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== Anime and Manga ==
* Sometimes Hero Killer Stain, from ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' opts to inflict this upon his targets instead of killing them.
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* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Gutts' foster father has to retire as an active mercenary after a messy leg injury. Averted for Gutts himself - you would think that losing a hand would end the career of a fighter who specialises in two-handed weapons, but he is stubborn enough to learn to handle the sword using prosthetic hand. (A magnet in the hand helps him maintain the grip.)
* Gerd in ''[[Blassreiter]]'' was a racing champion who got half-paralyzed. And then ditched by his girlfriend. And then agreed to try an "experimental healing".
* When the manga ''[[H 2]]'' begins, baseball players Hiro
* Almost happens to Hayato and Randoll in ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' in the ''ZERO'' arc when they suffered serious injuries in a crash at the British GP. They got better and they return to racing (although Randoll takes longer to come back than Hayato).
** In Bootsvorz's backstory, a nasty crash at a test drive resulted in losing his left eye and arm, but he returned to racing after gaining a new arm and eye.
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* Danny Glover's [[Jaded Washout]] character in ''[[Angels in the Outfield]]'' had his career cut short because the villainous sportscaster character deliberately slid into home with his spikes up when they were playing each other years before.
* In the original timeline of ''[[Back to The Future]]'', a car accident ends Marty's rock career before it even took off the ground.
* In the live-action ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Casey says he used to "play professionally until I got hurt". Presumably he means hockey.
== Literature ==
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* Lampooned in ''[[The Far Side]]'', where one cartoon claims [[Albert Einstein]] played professional basketball before he hurt his ankle, and as a result, pursued a career in science.
== Video Games ==
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== Real Life ==
* In one the most well-known examples from the [[American Football|NFL]], Washington Redskins quarterback Joe
* Lou Gehrig had to retire from baseball due to having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (which became known as Lou Gehrig's disease.)
* Nancy Kerrigan (figure skating): Her rival Tonya Harding hired someone to whack Kerrigan in the knee with a pipe, hoping to break her leg
* Monica Seles (tennis): Deranged fan of a rival runs onto the court during a match and stabs her in the back of the neck. She got better.
* [[Edge]] was forced to retire from WWE fairly young due to injuries he'd sustained over his career.
** [[Professional Wrestling]] has plenty of these: [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] retired after multiple neck injuries; Darren Drozdov became a quadriplegic due to a ring mishap, and then there are the injuries that weren't only career-ending, but [[Fatal Method Acting|life-ending]].
* [[Matt Smith]] originally wanted to be a professional footballer, but a back injury put an end to his early career. Considering he's now a world-famous actor and plays the lead character in [[Doctor Who|one of the most popular TV shows in history]] (and even got to [[The Cast Showoff|show off]] a little of his football chops in one episode), we're going to go out on a limb and presume he's not too bitter about it.
* Despite winning via unanimous decision in a ten-round match against Luis Melendez of Colombia, Filipino boxer Z Gorres collapsed shortly after the verdict was announced, and was treated for haematoma, later undergoing extensive physical therapy for him to regain the ability to do day-to-day tasks. Said injuries have unfortunately spelled the end of his boxing career.
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