Mike Webster

"Iron Mike" Webster helped the Steelers win four Super Bowls in the 70's. After leaving the game, he suffered depression and dementia, dying in 2002 at the age of 50. He became the first apparent case of "footballer's dementia" for Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI) pathologist Dr. Bennett Omalu.  Webster's brain was said to have been through the equivalent of "25,000 car crashes" over his 25 years of playing football in high school, college, and the NFL.

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