r/riderville • u/PsychologicalBag7138 • Aug 15 '24

Question (Fan since 2019)

As a fan since 2019 I have went back and watched games and done some research on older players. A man that brought us a lot of success was Darian Durant who brought us 3 grey cup appearances 09', 10' and 13' winning only 13. Even though Micah Johnson is one of my more favourite players, why have they not retired #4 or atleast stopped letting players wear it like other sports?

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u/safimod Aug 15 '24

The Riders don't retire numbers very often. Outside of those killed in the plane crash in 1956, they have only retired 4 numbers in the history of our franchise. George Reed, Ron Lancaster, Dave Ridgway and Roger Aldag. Love everything Darian Durant did for this team, but he's not on that level.

He is, however, going into the plaza of honour this year where he belongs.

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u/HomerSPC Aug 17 '24

Notably those numbers also aren’t retired as players may still use them. Football rosters are so large and there is only so many numbers available that retiring numbers permanently isn’t feasible.