Only a few months after a series of concussions prematurely ended his NFL career, Stan Humphries came to the conclusion that he wasn’t cut out for retirement.
The quarterback who led the San Diego Chargers to the 1995 Super Bowl felt isolated without the camaraderie of a team sport, adrift without the structure of a daily schedule, empty without a competitive outlet.
“Here I was 32, 33 years old playing golf every day and thinking there has got to be more to life than this,” Humphries explained to Yahoo Sports. “Eventually, I realized I needed something to fill the void, something that gave me a purpose and allowed me to give back.