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Young, Durant to join Williams, Ford with retired UT jersey numbers

By Tim Griffin
ESPN.com

Friday, July 18, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Texas will retire jersey numbers of nine athletes in three sports in ceremonies during the 2008-09 school year, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds announced Friday. Included in the group will be football players Vince Young, Bobby Layne and Tommy Nobis; baseball players Greg Swindell, Burt Hooton, Scott Bryant and Brooks Kieschnick; and basketball players Kevin Durant and Slater Martin. The school previously had retired only four numbers in school histo ...

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