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Charlton careers ended by injury

AethelstanAethelstan
in General Charlton
As we are insufficiently depressed already, I thought I would start this cheerful thread:

Which players had their Charlton careers effectively ended by a bad injury (including those who may have returned but never at the same standard?)
Gary Rowett
David Whyte
Igor Vetokele
Ahmed Kashi (probably)
Mark Robson ?
Matty Holmes
Grahame Tutt
Saša Ilić
Yassin Moutaouakil
Kelly Youga
Greg Shields
Martin Pringle

I am sure there are lots more.
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    LenGloverLenGlover
    Richard Rufus
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    WestCountryAddickWestCountryAddick
    Might as well add Andy Hunt and Mendonca to those. Both had to retire earlier than usual due to illness (in Hunt's case) or injury (Mendonca - back problem).
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    RossRoss
    Svetoslav Todorov
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    LenGloverLenGlover
    Peter Reeves
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    ross1ross1
    Even with injuries they could probably have played better than the lot we have today
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    palarsehaterpalarsehater
    i would say more of a disability - johnson tourettes
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    redlaneredredlanered
    What about "career never started because of injuries" - i.e. Cory Gibbs
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    ScohamScoham
    Mark Fish really struggled in his last few games for us. Didn't he get injured falling through a glass table?
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    DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Terry Naylor
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    mistrollinginmistrollingin
    Cyril Davies
    Mark Penfold
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    Johnnysummers5Johnnysummers5
    LenGlover said:

    Peter Reeves

    Very sad when Peter had to retire, I think he became a milkman after
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    StarinnaddickStarinnaddick
    Kenny Chamberlain after breaking leg at Tottenham.
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    MrLargoMrLargo
    Gary Poole, scorer of a 30 yard beauty at Loftus Road on his debut.

    Don't think David Whyte's Charlton career was ended by injury, was it? I thought Curbs just released him from his contract. He definitely played for Ipswich against us, and I think had a short spell at Southend as well.
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    stockportaddickstockportaddick
    edited March 2017
    Grahan Tutt. Awful injury to his eye v Sunderland at Roker Park that ended his career at a ridiculously young age. I have no doubts that he would have gone on to be a goalkeeping great.

    Edit: Just seen Tutt on the original list, doh
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    CafcdogJnrCafcdogJnr
    Mendonca
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    GRAY9GRAY9
    Paul Gorman
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    GRAY9GRAY9
    GRAY9 said:

    Paul Gorman

    Just saw he played for Welling after, thought he finished with us after knee injury.
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    IsawsummersplayIsawsummersplay
    Geoff Scott - managed just two games after signing from Birmingham, before being injured in the second, against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. I was at his comeback game for the reserves. Lasted five minutes and that was that. He played a few games in the lower leagues, but that injury at the Bridge virtually ended his career,
    Iain Ferguson joined us on loan from Hearts. Got injured in his first and only game - never saw him again.
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    AethelstanAethelstan
    MrLargo said:

    Gary Poole, scorer of a 30 yard beauty at Loftus Road on his debut.

    Maybe I was confusing him with Rowett? How did Rowett finish with us?
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    LenGloverLenGlover
    Aethelstan said:

    MrLargo said:

    Gary Poole, scorer of a 30 yard beauty at Loftus Road on his debut.

    Maybe I was confusing him with Rowett? How did Rowett finish with us?
    Injury finished him too after just a few games.
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    mistrollinginmistrollingin
    I'm pretty sure Charlie Revell, my old sports teacher at Graham Road in the early 1960's, had to retire through injury around 1950.
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    PeterGagePeterGage
    Harold Hobbis. England international (winger) just before WWII. Broken leg, never played again. In the 60s and beyond, first landlord of The Valley pub upon it's opening
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Who can forget Jimmy Loveridge
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    The EqualiserThe Equaliser
    Tommy Caton
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    DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    PeterGage said:

    Harold Hobbis. England international (winger) just before WWII. Broken leg, never played again. In the 60s and beyond, first landlord of The Valley pub upon it's opening

    I think he broke his leg at Highbury. My Grandad told me the story of it happening and he clearly heard his leg break.
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    Covered_End_LadCovered_End_Lad
    cafc-west said:

    Think you could include Grant Basey. Never really recovered after he was taken out badly by a Plymouth player. Career went downhill and has just announced his retirement.

    Was it not Blizzard for Bristol Rovers?
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    cafcsingercafcsinger
    edited March 2017
    Wiggins never recovered from Zaha turning him inside out
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    iaitchiaitch
    cafc-west said:

    Think you could include Grant Basey. Never really recovered after he was taken out badly by a Plymouth player. Career went downhill and has just announced his retirement.

    It was Blizzard of Bristol Rovers that done Basey.
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    John Pender
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