| There are several ways that great football players are | | | | undefeated and win the 1972 Super Bowl. He would |
| honored once they stop playing. The greatest of them | | | | be one of the best quarterbacks in the league |
| all are voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. | | | | throughout the 1970's. His career ended due to injury in |
| Individual teams may also have a Hall of Fame, Ring of | | | | the early 1980's and the Dolphins retired his jersey |
| Honor, or other similar designation where their greatest | | | | number 12 in 1982 at their annual awards banquet. |
| players are remembered. Another tradition that many | | | | #13 - Dan Marino |
| teams use is retiring the numbers of their best players | | | | One of the best players ever to wear a Miami |
| so that number will always be associated with them | | | | Dolphins uniform, or a pro football uniform for that |
| and never used again. | | | | matter, was quarterback Dan Marino. He led the team |
| The Miami Dolphins have had a number of great | | | | throughout the 1980's and 1990's, helping them to be |
| players over the years and in that time have retired | | | | one of the more dangerous teams to play in the |
| three jersey numbers, never to be worn again. | | | | league. By the time he retired, he was the owner of |
| #12 - Bob Griese | | | | most of the main league passing records. His number |
| Bob Griese had a stellar career that included coming to | | | | 13 was retired in 2000, during the halftime ceremony of |
| the Dolphins as a highly rated rookie out of Purdue | | | | the home game against the Baltimore Ravens. |
| University and eventually helping the team go | | | | |