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Football is a physical sport that often ended promising careers.

Matty Holmes career-ending clash with Kevin Muscat

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Career ended: Matty Holmes

Age of retirement: 30

When: 1998

What: Severe leg injury

Matty’s career came to a stand-still following the clash with ‘dirty player’ Kevin Muskat. Kevin has a long record of inflicting severe injuries on his rival which thus earn him the above title. Matty’s injury was so severe that the surgeons told him that he was fortunate enough to not get his legs amputated. After his legal battle with Muskat, he was awarded a compensation of £750,000.

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