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2006 Bob Barker, from The Price is Right, retires after 35 years as host
2006 Andre Agassi retires after winning 60 career titles 2005 Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tours de France 2005 Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess 1998 All-Star Florida Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires 1997 Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills 1997 NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires 1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting 1996 Tommy Lasoda retires as Los Angeles Dodger manager 1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins 1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1994 Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman 1993 General Colin Powell retires at 56 1993 Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub 1992 NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75 1992 Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief 1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races 1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St. John's basketball team 1992 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires 1991 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawks coach 1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years 1991 Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test 1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers 1991 Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires 1991 Philadelphia '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey 1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees) 1990 Los Angeles Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race 1989 Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances 1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires 1989 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires 1988 New York Islander's and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires 1988 Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons" 1988 Andrei Gromyko retires 1988 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires 1988 LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires 1987 Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL 1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with New York Mets 1987 Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor 1987 Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires 1987 Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires 1986 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast 1986 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires 1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC 1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football 1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Mont Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires 1984 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires 1984 Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires 1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin) 1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Royals defeat Yankees, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order 1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires 1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time 1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires 1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis 1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ 1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy 1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) 1974 Pele retires as soccer player 1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1972 San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1972 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky 1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires 1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf 1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" 1969 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder 1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires 1967 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves 1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ 1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach 1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief 1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) 1962 Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36 1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1957 Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants 1956 Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000 Robinson retires 1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion retires 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1952 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33 1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years 1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada 1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia 1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1940 University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98 1938 German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires 1932 John McGraw retires from baseball 1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game 1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark 1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yankees 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1905 James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ 1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires |
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