campbell
- Ricky Williams
- Cookie Gilchrist
- Ray Buchanan
- Herschel Walker
- Rickey Young
- Craig Heyward
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Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Pro-Football-Reference.com and Stathead.com resources.
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