Seven More Retirements That Came Under Shocking Circumstances

Every day, sports fans see something they’ve never seen before. Just on Sunday, the NFL gave us an all-time great one-handed catch, a kicker missing two field goal attempts in overtime and Blake Bortles outperforming Tom Brady. But nothing captured fans’ attention quite like Vontae Davis’s unprecedented decision to retire at halftime of a game.

Davis’s move got us thinking: Who are some other athletes to retire under shocking circumstances?

Though he was a near-unanimous Hall of Fame selection, the end of Ken Griffey Jr.’s career was as unceremonious as can be.

Griffey’s 2009 return to Seattle was a triumphant homecoming for a living legend and franchise icon. He was a productive player for a…