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This is sobering

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
This is sobering

"Phoenix till they lose"

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/19/nfl-star-brain-injuries-destroyed
 
I recall reading something a while back that heading the ball repeatedly over a professional footbal career was also damaging over time.  Not sure how it rates with the heavier contact sports but must be of concern.
 

"Phoenix till they lose"

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
The death of Jeff Astle,the former West Brom & England centre forward in about 2004,became highly publicised,due to the coroner stating that repeated heading of a leather ball(Astle played in the 1950s-early 1970s)contributed to his death.The coroner believed that Astle had the early stages of an Alzheimer-like condition,that was linked to football.However,there is no irrefutable scientific evidence of the link,although more studies are being done by medical/football related groups.
My own view is that Jeff Astle's condition first exhibited itself against Brazil in the 1970 world cup,when he forgot that a strikers role was to put the ball between the posts,not around them...
"Always remember lads,one Evertonian is worth 20 Liverpudlians"...Brian Labone
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