These NFL Players Tragically Died With CTE Brain Disease
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- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in people who have suffered repetitive head trauma. In this video, we pay tribute to some of the most notable pro football players who were diagnosed with CTE following their deaths.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Webster. He lived her in his final years, was always in the store I worked, said he loved our fried chicken! It was very sad when he passed!
The Rooney family tried to help Mike. They'd find him out in the street and put him up in a hotel room. Mike would stay a few days and hit the streets again. It was a repeated cycle. It's sad.
They never investigated for a connection of CTE to steroid useage. They missed on that one.
Average age of death NFL player's 53 yrs old!
This is absolutely one of the most sobering videos I've ever seen.
Sad part is the NFL denied the existence of this horrible sickness and did all they could to cover it up.rip to all those young men who left here because of it.
did you really believe the NFL? pretty obvious
agree
Average age of death NFL player's 53 yrs old!
Words cannot express how sad and tragic this is--all of these football greats paid dearly later in life
Average age of death NFL player's 53 yrs old!
Think of these guys and future players as you criticize the nfl for "pussifying" the game.
Boxers don't I suppose.
Imo, the best center that ever played. I know its late for this Mike, but you were my hero. Its late but RIP.
My son had multiple concussions playing HS and college football.
We are convinced he has CTE due to his dramatic change in behavior after college ended.
He is currently incarcerated and not the same person he was before playing football.
😞
Damn
I wonder if , seriously , if OJ Simpson my have had this problem as well ! 🤔 Something to think about !
@@chrianmbandas6277interesting
@@chrianmbandas6277I have wondered the same thing the size of that head is one sign
The NFL doesn't give a damn. If they did, they wouldn't extend the season to 17 games.
Agreed
It will be 18 games before long.😮
Of the college football players whose brains were tested for CTE, 90% tested positive. There was even a case where the brain of a high school football player who committed suicide had CTE. Conclusion: the large majority of players entering the NFL already have CTE, so the blame is on football, not the NFL.
Please include Jesse Bennet Perrin. He played with Bear Bryant for Alabama. He killed himself also and was diagnosed after death. It has been a big blow to our community. BB Perrin. RIP!! We miss you. ❤️
RIP to these sport warriors
😥 I grew up watching junior Seau play football, love to watch him, when I heard he had taken his own life at such a young age, I wept.
He seemed like a happy person, always smiling and appeared to be enjoying life, I was shocked when hearing he had taken his life,,, very sad
These players sacrifice their bodies and end up with cte. They endure horrific headaches, hearing voices, violent outbursts. I had the honor and privilege of getting to know Earl morrall through my dad they were business partners. He was a very nice and cordial man that I miss.
I was diagnosed with cte recently from all my concussions in hockey , even though they can’t fully diagnose it but my dr knows about cte all to well and truly believes I have it as do I, after my 6th concussion I developed seizures, horrible memory loss and brain fog, constant random headaches and ringing in my ears, I can’t remember what I’m saying mid conversation, my anger issues are getting really bad, becoming very bipolar and getting kinda physically violent against myself, on top of a bunch of other symptoms I also don’t have the money pro sports players have so I’m stuck trying to find a neurologist that takes Medicaid and even knows what cte is 🤦🏼♂️ the problem is much bigger than people think!
Please try to get help sir. You owe it to your family and loved ones.
And thank you for reminding us, it's not just football players who can develop cte. Other athletes can have it as well.
Sorry to hear that! My brother is 59 and he played football in Highschool and had several head hits. Then hit by a car 3 times on his motorcycle and his last accident he was hit by a deer running across the highway. Terrible luck. He is suffering from all the things you mentioned. Plus night terrors and vertigo so bad he falls walking sometimes. There isn't really much his Dr . Can do but prescribe meds for his anxiety, vertigo and pain.It's not helping him much. I'm worried what's going to happen.
I am very sorry for your condition!
Stop lying.
Ken Stabler was my favorite NFL player of all time. He was great.
My goodness these poor men have all suffered for years. How awful. Thank you for a very inciteful video.
