Blackhawks Legend and Hall-of-Famer Bobby Hull Suffered from Traumatic Brain Injury Before Death
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Some unfortunate news have come to the surface about Chicago Blackhawks Legend and NHL Hall-of-Famer Bobby Hull who passed away at the age of 84 back in 2023.
TSN journalist Rick Westhead has reported that a member of the Hull Family has confirmed that Bobby Hull, who was know as the "Golden Jet" for his Lucious blonde hair, suffered from CTE due to repeated blows to the head through out his career.
Former Chicago Blackhawks legend and Hockey Hall of Fame member Bobby Hull tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the brain-withering disease linked to repetitive brain trauma in contact sports, a researcher and Hull's family announced Wednesday morning. - Rick Westhead
CTE has become a highly debated subject matter in the world of sports but has come along way.
Just recently, the NHLPA has announced that the they have officially formed a CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) advisory committee in order to address and help former NHL players suffering from this traumatic brain illness.
With only being able to test for CTE after a person is deceased, the illness has become difficult to medicate and diagnose.
Bobby Hull now becomes the 17th known former NHLer and the 3rd member of the Hall-of-Fame, to come back positive with the disease.
His wife Deborah wrote a heartfelt and painful message about the dangers and effects this had on her late husband such as short-term memory loss and impaired judgement.
«Seeing the pain and heartache suffered by his lifetime friend Stan Mikita's family, Bobby felt strongly no other family should have to endure CTE,» Deborah Hull, Bobby's wife of 39 years, said in a statement. «He insisted on donating his brain, feeling as though it was his duty to help advance research on this agonizing disease.»
CTE is a very real and present illness in the NHL as well as all contact sports, and the league needs to do a better job at protecting and even recognizing it in order to help pcurrent and former players suffering.
Source: TSN
Study shows hockey great Bobby Hull had CTE
Study shows hockey great Bobby Hull had CTE
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