| PEYTONMANNING | NFL great who retired in 2016 after winning Super Bowl 50: 2 wds. |
| LOMBARDI | Coach who retired after winning Super Bowl II |
| LADYGAGA | Singer of the national anthem at Super Bowl 50: 2 wds. |
| DENVERBRONCOS | Team that won Super Bowl 50: 2 wds. |
| DAVIDROBINSON | Basketball great who retired in 2003 after winning the NBA title: 2 wds. |
| ROCKYMARCIANO | Boxing great who retired in 1956 as world heavyweight champion: 2 wds. |
| PANTHERS | see 1dn, NFL American football team defeated by Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 in 2016 |
| CAROLINA | & 13D NFL American football team defeated by Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 in 2016 (8,8) |
| RAYLEWIS | The first linebacker to win the Super Bowl MVP Award on the winning Super Bowl team |
| COACHK | N.C.A.A. great who retired in 2022 with more than twelve hundred wins, to fans |
| AUSTIN | Surname of Mark who left ITV News in 2016 after joining 30 years earlier (6) |
| AROD | Nickname of a Yankees star who retired in 2016: Hyph. |
| SNOWDEN | Newcastle Knights prop who retired in 2016, Kade ... (7) |
| NOSWORTHY | Nyron ......... , Ex Sunderland FC player who retired in 2016 (9) |
| BERLO | Crows captain who retired in 2016, Nathan van ... (5) |
| CAHILL | Tim -, Socceroo great who retired in 2018 (6) |
| AGASSI | Tennis great who retired in 2006 |
| ARENA | Bruce ..... , US coach reappointed in 2016 after the dismissal of Jurgen Klinsmann (5) |
| GOLF | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| VASSELL | Darius ___, former England striker who retired in January 2016, after being released by Leicester City |
