Sports Illustrated has a photo gallery of unusual NFL/AFL jersey numbers , linebackers, running backs, and receivers with QB numbers, QBs with running back numbers, etc. But they inexplicably left out what has to be the most unusual number ever worn by an NFL/AFL player. Whose number did they omit, and what was the number?

First name in mind would be O.J Simpson. #32

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Whose number did they omit, and what was the number?

00 worn by Jim Otto - Hall of Fame
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Dwight

Dwight got it. According to Wikipedia, the AFL allowed Otto to use the unusual number in order to gain publicity, andd the NFL stuck with it.

He was issued uniform #50 for the AFL's inaugural season, 1960, but switched to his familiar #00 the next season. This number was originally permitted for him by the AFL as a marketing gimmick since his jersey number 00 is a homonym pun of his name (aught-O). - Wikipedia
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1973

A jersey numbering system was adopted, April 5: 1-19 for quarterbacks and specialists, 20-49 for running backs and defensive backs, 50-59 for centers and linebackers, 60-79 for defensive linemen and interior offensive linemen other than centers, and 80-89 for wide receivers and tight ends. Players who had been in the NFL in 1972 could continue to use old numbers." - NFL.com/histroy