we’ll never know how good these athletes
could have been here he is making his
major league debut he’s trying to stay
in there against a left-hander and his
fastball just takes off welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten sports
careers cut short list goes on and would
have got longer but it had come at a
price his needs for this list we’ll be
taking a look at those athletes that
gained a degree of prestige before their
careers were curtailed or who have an
exceptional story as to why they can’t
play the game they love anymore we can
protect ourselves from everything and
crazy people that are the thing that
scares me the moan number 10
sterling Sharpe sterling and his younger
brother Shannon are considered by many
to be two of the greatest players to
have played in the modern era of the NFL
after joining the Green Bay Packers in
1988 the elder Sharpe became one of only
a few receivers to have won the Triple
Crown just a few years later this means
he led the 1992 NFL for receiving yards
receiving touchdowns and receptions
unfortunately a neck injury in 1994
ended his promising career after only
six exciting years five of which saw him
named an all-pro despite the fact that
his career was cut short he has still
been inducted into the Packers Hall of
Fame I’m the only pro football player
that’s in the Hall of Fame and I’m the
second best player in my own family
number nine Drazen Petrovic this
Croatian athlete had his first
opportunity in the NBA with the Portland
Trail Blazers during the 1989-90 season
and he certainly blazed a trail for
European players in the North American
game however it was as part of the New
Jersey Nets squad regarded as one of the
greatest European players ever in his
position as shooting guard he won two
silver medals and one bronze at the
Olympics his life was tragically cut
short by a car crash in 1993 when he was
just 28 years of age but he left behind
a significant legacy in the sport 20
years after his death
was named best European basketball er in
history number eight
Yao Ming and I jumped as high as I could
and he still had about three feet one of
the greatest Chinese athletes ever had
his time in the NBA ended prematurely
due to a string of injuries that
eventually caught up with a giant seven
foot six Center prior to his first game
in 2002 many were skeptical of Yao’s
ability to compete in the best
basketball league in the world but he
soon proved them wrong by becoming an
NBA all-star eight times as well as
being one of the best players of his
generation he’s been involved with a
number of charitable and humanitarian
causes and has been praised for acting
as a link between Chinese and American
sports roaster yo-yo lien it shot a hit
in his fall
are you kidding me number seven Monica
Seles Monica Seles had burst onto the
scene and was just the most mentally
strong player that anybody had ever ever
witnessed victim to one of the most
horrific attacks on a sports person ever
Celes was already a tennis superstar
when she was knifed in the back while on
the court
the wound was described as between one
and two centimeters deep felis was
eventually put on a stretcher and taken
to a nearby hospital before the stabbing
she was shaping up to be one of the
greatest players ever accumulating eight
Grand Slam singles titles before she was
even out of her teens she returned to
tennis following the incident but was
never quite the same and played her last
game professionally in 2003 ultimately
retiring in 2008 a hugely popular player
she was revered not only for her
impressive play but also because of how
she conducted herself in the face of
such adversity it took me a long time to
dig out of it and he was a very tough
hole but I had to deal with some
emotions that were very tough to view
with number six Michael Riley doc powers
although his career was not particularly
distinguished the story of this baseball
players death is perhaps one of the most
tragic stories in the sport
a player for four different teams in his
10-year career Doc Powers was injured
when he crashed into a wall chasing a
foul ball he suffered internal injuries
that several operations could not aid in
fact those surgeries even complicated
his recovery resulting in his death two
weeks after the incident his shocking
death was possibly the first in baseball
to have resulted from injuries on the
field and it may have even inspired a
character in the classic baseball film
the natural number 5 Mike Bosse
mozzies contributions helped form the
basis of one of the NHL’s most
recognized dynasties this
record-breaking right-winger played his
whole career for the New York Islanders
from 1977 to 1987 and played a key role
in the team winning four Stanley Cups in
a row however due to a series of
injuries and a back problem that plagued
him Bosse played his final game at the
age of just thirty though his
contributions to the NHL and hockey in
general were eclipsed by the likes of
his more long-lasting contemporaries
like Wayne Gretzky or even another
player with a shortened career Eric
Lindros bossy statistics stand up next
to the sports very best number for Len
Bias we try to be the best I can be not
always try to outdo everybody else as a
college player bias was one of the best
on the circuit and was named to two
all-america teams Len Bias definitely a
future star in the ACC he’s got so much
talent inside and outside he even drew
comparisons to NBA great Michael Jordan
thanks to the excitement he brought to
the game the Boston Celtics had been
eyeing a move for the talented small
forward for a few years and in 1986 the
team finally picked him up second
overall in the draft just two days later
he was dead from a cocaine overdose
considering he never played one second
in the professional league no one will
ever know what Heights he could have hit
in the sport but the city of Boston and
fans across the nation mourned the loss
of what could have been took criticism
from everyone even people off the street
