Football Player Suicide Cte

I just wonder if something happened.

Football player suicide cte. Terry long played as an offensive lineman for the steelers in the 80s and early 90s. Terry luther long july 21 1959 june 7 2005 long was the first football player with cte to commit suicide dying in 2005 after drinking antifreeze. He was selected during the 1984 nfl draft and played from 1984 1991. Seau was one of the nfls fiercest linebackers.

A brain injury study conducted at the boston university school of medicine showed that 33 of 34 players tested post mortem showed clear signs of cte and additional players have so far been confirmed with cte separately. Nowinksi as told to si senior writer greg bishop reacts to sis storyand documentaryon tyler hilinski a washington. Seaus death followed the 2011 suicide of former chicago bears player dave duerson who also suffered from cte. Nightly news college football star who died by suicide had cte the parents of washington state quarterback tyler hilinski tell nbc news an autopsy revealed his brain showed signs of cte the brain.

Looking for answers his parents had his brain studied. Several former professional football players who died by suicide have had expected or confirmed cases of cte. Eight football players who committed suicide and who have since been diagnosed with cte. He was the offensive lineman for the pittsburgh steelers playing for only a mere eight seasons.

Family of university of richmond football player who committed suicide donates his brain for cte research richmond university football player augustus gus. A new list released in november 2016 mentions cte in 90 of 94 brains of former and deceased nfl players. That list includes jovan belcher who like hernandez had committed a murder ray. Before wabash football player evan hansen died by suicide he had been researching cte.