What a horribly sad disease especially since most of these gentleman died so very young because of a career you know they hoped and prayed to have! Their ends were tragic enough, but the time before must have been absolutely terrifying!! Just beyond imagination. Thank you Legacy for this much needed reminder and doing justice to their memories! ❤🌹
It’s really takes one serious football collision
So many names of players that I never realized had this affliction. It makes you wonder how many professional wrestlers will end up with this, after taking hits to the head with metal folding chairs, among other things.
Excellent video and very thoughtfully done. Rest in Peace to all these sporting hero's. I never realised CTE was such a huge problem.
NFL player of the Atlanta Falcons during the 70's; Ray Easterling; died by suicide in 2012 @ the age of 68, I have no doubt he suffered from the same thing as all these other men.
They all have it. Even college football players have it too
Just think of all the NFL old timers who died and didn’t have their brains examined for CTE. We’re looking at probably 90% or higher for all who played in NFL. And we’re not even talking about college players who never made it to NFL, too
Prayers go out to all former players who may be suffering from this disease. It’s nearly all of them I’m sure
Rest peacefully to all we've lost. Great tribute. 🙏🕊️❤️ So sad we lost these wonderful sports figures. Glad they are constantly working on this disease so we can keep them around much longer. So many died so young. 💔
I wondered if Vikings great Mick Tinglehoff would be on this list. He died at age 81 on 9/11/21. He played every single game of his 17-year career, 240 career starts with the Vikings. He is third on the list of consecutive games played, beaten only by fellow career Viking Jim Marshall and, the man who finished his career in Viking purple, Brett Farve. Tinglehoff suffered with severe memory loss and dementia for the last 15 years he lived. My guess is they haven't had time to officially diagnose his brain postmortem yet.
This is just sad how so many people have CTE and the NFL doesn’t try to find a cure for this mental health issue 🥺May this souls have peace and find the light of heaven ❤
Incredible level of great players!
Amazing how young of an age CTE can develop.
thats because CTE doesnt care about age, it develops through repeated concussions
How many kids hit their heads and people dont even think twice about it
@Fruggggg not through concussions but the repetitive hits, or just jostling your head hard enough can cause damage. Your brain is like jello/butter.. 😅
@@obeydefi6312 tinnitus has a more prominent effect over time too, simply overexposure to too loud sound decibels and the subsequent ringing in the ears doesn't give the brain rest time to recover
NFL is no different than any other employer. In the eyes of all employers the NFL included athletes are disposable. This is tragic.
Watch the film "Concussion" starring Will Smith.
CTE is tragic, but playing football its kind of a self inflicted wound.
Not for the guys in this video - their careers were already over by the time CTE began to be understood. They had no idea the game was destroying their brains, and the NFL did everything it could to keep it that way for as long as possible.
@@humanbeing2420 So does that mean we can draw a line after date XYZ and say that anyone that played football AFTER that date knew exactly what they were risking? I wish we could, I'd be onboard. same with boxers.
@@CowSaysMooMooyes we can anyone playing football, rugby, boxing, mma, hockey, ⚽️(heading the soccer ball) 20-22 years after Dr. Bennett Omalu’s CTE discovery and medical write ups and attempts to expose it is doing this to his or herself knowing these dangers.
You now know the risks involved.
The number of suicides among these men is shocking. It's almost like hearing suicides about former military personnel who suffered from PTSD. We offer men the chance at being heroes and when they complete their assignments we throw them away.
Sadly, this is the American way. Once you’ve of no use, you are discarded like a bottle cap.
@@emichin7010 agreed.
Average age of death NFL player's 53 yrs old!
@@j.dunlop8295 WOW!
Bless them all
So sad RIP all of them.
And yet despite this knowledge, the sport still goes on because it's too lucrative to put to bed. Think about the concussions you see in the games you SEE and multiply that across the league, now add in the ones who can muddle their way thru and play on. Greed on the parts of the league, owners and players too combined with support by the fans will only make this worse. This video brings to light the higher numbers of this disease and does not include a lot more that were never examined. Rest in Peace
The sport goes on because PEOPLE LOVE TO PLAY IT. Football does NOT only exist at the 'paid' level. There would STILL be football even if people were not paid.
This is so sad but more important for people to know what our sports heroes did/do for their love of the sport. God bless them all 🙏.
