Event class: retirement, announced, retired, season, end, retire, football, due, injury, career

Events with high posterior probability

Aaron Lester	He finally announced his retirement at the end of the 2007 season.
Paul Terek	In October 2010 he announced his retirement from international competition.
Matt Burke	In May 2008 Burke announced his immediate retirement from playing after failing to recover from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee suffered the previous October.
Greg Gagne (baseball)	Gagne retired from baseball following the end of the 1997 season.
Patrice Brisebois	On September 24, 2009, Brisebois announced his retirement after an 18-year career in the National Hockey League.
Stephen Clemence	On Easter Monday 2010 however, Clemence announced his retirement from football after failing to fully recover from his heel injury.
Craig Taylor (footballer)	Taylor retired from football in May 2007 due to recurring back and ankle injuries.
Derian Hatcher	On June 15, 2009, Hatcher formally announced his retirement from the National Hockey League, this was announced with the Dallas Stars.
Brian Little (footballer)	His playing career came to a halt in 1980 when he retired at the age of 26 due to a knee injury.
I. M. Vijayan	Vijayan formally retired from international football after the Afro-Asian Games of 2003.
Brendan Cummins (GAA player)	He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 17 October 2013.
Clyde Rathbone	On August 23, 2012, Rathbone announced his intention to return to professional Rugby after 3 years out of the game.
Chris Daw	In 2011, Daw formally announced his retirement from competitive sports to focus on his family and career.
Craig Quinnell	On 13 April 2006, Quinnell announced his retirement from professional rugby.
Louis Saha	On 8 August 2013, date of his birthday, Saha announced his retirement from professional football via Twitter.
Eric Lindros	Lindros officially announced his retirement on November 8, 2007, in London, Ontario, at the age of 34.
Shawne Merriman	On March 5, 2013 Merriman announced his retirement.
Johan Vonlanthen	On 30 May 2012, Vonlanthen announced his retirement at age 26.
Stuart Thurgood	During November 2009 he sustained an injury which eventually forced him to retire, aged just 28.
Daryl Reaugh	A hamstring injury would make the 1993 -- 94 season with the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL his last, cutting his promising career short at the age of 28.
Glenn Hall	Hall's career ended after the 1970 -- 71 season when he announced his retirement at the age of 40.
Junior Seau	Seau announced his intention to retire for a second time on the television program Inside the NFL on January 13, 2010.
Trevor Gillmeister	At the end of 1996, Gillmeister decided to retire from playing rugby league.
Michael De Vere	On 20 November 2006, he announced that he would retire from professional football and return to Brisbane.
Olivier Karekezi	After 13 years with the national team, he announced his retirement from international football in late August 2013.
Leisel Jones	Jones confirmed her retirement from swimming in November 2012.
Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)	On 29 March 2010, Yousuf announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket,'' Yes, I have decided to retire as Pakistan player and my decision is not an emotional one'', Yousuf told press agency AFP,'' It's of no use playing if my playing is harmful to the team''.
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau	Citing pain in her right knee, she announced her retirement shortly before the 2003 season.
Kieron Brady	An extremely rare vascular condition after complaints of leg pains ultimately forced Brady to retire from the game in 1993, at age 22.
Matthew Febey	After managing just two games in 2000 due to hamstring and finger injuries, he announced his retirement.
Leigh Brown	On 1 September 2011, Brown announced his retirement, effective from the end of the season.
Darren Lehmann	Lehmann announced his retirement on 19 November 2007 citing injury concerns as the main reason behind his decision to quit.
Busher Jackson	Jackson played a final season in 1943 -- 44, after which he announced his retirement as a player following a 15-year career.
Filippo Savi	After the end of the 2011 -- 12 season, Savi intended to retire due to a cruciate ligament tear in the knee but eventually decided to continue challenging the world of professional football.
Joe Screen	Screen announced in June 2013 that he would be retiring from racing at the end of the season after 25 years in British league speedway, but a hand injury sustained in August brought his season to a premature end.
Larry Bird	Due to chronic back problems, he retired as a player in 1992.
Darryl Wakelin	On 29 August 2007 he announced his retirement from AFL at the season end, which in fact concluded for him as part of the 2007 Port Grand Final team.
Gavin Ward (footballer)	Ward retired from playing at the end of the 2010 -- 11 season.
Todd Viney	He announced his retirement before the end of the 1999 season due to nerve and hamstring related injuries.
Kevin Pietersen	This came to a head in 2012 when, after a disagreement over his schedule, Pietersen announced his retirement from all forms of international limited-overs cricket on 31 May.
Richard Ord	A two-year injury nightmare prevented him from ever playing in a competitive game for QPR, and he finally announced his retirement as a player in 2000, aged only 30.
Mark Grieb	Grieb played through the 2012 season, announcing his retirement on November 8, 2012.
Danny Bautista	Bautista announced his retirement from baseball on March 19, 2005 following an ankle injury.
Kenney Bertz	In December, 2009, Kenney announced through the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and on the local talk radio show'' Kick This'' that he would be retiring from professional soccer to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Jonathan Ogden	Ogden announced his retirement on June 12, 2008 after a career that spanned 12 seasons, all with Baltimore.
Sean Casey (baseball)	Casey announced his retirement on January 25, 2009 at the age of 34, having played 12 seasons of Major League Baseball.
Ed Jones (American football)	After his last ring appearance on Jan. 26, 1980, he announced he would return to play for the Dallas Cowboys, but has never openly discussed his reasons.
Nick D'Arcy	In October 2013, D'Arcy announced his retirement from swimming.
Chris Lumsdon	In July 2010, Lumsdon retired from football at the age of 30 because of injury.
