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It's Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas' former number. While quarterback Scott Mitchell wore No. 19 in 1999, the Ravens stopped handing the number out in 2002 after Unitas passed away.
Johnny Unitas' death from a heart attack at 69 Wednesday stunned the NFL and brought an outpouring of grief and tributes for No. 19 -- one of the greatest quarterbacks in history.
Johnny Unitas, number 19, the greatest quarterback in history, died of a heart attack Wednesday. He was 69.
The agent for former Navy football player and Baltimore Ravens draft pick Keenan Reynolds said that despite a report that the family of Johnny Unitas was supportive of Reynolds wearing No. 19 for t… ...
Dolphins 19's among the NFL's all-time best Johnny Unitas and Lance Alworth are the two Hall of Famers who wore 19 and they stand head and shoulder above anybody else at that number.
Joe Namath was hit hard by the death of Johnny Unitas. Namath, who also was raised in Western Pennsylvania, idolized Unitas. He wore Unitas' number, 19, at Beaver Falls High School, and he was ...
Joe Unitas (son of Johnny) supports the issuance of No. 19 to Reynolds -- in part because Johnny Unitas apparently never cared about jersey numbers or statistics. For his part, Reynolds (according to ...
Unitas had a passer rating in the 1958 and '59 NFL championship games of 100.7 in an era when the average quarterback was at 66.6. That is an incredible statistic. Manning's was 85.4 in his two ...
“Growing up in Beaver Falls, Pa., Joe Namath idolized Unitas--so much so that friends called him ‘Joey U.’ Namath wore Johnny’s No. 19 jersey for home games, but had to settle for No. 29 ...
Dolphins 19's among the NFL's all-time best Johnny Unitas and Lance Alworth are the two Hall of Famers who wore 19 and they stand head and shoulder above anybody else at that number.