venue, either emblazoned on jerseys with the players' names or made into appropriately colored/styled banners. It is often considered the "greatest/highest honor" individual teams can grant their greatest players.

The first number officially retired by a team in a professional sport was that of ice hockey player Ace Bailey, whose number 6 was retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1934.

Some teams in sports with

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