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Coroner rules heading a football caused brain disease in England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles
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Coroner rules heading a football caused brain disease in England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles
An inquest found that the 1966 World Cup winner's death was contributed to by chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeatedly heading a football.
- Senior coroner Alison Mutch recorded the cause of death as Alzheimer's disease contributed to by CTE, caused by heading a football about 140,000 times.
- Dr Daniel Du Plessis, a neuropathology expert, told the court he was "quite convinced" heading the ball caused Stiles' CTE.
- Stiles' son John told the inquest his father headed the ball 40 times a day, five times a week over each 10-month season.
- Dozens of former footballers and their families, including Stiles', are suing the Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and the English Football League for alleged negligence.
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