Rodrigo Castro	In late 2012, Castro, age 33, announced his retirement from swimming.
Michael Vaughan	A few days later, on 30 June 2009, Vaughan ended all speculation by announcing his retirement from all cricket with immediate effect.
Dave Scatchard	On August 22, 2011, he announced his retirement on Twitter, stating that doctors told him it would not be safe for him to continue to play hockey due to concussion-related injuries.
Shaun Berrigan	He announced his retirement at the end of the 2013 NRL season.
Cully Dahlstrom	He never played a game for Seattle as he chose to retire following the 1944 -- 45 season.
Michael Brown (cricketer)	This injury, as well as a shoulder injury, was still giving him problems the following season, and he was forced to announce his immediate retirement in late July, 2011.
Brandon Prideaux	On June 9, 2009, he announced his retirement from MLS, effective at the end of the season.
Farhad Majidi	He was called for few friendlies three months before 2011 AFC Asian Cup but decided to announce his retirement.
Ryan Watson (cricketer)	At he end of the 2011 season Watson announced he was retiring from all forms of cricket.
Paul Stephenson (footballer)	Stephenson failed to play a single game in the following season and on 25 March 2003, he announced his retirement.
Fabio Cannavaro	He retired from professional football in 2011 due to an injury troubled season in Al-Ahli.
Nathan Hindmarsh	On 29 March 2012 Hindmarsh announced his retirement from rugby league effective at the end of the 2012 season.
Yvan Cournoyer	However, he was forced to retire following the 1979 season after playing in just fifteen games.
Hunkie Cooper	After being cut by the Rattlers in 2005, he decided to retire.
Dave Hansen (baseball)	Hansen retired at the end of the 2005 season.
Nick Efthimiou	He played until the year 1999 when he had to retire due to health reasons.
Cyrille Regis	He announced his retirement from playing in October 1996, after failing to recover fully from an injury sustained in his final senior game for Chester.
Keith Bulluck	After having the year off, he announced his retirement on January 25, 2012.
Hollie Avil	In May 2012, Avil announced her retirement from competitive sport following her recovery from an eating disorder.
Neal Ardley	Ardley announced his retirement from professional football on 30 August 2007 after a series of injuries.
Shaun Tait	On 29 January 2008, Tait announced that he would take an indefinite break from cricket, citing being physically and emotionally exhausted.
Roy Paul	In the summer of 1957 he was offered a new contract, but instead retired from the professional game aged 37, citing loss of pace due to age as the deciding factor.
Andy Hinchcliffe	Hinchcliffe retired from playing football in March 2002 following surgery on his left knee.
Lee Mears	In June 2012, Mears announced his retirement from international Rugby.
Kelly Guard	In November 2008 Guard announced his retirement from professional hockey.
Alisa Camplin	Camplin announced her retirement from competition in July 2006.
Phillippi Sparks	Sparks announced his retirement on August 28, 2001, having played for nine seasons.
Vincenzo Montella	On 2 July 2009, Montella announced his retirement from professional football as a player.
Ronnie Irani	The recurring nature of this injury led to Irani being forced to retire prematurely from first-class cricket in June 2007.
Sol Campbell	Subsequently, after failing to find a suitable club for almost a year after he became a free agent, he announced his retirement from football on 2 May 2012.
Brandon Webb	Webb officially retired from Major League Baseball on February 4, 2013.
Frankie Bunn	In 1990, Bunn was forced to retire from professional football because of injury.
Troy Wilson (Australian rules footballer)	Three games into the 2005 season, Wilson announced his retirement from all forms of football after playing 141 WAFL league games and 37 AFL games over ten years, citing chronic injuries and an inability to recover after matches.
Chris Sutton	On 5 July 2007, Sutton retired from football due to the eye injury.
Matthew Clarke (Australian rules footballer)	However, he retired from football at the end of the 2006 season after an AFL career of 248 games over 13 seasons.
Dario Franchitti	A month later, on 14 November 2013, Franchitti announced his immediate retirement from motor racing on medical advice.
Kevin Goldthwaite	On November 28, 2011, Goldthwaite announced his retirement from professional soccer.
Mike Schneck	Schneck announced his retirement from the NFL on March 4, 2010.
Kyle Altman	Altman announced he would retire from professional soccer following the conclusion of the 2013 NASL Spring season in order to attend medical school.
Alessandro Nesta	On 20 October 2013, Nesta announced that he will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2013 MLS season after playing parts of two seasons with the Impact.
George Robb	George Robb was forced by injury to retire from playing professionally following an injury sustained in a 5-a-side competition in 1958.
Brian Fuentes	On November 14, 2012 Fuentes told the Merced Sun-Star that he was retiring after twelve season in the Major Leagues.
Roger Johansson	Johansson stayed with Färjestad until 2001, when he was forced to retire due to an injury.
Christoph Metzelder	In May 2013, 32-year-old Metzelder announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the season.
David Zabriskie	At the beginning of the 2013 Giro di Lombardia Zabriskie announced his retirement after 13 years as a professional cyclist.
Antonio Lang	Foot problems, though, prompted Lang to retire from playing basketball in 2006, and he became an assistant coach for the Dolphins.
Sean Sherk	On September 2, 2013, Sherk formally announced his retirement from MMA fighting.
Anna Smashnova	In March 2007 Smashnova publicly announced on Israeli radio that she would retire from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.
Dan Calichman	He retired from competitive soccer at the end of the 2001 season.
Mia Hamm	On May 14, 2004, she announced her retirement effective after the 2004 Athens Olympics, expressing an interest in starting a family with her husband, Nomar Garciaparra.
Leon Taylor	Although Taylor had been planning to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he announced his retirement from competition in May of that year following a number of injuries.