10 saddest retirements in sports history

[MadCapper]

how can cam neely be overlooked??

 

[Railbird]

Mario Soto
Timm Rosenbach
Joe Roth
Mike Dodd
Allen Allen

 

[ppeter]

Number ONE on that list should be the IRON HORSE, Lou Gehrig. I wonder how long more he would have played at the highest level but for the disease that bears his name.

And who can forget that stiring "I am the luckiest man in the world" retirement speech...

 

[HacheMan]

Barry should be ranked #1 on this list easily. Too many people still living too far in the past, always listing nothing but "yester~year" players on things such as this.

 

[Pretending]

Todd Marinivich

 

[wilheim]

Lou Gerhig retires at Yankee stadium



wil.

 

[blueedwards]

sandy koufax

 

[Kev]

Thurman Munson

 

[JoeyC]

The days when Beantown and Sting got kicked out of the Rx.

 

[GreenDoberman]

Larry Holmes,
I cry every time he retires, he sounds so sincere.
All 12 times it was so, so, sad.
LOl

 

[trytrytry]

for me this is easy

The great Filly Ruffian. The second horse race I ever watched in my life was the match race with Foolish Pleasure.

 

[BillDozer]

MJ retirement #1 has got to be worst all time. You saw the greatest basketball player of all time strike out in tights.

But you lost a huge part of basketball history. That Rocket team was terrible. We might have seen 8 Bulls championships!! Add to that the possibility Krause may have let them go for a 9th or 10th and maybe Gary Payton and Malone go there and the Bulls past the Celtics and UCLA as the greatest dynasty of all time!!! I need a nap.

 

[PatPatriot]

How about the only guy to ever play for the Red Sox,Celtics and Bruins?
John Kiely on the organ.

 

[TomorrowsNewspaper+]

Earl Anthony

 

[WildBill]

Roberto Duran, the guy is still fighting isn't he? I think his daughter will retire before him.

Maybe not so sad, but OJ was a shell of himself and the Niners for some reason signed him. He looked 3rd string quality as he played out the string.

 

[Celaya]

How about Oscar De La Hoya, He said he would retire from boxing if he did not avenge his first lost to sugar shane mosley. So what happens he clearly dominated the fight a couple of months ago, Judges awarded the fight to a Surprised Sugar Shane thus costing Oscar the victory and putting him into early retirement.

Magic Johnson, also was a very sad day here in L.A. when he announce he would retire from basketball do to the HIV virus he got.

 

[LogansRun]

Cannot forget Jim Brown who retired after 9 years. Imagine what his records might be if he had continued to play 2-3 more years?

Orr retiring at 30 was a sad day for hockey. It is unbelievable that a defenceman scored 46 goals back when the talent level was less diluted than it is today. His plus/minus in his best years were +70 or more. Now, a player is still peaking or near his peak at 30 and Orr waa forced to leave in his prime.

 

[LEYKIS101]

JJ Gold

 

[Chadster]

Oscar wants a rematch

 

[Degenerate]

Ali