Damn you must know a lot of guys who played football in the 70's or before. My grandpa played in college, all of his surviving teammates have dimentia and/or Parkinson's. A guy who played at Auburn had seats behind us at Michigan games up until a few years ago when he died. His name was Dave Middleton, and he was a world champion with the Detroit Lions! The game in specific was in November, and I had a pair of gloves sitting next to me. Next thing I knew, Dave was wearing them. My grandma had to ask for them back and it was really embarrassing for the guy's wife and we all felt bad. What's chilling though, is the blank stare on his face throughout it all. That stuff stays with you.
Luckily my Grandpa was only on the practice squad and his Alzheimer's is still mild.
None of your post has anything to do with degenerative brain disease
My kids are ghana play baseball. Tough sport, lot of life lessons, limited brain damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Middleton
Last edited by Tumaterminator; 02-25-2012 at 12:45 AM.