I played in grammar school, pop Warner, jr high and high school during the 1970’s. We practiced, drilled and played by leading with the helmet. To “stick” the other guy was what you wanted to do. Get enemy paint on your hat. The word concussion wasn’t said. You got your” bell rung “and puked on the sideline
Same here!
And you never thought to yourself "I probably shouldn't do that"?
In the 70's while playing Pop Warner football, it was a badge of honor to have the opposite team players' paint marks from their helmets to ours. Who knew? Perhaps CTE starts in childhood and expands. Looking back, several of those Pop Warner teammates ended up in prison or prematurely dead. Sad... BTW: On one of our 33 member teams, four were drafted into the NFL.
Man I couldn’t help but weep
The NFL should watch this video over and over and over again. They need to step up and do more to prevent this from happening for no one's life is worth a sport. People don't take into account that these gentlemen started most likely in peewee football proceeded to Junior high School then high School then college and then professional all the while being tackled aggressively with continual trauma to the brain. I'd rather share life with these guys not a couple hours every Sunday till they're too old to play then left to suffer alone when this tragedy strikes. It's time for the NFL to make a change💔🙏✝️🛐🏈
There’s nothing we can do about it we have already bought new helmets
Aloha! Great job! Thank you!
I think Antono brown has cte from the Pittsburgh Steelers and his last team of the Tampa bay Buccaneers
I’ve played sports since I was a small child. Football, baseball, hockey, boxing, BMX, gymnastics. I’ve had several concussions. Several. And that was back before concussions weren’t taken nearly as seriously. Now I’m just waiting to see if anything becomes of it. I’ve already told my family that if I get to a point where I need monitoring, etc., to put me in a facility and not waste their time following me around. I want them to enjoy their lives.
This is sad.
Are you noticing any effects.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521
Yes. Some. Gaps in memory. I try to gauge it by comparing what my wife of 26 years remembers. I know that some people have better memories than others, but there’s a pretty big difference in what she can remember than what I can.
I’m at peace with it because I know that there’s nothing that I could do. I enjoyed my sports and enjoy what I do remember with my wife.
Im 64 and was very clumsy as a child hitting my head several times as well as losing consciousness. I also boxed, played football and full contact karate. Ive suffered from Major depression and a violent temper for decades. Im definitely getting checked in my autopsy
This roll call of CTE deaths in the US NFL is simply tragic. Bubba Smiths death got me, he’s world famous because of the Police Academy films. In the U.K. CTE is a big deal in Rugby, former players are dying, controversy, compensation and court cases are stacking. Even soccer has compelling evidence, cases and deaths mounting up as old soccer stars fall victim to CTE after decades of hitting a heavy leather ball with their heads at up to 60 mph thousands of time in training and in matches.
Who are some of those old soccer stars? Never heard of that
@@lennylennington Jeff Astle, Rod Taylor, Alan Jarvis are known CTE cases to date. These are well known names to U.K. soccer fans throughout the 70s and 80s. Half of the famous 1966 England World Cup winning team have died from brain and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. A number of Scottish professional soccer players have died of similar causes. Post mortem research is ongoing as more brain disease deaths are diagnosed over time across all levels of professional soccer in the U.K.
There are a ton of people with dementia in everyday life. They don't have the concussions of these men. So how do they get it?
@@richardprescott5939 Not all Dementia is the same, there are different types. A Dementia like Alzheimer’s can be brought on by genetic factors, neurodegenerative weakness, and family history of dementia I with age. CTE is not needed to start common types of Dementia like Alzheimer’s. However, other types of dementia can be triggered and expedited by actual physical injury and repeat trauma to the brain causes. CTE results and this eventually leads to a type of Dementia.
@@richardprescott5939 CTE is not a genetic weakness that manifests on its own with age like common Dementia like Alzheimer’s. CTE is a brain condition caused by repetitive physical impact to the head that leads to a type of Dementia. It basically makes you much more susceptible to developing a deadly neurodegenerative disease faster and earlier.
Former Dallas Cowboys o-lineman Nate Newton had a rock-star running back son. After a stellar year at Univ Of Texas, Daddy forced his son to quit football. The kid could have had a star career but Dad said, NO WAY. "Every day in practice, and in every game - five and six days a week for my college and pro career (15+ years), I suffered concussions over and over. Head bashings that all linemen have, every play, every scrimmage, every game. Running backs have those at higher speeds, with more force. But maybe only 10-15 a scrimmage, or game. I made my son quit for that reason. Save himself." Young Newton was a promising running-back but Daddy KNEW BETTER.
