Expert: John Miller - 9/19/2008

Question
My wife recently picked up some old autographed bears photos at a yard sale. One of the pictures is a signed picture of Dick Butkus. Pretty cool. Anyway, one of the pictures is of a player wearing the number 31. There's no way to tell if he's a defensive back returning a kick, or interception, or if he's running back. However, the opposing team is wearing old Houston Oilers jerseys. I was wondering if you knew which players up to 1996 wore the number 31. Thanks

Answer
The Oilers were around from 60-96; during that time the following wore 31:
Joe Fortunato
Ross Brupbacher
Bill Knox
Anthony Hutchison
Thomas Sanders
Ken Taylor
Eric Jefferies
Bruce McCray
Greg Lasker
Mark Green
Rashaan Salaam

The Butkus picture is a great find; grats.