Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Plot twist: Chad Rempel is league’s oldest player after all

by
John Hodge
May 12, 2019

Photo courtesy: Scott Grant/CFLPhotoArchive.com

Earlier today, we ran a piece identifying the CFL’s oldest active players following the retirement of Ricky Ray.

That player was Montreal return specialist Stefan Logan, born June 2, 1981. Or… so we thought.

Winnipeg long snapper Chad Rempel reached out via twitter to correct us. Rempel’s birth date was listed incorrectly on the league’s website as May 23, 1982 until recently. His real birth date is May 23, 1981.

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My date of birth is May 23, 1981. Wikipedia has me born in 1982 but that is false.

— Chad Rempel (@Remp82) May 12, 2019

Credit where credit’s due — Rempel, who will turn 38 in under two weeks, is the CFL’s oldest player. Logan misses out of that title by just 11 days. Sorry, Stefan.

Rempel signed a two-year contract extension with the Bombers in January, so here’s hoping we’ll see the veteran special teamer playing well into his forties.

John Hodge

John Hodge is a longtime Canadian football reporter, insider, and podcaster for 3DownNation. Based in Winnipeg, Hodge is also a freelance television and radio broadcaster and curling reporter for Rock Channel.