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Denver Native (Carol)
08-06-2013, 03:21 PM
STANFORD, Calif. -- Thirty years after he left school, Stanford football is retiring John Elway's No. 7 jersey.

The former Cardinal quarterback and No. 1 overall pick of the 1983 NFL draft will have his jersey retired during halftime of Stanford's home game against Oregon on Nov. 7. Elway, now the executive vice president of the Denver Broncos, will be only the third player to have his jersey enshrined by the school, joining Ernie Nevers ( No. 1) and Jim Plunkett (No. 16).

"I am extremely humbled that Stanford has chosen to recognize me in this very special way," Elway said in a statement released by the university. "It's a tremendous honor to join Cardinal legends Ernie Nevers and Jim Plunkett with this distinction. Being a student-athlete at Stanford and earning my degree from the school are two things I take the utmost pride in accomplishing.

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MOtorboat
08-06-2013, 03:41 PM
My reaction: you mean it isn't already retired?

tubby
08-06-2013, 03:43 PM
30 years overdue

powderaddict
08-06-2013, 04:13 PM
That took a long time.

Ravage!!!
08-06-2013, 04:25 PM
That was my first reaction "What took you so long?"

OrangeHoof
08-06-2013, 07:08 PM
Haven't they changed nicknames three times since then? Weren't they the Indians and then the Cardinals and then the Cardinal...

Dapper Dan
08-07-2013, 07:25 AM
Wow. I was just talking about this. I was playing NCAA 14 and some punter had #7. I said that it was wrong that a punter would wear such a sacred jersey.

BroncoJoe
08-07-2013, 09:18 AM
Very nice gesture from Stanford.

OrangeHoof
08-07-2013, 10:03 AM
Watched the 1982 Stanford-Cal game the other night. If it weren't for Elway being Elway, the Bears would have never needed "The Play".

Al Wilson 4 Mayor
08-07-2013, 10:04 AM
Watched the 1982 Stanford-Cal game the other night. If it weren't for Elway being Elway, the Bears would have never needed "The Play".

Where did you see that, youtube?

OrangeHoof
08-07-2013, 06:13 PM
It was a replay on ESPN Classics I had taped. My spring/summer project was to start transferring my massive videotape library to DVD and that includes a lot of Bronco games, ESPN Classics, traded tapes and others.