#16 was retired when Richard retired, so nobody wore it after he did.
* Peyton Manning wore number 16 at the University of Tennessee which was retired by the school in 2006. * Joe Montana wore number 16 while winning four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers. * The 2007 New England Patriots won 16 games in the regular season by going 16-0. * In Major League Baseball, 16 has been retired for the pitchers Whitey Ford and Hal Newhouser. * In hockey, the number 16 is retired by the St. Louis Blues in honor of Brett Hull.
Whitey Ford wore uniform number 16 for the New York Yankees from 1953 - 1967 and from 1968-1975 as a coach. Whitey Ford's number 16 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1974. There were 15 Yankees that wore the number 16 before him including Ernie Nevel in 1950, Whitey's first year when he wore number 19. Ford did not play in 1951, and 1952
Right now no one wears #16 and no more players ever will because it was retired in 2008 in honour of Trevor Linden, who wore it his entire career for Vancouver.
Many Yankee players have worn #16, but none have worn it since Whitey Ford, in whose honor the team retired the number. It had previously been worn by hall-of-fame pitcher Herb Pennock, and by all-stars Monte Pearson and Joe Page.
June 13, 1948.The Babe's #3 was retired at a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium. It was his last appearance at Yankee Stadium before he passed away on August 16, 1948.
The Canucks have retired one number #12 Stan Smyl, they are planning to retire #16 Trevor Linden. The #11 was unofficially retired after the player who wore it passed away, Mark Messier brought it back to the ice at the great displeasure of the family of the player that had passed away.
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He was the quarterback of the Tennessee Volunteers during the 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons.
On April 16, 2009, Johnny Damon singled to center, for the first hit at the new Yankee Stadium.
Satch Sanders
Well, Reggie Sanders wore #16 between 1992-1998 but when he came up to the Reds at the end of the 1991 season, he wore #53.