Facing a deadline, Packers general manager Ron Wolf finally announced in spring of 1995 that the club would be waiving Sharpe. "The severity of the neck injury Sterling suffered, and the fact that ...

Three decades after being forced to retire from the NFL due to a neck injury, legendary Green Bay Packers wide receiver ...

After just a seven-year career in the NFL, Sterling Sharpe has ... a debilitating injury. It was discovered during the 1994 season that Sterling had an abnormality in his neck that required ...

who was forced to retire early due to a neck injury. Shannon then gave this all-time line during his speech. Shannon Sharpe's HOF speech praising his brother Sterling still sends chills "I'm the ...

Sharpe shared an emotional moment ... but his career came to an abrupt end when a neck injury was discovered after the season. Sterling had five seasons with at least 1,100 receiving yards and ...

WR Sterling Sharpe, who played seven seasons ... Pro Bowls during his seven-year career that was cut short by a neck injury. Sharpe registered 595 receptions for 8,134 yards (13.7 avg.) ...

With Sterling induction ... as a three-time first-team All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver. A neck injury shortened his Hall of Fame career after he caught a league-high 18 touchdowns ...

GREEN BAY – Former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe will be inducted into the ... including his final season with 18, before a neck injury forced his early retirement. "I know from experience ...

While Sterling Sharpe was announced as part of the Hall ... receiver for the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1994 before a neck injury brought his career to an early end, was the second name ...

Sterling played football at South Carolina and was drafted seventh overall in 1988 by the Packers. He played there before he had to retire in 1994 due to a neck injury. Sharpe played 14 seasons in ...

NEW ORLEANS — Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe were ... 1994, before a neck injury cut his career short. Sharpe was a three-time All-Pro and had 595 catches for 8,134 ...

Receiver Sterling Sharpe was on his way to a surefire Hall of Fame career had it not been cut short by a neck injury in 1994. His contract now included language that promised him $1 million more ...