Which famous athletes have worn the number 2?
2 is the retired number for former baseball great Charlie Gehringer. 2 was the number used by Leo Durocher as baseball player, coach, and manager from the early 1930s until his retirement. From 1991 until his retirement in 2005, 2 was the number borne on the car of NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Rusty Wallace. It was also the number of the car which Dale Earnhardt drove to the first of his seven season championships in 1980. Kurt Busch, as of 2006 drives the 2 car. Brian Leetch’s jersey number 2 will now be hanging from the rafters of Madison Square Garden. There is only one NFL athlete, as listed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, to wear the number 2 as his primary uniform number, and to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That player is Charley Trippi.
