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Father Time catches up to athletes in two ways: First, the knees, back, ankles—the body—slowly cripples itself. It breaks down. After that, the facial wrinkles set in and whatever hair left bleaches itself. At least that's how life has worked out for Brett Favre and Larry Bird. Retirement has been far too unkind to them. But for some athletes, the aging process—the second part—strikes soon after they end puberty, seemingly skipping the entire young adult phase in life. Arjen Robben and Wayne Rooney went from teenagers to grandparents in a matter of years. Find out which of your favorite athletes have also suffered from Old Man Face far too soon in their lives in Gallery: Athletes Who've Aged Terribly Over the Years.
Paul Gascoigne
Sport: Soccer
Age: 46
The most prominent victim of brothel and coke-loving pub-loving English footballing culture.
Larry Bird
Sport: Basketball
Age: 57
Larry Bird went all sun-dried raisin on us.
Nick Calathes
Sport: Basketball
Age: 25
From teenage Euro trash looking club crawler to old Greek restaurant manager in a manner of years.
Brian Cardinal
Sport: Basketball
Age: 36
Sympathies go out to every mid to late-20s bald man.
David Eckstein
Sport: Baseball
Age: 39
This Cardinals World Series hero looks like a college Physics professor in retirement.
Bernie Williams
Sport: Baseball
Age: 45
The legend Bernie Williams has gained a few layers.
Patrick Ewing
Sport: Basketball
Age: 51
One of the first NBA players with Chronic Old Man Face had to be on here.
Brett Favre
Sport: Football
Age: 44
Brett Favre's face took retirement too seriously.
Sam Cassell
Sport: Basketball
Age: 44
The inspiration for every Alien movie.
Ronaldo
Sport: Soccer
Age: 37
Poor OG Ronaldo will always be known as "Fat Ronaldo."
Diego Maradona
Sport: Soccer
Age: 53
This is what happens when you live life as one of your continents most famous figures.
Adriano
Sport: Soccer
Age: 32
Adriano is following in Ronaldo's footsteps.
O.J. Simpson
Sport: Football
Age: 66
Man, O.J. Simpson wasn't supposed to go down like this.
Tonya Harding
Sport: Figure Skating
Age: 43
She's kind of like every other 43 year old mom. Minus the sex tape.
Sammy Sosa
Sport: Baseball
Age: 45
Sammy Sosa's claims his sudden skin whitening is the accidental result of a skin softening treatment gone wrong. OK...
Charles Barkley
Sport: Basketball
Age: 51
Sure, Charles Barkley got fat and all, but guaranteed he's more secure in his appearance than you'll ever be.
Bruce Jenner
Sport: Track
Age: 64
Bruce Jenner looks like he barely survived the '80s. Two decades of being married to Kris probably didn't help either.
Wayne Rooney
Sport: Soccer
Age: 28
If you shaved a hog, you'd get Wayne Rooney's face.
Arjen Robben
Sport: Soccer
Age: 30
Arjen Robben has been getting a senior discount for the past five years, saving him a few hundred euros a year in movie tickets.
Steve Francis
Sport: Basketball
Age: 37
But yo, why did Steve Francis age in dog years?
