At 38, the sevens star finally retired – wistful over three Olympic disappointments and uncertain about the future

Perry Baker is a three-time Olympian and two-time World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year, second for all-time tries scored on the sevens circuit. He has a live claim to be not just the greatest American sevens player of all time but one of the greatest rugby players of all time – from any country, in any form of the game.

Right now, though, he just needs a full-time job.