Huskers to Retire Eight Jerseys

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The Nebraska Athletics Department will posthumously honor eight members of the College Football Hall of Fame by adding them to a prestigious group of former Cornhuskers with retired jerseys.

The group of eight Hall of Fame players will have their names added to the display on the façade of the North Stadium and will be honored at the season opener against Arkansas State. The uniform numbers of those retired jerseys will continue to be used, but the eight names will join 17 other former Huskers with their jerseys retired.

Nebraska College Football Hall of Fame players set to have their names added to the retired jersey fraternity include Guy Chamberlin, Ed Weir, Clarence Swanson, George Sauer, Sam Francis, Forrest Behm, Bobby Reynolds and Wayne Meylan.

“This is a fitting recognition for the greatest players of the first 75 years of Cornhusker football,” Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst said. “These men were at the pinnacle of the sport, earning induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. They are deserving of their names being placed alongside our other all-time greats at the top of the North Stadium. We will be recognizing the 125th Anniversary of the N-Club at the season opener against Arkansas State, making this the right time to honor this group of legendary players.”

Surviving family members of the eight honorees will be invited to attend the Nebraska-Arkansas State game for the recognition.
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Huskers.com

Congratulations @Guy Chamberlin

 
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Wow, I guess I assumed most of these guys had already had their jerseys retired and received recognition like this.

If these guys aren't already named alongside the other all-time greats, what is the list of names they'll be joining?

 
El Diaco said:
Wow, I guess I assumed most of these guys had already had their jerseys retired and received recognition like this.

If these guys aren't already named alongside the other all-time greats, what is the list of names they'll be joining?
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Frazier, Crouch, Suh, etc. 

 
El Diaco said:
Wow, I guess I assumed most of these guys had already had their jerseys retired and received recognition like this.

If these guys aren't already named alongside the other all-time greats, what is the list of names they'll be joining?
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Huskers.com

#60 (Novak) and #64 (Brown) are the only two numbers retired.  The rest are jerseys that are retired.

No. 60 - Tom Novak

No. 20 - Johnny Rodgers

No. 79 - Rich Glover

No. 50 - Dave Rimington

No. 30 - Mike Rozier

No. 71 - Dean Steinkuhler 

No. 75 - Larry Jacobson

No. 75 - Will Shields

No. 34 - Trev Alberts

No. 74 - Zach Wiegert

No. 15 - Tommie Frazier

No. 67 - Aaron Taylor

No. 98 - Grant Wistrom

No. 54 - Dominic Raiola

No. 7 - Eric Crouch

No. 64 - Bob Brown

No. 93 - Ndamukong Suh
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Thanks Mav. Heckuva list of players. Still surprised it's taken this long for these other guys though.

I thought the Jets number was retired also but they made an exception for his son.....?

 
El Diaco said:
Thanks Mav. Heckuva list of players. Still surprised it's taken this long for these other guys though.

I thought the Jets number was retired also but they made an exception for his son.....?
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Yeah, I kind of remember the same thing.  Perhaps they changed how they did things since then.   :dunno

 
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I'm surprised to that some of those players had to wait so long.

It is good to see Wayne Meylan not have to wait as long. He was a beast on that D.

GBR!!!

 
Mavric said:
Yeah, I kind of remember the same thing.  Perhaps they changed how they did things since then.   :dunno
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There was a time when NU did actually retire numbers.  They had Rodgers', Glover's, Rozier's, Rimington's, etc. (all the big award winners).  Rodgers' #20 was brought out of retirement for his son, Terry.  It was sometime in the 90s when the roster got so large that the team decided to "un-retire" the numbers, and just retire the "jerseys", as there weren't enough numbers to go around, even with offense and defense doubling up.

 
Rodgers' number was retired but when his son came to Nebraska, at Johnny's request, they unretired the number so he could wear it.

 
B.B. Hemingway said:
Wonder how quickly they'll get around to retiring Ameer's jersey?

Shouldn't be a question of if, but when.
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I don't think it will be retired.  He had a great career at NU, but he never won a major college award.  Was he even named an All-American?

EDIT-I mean to say I don't know if it's a sure thing to retire Ameer's jersey. The guy was an awesome Husker, but he didn't have the major awards that the other retired jerseys do. 

 
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