Daddy is a wise man. I attended a small, parochial HS which did not have a football team so this was not a consideration for me. But, when my son was in HS, I told him I wouldn't oppose him if the wanted to play football but I preferred he didn't as injuries can follow you in life. He was a golfer, so he was varsity golf for 4 years and, thank goodness, never had to worry if CTE would affect him. I remember years ago, seeing some ex-pros on a show talking about this and John Mackey was there but he had is wife next to him as he no longer "all there." For him and 🙏all these ex-players, may Almighty God rest your souls.🙏🙏🙏
Earl Morral was one of the great backups in NFL history.
It's very sad that what they loved to do is what killed them. I hope they find ways to reduce CTE!!
They can reduce CTE. They could wear something like HANS.
I have a 53 year history of epilepsy in which I have had numerous concussions due to blows to my head and hearing these cases makes me worried about my own brain!
This is so horrible disease.
I believe HOF defensive tackle Alex Karras also suffered from CTE. Late in life, he suffered from dementia and, per Wikipedia, "Karras was among 3,500 former NFL players who filed lawsuits against the NFL in early 2012, over the long-term damage caused by concussions and repeated hits to the head."
Hockey players are also predisposed to CTE, notably Bob Probert who, in the "old days," was an enforcer who was in many fistfights and passed at the young age of 45. May they all rest in peace.
I miss you, Mike. R.I.P. 😢😢
They all have it. Every single active player
Not kickers. They barely ever get touched
@@Edgesofnowhere008 my bad I was hammered when I posted that lol. Agreed. Kickers do not have it
Punters and most backup QBs probably manage to escape the hard hits to the head.
So sad...
I had the dream like a lot of young boys did,especially after watching the movie Brian's Song,i thank God every day i never played professional football
Many if these men lived long after their football career. Makes you wonder how many current players have it in some stage now. Are the suicides linked to the part of the brain that is deteriorating?
I believe suicide & drug use is a MAJOR indicator for having CTE
My father and grandfather played football growing up, but I opted for cross-country.
Knowing how much playing football affects the brain in a negative way, I think I made the right call.
I’ll give you another, Pete Durango Running Back Denver Broncos lived in my hometown of Johnstown Pa.
Rest in peace 🎈
RIP to all these legends 🙏🙏 and we thank God for Dr Omalu who discovered CTE and we pray something is done about as to no longer lose more precious lives
Dr. Omalu did not discover CTE. It was known about for many years prior. Decades! It was noted in military experiments involving acceleration/deceleration forces imparted onto the test subjects. They were put onto sleds and crashed into things. (Car Collisions) Some would die due to unrelated things and then they were studied, and their brains were sliced into small, thin pieces and looked at under microscopes and that is when this disease was brought to light. 1940s and 1950s. The NFL knows this and has known this for many years. This is why Omalu knew to do the brain slice testing.
@@rsm2342 He discovered the connection between CTE and football.
@@Scout-bt3mo no he didn’t. The NFL knew it for years.
@@Scout-bt3mo what he did is made a wider range of people aware.
@@rsm2342 They don't count. They don't get credit for knowing anything about it. They covered it up if they even knew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennet_Omalu
Ted Johnson, former linebacker for the New England Patriots estimates he had I think he said about 50 concussions while playing for the Patriot's causing him a lot of issues after retiring and he has donated his brain to that university in Boston studying the effects of CTE when he dies
Demaryius Thomas can now also be added to the list
The film highlights just the tip of the iceberg. So many have succumbed to this condition
I have to say.......this is a rather interesting tribute to these guys; however, not sure if anyone else has picked up on this but, there are some on this list that you can understand them having CTE due to the nature of the position they played and the constant head banging or hard hits, while there are others on this list that you would think would not have this disease or brain damage....sooooooo, it does make me wonder if CTE is some form of natural aging damage that takes place, but simply gets accelerated due to more head hits or brain trauma.....I simply find it fascinating that players like Earl Morrall and Ken Stabler (QBs) had CTE and some others on this list, as I simply find it hard to believe they suffered near the same from of brain trauma some of the others on this list had....sure, Morrall and Stabler probably got lit up a few times during their careers, but not like some of these other guys that were constantly bashing heads with others......so, its kind of scary that perhaps, not just NFL players develop this CTE, but normal every day people do as well..............so I think CTE is still not fully understood by the Medical institutions and its origins......could this be due to something in our diets....or perhaps the lack of exercise as we get older......
