Another dead NFL legend, Ken Stabler, found to have CTE in brain

Another dead NFL legend, Ken Stabler, found to have CTE in brain, The New York Times is advertisement that above Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who died at the age of 69 in July of colon cancer, had CTE.

His academician was donated to advisers to abstraction for patterns of CTE (chronic alarming encephalopathy), the degenerative academician ache fabricated acclaimed in the cine "Concussion" that is affiliated with again arch trauma. On a calibration of 1 to 4, Stabler was begin to accept top Stage 3 CTE in the analysis done at Boston University. The ache cannot currently be diagnosed afore death.

Dr. Ann McKee, who is the arch of neuropathology at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and a assistant of neurology and anatomy at Boston University School of Medicine, conducted the assay and bent that Stabler had “moderately astringent disease.”

The account of above NFL players begin to accept CTE, apparent by Dr. Bennett Omalu (portrayed by amateur Will Smith in the cine "Concussion"), is now able-bodied over 100. The account of athletes assuming signs of the ache is a who's who of above NFL greats, including Junior Seau, Mike Webster, Frank Gifford and now Stabler.

“Pretty classic," Dr. McKee said. "It may be hasty back he was a quarterback, but absolutely the lesions were widespread, and they were absolutely severe, affecting abounding regions of the brain.”

The lefthanded Stabler was accepted for his able appearance in a 15-year career with the Raiders, earning the appellation "Snake." He won the MVP in 1974, went to four Pro Bowls and led the Raiders to a Super Bowl XI achievement over the Minnesota Vikings in the 1977 season. He generally accolade about foolishly yet finer to extend plays and columnist highlight-reel moments adventurous Raiders of the 1970s. Stabler's final year in the NFL was 1984 with the New Orleans Saints.

We're in an era now area quarterbacks are far bigger adequate and cloistral from added accident than they were a bearing ago, and it appears that Stabler's appearance and a continued career fabricated him affected to accident that we commonly accept happens added generally with added positions. Such is the alarming alien of the ache that is getting apparent in added above NFL greats afterwards they die.

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