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Junior Seau and Dave Duerson deaths suggest football toll on health may be worse than we thought - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
… cannot remember their children's names, who do not feel like themselves, who feel as if their brain is forever broken. Dave Duerson was one, the former Bears player who shot himself in the chest to save his brain. He wanted it examined for scientific …
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Dave Duerson's family sues NFL over his suicide - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
… CHICAGO (AP) The family of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL on Thursday ..... in a statement that it had not yet seen the lawsuit. '' Dave Duerson was an outstanding football player and citizen who made so …
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Fund to help Muncie athletes with head injuries
The family and friends of the late NFL star Dave Duerson have begun a program to help high school and middle school ..... his hometown of Muncie who suffer head injuries. The Dave Duerson Muncie Community Schools Athletic Safety Fund is designed …
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Duerson didn't have to die to have impact - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
Dave Duerson wanted answers. Why was he — one of the smartest and most successful football players of the 1980s — struggling with memory …
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CONCERN FOR CORWIN - TRAGIC SHIFT IN CHARACTER STUNS FAMILY OF EX-JET
… same brain affliction that made fellow former NFL safety Dave Duerson take his own life earlier this year, it immediately raised ..... had over the years and you see all the stuff going on with Dave Duerson [who committed suicide], it makes you wonder," Mickens …
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What comes now for NFL after tumultuous season?
… moment. Then he rubbed his forehead and continued talking, mentioning former teammate and friend Andre Waters and opponent Dave Duerson . Both committed suicide; researchers studied their brain tissue and found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or …
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Former Browns QB Bernie Kosar finds help for concussions - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
… his life last year by shooting himself in the chest. Kosar was friends with Seau and former Chicago Bears defensive back Dave Duerson , who also committed suicide. ''I see friends of mine and I think a lot of them are losing hope,'' he said. ''There …
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Concussion talk muted, dangers remain
… ignored. Seau was not the first or last player to kill himself in this rash of suicides. Nor was he the most instructive. Dave Duerson implored his widow in his note to donate his brain to science in hopes of figuring out what extent the banging on his brain …
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List of recent untimely deaths for NFL players
… dealt with dementia, depression and insomnia, according to his widow. - In February 2011, two-time Super Bowl champion Dave Duerson , 50, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at his home in Florida. Duerson had at least 10 concussions …
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Chiefs, Army leaders discuss head injuries - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
… practitioners who could check them for signs and symptoms of traumatic brain injury. He cited the deaths of Junior Seau and Dave Duerson as examples of former players who may have benefited from such facilities. ---- AP Sports Writers Larry Lage in Detroit …