In Sports
The jersey number 26 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor of past playing greats (or in one case, an owner):
- In Major League Baseball:
- The Chicago Cubs, for Hall of Famer Billy Williams.
- The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, for founding owner Gene Autry.
- The Texas Rangers, for Johnny Oates.
- In the NHL:
- The Quebec Nordiques retired the number for Hall of Famer Peter Stastny, but when the team moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche, it chose not to honor any of the numbers retired by the Nordiques. Peter Stastny's son, Paul Stastny, plays for the Avalanche and currently wears the number.
- No team in the NBA or NFL has retired the number.
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