Great professional athletes who retired rather unceremoniously

[Piff Perkins]

Barry Sanders/ Calvin Johnson

Even wilder when you consider Barry quit via a faxed letter, which he sent on the first day of training camp to some random ass newspaper in the state. Not even a Detroit paper lol.

 

[1thouwow]

Larry Fitzgerald

 

[Hoodoo Child]

Bernard Hopkins
Marshawn Lynch
Wayne Rooney

 

[TheNig]

Damn near Carmelo.

Iverson

I honestly think Melo is done if we win it all.

 

[MJ Truth]

I honestly think Melo is done if we win it all.

He’ll be leaving celebrated if he does that.

 

[Apprentice]

Sad ass thread

Drew Brees tbh

I kno bro wish he coulda kept fighting but dude was gettin his ass whooped out there

11 broken ribs

collapsed lung

Torn rotator cuff

all that to lose to the team U beat twice in the regular season on your home field and u throw the game sealing pick smfh


U woulda thought he got in a car wreck

 

[jerzboy]

So unceremonious that a lot of us didn’t even realize he retired until tie past weekend.

I was looking at the Arizona depth chart and then looking at their first game confused

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Zeke.

 

[Bboystyle]

Barry Sanders/ Calvin Johnson

fukking Lions

 

[T.he I.nformant]

AI was the first to come to mind

 

[theflyest]

Sprewell

 

[Saint1]

How did Shaq go out?
I remember him bouncing around teams claiming he was "built to be a journeyman"

 

[Erratic415]

Tim Lincecum

 

[MJ Truth]

How did Shaq go out?
I remember him bouncing around teams claiming he was "built to be a journeyman"

Went from the Suns to the Cavs to the Celtics in consecutive years then called it quits.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Marques colston