Rhett Harty - Post Soccer Career

Post Soccer Career

Following his retirement from professional soccer, Harty spent the next six months traveling in India and Tibet, soul-searching and helping out the people of the area. He found a new calling in medicine, and moved to the Portland, Oregon area, where he prepares pacemakers and defibrillators for patients in the operating room of St. Jude Medical Center.

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