that took it and use the positivity I
said negative number three Bobby Orr
he’s always got an engine any other
player in the league because he’s three
steps ahead of them it’s always sad when
a great in any sport has to call it a
day I know know for sure that my
cannot handle playing when that
retirement is unduly early it hits fans
even harder Board’s potential was clear
from day one and he became one of the
highest-paid players in the NHL from the
start of his career
he fulfilled his potential by winning
two Art Ross Trophy
quite a feat for a defenseman as well as
two Stanley Cups
however while he arguably changed the
way the game was played or style of play
was tough on his body especially his
left knee and it forced him to
prematurely retire at the age of thirty
number fours hockey days were over he
only played six games for Chicago number
two Sandy Koufax he didn’t bang nickel
back get his head right back at the time
of his untimely retirement after 11
years with the Dodgers 30 year old Sandy
Koufax was 7th in the list of all-time
career strikeouts and had won 3 siyoung
Awards given a few more years he could
feasibly have become the greatest
pitcher in the history of the sport I
feel like I don’t want to take a chance
on completely disabling myself just six
years after arthritis in his elbow
forced him into retirement he was
inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
making him the youngest inductee at the
time Koufax had four World Series wins
to his name and it’s a shame he wasn’t
able to add to that list after 1966 how
do you feel 101 runner 10 one I feel
great Betty I don’t know I don’t have to
go out there anymore about four months
before we reveal our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
by Conigliaro and
Steve Yzerman is giving Vladimir
Konstantinov the Stanley Cup and the
team surrounds him what a moment the
former world motor racing champion
Ayrton Senna has been pronounced
clinically dead after a crash at this
afternoon San Marino Grand Prix number
one bo Jackson
you can’t tell me that Bo Jackson didn’t
arrive on earth naked in a blue ball of
lightning man was a terminator
after taking the 1985 Heisman Trophy
hopes were high that Jackson would
become one of the greatest players in
the NFL
throughout the 1990s and nobody catches
Bo touchdown he instead became one of
the great multi sportsmen as he balanced
a career between both baseball and NFL
football even though in 1991 hip injury
put a stop to his NFL career he carried
on in the MLB for a few more years we
may never really know what he could have
achieved in either sport as his
participation in both likely limited his
ability to reach his true potential in
either that’s what you think dude but we
will say this bo knows how to make an
impact what can I say
bo knows jump shot do you agree with our
list bo knows free throws which athletes
career do you wish had lasted longer for
more fulfilling top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
could have been here he is making his
major league debut he’s trying to stay
in there against a left-hander and his
fastball just takes off welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten sports
careers cut short list goes on and would
have got longer but it had come at a
price his needs for this list we’ll be
taking a look at those athletes that
gained a degree of prestige before their
careers were curtailed or who have an
exceptional story as to why they can’t
play the game they love anymore we can
protect ourselves from everything and
crazy people that are the thing that
scares me the moan number 10
sterling Sharpe sterling and his younger
brother Shannon are considered by many
to be two of the greatest players to
have played in the modern era of the NFL
after joining the Green Bay Packers in
1988 the elder Sharpe became one of only
a few receivers to have won the Triple
Crown just a few years later this means
he led the 1992 NFL for receiving yards
receiving touchdowns and receptions
unfortunately a neck injury in 1994
ended his promising career after only
six exciting years five of which saw him
named an all-pro despite the fact that
his career was cut short he has still
been inducted into the Packers Hall of
Fame I’m the only pro football player
that’s in the Hall of Fame and I’m the
second best player in my own family
number nine Drazen Petrovic this
Croatian athlete had his first
opportunity in the NBA with the Portland
Trail Blazers during the 1989-90 season
and he certainly blazed a trail for
European players in the North American
game however it was as part of the New
Jersey Nets squad regarded as one of the
greatest European players ever in his
position as shooting guard he won two
silver medals and one bronze at the
Olympics his life was tragically cut
short by a car crash in 1993 when he was
just 28 years of age but he left behind
a significant legacy in the sport 20
years after his death
was named best European basketball er in
history number eight
Yao Ming and I jumped as high as I could
and he still had about three feet one of
the greatest Chinese athletes ever had
his time in the NBA ended prematurely
due to a string of injuries that
eventually caught up with a giant seven
foot six Center prior to his first game
in 2002 many were skeptical of Yao’s
ability to compete in the best
basketball league in the world but he
soon proved them wrong by becoming an
NBA all-star eight times as well as
being one of the best players of his
generation he’s been involved with a
number of charitable and humanitarian
causes and has been praised for acting
as a link between Chinese and American
sports roaster yo-yo lien it shot a hit
in his fall
are you kidding me number seven Monica
Seles Monica Seles had burst onto the
scene and was just the most mentally
strong player that anybody had ever ever
witnessed victim to one of the most
horrific attacks on a sports person ever
Celes was already a tennis superstar
when she was knifed in the back while on
