Top Ten Athletes to Come out of Retirement

Posted July 04, 2008 on tshilton's Blog:

  • 1
    Mario Lemieux

    Came out of retirement to raise the profile of a team he became partial owner of essentially because of outstanding unpaid salary, brought them back from the dead drafted the kid, were in the CUP!

  • 2
    Michael Jordan

    Left B-Ball for Baseball came back and won a few more championships, retired again came back avg over 25 points a game as an old man.

  • 3
    Darren Mccarty

    Bankrupt ashamed and out of hockey, Darren gets a tryout with Grand Rapids by calling in a favour with a former teamate the process ends with him getting picked up by the Redwings in time to contribute to their Stanley Cup run

  • 4
    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Comes out fo retirement to beat Marvellous Marvin Hagar in one of the best middle weight fights ever.

  • 5
    Zinedine Zidane

    In 2004 Zidane announces he will retire from international play but after seeing them struggle to qualify for the world cup he comes back and leads them to finals.

  • 6
    Lance Armstrong

    Retired due to cancer, came back to win seven Tour de France's

  • 7
    Floyd Mayweather

    Retired from the sport after beating De la hoya handily and returned with alot on the line to beat Hatton easily.

  • 8
    George Foreman

    Came back to the sport after 10 years away from it at 45 to win the heavyweight title

  • 9
    Randy Couture

    Retired in the infancy of MMA came back as a "legacy" and still is dominating in the sport.

  • 10
    Brett Favre?

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