After the revelations, two weeks of acrimony, Conyers's hospitalization for what his attorney called a "stress-related illness," and his subsequent decision to retire, it is difficult to predict how his legacy will be assessed, and the extent to which these events will color his prior career.
Farrell added the conversion but hurt his foot in missing a subsequent effort and had to retire having landed a wince-inducing penalty just before the interval.
Ali's subsequent assertion that he wanted to retire as early as the tenth round was familiar hyperbole, but there was an aching honesty about a later admission: "I felt like quittin' at the end of the fourteenth, well, not like quittin' but like I didn't want to go no more".
Zimbabwe won the match but the political storm in Zimbabwe and subsequent government pressure forced the pair to retire from international cricket prematurely and flee the country.
As a result of its damage, the name Inigo was retired subsequent to its usage; its name was replaced with Iggy.
Peter Higgins, 67, says cardiologist Amjad Hamid had convinced him to retire following "a heart attack" and subsequent complications.
For several years, these institutions have been encouraging senior professors to retire, because in many cases the buyouts and subsequent pension payments are financed by budgets separate from those that finance university operations; the schools are thus provided substantial savings.
He added: "When Kevin told me he wanted to retire from one-day cricket I must have had three or four subsequent meetings with him where I tried to dissuade him from doing so.
"Since the World Cup in the summer and my subsequent exclusion from the Cameroon squad for the African Cup of Nations I have taken the decision to retire from international football," Song, who won 47 caps, said.
And the 15-time champion has said he may be about to retire after admitting to feeling "very, very down" after his semi-final win over (and subsequent bust-up with) Van Barneveld.
