McKee said the disease was widespread throughout his brain, with “quite severe” damage to the regions involving learning, memory and regulation of emotion.
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On a scale of 1 to 4, Stabler had high Stage 3 CTE, researchers at Boston University said.
Morrall, a quarterback on the Miami Dolphins undefeated 1972 team, died at the age of 79 on Friday, April 25, 2014, and the family said it was due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Last week, BU said that former Giants safety Tyler Sash, who died of an overdose in 2015, also suffered from the condition. The finding of CTE in Stabler – who was the NFL’s most valuable player in 1974 and took the Raiders to a Super Bowl title in 1977 – reveals that no player who has encountered repeated hits to the head is immune to the disease.
CTE is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia. “And he… he was certain that what he was suffering was the consequences of playing football”.
Still, Paul Zimmerman, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a member of the Hall of Fame selection committee told NFL Network when the Raiders quarterback was a semifinalist for the Hall of Fame in 2009: “Ken Stabler won’t get my vote as long as I live”. It’s link to the National Football League has been controversial because dozens of ex-professional football players have been shown to have struggled with CTE.
“I just stay prayed up and pray that it doesn’t reach my son”, said Tracy Harris, whose son, Terrence will play for Jacksonville State next year. The examination of his brain was conducted by Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the VA Boston Healthcare System and a professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University School of Medicine.
“He would say, ‘My head is rattling, ‘ ” Bush said. Numerous players who brought championships to Oakland paying the ultimate price by sacrificing their bodies and minds to the sport as well as to the fans.
“We talked at length about head injury”, Bush said in her Outside the Lines interview.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon expressed mild surprise to 95.7 The Game at Stabler’s CTE given he was a quarterback but conceded he’d had six concussions during his 23-year career in the CFL and NFL. “Now we’ve had that – Junior Seau and Dave Duerson and Mike Webster and Justin Strzelcyk”.
