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Stephen Beech

Lower Numbers On Sports Jerseys Make Players Look Slimmer: Study

In general, the players in shirts numbered 10 to 19 were perceived as thinner than players in numbers 80 to 89, regardless of their body size and their skin or jersey color. PIXABAY VIA PEXELS.

Sports players who wear low numbers on their shirt really do look thinner, according to new research.

A scientific study of American footballers has stood up the long-held theory.

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