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DILFER OFFICIALLY RETIRES
Published 7/9/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Amid reports that he recently tore an Achilles tendon, veteran quarterback Trent Dilfer has announced his retirement from football. “I injured my Achilles while I was on vacation with my family,” Dilfer said Wednesday.  “ I was going to retire anyway .  This just gives clarity to the situation.  There will be a formal announcement in the next few days about that.” Dilfer was the sixth overall pick in the 1994 draft, and he played for the Bucs, Ravens, Seahawks, Browns, and 49ers in 14 NFL seasons.  He won a Super Bowl in 2000 with the Ravens, and then left the team via free agency.

Trent Dilfer Makes It Official: He's Done
Published 7/9/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: 49ers, Buccaneers, Ravens, Baltimore, San Francisco, Tampa Bay We noted this morning that longtime NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer had an Achilles injury that would likely end his playing career, and this afternoon Dilfer made it official. Dilfer told the Reno Gazette-Journal: "I injured my Achilles' while I was on vacation with my family. I was going to retire anyway. This just gives clarity to the situation. There will be a formal announcement in the next few days about that.... "I'm just really thrilled and looking forward to what's next for me," said Dilfer, who added that he ...

Trent Dilfer retires
Published 7/9/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Dilfer Quarterback Trent Dilfer has retired. He told reporters during a conference call Wednesday for a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif., that he suffered an Achilles injury recently, but he was still planning to retire. Dilfer, 36, was talking ...

QB Trent Dilfer Calls It A Career After 13 Seasons
Published 7/9/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
As Brett Favre un-retirement talks swirl among the national media, another long-time NFL QB is hanging up his cleats for good . Trent Dilfer smile The RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL reports that Trent Dilfer is officially retiring. The former Bucs-Ravens-Seahawks-Browns-49ers signal caller made the announcement Wednesday from Lake Tahoe, where he just pulled out of the American Century Championship golf tourney due to an injury. (Ironically, this is the same tournament that Brett backed out of , which helped further fuel the fire of Favre’s possible return.) Dilfer - who, like Favre, has exactly one Super Bowl victory to his credit - explains why he’s finally ...

Trent Dilfer hangs up his cleats
Published 7/10/2008 by Anthony Brown at The NFL Source
Trent Dilfer announced to the Reno Gazette-Journal that he intends to retire from football this summer. “I injured my Achilles’ while I was on vacation with my family. I was going to retire anyway. This just gives clarity to the situation. There will be a formal announcement in the next few days about that.” Trent Dilfer entered the NFL in 1994 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was a salary cap casualty in 1999 when the Bucs declined to pay him the $4 million contract due and gave him his unconditional release. Dilfer signed for a magical year in 2000 with the Baltimore Ravens. During the season, he replaced Tony Banks at quarterback and led the ...

Adieu, Trent Dilfer. Adieu. [Tahoe Celebrity Golf]
Published 7/10/2008 by Rick Chandler at Deadspin
... As you read this I am speeding toward sunny Lake Tahoe, cranking the Beach Boys, with a big nasty redhead at my side (wait. Am I Randy Newman?). But already there's news from there in my absence. Trent Dilfer, perhaps the worst quarterback to ever earn a Super Bowl ring as a starter, announced on Wednesday that he is retiring. He tore an Achilles recently during a game of pickup basketball and decided enough was enough (and ...