NWHL: 1st TG player calls it a career

[ckg927]

The AP reports that the Buffalo Beauts' Harrison Browne, who made history as the first ever transgendered player, will be retiring at the end of the season. Browne, previously known as Hailey Browne, will be moving into a career in sports business and he will be on the league's board of advisors next season.

Congrats for going out on your own terms.

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[88]

Hats off to Harrison, couldn't have been an easy decision to give up hockey but nice to see he'll be taking a role on the board of advisors

 

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The AP reports that the Buffalo Beauts' Harrison Browne, who made history as the first ever transgendered player, will be retiring at the end of the season. Browne, previously known as Hailey Browne, will be moving into a career in sports business and he will be on the league's board of advisors next season.

Congrats for going out on your own terms.

...and best of luck to Harrison.

 

[LadyStanley]

Looking forward: Harrison Browne, first openly transgender...

What I don't understand is why a year after this thread was started, "now" there's an article talking about retirement and "moving on".

 

[JMCx4]

... What I don't understand is why a year after this thread was started, "now" there's an article talking about retirement and "moving on".

Not sure what you're questioning here, but I was frankly unaware of Harrison Browne's historic inclusion in NWHL hockey until I stumbled on another retirement article on-line a few weeks ago from SBNation's Out Sports blog. The NWHL media reach seems very uneven to me, and a web search on this particular topic yields just a smattering of stories many of which are from non-sports sources (GQ, NPR). IMO, the League did little to promote Harrison's decision to play - and his initial retirement decision - so I would not have expected much chatter on this Board or most other hockey boards about it.

 

[SemireliableSource]

Looking forward: Harrison Browne, first openly transgender...

What I don't understand is why a year after this thread was started, "now" there's an article talking about retirement and "moving on".

Because Harrison delayed his retirement one year to play another season. It worked as he and his teammates won the championship so you can't really argue with his decision.