43 (number) - in Sports

In Sports

In the US's National Football League, the number 43 was worn by Jim Norton of the Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers). The Titans have retired the number.

In auto racing:

• The number for Richard Petty's race car when he won his seven Winston Cup Championships. He also won 200 races in his career, 95% of them in the famous #43.
• The maximum number of cars participating in a NASCAR race in the Cup Series, and, through the 2012 season, the Nationwide Series.
• Legendary driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died in a last-lap crash during the 43rd running of the Daytona 500 in 2001.
• The number is also used by Ken Block on his rally cars.

In basketball:

• Brad Daugherty, ESPN NASCAR analyst and retired American basketball player. His #43 jersey, a number he picked as a tribute to NASCAR legend Richard Petty (whom Daugherty lists as his favorite sportsman), was retired by the Cavaliers on March 1, 1997.

In Ice Hockey:

• Patrice Brisebois (Montreal Canadiens) from 1991 to 2004
• Jan Alston (ZSC Lions, Zurich, Switzerland) from 2001 to 2010

In baseball:

• The number was worn by Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland Athletics (MLB), and has been retired.

In cricket:

• Sri Lanka's lowest ODI score ever made chasing 302 to win against South Africa (January 11, 2012)