Week 9 Post 1: CTE Stories

 Mike Webster- 

- NFL football player-won 4 super bowls 

- Life after football was very inconsistent—forging Ritalin prescriptions, no permanent residence from ‘93-’97, died from heart attack at age 50 

- Symptoms: forgetfulness, violence, no sleep, abnormal behaviors, depression, etc. 

- Very first NFL player to be diagnosed with CTE (discovery of CTE) 

 

 

Aaron Hernandez- 

 

- NFL football player 

- 2013- charged for the murder of Odin Lloyd, later indicted for 2012 murders of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado 

- 2017-days after acquitted to jail, committed suicide in his cell 

- Diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE (first person younger than 46 to have CTE this far advanced)