Footballer's inquest to explore dementia link

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Football and dementia: Alan Jarvis inquest to explore heading link

The death of a former Wales international footballer may have been linked to heading a football and could be regarded as an"industrial disease," a coroner has said.

Alan Jarvis played for Everton and Hull City in the 1960s and 1970s, winning three caps for his country. The 76-year-old, who was thought to have dementia, died at a nursing home in Mold, Flintshire, in December.He said neuropathology had been undertaken and that Mr Jarvis' death and a possible link to heading a football would be explored further at a full hearing.

Mr Jarvis, a midfielder, played for Wales against England's 1966 World Cup winning squad, earning his other caps against Scotland and Northern Ireland. His daughter, Sarah Jarvis, of Northop, Flintshire, said his family had arranged to have his brain donated to researchers at the University of Glasgow after his death., examined it in January and passed his report to the coroner.She said she believed heading had been to blame for the difficulties her father faced in later life - including the loss of his speech.

 

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