Found June 22, 2009 on Best Athletes By The Numbers:
Definitely some controversy over who the best pro athlete to ever wear the jersey number 43 is? But, as you probably know, Nascar has been excluded from this list. Here we are listing ONLY the four major North American pro sports (football, baseball, hockey and lacrosse). Yeah, just kidding with that last one. It's basketball. But anyway, this is why you don't see Pele at number 10.

However, while some identify Mr. Petty with 43, there is ZERO doubt that Dennis Eckersley is the best MLB athlete to ever wear the jersey number 43.


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