It's keep happening and happening for football players who got CTE.
I would think very few NFL players do not have CTE. I only played throuh high school, but had at least a dozen concussions, 4-6 being severe us another 5 outside of football and now have all the CTE symptoms. Maybe ors something else, but considering after one of those concussions i passed out and had a floating above myself out of body experience, im betting I've got it
You are rite.....I'm bad too. Sorry
Its too dangerous a game to be played.
start with boxing. then we can discuss football...................
Tragic I love American football had played for 10 years and have told my kids that if later on in life at my death to check out my brain for cte
Are heart attacks and cte interlinked ??
I can't say for sure but the ones who died of heart attacks here, seem to have led a lifestyle resulting in the heart attacks, and then after they passed, their brains were studied which then found CTE
this is so sad
They hardly even touched Mikes Story. Only 50 years old but he looked like he was 70-80. He was pulling his teeth out of his own mouth and super gluing them back in. His forehead had developed a noticeable slope on the skull from all his impacts on the line. Guy was cattle prodding himself to knock out himself to get sleep. Just a sad story.
Played by David Morse in the movie, “Concussion”, starring Will Smith.
Cookie Gilchrist was a member of the Toronto Argonauts, he also had differences with them after they wanted to make him a member of the CFL HOF. It was done posthumously.
I'm not going to argue with any case that was a true CTE diagnosis.
The problem today is that any former player who struggles with life after football will blame it on CTE and file law suits.
The fred McNeil case is interesting because he was able to attend and graduate from law school at the top of his class and pass the bar AFTER his 12 year nfl career while having this degenerative brain disease.
In the case of Junior Seau he simply played way too long. He played inside linebacker a high contact position for 19 years. Today players are retiring after 7-8 years to avoid this.
Very interesting video
From uk...so forgive me..should this game be continued? These young for men would be able to play many sports .something that crashes your brain seems crazy.condolences to.all families and friends .💙uk
Soccer is also dangerous. Messi almost died.
The game forgets every one not worth the suffering its just a game I know I played in the 90s not worth it only the family suffers.
I'm not a fan of the game. Mostly, bc I don't understand the plays, except for touchdown. My dad enjoyed it tho.
But I never thought it was that dangerous of a game. I knew u could get hurt bad enuff. But I never heard of CTE, until some of these players started killing themselves. I thought their helmets, would protect them. It's almost like riding a bike with a damn helmet, get into an accident & u still get killed!
And so many of them were very young. That's very sad.
RIP 🌷✝️🌸🙏🏾
I didn't know Bubba Smith died or was even a football player. I ❤d in Police Academy.
WOW a lot of people died of CTE.
When I was a soccer coach I told my players to always inspect a ball before you head it when someone crosses in practice. Sometimes the balls were so heavy that it would give you a headache if you headed it from a corner kick. But I had no idea that heading normal balls would add up and cause CTE. Soccer needs to remove heading from the game. Football needs to not exist anymore as the human brain was not made for it.
these are some of the great. what about all the ones we weren't fascinated with? The other team members during these times? this is awful.
Thank you for this video, I am a former pro football player. Every chance I get I tell parents NOT to allow there kids to play football. This MUST change, we have to grow up from this. Think about what other industry would permit this level of death and brain damage?
Hernandez also did a lot of PCP over the years.
I have CTE from the army and it sucks
Just wondering, How did you get head injuries in the Army?
All of these suicides😢 May every one of these men rest in peace. They put their lives on the line for our entertainment and didn’t know the long term effects of it.
Edit: Besides Aaron Hernandez. He just straight up murdered someone.
