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funny article from the Athletic [paywall]

https://theathletic.com/5483002/2024/05 ... ta-braves/

I had just assumed, not following Atlanta sports, that "Chadwick" was the whitest country club kid name ever and a Trump-lover through and through, trolling us all with his jersey number. But no!

Tromp, who is Aruban and says he doesn’t pay attention to American politics, was given jersey No. 45, switching from his old No. 48. Donald Trump, of course, was the 45th president. Now, fans often yell “Tromp 45” in a way they never did for “Tromp 48.”

It wasn’t until Tromp was asked about the number change for this article that he said he even realized why those calls had become different this season.

“They always yell ‘Tromp 45,’ but I never put two and two together,” Tromp said last week. “… I thought it was just, ‘Chadwick Tromp, number 45.’”

But now for the fun part - the article mentions several other players with the (actual) last names of former presidents who wore a jersey number corresponding to their presidency (sometimes multiple players for the same president) - CAN YOU NAME THEM??


-(Gerald) FORD #38
-(George) WASHINGTON #1
-(John) ADAMS #2
-(John Quincy) ADAMS #6
-(Zachary) TAYLOR #12 [4 Players]
-(Andrew) JOHNSON #17 [6 Players]
-(Grover) CLEVELAND #22
-(Woodrow) WILSON #28 [3 Players]
-(Lyndon) JOHNSON #36 [10 Players]
-(George) BUSH #41

Please do not take this quiz out to the back to shoot it in the head.

U.L. Washington - 1.

Lew Ford #38.

Reggie Cleveland?

For some reason I’m thinking Herb Washington was assigned #1

Homer Bush

I'll go with Dan Ford 38

Preston Wilson, #28.

Big Johnson? He was huge. Huge, I tell you.

Cliff Johnson #17.