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Listed Below are NFL Professional Football Players who have had their number retired. Some NFL football teams, like the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants, have been liberal over the years in honoring their great players by retiring their uniform numbers while other teams, like the Green Bay Packers, have been rather conservative in bestowing such awards. The Dallas Cowboys are one of the few teams that have retired no uniform numbers, instead choosing to honor their greats with a "Ring of Honor" that graces the facade at Texas Stadium.

Perhaps the strangest "retirement" belongs to the Seattle Seahawks, though, having retired the number 12 to represent the fans... referred to as the 12th man. NFL Team History.com offers this list, by team, of all the retired uniform numbers in the NFL!

None  
Jim Kelly 12
Bob Johnson 54
Otto Graham 14
Jim Brown 32
Ernie Davis 45
Don Fleming 46
Lou Groza 76
John Elway 7
Frank Tripucka 18
Floyd Little 44
None  
Johnny Unitas 19
Buddy Young 22
Lenny Moore 24
Art Donovan 70
Jim Parker 77
Raymond Berry 82
Gino Marchetti 89
None  
Jan Stenerud 3
Len Dawson 16
Abner Haynes 28
Stone Johnson 33
Mack Lee Hill 36
Willie Lanier 63
Bobby Bell 78
Buck Buchanan 86
Bob Griese 12
Dan Marino 13
Larry Csonka 39
Bruce Armstrong 78
Gino Cappelletti 20
Mike Haynes 40
Steve Nelson 57
John Hannah 73
Jim Lee Hunt 79
Bob Dee 89
Joe Namath 12
Don Maynard 13
Joe Klecko 73
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Ernie Stautner 70
Dan Fouts 14
Earl Campbell 34
Jim Norton 43
Mike Munchak 63
Elvin Bethea 65
Bruce Matthews 74

Arizona Larry Wilson 8
  Pat Tillman 40
  Stan Mauldin 77
  J.V. Cain 88
  Marshall Goldberg 99
Atlanta Steve Bartowski 10
  William Andrews 31
  Jeff Van Note 57
  Tommy Nobis 60
Carolina None  
Chicago Bronko Nagurski 3
  George McAfee 5
  George Halas 7
  Willie Galimore 28
  Walter Payton 34
  Gale Sayers 40
  Brian Piccolo 41
  Sid Luckman 42
  Dick Butkus 51
  Bill Hewitt 56
  Bill George 61
  Bulldog Turner 66
  Red Grange 77
Dallas None  
Detroit Dutch Clark 7
  Bobby Layne 22
  Doak Walker 37
  Joe Schmidt 56
  Chuck Hughes 85
Green Bay Tony Canadeo 3
  Don Hutson 14
  Bart Starr 15
  Ray Nitschke 66
  Reggie White 92
Minnesota Fran Tarkenton 10
  Mick Tingelhoff 53
  Jim Marshall 70
  Korey Stringer 77
  Cris Carter 80
  Alan Page 88
New Orleans Jim Taylor 31
  Doug Atkins 81
New York Giants Ray Flaherty 1
  Tuffy Leemans 4
  Mel Hein 7
  Phil Simms 11
  Y.A. Tittle 14
  Frank Gifford 16
  Al Blozis 32
  Joe Morrison 40
  Charlie Conerly 42
  Ken Strong 50
  Lawrence Taylor 56
Philadelphia Steve Van Buren 15
  Tom Brookshier 40
  Pete Retzlaff 44
  Chuck Bednarik 60
  Al Wistert 70
  Reggie White 92
  Jerome Brown 99
St. Louis Bob Waterfield 7
  Eric Dickerson 29
  Merlin Olsen 74
  Jackie Slater 78
  Jack Youngblood 85
San Francisco John Brodie 12
  Joe Montana 16
  Joe Perry 34
  Jimmy Johnson 37
  Hugh McElhenny 39
  Charlie Krueger 70
  Leo Nomellini 73
  Bob St. Clair 79
  Dwight Clark 87
Seattle "Fans/the twelfth man" 12
  Steve Largent 80
Tampa Bay Lee Roy Selmon 63
Washington Sammy Baugh 33