List of Canadian Football League retired numbers information
This is a complete list of Canadian Football League (CFL) retired numbers. A retired number is a jersey number that is no longer issued by a team in order to honour a player that had a significant impact on that franchise. In some cases, a player may have his number retired after his untimely death during or soon after his playing career.
Of the seven current franchises that retire jersey numbers, there have been 52 players to have their numbers officially retired. Ironically, the two youngest franchises, the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes, have retired the most numbers with 10 and 11, respectively. The oldest continuous franchise in the league, the Toronto Argonauts, has the second fewest with four retired numbers. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have the fewest retired numbers, with two. The CFL considers the histories of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Ottawa Renegades, and Ottawa Redblacks as one continuous franchise, so the jersey numbers represented by the Redblacks here include all three of these franchises.[1][2] The Edmonton Elks and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have never formally retired a jersey number and instead honour numbers and, in some instances, do not re-issue them.[3][4][5][6]
The most commonly retired number, if one includes Winnipeg's unofficial retired numbers, is the number 75, which has had its usage been discontinued by four teams. No player has had his number retired by multiple teams and, unlike Major League Baseball (who retired Jackie Robinson's number), the National Basketball Association (Bill Russell), and the National Hockey League (Wayne Gretzky), the CFL has never had a jersey number retired in favour of one player league-wide. Due to their short existence, none of the American-based CFL teams ever retired jersey numbers.
^"Ottawa Redblacks History". ottawaredblacks.com. Ottawa Redblacks. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
^"2016 CFL Rule Book and Facts, Figures & Records Guide". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
^"Blue by the numbers". bluebombers.com. Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
^"Time For Bombers To Retire Numbers (Including Brown's 97)". 3downnation.com. 3 Down Nation. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
^"Wall of Honour". esks.com. Edmonton Elks. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
^"Right number can make a player "complete"". esks.com. Edmonton Elks. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
and 25 Related for: List of Canadian Football League retired numbers information
This is a complete listofCanadianFootballLeague (CFL) retirednumbers. A retired number is a jersey number that is no longer issued by a team in order...
CanadianFootballLeague (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition...
National FootballLeague (NFL) is a professional American footballleague that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference...
The CanadianFootballLeague (CFL), which features teams based in Canada, has made efforts to gain further audience in the United States, most directly...
This is a listof the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally...
Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the most retired jersey numbers. The Bears have also recorded the second-most victories of any NFL franchise...
American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National FootballLeague (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference...
The following article gives a listof association football confederations, sub-confederations and associations around the world. The sport's international...
accomplishments, before it was retired from use in 1950. Memorial Cup – Awarded to the winner of the Canadian Hockey League Stanley Cup – Awarded to the...
professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National FootballLeague (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference...
World FootballLeague (WFL) was an American footballleague that played one full season in 1974 and most of its second in 1975. Although the league's proclaimed...
American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National FootballLeague (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference...
Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton Eskimos of the CanadianFootballLeague (CFL). Moon also played for the NFL's Minnesota...
(college football, basketball, hockey, NFL and World Cup soccer), Mitchell & Ness (Major League Baseball), and Ebbets Field Flannels (Negro league baseball)...
In terms of gridiron football, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CanadianFootballLeague can trace their roots back to the Hamilton Football Club (nicknamed...
a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL)...
Major League Baseball stadiums Listof Major League Baseball awards Listof Major League Baseball managers Listof Major League Baseball retirednumbers List...
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a CanadianFootballLeague team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional...
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the FootballLeague First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the...
American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National FootballLeague (NFL) as a member club of the league's National...
American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National FootballLeague (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference...
Jets organization retired the jersey numbersof two players, while their successors, the Arizona Coyotes, have honoured the numbersof players who played...
Global Information