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* ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' has Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen, who was an elite fighter pilot before he suffered a debilitating head injury in combat. He has enough experience to warrant making him a squadron commander, acting in the role of [[Mission Control]] for his young pilots.

* ''[[White Collar]]'''s Peter Burke was a professional baseball player when he tore his rotator cuff. The injury healed just fine and he was able to play baseball again, though a doctor advised him he could re-injure. Rather than risk losing both his baseball career and the possibility of joining the FBI, Peter opted to quit baseball and simply join the FBI.

* It happens a couple of times on ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]''. In one episode, a football player has to have his leg amputated. In another, a concert pianist loses dexterity in his hand.

* It happens a couple of times on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''. In one episode, a football player has to have his leg amputated. In another, a concert pianist loses dexterity in his hand.

* In the pilot for ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' Jason is paralyzed in an injury ending his planned career as a football player.

* In an episode of ''[[Bones]]'' where the [[Victim of the Week]] is a professional motorcycle racer, one of the suspects is a parapalegic former racer who the victim had "accidentally" caused to crash in a previous race, causing the paraplegia.