The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the 2025 Plaza of Honour inductees. Two-time Grey Cup-winning offensive lineman Chris Best and long-time assistant coach Alex Smith Sr. will be inducted September 11th. Best was a member of the 2007 and 2013 championship teams, while Alex Smith Sr. was part of the coaching staff that helped the Roughriders win four West Division championships and the 2007 Grey Cup.
Also in 2025, the Plaza will formally enshrine the late Steve Molnar, whose induction was announced last year. The induction was deferred due to an illness in the family. Molnar played for the Roughriders from 1969 to 1978. Replacing the retired George Reed at fullback in 1976, Molnar led the Roughriders in regular-season rushing yards (822). Most memorably, he rushed for a career-best 144 yards to power Saskatchewan to a 23-13 victory over Edmonton in the 1976 Western Conference final at Taylor Field.
The selection committee meets each spring to discuss and vote on each year’s Plaza of Honour Induction Class. The committee is made up of eight members, including chair Steve Mazurak, fellow Roughriders alumni Alan Ford (who also served as GM from 1989-99), Cleveland Vann and Wes Cates, journalist and broadcaster Don Hewitt, Roughrider board member Terri Strunk, former Board Chair Barry Clarke and Roughrider Historian Rob Vanstone.
Best, Smith Sr. and Molnar will be formally enshrined into the Plaza of Honour during a special ceremony at halftime on September 13th, when the Roughriders oppose the Montreal Alouettes.
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