History Main / CareerEndingInjury

* In the ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' NonSerialMovie ''The Fourteenth Target'', the murderer is revealed to be [[spoiler: a sommelier whose taste buds were destroyed in an accident, taking revenge on the people who ended his career]].
** Similarly, in the NonSerialMovie ''Captured in her eyes'' the culprit is [[spoiler: a surgeon who had the tendons of his right hand ''intentionally'' severed by a jealous colleague during a surgery. He switched to become a therapist, but later killed the one who ruined his career... and others who either were involved or found out... and then Ran became his target, since she witnessed what was supposed to be his last kill.]]
** In a {{filler}} case, [[spoiler: a promising pianist is given this by the evil father of [[UptownGirl his rich girlfriend]] as a way to reinforce his ParentalMarriageVeto. The pianist crossed the DespairEventHorizon and killed himself. The girlfriend ran away. [[TheButlerDidIt The pianist's father became the family butler and then killed the patriarch]], and was this close to kill the girlfriend too.]]

->''[[MemeticMutation "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee."]]''

The injury may have started as a GameBreakingInjury. Compare WhiteDwarfStarlet and ICouldaBeenAContender, common results of this trope, SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs, where the character is disabled to start with instead of becoming so during their career, and CripplingTheCompetition, where this trope is invoked. If the character overcomes the injury, either temporarily or permanently, then they're BackInTheSaddle. If he injury isn't just career ending but ''life'' ending, then it's an example of FatalMethodActing.

* In OjamajoDoremi, both Haruka Harukaze and [[spoiler: Mio Segawa]] went through this trope when young and, as a result, had to give up on their piano playing and [[spoiler: IdolSinger]] careers.
* In CaptainTsubasa, this is the reason why [[spoiler: Roberto Hongo]] left soccer. [[spoiler: During one of his best matches, he was hit in the head and near his eyes; the brain and optical never damage he sustained ''severely'' limited his eyesight, and he had to forcibly retire from soccer. He was this close to cross the DespairEventHorizon, but Tsubasa and his family helped him through and, in few years, he built a new career as a soccer coach.]]

* In OjamajoDoremi, both Haruka Harukaze and [[spoiler: Mio Segawa]] went through this trope when young and, as a result, had to give up on their piano playing and [[spiler: IdolSinger]] careers.

** Similarly, in the NonSerialMovie ''Captured in her eyes'' the culprit is [[spoiler: a surgeon who had the tendons of his right hand ''intentionally'' severed by a jealous colleague during a surgery. He switched to become a therapist, but later killed the one who ruined his career... and others who either were involved or found out... and then Ran becomes his target, since she witnessed what was supposed to be his last kill.]]

* Bill McLaren was on the verge of playing his first game for Scotland's national rugby team when he contracted a near-fatal case of TB and was forced to give up playing. He went on to become a renowned commentator, earning him a nickname of "the voice of rugby".

* In ''StillAlice'', Alice has to retire early because she develops Alzheimer's Disease.

The injury may have started as a GameBreakingInjury. Compare WhiteDwarfStarlet and ICouldaBeenAContender, common results of this trope, SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs, where the character is disabled to start with instead of becoming so during their career, and CripplingTheCompetition, where this trope is invoked. If the character overcomes the injury, either temporarily or permanently, then they're BackInTheSaddle. If he injury isn't just career ending but [I]life[/I] ending, then it's an example of FatalMethodActing.

The injury may have started as a GameBreakingInjury. Compare WhiteDwarfStarlet and ICouldaBeenAContender, common results of this trope, SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs, where the character is disabled to start with instead of becoming so during their career, and CripplingTheCompetition, where this trope is invoked. If the character overcomes the injury, either temporarily or permanently, then they're BackInTheSaddle. If he injury isn't just career ending but [I]life[/I] ending, then it's an example of FatalMethodActing

The injury may have started as a GameBreakingInjury. Compare WhiteDwarfStarlet and ICouldaBeenAContender, common results of this trope, SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs, where the character is disabled to start with instead of becoming so during their career, and CripplingTheCompetition, where this trope is invoked. If the character overcomes the injury, either temporarily or permanently, then they're BackInTheSaddle.

* In the second race of the {{Indycar}} doubleheader at Houston, E.J. Viso got loose and slid into Dario Franchitti's car, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWivplBtgAo sending him twirling into the catch fence]]. Franchitti suffered a broken back and ankle in the crash, as well as a concussion. On the advice of his doctors, he retired from racing a month later.

** The most recent instance on the Sprint Cup level, as of January 2014, is Jerry Nadeau, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after striking the turn three wall head-on with a hung throttle at Richmond in 2003. Due in part to the lack of understanding about Nadeau's injury at the time, he ended up with permanent brain damage from the resulting swelling, and given that another head injury would likely kill him, he's certain not to be cleared to race ever again.

** The most recent instance on the Sprint Cup level, as of January 2014, is Jerry Nadeau, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after striking the turn three wall head-on with a hung throttle at Richmond in 2003. Due in part to the lack of understanding about Nadeau's injury, he ended up with permanent brain damage from the resulting swelling, and given that another head injury would likely kill him, he's certain not to be cleared to race ever again.

** Driver Ernie Irvan ended up [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverting]] this with his near-fatal crash at Michigan in 1994. While he eventually did get back into the car, and even won at the same track that almost killed him, the simple fact of the matter was that he just wasn't a championship-level driver after the wreck (where he had been on the way to taking the '94 title before the injury), and several more head injuries after his comeback drove him to retire in 1999.

** Driver Ernie Irvan ended up [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverting]] this with his near-fatal crash at Michigan in 1994. While he eventually did get back into the car, and even won at the same track that almost killed him, the simple fact of the matter was that he just wasn't a championship-level driver after the wreck (where he had been on the way to taking the '94 title before the injury), and several more head injuries after his comeback eventually drove him to retire.

* Barbara Gordon was shot by the Joker and paralyzed in ''TheKillingJoke''. Her paralysis ended her career as Batgirl. She then renamed herself Oracle and began to create one of the world's most powerful and complex computer systems.

* Lou Gehrig had to retire from baseball due to having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (which became known as Lou Gehrig's disease.)

* Roy Horn, of the stage magician duo Siegfried and Roy, got infamously mauled by a white tiger during a show on October 3, 2003. Their show, until then one of the most successful in Las Vegas' history, came to an immediate halt, and the incident was one of the contributing factors (along with protests by animal rights groups and the success of Creator/CirqueDuSoleil) in ending the use of exotic animals in magic acts.

** Country star Music/ChadBrownlee was a first round NHL draft pick until he messed up his knee in a game

* MattSmith 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 [[Series/DoctorWho one of the most popular TV shows in history]], we're going to go out on a limb and presume he's not too bitter about it.

* Alex Zanardi, former FormulaOne and IndyCar racing driver, lost both his legs in a [[http://youtu.be/KysP71KKzIc horrific crash]] that nearly killed him. He made the best of it and started two new careers—first in touring car racing (using a car fitted with hand controls) with a decent amount of success, and later as a Paralympic athlete, winning two medals at handcycling during the London 2012 Paralympics.

** Similarly, Nick Jarvis from {{ComicBook/Striker}} was also forced to end his career when a shark bit his leg. He just barely avoided amputation.