John Grimsley

When former Houston Oilers linebacker John Grimsley died in 2008 at the age of 45, his wife donated his brain to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.  An autopsy revealed brain abnormalities typically seen in elderly Alzheimer's patients. The site compares slides of Grimsley's brain tissue to those of a 73-year-old ex-boxer.

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