I was thinking this morning about other great athlete's who had physical aliments in a non contact sport like golf who were dominant like Tiger Woods who were forced to retire in their 30's.
I'm showing my age, but Sandy Koufax comes to mind. He retired at age 31 in 1966 due to an arthritic elbow. For you youngsters out there, Koufax's previous season, he was 27-9 with an era of 1.79. His last 5 years he was 132-47, won 5 straight era titles, hurled 4 no hitters, and won 3 unanimous Cy Young Awards.
Do you know of any other great athlete's who were forced into retirement in their early 30's due to non contact physical aliments?