REUTERS: A doctor looking into possible links between football and dementia has said England's World Cup winning midfielder Nobby Stiles, who died aged 78 in October, suffered severe brain damage from repeatedly heading the ball.
"He told us that the damage to my dad's brain was very severe and could only be explained by him heading the ball over the sustained period of his career," Stiles' son John told the Daily Mail.Stewart said"brain injury and head impacts" were the only recognised risk factors in the type of damage Stiles had suffered."With Nobby, there is no recorded history of him sustaining a brain injury or concussion," he told the newspaper.
The Professional Footballers' Association has called on clubs, leagues and the governing body of English soccer to develop a strategy to monitor and adapt training, and also come up with techniques to protect the long-term health of players.
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