Mike Bell to wear #30

[milehigh]

Numbers game rewarding to Bell
By Bill Williamson
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 04/03/2007 12:47:30 AM MDT


In the eighth grade, Mike Bell wore a No. 30 Broncos jersey to school every day.

It's 10 years later, and Bell will wear that same number to work every day. But he felt the need for permission from Terrell Davis, the man who made that number famous in Denver.

"T.D. said it's OK, so I'm going to wear 30," Bell said Monday.

A rookie running back for the Broncos last season, Bell has agreed to sell the No. 20 he wore to free-agent pickup Travis Henry. Henry stuck to a previous offer that he would pay $10,000 for the right to take the number he wore while playing at Tennessee. Bottom line: Bell gets the cash and the opportunity to wear the number Davis wore from 1995-2001.

"I think he was surprised that I asked him," Bell said of Davis. "But he was cool about it, and I appreciate it."

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_5579573

[Gibbs]

I love the fact he respects the guys before him, kudos to Mike Bell

[EMB6903]

I love the fact he respects the guys before him, kudos to Mike Bell

Mike is a very classy guy no doubt

[Fatty]

wearing the same jersey to school every day? Hope he was a hardcore TD fan

[Elway=GOAT]

I think the number 30 like the number 7 should never be put on again, in a Broncos uniform. Same thing with Atwater(27) and Sharp (84).

[hgl29]

I think the number 30 like the number 7 should never be put on again, in a Broncos uniform. Same thing with Atwater(27) and Sharp (84).

[DaFan334]

^ Kinda gotta agree there. Tough not to honor the best players in the franchise. Classy approach by Mike though.

[MHZ]

I think the number 30 like the number 7 should never be put on again, in a Broncos uniform. Same thing with Atwater(27) and Sharp (84).

There was a push to get 30 retired right after TD retired, but Pat Bowlen said that the bar for retired #'s was set with Elway. It's a damn shame Elway would have never won a Super Bowl without TD.

[TSC25]

I think the number 30 like the number 7 should never be put on again, in a Broncos uniform. Same thing with Atwater(27) and Sharp (84).

Dennis Smith (49) also.

[Elway=GOAT]

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There was a push to get 30 retired right after TD retired, but Pat Bowlen said that the bar for retired #'s was set with Elway. It's a damn shame Elway would have never won a Super Bowl without TD.

Or vice-versa. I dont think, it had anything to do with the superbowl. Elway's greatness was already cemented. That was just the thing that pushed him over the top, he was always going to be the greatest QB to ever put on the Broncos uni. No other Bronco ever, or will ever mean to that organization more than what Elway meant to it, that goes for the city too.

But like I said, some of those numbers really need to retire. I can kinda sorta see where Bowlen is coming from. But, I dont agree with it fully.

[Metalmilitia404]

T.Ds. number should have been retired long ago.

[JurassicJake]

30 should be retired, and Mike Bell is not worthy at this point.

[milehigh]

30 should be retired, and Mike Bell is not worthy at this point.

mike bell did ask TD if he could wear the number, but then again what is TD going to say no?

[JurassicJake]

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mike bell did ask TD if he could wear the number, but then again what is TD going to say no?

Yes.

[lakerboy]

i just wanted to say hello long time bronco fan (i live in LA) lol went i put on my orange and blue jersey from the 80's people think it's a throw back.