AP PHOTOS: Faces of Concussions
AP PHOTOS: Faces of Concussions
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1975, file photo, Miami Dolphins quarterback Earl Morrall is tackled by New England Patriots linebacker Steve Zabel during a football game in Miami. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - From left are file photos showing former football players Ollie Matson, in 1964, Earl Morrall in 1971 and John Grimsley in 1987. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this 1970 file photo, San Diego Chargers NFL football player Jeff Staggs poses in San Diego. Staggs struggled with his memory before he died. His brain was donated to a Boston brain bank that studies chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. A study published this week found the disease in 110 of 111 brains from former NFL players. Staggs was one of them. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - This is an Aug. 11, 1964, file photo showing Tom Keating of the Buffalo Bills football team. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this September 1962 file photo, Buffalo Bills fullback Cookie Gilchrist (34) is brought down by Boston Patriots’ Chuck Shonta (34) and Nick Buoniconti (85 ) during an exhibition football game in Boston. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, former NFL player Kevin Turner, left, speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, as former players Dorsey Levens, center, and Bill Bergey listen. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, talks about a hit count proposal to dramatically reduce youth athletes’ exposure to repetitive brain trauma in multiple sports during a news conference at the Super Bowl XLVI media center in Indianapolis. After years of blows to the head, Nowinski developed symptoms of what is known generally as post-concussion syndrome: headaches, memory loss, sleep-walking. He, too, struggled to figure out what was wrong. In shuttling from doctor to doctor, he learned about CTE. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 1992 file photo, East’s Kevin Turner, of Alabama, dives over the top for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Japan Bowl, the American collegiate all-star football game, at the Tokyo Dome. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 photo, Lise Hudson poses with photos of her husband, Jim Hudson, who played football for the University of Texas and the New York Jets in the 1960’s, at her home in Austin, Texas. After his death, researchers found that Hudson suffered from stage IV chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the highest level of the brain disease. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1975, file photo, Miami Dolphins quarterback Earl Morrall is tackled by New England Patriots linebacker Steve Zabel during a football game in Miami. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1975, file photo, Miami Dolphins quarterback Earl Morrall is tackled by New England Patriots linebacker Steve Zabel during a football game in Miami. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - From left are file photos showing former football players Ollie Matson, in 1964, Earl Morrall in 1971 and John Grimsley in 1987. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - From left are file photos showing former football players Ollie Matson, in 1964, Earl Morrall in 1971 and John Grimsley in 1987. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in a study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this 1970 file photo, San Diego Chargers NFL football player Jeff Staggs poses in San Diego. Staggs struggled with his memory before he died. His brain was donated to a Boston brain bank that studies chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. A study published this week found the disease in 110 of 111 brains from former NFL players. Staggs was one of them. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this 1970 file photo, San Diego Chargers NFL football player Jeff Staggs poses in San Diego. Staggs struggled with his memory before he died. His brain was donated to a Boston brain bank that studies chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. A study published this week found the disease in 110 of 111 brains from former NFL players. Staggs was one of them. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - This is an Aug. 11, 1964, file photo showing Tom Keating of the Buffalo Bills football team. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - This is an Aug. 11, 1964, file photo showing Tom Keating of the Buffalo Bills football team. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this September 1962 file photo, Buffalo Bills fullback Cookie Gilchrist (34) is brought down by Boston Patriots’ Chuck Shonta (34) and Nick Buoniconti (85 ) during an exhibition football game in Boston. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
FILE - In this September 1962 file photo, Buffalo Bills fullback Cookie Gilchrist (34) is brought down by Boston Patriots’ Chuck Shonta (34) and Nick Buoniconti (85 ) during an exhibition football game in Boston. This week, The Associated Press interviewed the surviving relatives of more than a dozen players involved in the study about living and dying with CTE. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, former NFL player Kevin Turner, left, speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, as former players Dorsey Levens, center, and Bill Bergey listen. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, former NFL player Kevin Turner, left, speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, as former players Dorsey Levens, center, and Bill Bergey listen. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, talks about a hit count proposal to dramatically reduce youth athletes’ exposure to repetitive brain trauma in multiple sports during a news conference at the Super Bowl XLVI media center in Indianapolis. After years of blows to the head, Nowinski developed symptoms of what is known generally as post-concussion syndrome: headaches, memory loss, sleep-walking. He, too, struggled to figure out what was wrong. In shuttling from doctor to doctor, he learned about CTE. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, talks about a hit count proposal to dramatically reduce youth athletes’ exposure to repetitive brain trauma in multiple sports during a news conference at the Super Bowl XLVI media center in Indianapolis. After years of blows to the head, Nowinski developed symptoms of what is known generally as post-concussion syndrome: headaches, memory loss, sleep-walking. He, too, struggled to figure out what was wrong. In shuttling from doctor to doctor, he learned about CTE. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 1992 file photo, East’s Kevin Turner, of Alabama, dives over the top for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Japan Bowl, the American collegiate all-star football game, at the Tokyo Dome. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 1992 file photo, East’s Kevin Turner, of Alabama, dives over the top for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Japan Bowl, the American collegiate all-star football game, at the Tokyo Dome. A fullback at Alabama before playing eight years in the NFL for New England and Philadelphia, Kevin Turner was 46 when he died in 2016. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but after studying his brain researchers declared that it was actually CTE. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 photo, Lise Hudson poses with photos of her husband, Jim Hudson, who played football for the University of Texas and the New York Jets in the 1960’s, at her home in Austin, Texas. After his death, researchers found that Hudson suffered from stage IV chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the highest level of the brain disease. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 photo, Lise Hudson poses with photos of her husband, Jim Hudson, who played football for the University of Texas and the New York Jets in the 1960’s, at her home in Austin, Texas. After his death, researchers found that Hudson suffered from stage IV chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the highest level of the brain disease. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)