Ten other sportspeople who came back after retiring - with mixed results
COMEBACK KID: Brian Corcoran celebrates during the 2004 All-Ireland final. Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
After Tom Brady’s largely underwhelming ‘unretirement’, we take a look at ten other sportspeople who made comebacks after initially calling it a day – with mixed results.
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