The helmet tossing Kyle Turley was a renegade bad boy and a 2-time All Pro offensive lineman in the NFL who played for 9 years. In 2009, at the age of 34, he was diagnosed as symptomatic of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
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Wife of Hall of Fame player and former NFLPA president, John Mackey, she is a leading figure in the charge of public awareness and policy change within the NFL and the NFLPA.
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Sean Morey is the main force and drive for change in the NFLPA on the subject of concussions and player health and safety. He’s the unsung hero who has consciously stayed out of the public eye.
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Five time Pro Bowl linebacker and two time Super Bowl champion for the Pittsburg Steelers, James Harrison has been made into the Darth Vader of the NFL and is publicly seen as a head-hunting villain. Closer examination reveals the complex truth.
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Kurt Warner is, of course, a football icon. The story of his meteoric rise from bagging groceries and playing in the arena football league to becoming a 2-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl champion is well known.
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Scott Fujita is an NFLPA Executive Committee Member, Super Bowl Champion and current Linebacker with the Cleveland Browns. He has earned a reputation as an outspoken supporter for player health & safety, which he battled for during the recent CBA negotiations.
Ricky Williams is the subject of Pamphilon’s last film Run Ricky Run which was a part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series.
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Keana is the former wife of Justin Strzelczyk, former offensive lineman for the Pittsburg Steelers who was posthumously diagnosed with CTE after his life came to a tragic end.
Eleanor Perfetto is the wife of former offensive guard Ralph Wentzel who is suffering from the late stages of CTE.
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Dr. Waeckerle specializes in Emergency and Sports medicine and served as the team physician for the Kansas City Chiefs for 20 years from 1990 to 2010. He became the first physician to sit on TBI committee’s for both the NFL and the NFLPA in 2009.
Attorney Jason Luckasevic from Goldberg Persky White filed one of the first concussion lawsuits on behalf of retired football players.
Former DC trial lawyer and litigation partner, DeMaurice Smith, has served as the NFLPA’s Executive Director since 2009.
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In recent years Bob Costas has been at the forefront of the concussion issue and the topic of health and safety in football.
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Frank Deford is a six time Sports Writer of the Year winner and is arguably the greatest living sports journalist.
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Malcolm Gladwell writes for The New Yorker and is the author of numerous books including “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.”
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Mike Silver covers the NFL for Yahoo! Sports and prior to that was a senior writer for Sports Illustrated for over a decade.
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Dr. Robert Cantu is a clinical professor in the Dept. of Neurosurgery at Boston University as well as co-director or the BU Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
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Dr. McKee’s research centers on neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on the role of tau protein, trauma, and neurodegeneration. Much of her current work centers on the long-term consequences of repetitive head injury from contact sports and military service.
Chris Nowinski is a former Harvard University football player and WWE wrestler who suffered numerous concussions during his career.
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