The Greatest Athlete To Wear #53 is Don Drysdale-the Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame pitcher.

notable #53’s- Harry Carson of the NY Giants, Randy Gradishar of the Denver Broncos had outstanding careers as linebackers in NFL. Carson is in the Hall of Fame. Bill Romanowski wasn’t quite up to Carson or Gradishar but he had his moments. Mick Tinglehoff was one of the top centers of the 1970’s with the Vikings. Artis Gilmore was an underappreciated center back in the 1970’s in the NBA.

The Greatest Athlete to wear #53 is Don Drysdale. In an era when pitchers were nasty and didn’t hesitate to back a hitter off the plate- Drysdale was probably the meanest and nastiest of the bunch. The Koufax-Drysdale 1-2 punch in the Dodger rotation in the 1960’s was one of the greatest ever. Koufax was the ace, Drysdale more of a workhorse. Drysdale made 9 all-star teams.Drysdale made the Hall of Fame. He died far too young.