![]() "And he said that it was the repeated heading of footballs that had caused the damage." "A leading pathologist, a guy who examined Dad's brain, said it was very similar to a boxer's," Dawn Astle said. "He didn't remember he played football, had no recollection at all." "He was 54 when he was diagnosed and he died at 59," his widow, Laraine Astle told 7.30. Jeff Astle was diagnosed with CTE after he died in 2002. ![]() "He learned off what they say was the former greatest header of the ball ever, which was Tommy Lawton when he was at Notts County." "One comedian once said that Jeff Astle used to head the ball further than he went on holiday, which still makes me smile," his daughter, Dawn Astle told 7.30. Jeff Astle was a star striker for West Bromwich Albion in the '60s and '70s, scoring 174 goals, many of them with his head. "The challenge here is that the science and the symptoms of dementia are very similar to the signs and symptoms of CTE, and the only proper diagnosis of CTE with present technology is post-mortem." "It's a brain disorder that is caused by a long period, or a career if you will, of damage to the brain, typically from sport," Dr Grey told 7.30 He believes that some players may well have Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - something more commonly associated with boxers. ![]() He later died from a related brain injury.īrain specialists like Dr Michael Grey of the University of Birmingham have taken an interest in the unusually high number of former footballers who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. ![]() A news clipping of Jeff Astle heading a ball. ![]()
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