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Born February 9, 1907, in Newmarket, Ontario, was Hockey Hall of Fame Right Wing/Defenseman Dit Clapper. This legend was a three-time Stanley Cup Champion with the Boston Bruins and a six-time NHL All-Star. Along with teammates Dutch Gainor and Cooney Weiland, they made up the original Bruins line that was called the "Dynamite Line." Clapper set a few scoring record marks during the 1930s. Dit was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947 as the first member to be alive at the time of induction.

Born September 29, 1963, in Hamilton, Ontario, was Hockey Hall of Fame Left Wing Dave Andreychuk. This legend accomplished a Stanley Cup Championship during his 23-year NHL career. Anderychuk was picked 16th overall in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. Dave was with the Sabres club for 12 seasons and then went on to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Born May, 15, 1953, in Glen Dale, West Virginia, was George Brett. Brett is a Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman, who also tended the positions of First Baseman, Left Fielder, Right Fielder, and Shortstop in his MLB career, wearing the number 5 on the Kansas City Royals from 1975-93, for 19 seasons as he batted 0.305 for his career, had an On Base percentage of 0.487, with 317 career Home Runs, and 1 Gold Glove Awarded Seasons. George Brett is one of the Top Baseball Jersey Number 5s in History. 

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 23 - 1 - 4 May 1, 1884 - The Toledo Blue Stockings made history by signing catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker. It doesn't...

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 4 - 17 - 6 - 22 - 33 - 1 April 30, 1922 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson,  threw a perfect game as the...

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 14 - 9 April 29, 1892 - Charlie Reilly of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes Major League Baseball's first pinch hitt...

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 20 - 21 - 1 April 28, 1901 - Cleveland Blue's pitcher Bock Baker had a really bad day on the mound. The left hander gave&...

Born April 28, 1964, in Cincinnati, Ohio, was Baseball hall of Fame Shortstop, Barry Larkin. Larkin played for his hometown Cincinnati Reds for his entire career 1986-2004. Barry made the most of his baseball career in the Majors as he was named to nine Silver Slugger awards, three Gold Glove awards, and the 1995 National League Most Valuable Player Award. He was selected to the Major League All-Star Game twelve times and is one of the top MLB players to have worn the Number 11.

Born April 28, 1970, in Krylbo, Sweden, was hockey Hall of Fame Defenseman, Nicklas Lidstrom. played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings from 1991 to 2012, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career. Called by the nickname of " The Perfect Human," Lidstrom was on four Stanley Cup Championship teams, made 12 NHL All-Star squads, and won one Comm Smythe Trophy. The Red Wings never missed the playoffs during his career, the longest in league history for a player never missing the playoffs.