32 (number) - in Sports

In Sports

Norwegian BMX rider and Olympian Sebastian Kartfjord's career number is 32.

The winning car number of Ray Harroun in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

In chess, the total number of black squares on the board, the total number of white squares, and the total number of pieces (black and white) at the beginning of the game.

The jersey number 32 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor of past playing greats:

• In Major League Baseball:
  • The Houston Astros, for Jim Umbricht.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax.
  • The New York Yankees, for Elston Howard.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Steve Carlton.
• In the NFL:
  • The Cleveland Browns, for Hall of Famer Jim Brown.
  • The New York Giants, for Al Blozis, who left the team to serve with the United States Army in World War II and was killed in action in 1945.
  • Although the Buffalo Bills have not officially retired #32, they have not issued it since Hall of Famer O. J. Simpson was traded from the team in 1977.
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers currently have a policy of not retiring numbers, having retired only one number (70) in their earlier history. However, the Steelers have not issued #32 since the retirement of Hall of Famer Franco Harris.
• In the NBA:
  • The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Kevin McHale.
  • The Brooklyn Nets, for Hall of Famer Julius Erving, who played with the team when it was on Long Island as the New York Nets.
  • The Los Angeles Lakers, for Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.
  • The Milwaukee Bucks, for Brian Winters.
  • The Philadelphia 76ers, for Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham. The Sixers briefly took the number out of retirement with Cunningham's blessing to issue it to another future Hall of Famer, Charles Barkley.
  • The Portland Trail Blazers, for Hall of Famer Bill Walton.
  • The San Antonio Spurs, for Sean Elliott.
  • The Seattle SuperSonics, for Fred Brown. The team has since relocated to become the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the Thunder has yet to issue any of the numbers retired by the franchise in Seattle.
  • The Utah Jazz, for Hall of Famer Karl Malone.
• In the NHL:
  • The Washington Capitals, for Dale Hunter.

The number of teams in the National Football League.

The number of national teams that have participated in each FIFA World Cup finals tournament since 1998.

The ball used in association football is typically made with 32 panels of leather or synthetic material.