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Just did a quick search on Newspapers.com and came up with this. Hi signed with the Chicago Bears for their 1985 preseason and played in one preseason game against the Cowboys and was then cut after that game. Calgary Stampeders then tried to sign him but he turned them down. Signed with Cleveland B...

Yes Chris you are right... It is #51 which was "permanently" retired for 1 season :D I've been doing some research into the Dolphins first season and came up with this gem. As reported in the Miami News on 7 April 1966 the #51 jersey permanently (as it turns out not) retired. The 51 jersey...

What was the first jersey number retired by the Dolphins, and it's not one of the numbers you may think?

Thanks again Tod for looking into this, I also received some paper clippings (thanks to Mike Oszuscik) that show the 40 man inactive list was in place for the week 7 first non replacement game (25-Oct-1987 Miami at Buffalo). Some of the extracts: Miami Herald (Sat 24-Oct-1987) That was the word give...

Thanks for the reply Tod. I have been using the info in the link for a while now and find it very useful for my work on the Dolphins game rosters. However on there it shows that the 1987 Inactive list of 10 was only for weeks 5 and 6 (the second two replacement games) but I think that the Inactive l...

I've just been doing some work on Miami Dolphins roster moves and noticed this from 1987. After the last replacement game Miami waived the vast majority of the replacement players before their next game (wk 7 25-Oct-87 v Buffalo) the first non replacement game. However according to the Dolphins' own...

Thanks for the list, so very rare then not surprisingly...

Ok then one final question, does anyone know the last time this happened?

[/quote] Well, I do have that info on my site (http://www.profootballarchives.com) except for the "Western movies, jazz and sports in general."[/quote] Just had a quick look at your site and it seems your USFL 1984 pages have corrupted for passing and receiving. I looked at Jacksonville an...

Thanks everyone, that's that mystery solved for me. Can this situation still happen then?