I went to school with a guy that started playing football in elementary school. Remembering now, he seemed like a normal kid. After a couple of years of playing, i can definitely see his decline. In high school, everyone treated this guy like a child. Like his mind never grew after middle school. Great personality but his mental decline was pretty oblivious. At my high school reunion, his picture was up there with one of the people that had died. He was learning how to drive a motorcycle without a helmet in a parking lot and crashed going 60 mph into the wall of a building.
Sooooo sad !!!!!!!!!
Not sure if it would be preventable, but there should be playing limits for athletes when it comes to contact sports like football.
I played high school football where our coach said “stick your helmet in his ear hole!”. I’ve been concussed probably 7 times and a few when I was knocked out cold from falls. First concussion was when I was around 6 years old. My memory isn’t great and I always wonder if these head injuries had a connection.
You got a concussion playing football at six years old Wow. No way six year old kids should be playing tackle football.
@@selectnews5728 - first concussion was from falling off a 5’-6’ wall and the back of my head being the first point of contact on the concrete sidewalk. Back then they kept me awake for the next 24 hours at the hospital and told my dad if I went to sleep I could die. Unsure how much of that was true, but my dad sat there keeping me awake the entire time.
Say what you want to about Aaron H, but this guys brain was mashed up
It’s hard for me to enjoy football with how common brain damage is among the players.
At what point are we supporting something unethical? Sure they chose to play the game but how many players really understand the consequences?
I did not know about CTE. This is terrible
This has been something mentioned in Ancient Greece. Probably always been an issue from gladiators to football players. Same as being punch drunk
Have they done a study of NHL players and CTE?
how many players who started at 6-7years old, went thru JH, high school and college have undiagnosed CTE.
A ton.
While I'm devastated over these NFL deaths I was offered a chance to play football but I told Coach Ron Tomczak "No can do" because even in 1973 I knew how dangerous CTE is! I think the NFL doesn't want to accept CTE as these players cause of death!
Very sad
I think the solution may be new tackling rules
Seems like they need to invent better head protection.
My brother played high school football and suffered several concussions throughout his life. I suspect he has CTE due to some of his behavior in the last couple of decades.
the brain needs to slowly decelerate in a collision to avoid 'rattling' in the skull, an oversimplified explanation of CTE's cause. That means the SKULL needs space to decelerate, and that means physically larger helmets; but to provide ENOUGH space, the helmets would have to be COMICALLY big, like beach ball size.
CRIMINAL..just CRIMINAL..So sad and so unnecessary 🙏🏽
You fell for this video?
😢
How many former players have come down with ALS? It seems outside of the statistical norm.
Good point
Watch ''concussion'' starring will smith..Thanks for the video.
This is why I'm thinking that the Light LS2, Xenith Shadow XR, and the new Riddell Axiom are the helmets to reduce concussions and CTE. Hope at some point, if even possible, there is a helmet that can prevent concussions and not cause CTE. 😢😢😢
Sadly there is not. You can’t protect the brain to hit the skull in a stopping impact. There is liquid and thin connections all around. So fragile
@@cliverussel2792 Agreed. Just saying IF it was possible. 🙁🤷🏻♂️
I do not oppose us lighting a few candles with regard to prevention. A motorcycle helmet cracks on impact...and, that is a GOOD thing. When the skull simply reverberates inside the helmet, then the BRAIN reverberates inside the skull! Simple harmonic motion and all. Perhaps there should be multiple layers of increasingly thick high-impact plastic, with metal as the inner shell. The total weight/volume should not be different than in present designs. And, some helmets now have "cushions" on the outside." That could make a BIG difference, at least during scrimmage, if not tackling and hitting the turf.
Not tryna be a downer but this should show all the kids who want to play football for the rest of their life that there are many risks of being an NFL player.
Nicely done…well researched and presented. Football is a violent sport…how many millions $$$$ have been spent on state-of-the-art helmets to no avail? Shortest careers of all the major sports.
wow lookie lookie here comes Cookie he was the same age as my one brother
What an omission to leave out Phillip Adams, who committed suicide after murdering Dr. Lesslie and his wife, along with two small grandchildren, and two workers at the Lesslie home in Rock Hill, SC. Adams subsequently committed suicide after the murders. Adams heartbroken father said his son's deterioration was linked to football, and this was confirmed by autopsy indicating severe CTE.