The family of Conrad Dobler, once regarded as the dirtiest player in the NFL, said he had CTE based on a study of his brain ...
CTE is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head that can only be diagnosed after death. Stage 4 is the most severe diagnosis. "My dad loved the game of football ...
The 55-year-old said he hopes that doctors can discover new treatments for those who have suffered concussions before he dies.
They didn’t find CTE. But Dr. Ann McKee, who runs the university’s CTE ... mortars and other explosives travel through brain ...
BOSTON — Conrad Dobler embraced the violent nature of the NFL so completely that in the 1970s he was dubbed “Pro Football’s Dirtiest Player.” All that violence may have damaged him worst ...