CREATE TABLE table_203_754 (id DECIMAL, "no." DECIMAL, "player" TEXT, "position" TEXT, "career" TEXT, "date no. retired" TEXT)

what numbers were retired before 1989 ?
SELECT "no." FROM table_203_754 WHERE "date no. retired" < 1989
SELECT "no." FROM "table_203_754" WHERE "date no. retired" < 1989