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[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by EricH

You're both wrong. There WAS a team #51, in 1997. However, 1997 was a temporary year--all numbers issued that year were changed the next year. Numbers were not issued before 1997, and the numbers were all changed the next year, by sponsor name, A-Z.

It would appear that the list of Chairman's awards winners has disappeared from the internet. IIRC, didn't a team #7 (unrelated to the current #7) win the Chairman's award in 1993? How does that work if FIRST wasn't assigning numbers? Was #7 a moniker applied later on along the line?

[Mark McLeod]

That team #7 (not to be confused with today's 007) was a strange aberration.

It competed long before any numbers, much less permanent numbers, were used, so the team never played under the number 7. They were only around a couple of years (1993 & 1994). AT&T was the sponsor, but AT&T teamed with different high schools each of those two years.

The number 7 was apparently tacked on four years after they last played when FIRST needed a number to refer to them as Chairman's winners in the modern age of permanent team numbers. FIRST never entered them in their team database as number 7 though, and our current team #7 was already using the number 7! I think someone at FIRST just missed the fact that the number was already in use...

[Ken Patton]

Yup, Eric is right.

For the record, in 1997 our former Huskie Brigade #65 was team 46, and the former Chief Delphi #47 was team 32.

Maybe we should put a couple of smiley faces on the bot this season just to be honoring those that went before us

[GeeTwo]

It's rather strange to necro a thread this old, especially when it's named "Breaking News!", but I came across this today. It seems that the CD website doesn't fully realize that team 47 no longer exists. (If it's news to you that there ever was a team 47 named Chief Delphi, go back to post 1, and maybe do some searches. Also check out post #20 in this thread.)

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

It's rather strange to necro a thread this old, especially when it's named "Breaking News!", but I came across this today. It seems that the CD website doesn't fully realize that team 47 no longer exists. (If it's news to you that there ever was a team 47 named Chief Delphi, go back to post 1, and maybe do some searches. Also check out post #20 in this thread.)

It is strange to think that the team that has had the most impact (arguably) on the FRC community is no longer competing.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

no longer competing.

47 was merged into 51.

51 is still competing.

In a way, the team does still exist. Their wins, awards, etc. were transferred over to Team 51, as were some mentors and resources IIRC (although there were quite a bit of complications).

[Alex2614]

Originally Posted by bkahl

47 was merged into 51.

51 is still competing.

In a way, the team does still exist. Their wins, awards, etc. were transferred over to Team 51, as were some mentors and resources IIRC (although there were quite a bit of complications).

I've always been amused that although Team 51 is a Hall of Fame team because of 47's history, you won't find the Chairman's Award in their team history. FIRST doesn't show any of 47's or 65's award history on Team 51, but recognizes their Hall of Fame status. It's all semantics, of course, but still amusing.

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

I've always been amused that although Team 51 is a Hall of Fame team because of 47's history, you won't find the Chairman's Award in their team history. FIRST doesn't show any of 47's or 65's award history on Team 51, but recognizes their Hall of Fame status. It's all semantics, of course, but still amusing.

That's just how FIRST does team mergers. We did the same thing in 2006 where Team 487 and some other team merged and took on a new number (423). Both teams' histories and awards lists can be found on the official FIRST website, and Team 423's history starts with 2006. The team's rookie year is still considered 2000, because that's when Team 487 was founded.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

It's rather strange to necro a thread this old, especially when it's named "Breaking News!", but I came across this today. It seems that the CD website doesn't fully realize that team 47 no longer exists. (If it's news to you that there ever was a team 47 named Chief Delphi, go back to post 1, and maybe do some searches. Also check out post #20 in this thread.)

And how did IBdrummer get a team number (5492) that didn't even exist in 2009????

[Ben Wolsieffer]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

And how did IBdrummer get a team number (5492) that didn't even exist in 2009????

He wasn't on that team in 2009. 5492 was a rookie team last year.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by lopsided98

He wasn't on that team in 2009. 5492 was a rookie team last year.

And to add to that, CD posts always show the most current profile for the user in question. So if someone says "see sig" (as in, "see signature"), and someone finds that post 5 years later, the point being made could be completely lost. And there are probably a few team numbers between the original post and the next view...