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Sunday, June 07, 2009
Retiring early
In response to this thread about Zambrano, I wrote:
Ken Dryden, retired age 31, played only 8 seasons, 5 times 1st-team all-star (i.e., elected goalie of the year by the writers), six Stanley Cups, elected to hall of fame (as you can see, quite silly the need to have a “10” seasons minimum requirement). He also articled for a law firm while sitting out a year in that time period.
That’s quite an accomplishment for someone through his age 31.
Then, he wrote a best-selling book (one of the best sports-books ever), along with several other books, became a commentator (including next to Al Michaels), president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Cabinet member in Parliament, ran (and lost) to be leader of the Liberal Party.
Somewhere in there, I think he also was a full-time lawyer.
That’s something like 6 different peaks. I suspect virtually all athletes would not be able to be satisfied in their non-sports lives the way Dryden was.
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