The Beautiful Game and the Ugly Truth: Football's Tragic Link with Dementia Gill Kieran
The Beautiful Game and the Ugly Truth: Football's Tragic Link with Dementia Gill Kieran The Beautiful Game and The Ugly Truth: Football's Tragic Link to Dementia is an emotive examination of the…
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The Beautiful Game and the Ugly Truth: Football's Tragic Link with Dementia Gill Kieran
The Beautiful Game and The Ugly Truth: Football's Tragic Link to Dementia is an emotive examination of the world's most popular sport and its ties to a devastating disease. His daughter, Dawn, says football does not believe it can be a killer - but that her father's death certificate proves it can be. In 2002, a coroner ruled Jeff Astle's death at the age of 59 was the result of heading footballs.
In 2019, Dr Willie Stewart's groundbreaking FIELD study found former footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely than the general population to die of a neurodegenerative disease. Evidence of its impact continues to pile up, 20 years after Jeff's passing. In 2020, Sir Bobby Charlton became the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with dementia.
Countless families have seen loved ones slip away from them. Modern professional players are fearing for their
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