The Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders have had several players wear the number 33. Among them are fullback Doug Mayberry (1963), All-Pro tight end/fullback Billy Cannon (1964-69), running back Louis Carter (1975), running back/kick returner Rick Jennings (1976-77), running back Kenny King (1980-85), safety Eddie Anderson (1987-97), defensive back Bucky Brooks (1998), safety Anthony Dorsett (2000-03), fullback Omar Easy (2005), running back Dominic Rhodes (2007) and safety Tyvon Branch (2008-current as of August 2012).
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The Detroit Tigers players that wore the uniform number of 53 are Willis Roberts, Jimmy Hurst, Brian Schmack, Sean Douglass, Francis Beltran, Jordan Tata, Luike French, Casey Fien, Jarrod Washburn, Jeff Frazier, Joaquin Benoit and kyle Lobstein. Benoit was the Tigers player that wore number 53 the most since he wore it during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.
In 1952, he wore number 69. In 1953-1955, he wore number 53.
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Don Drysdale wore uniform number 53 for the Dodgers his entire career from 1956 - 1969.
Greg Blankenship and Ray Pinney both wore the #53 for the Steelers during the 1976 season. Blankenship played the final six games that season.
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Middle linebacker Bob Breunig wore the number from 1975 to 1984.
Melky Cabrera wore number 39 in 2005. He then wore number 28 from 2006-2008. In his final season with the Yankees he wore his good friend Bobby Abreu's number 53. Bobby Abreu was let go after the 2008 season.
Each NFL team has 53 players plus the five extra for a practice squad, there are 1,696 players in the NFL. There are 32 teams in the NFL.
Melky wore number 39 in 2005, then he wore number 28 from 2006-2008. Then in his last season with the Yankees he wore number 53. Melky was then traded in the off season to the Atlanta Braves for Javier Vazquez.
Each NFL team is allowed to have up to 53 players. In 2011 the total number of teams was 32 and there were 1,696 NFL players in the US.