Most football players who donated their brains to science had traumatic injury

Brain autopsies reveal disease in 99 percent of pro players

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HARD KNOCKS A degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy turns up in athletes like football players who take many hits to the head.

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A majority of football players whose brains were donated for research suffered a degenerative brain disease during their lives, according to the largest sample of players ever studied.