Retire Moses Malone’s #2 Sixers jersey !!! (S4G petition)

When my friend Pablo, fellow blogger that runs the spanish site Los Sixers de Philadelphia, told me that, I could not believe it.

Then he gave me the evidences, I checked it and I realized he was right.

So we decided to do something together, since we cooperated well during my “Bring the old Sixers uniforms back” petition, that he was kind enough to support, and that brought some concrete results.

Guys, Moses Malone’s Sixers #2 jersey HASN’T BEEN RETIRED YET !!!

Pretty unbelievable, but 100% true !! How come that is possible ?

Check the list of Sixers’ retired numbers: it includes #6 (Julius Erving), #10 (Maurice Cheeks – the player, not the coach, LOL), #13 (Wilt Chamberlain), #15 (Hal Greer), #24 (Bobby Jones), #32 (Billy Cunningham), #34 (Charles Barkley).

NO MOSES !!

Now check Malone’s career through the numbers and his Hall of Fame page.

If this man is not deserving to see his number retired from the Sixers organization, there is something wrong.

So now, what do we have to do?

If you want to see Sixers’ #2 hanging from the Wachovia center rafters, please SIGN THIS PETITION BY LEAVING A COMMENT BELOW THIS POST, either here (english… ok, sort of….) or over at Los Sixers de Philadelphia (spanish), where Pablo aka “sixers29” gathers all latin readers.

Spread the word, hype it up, send this link to portals, other blogs, sites, send it to friends, Sixers fans, journalists and to everyone with a half decent knowledge of the game.

The more we will be, the more chances we will have to make this happen, and as soon as possible. We will campaign for Moses for a time long enough to achieve our goal. The uniforms petition was a success (120 fans signing, and counting), Moses of course deserves more attention and care.

One last thing we would like to ask to our readers and followers is this: SEND US YOUR MOSES MALONE STORY (email to sixers4guidos@gmail.com for this site, or psixers29@hotmail.com for Los Sixers de Philadelphia), a memory, a thought, an image that you link to him.

Who had the privilege to see him playing, live or on tv, or knowing him personally, should be proud to remind the younger fans what kind of player he was and how good of a person he is off the court.

We will publish your Malone stories, mentioning your name.

SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST SIXERS OF ALL TIME, SIGN THE “RETIRE MOSES MALONE’S #2 SIXERS JERSEY PETITION !!!!

UPDATE: check Fo Fo Fo, a cool spanish blog run by Mo Sweat and dedicated to Moses Malone and other legends of basketball.