For many years, no one wore number 69. Mel "The Mangler" Angelstad broke the seal when he sported it for the Washington Capitals during the 2003-2004 season. But after only two televised games, both he and the number were suddenly silenced amid rumours of controversy with then newly inducted NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Andrew Desjardins took the road less traveled and brought 69 back to the ice cold arenas of the world's fastest game in 2010-2011 when he suited up for the San Jose Sharks. With the season nearing completion, he has already played almost 8 games.
In a recent interview with The Hockey News, Desjardins commented "I think everyone knows why I wear it."
Past and present:
Glenn Anderson
Nik Antropov
Chuck Arnason
Scott Arniel
Don Ashby
Brent Ashton
Ralph Backstrom
Garnet Bailey
Reid Bailey
Len Barrie
Andy Bathgate
Brendan Bell
Mark Bell
Red Berenson
Bill Berg
Jiri Bicek
Ivan Boldirev
Henry Boucha
Greg Brown
Kelly Buchberger
John Bucyk
Mike Bullard
Pavel Bure
Charlie Burns
Viacheslav Butsayev
Dave Capuano
Wayne Carleton
Gene Carr
John Chabot
Blair Chapman
Tom Chorske
Erik Christensen
Dave Chyzowski
Greg Classen
Real Cloutier
Glen Cochrane
Pete Conacher
Roy Conacher
Rene Corbet
Shayne Corson
Geoff Courtnall
Russ Courtnall
Denis Cyr
Ulf Dahlen
Alexandre Daigle
Craig Darby
Butch Deadmarsh
Ab DeMarco
Wayne Dillon
Kevin Dineen
Hnat Domenichelli
Steve Downie
Harold Druken
Matt Duchene
Rick Dudley
Dick Duff
Blake Dunlop
Pascal Dupuis
Miroslav Dvorak
Pelle Eklund
Gary Emmons
Brian Engblom
Rico Fata
Denny Felsner
Dunc Fisher
Reggie Fleming
Bill Flett
Ron Flockhart
Marc Fortier
Ron Francis
Dave Gagner
Dick Gamble
Bruce Gardiner
Cal Gardner
Stew Gavin
Clark Gillies
Doug Gilmour
Marcel Goc
Viktor Gordiouk
Phil Goyette
Norm Gratton
Adam Graves
Mark Greig
Scott Gruhl
Bill Guerin
Niklas Hagman
Murray Hall
Gilles Hamel
Al Hangsleben
Dave Hannan
Billy Harris
Jim Harrison
Mark Hartigan
Todd Harvey
Martin Havlat
Jeff Heerema
Darby Hendrickson
Bill Hicke
Ernie Hicke
Andy Hilbert
Josh Holden
Brian Holzinger
Bronco Horvath
Gordie Howe
Bobby Hull
Brett Hull
Brent Imlach
David Jensen
Calle Johansson
Mark Johnson
Stan Jonathan
Evander Kane
Paul Kariya
Mike Keane
Bob Kelly
Ted Kennedy
Mikko Koivu
Dave Kryskow
Murray Kuntz
Nick Kypreos
Neil Labatte
David Laliberte
Igor Larionov
Brad Larsen
Danny Lawson
Brian Lawton
Jamie Leach
Real Lemieux
Don Lever
Pentti Lund
Len Lunde
Kari Makkonen
Dan Maloney
Milan Marcetta
Mike Marson
Rick Martin
Dennis Maruk
Kevin Maxwell
Brad May
Derek Mayer
Dean McAmmond
Andrew McBain
Rob McClanahan
Jay McClement
Keith McCreary
Lanny McDonald
Al McDonough
Tony McKegney
Wayne Merrick
Glen Metropolit
Milan Michalek
Larry Mickey
Nick Mickoski
Rick Middleton
Mike Millar
Mike Modano
Mike Moller
Oscar Moller
Jon Morris
Brendan Morrison
Kirk Muller
Joe Murphy
Tyson Nash
Bob Nevin
Bernie Nicholls
Simon Nolet
Michael Nylander
Wilf Paiement
Zach Parise
Larry Patey
Eric Perrin
Roger Picard
Greg Polis
Jame Pollock
Dave Poulin
Jean Pronovost
Konstantin Pushkarev
Taylor Pyatt
Erik Rasmussen
Dutch Reibel
Mike Ricci
Jacques Richard
Maurice Richard
Leon Rochefort
Larry Romanchych
Paul Ronty
Derek Roy
Jason Ruff
Stefan Ruzicka
Bobby Ryan
Jean-Francois
Denis Savard
Marc Savard
Andy Schneider
Anatoli Semenov
Patrick Sharp
Doug Shedden
Jeff Shevalier
Ilkka Sinisalo
Darryl Sittler
Tod Sloan
Doug Smail
Brian Spencer
Frank St. Marseille
Mike Stapleton
Shayne Stevenson
Alexander Suglobov
Doug Sulliman
Rich Sutter
Dale Tallon
Tony Tanti
German Titov
Jeff Toms
Vladimir Tsyplakov
Darren Turcotte
Perry Turnbull
Norm Ullman
Scottie Upshall
Vladimir Vujtek
David Vyborny
Ryan Walter
Mike Walton
Dixon Ward
Stephen Weiss
Sean Whyte
Murray Wilson
Steve Witiuk
Ron Zanussi
Peter Zezel
Sergei Zholtok
Dainius Zubrus
Matt Cotoia
Yes - Kenny Britt wears the number.
Ben Roethlisberger currently wears number '7' for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Larry Fitzgerald WR Arizona.
yeah, matt ryan wears #2
Emmitt Smith
some fat man called alex tate that has a beard like jesus and a penis the size of godzilla
Quite a few like Chicago Bears #13 Johnny Knox and Arizona Cardinals #13 Kurt Warner. 13 is an unlucky number, but it is just inevitable on NFL jerseys.
No, 69 is not a square number.
Please complete your question.
cowboys
Left offensive tackle Tyron Smith, the Dallas Cowboys' first selection in the 2011 NFL Draft (from the University of Southern California), wears No. 77.