| DONDRYSDALE | He wore this clue's number, which the Dodgers retired |
| BRIANPICCOLO | He wore this clue's number, which the Bears retired |
| WHITEYHERZOG | He wore this clue's number, which the Cardinals retired |
| TOMHEINSOHN | He wore this clue's number, which the Celtics retired |
| LASORDA | The Dodgers retired his #2 in 1997 |
| BUDNELSON | Alongside his human companion Horatio Nelson Jackson, he became the first dog to cross the United States in an automobile in 1903. He wore goggles that ended up at the Smithsonian Museum of American H |
| STRIPIEST | Dixie Dean wore this, I established, and scored the most |
| CUBEROOT | Number which produces a given number when raised to the power of three (4,4) |
| NINETEEN | Joe Sakic's number (he wore 91 at the Olympics, though) |
| FIVEHUNDRED | Number which may follow the puzzle's title letters |
| WHITETHROATS | Birds that wore this out |
| FRUIT | Carmen Miranda wore this on her head. |
| THEBLACKPRINCE | Sobriquet of the son and heir apparent of King Edward III (1312-77), thought to derive from the armour he wore (3,5,6) |
| ZERO | "Big fat" number (which is ironic, because it's about as small as a number can be!) |
| NATE | Silver who founded a political site whose name consists of three numbers ... which are also the lengths of the three words in each theme entry |
| ORR | He wore #4 for the Bruins |
| BERRA | He wore 8 for the Yankees |
| DRJ | He wore #6 for the Sixers |
| WAYNEGRETZKY | He wore #99 for the Edmonton Oilers |
| BILLRUSSELL | He wore #6 for the Boston Celtics |
