The Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner has retired after a 12-year NFL career that yielded a Super Bowl championship and established him as one of American Football's elite players.
38-year-old Warner, a former player in the Arena Football League, made a name for himself during the 1999 NFL season with the St Louis Rams when he was named the starter and led the franchise to its first Super Bowl victory.
He made it to the Super Bowl twice more and retires at the top of his game with one year left on his contract.
Warner was elected to the Pro Bowl four times and has passed for 32,344 yards and 208 touchdowns with the Rams, New York Giants and Cardinals.
He is a twice NFL Most Valuable Player and was also named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in 2000.
He spent the last five seasons with the Cardinals and led the team to its first Super Bowl appearance last year, where Arizona nearly pulled off victory until a last-minute touchdown by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
