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[QUOTE="OldSchooler, post: 4478640, member: 11804"]
Many years ago, my high school team was awarded a T shot as the teams lined up for the opening tip, giving them a 1-0 lead (it was only one shot in those days) and the ball out of bounds before any time had expired.  The reason for the T was that the visiting team had a player wearing a uniform with an "illegal number."  So what's an illegal number?  In those days, the only legal uniform numbers in amateur basketball were 3-5, 10-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, and 50-55.  The reason was because high school, college and AAU refs, when calling a PF, would signal to the official scorer the number of the fouling player by holding up outstretched fingers for each digit.  Since there are only 5 fingers on each hand, that was the number limit for each uniform digit.  And 1 and 2 were reserved for indicating the number of foul shots to be taken.  The NBA allowed higher numbers (#9 Bob Pettit and #99 George Mikan come to mind).  There, the refs didn't hold up fingers to the OS, but instead used one hand to exaggerate drawing the number in the air.  Seems archaic today.  But then, those were the days when a number of good players shot their free throws underhand.
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