Football at Queen's University has one of the richest and certainly one of the longest, histories of any sport in Canada since 1882. 

The results from the top jersey numbers held by a single player are below:
1. QB Tom Denison #4
2. DL Osie Ukwuoma #91
3. WR Jock Climie #3

The results from the top jersey numbers held by two players are below:
1. QB Danny Brannagan and DB Curtis McCLellan #5
2. RB Paul Correale and WR Bob O'Doherty #20
3. RB Gary Schreider and DL Frank Pankewich #48

The results from the top jersey numbers held by three players (part one) are below:
1. HB John Kostuik, WR Rob Bagg and WR Craig Spear #8
2. QB/RB Bayne Norrie, RB Keith “Skip” Eaman and DB Darrell Penner #25
3. LB Tom Langford, LB Thaine Carter and LB Sam Sabourin #44

The results from the top jersey numbers held by three players (part two) are below:
1. QB Gus Braccia, LB/OL Mike Schad and RB Ronnie Stewart #55
2. FB Bill Surphlis, OL Jon Landon and OL Matt O'Donnell #66
3. LB/DL John Yach, OL Bob Climie and OL Vince DeCivita #57

The results from the top jersey numbers held by four or more players are below:
1. RB Gord McCellan, DB Paul Greenhow, WR James McLean, RB Mike Giffin #21
2. DB Bob Latham, LB Mike Lambros, FB Dave Marinucci, FB Larry Mohr, LB Mike Boone, DL Shomari Williams #33 
3. RB/DB Al Kocman, OL/OB Jim Charters, WR/K Connie Mandala, DB Jimmy Allin #16

Each season valuable lessons are learned and new heroes emerge as the eyes of Queen's veterans look upon them… 438 All-time Wins, 385 Conference All-Stars, 242 CFL players, 176 Academic All-Canadians, 82 CIS All-Canadians, 47 Conference Award winners, 30 Conference Championships, 28 CFL 1st Round Picks, 25 CIS Major Awards, 11 Coach of the Year Awards and 8 National Championships.

By researching Gael Force, Tri-colour yearbooks, archives and available team photos, Queen's football is taking a look back at the most prominent jersey numbers by comparison from decade to decade – a passing of the torch, a legacy of excellence. 

One of the hurdles has been finding accurate numbers for  the “Old Boys” Johnny Evans, Orrin Carson and Frank ”Pep” Leadlay, also some of the legends changed numbers a few times during their careers - Cal Connor (#17 and #61), Bill Surphlis (#64, #66), Ron Stewart (#45, #55, #75), Kent Plumley (#52, #62, #70) Gary Lewis (#21, #59, #70).

Did you know? - #8 has been worn by the most team captains (6), #21 worn by the most All-Canadians (7) and #25 was worn by the most MVP's (6).

“All these won fame in their own generations, and were the pride of their time”  Ecclesiasticus 44:7

Queens Football Hall of Fame (QFC-HOF) biographies