the court
the wound was described as between one
and two centimeters deep felis was
eventually put on a stretcher and taken
to a nearby hospital before the stabbing
she was shaping up to be one of the
greatest players ever accumulating eight
Grand Slam singles titles before she was
even out of her teens she returned to
tennis following the incident but was
never quite the same and played her last
game professionally in 2003 ultimately
retiring in 2008 a hugely popular player
she was revered not only for her
impressive play but also because of how
she conducted herself in the face of
such adversity it took me a long time to
dig out of it and he was a very tough
hole but I had to deal with some
emotions that were very tough to view
with number six Michael Riley doc powers
although his career was not particularly
distinguished the story of this baseball
players death is perhaps one of the most
tragic stories in the sport
a player for four different teams in his
10-year career Doc Powers was injured
when he crashed into a wall chasing a
foul ball he suffered internal injuries
that several operations could not aid in
fact those surgeries even complicated
his recovery resulting in his death two
weeks after the incident his shocking
death was possibly the first in baseball
to have resulted from injuries on the
field and it may have even inspired a
character in the classic baseball film
the natural number 5 Mike Bosse
mozzies contributions helped form the
basis of one of the NHL’s most
recognized dynasties this
record-breaking right-winger played his
whole career for the New York Islanders
from 1977 to 1987 and played a key role
in the team winning four Stanley Cups in
a row however due to a series of
injuries and a back problem that plagued
him Bosse played his final game at the
age of just thirty though his
contributions to the NHL and hockey in
general were eclipsed by the likes of
his more long-lasting contemporaries
like Wayne Gretzky or even another
player with a shortened career Eric
Lindros bossy statistics stand up next
to the sports very best number for Len
Bias we try to be the best I can be not
always try to outdo everybody else as a
college player bias was one of the best
on the circuit and was named to two
all-america teams Len Bias definitely a
future star in the ACC he’s got so much
talent inside and outside he even drew
comparisons to NBA great Michael Jordan
thanks to the excitement he brought to
the game the Boston Celtics had been
eyeing a move for the talented small
forward for a few years and in 1986 the
team finally picked him up second
overall in the draft just two days later
he was dead from a cocaine overdose
considering he never played one second
in the professional league no one will
ever know what Heights he could have hit
in the sport but the city of Boston and
fans across the nation mourned the loss
of what could have been took criticism
from everyone even people off the street
that took it and use the positivity I
said negative number three Bobby Orr
he’s always got an engine any other
player in the league because he’s three
steps ahead of them it’s always sad when
a great in any sport has to call it a
day I know know for sure that my
cannot handle playing when that
retirement is unduly early it hits fans
even harder Board’s potential was clear
from day one and he became one of the
highest-paid players in the NHL from the
start of his career
he fulfilled his potential by winning
two Art Ross Trophy
quite a feat for a defenseman as well as
two Stanley Cups
however while he arguably changed the
way the game was played or style of play
was tough on his body especially his
left knee and it forced him to
prematurely retire at the age of thirty
number fours hockey days were over he
only played six games for Chicago number
two Sandy Koufax he didn’t bang nickel
back get his head right back at the time
of his untimely retirement after 11
years with the Dodgers 30 year old Sandy
Koufax was 7th in the list of all-time
career strikeouts and had won 3 siyoung
Awards given a few more years he could
feasibly have become the greatest
pitcher in the history of the sport I
feel like I don’t want to take a chance
on completely disabling myself just six
years after arthritis in his elbow
forced him into retirement he was
inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
making him the youngest inductee at the
time Koufax had four World Series wins
to his name and it’s a shame he wasn’t
able to add to that list after 1966 how
do you feel 101 runner 10 one I feel
great Betty I don’t know I don’t have to
go out there anymore about four months
before we reveal our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
by Conigliaro and
Steve Yzerman is giving Vladimir
Konstantinov the Stanley Cup and the
team surrounds him what a moment the
former world motor racing champion
Ayrton Senna has been pronounced
clinically dead after a crash at this
afternoon San Marino Grand Prix number
one bo Jackson
you can’t tell me that Bo Jackson didn’t
arrive on earth naked in a blue ball of
lightning man was a terminator
after taking the 1985 Heisman Trophy
hopes were high that Jackson would
become one of the greatest players in
the NFL
throughout the 1990s and nobody catches
Bo touchdown he instead became one of
the great multi sportsmen as he balanced
a career between both baseball and NFL
football even though in 1991 hip injury
put a stop to his NFL career he carried
on in the MLB for a few more years we
may never really know what he could have
achieved in either sport as his
participation in both likely limited his
ability to reach his true potential in
either that’s what you think dude but we
will say this bo knows how to make an
impact what can I say
bo knows jump shot do you agree with our
list bo knows free throws which athletes
career do you wish had lasted longer for
more fulfilling top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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