there's a story about Gianluigi Buffon, who wore 88 at Parma very early in his career. Apparently he originally wanted to wear 00 to symbolize two balls, because, you know, he wanted to show that he has balls. The club said no, so he chose 88 because, you know, that's actually four balls. He claims he was totally unaware of the Nazi meaning and quickly changed it again when he was publicly criticized for wearing it.
