Widow of ex-Manchester United player who died from dementia demands heading ban

The widow of an ex-Manchester United player who died from dementia is calling for a ban on heading footballs on what should have been his 75th birthday.

The couple married in 1969 and lived together in Kirriemuir, Angus, but Mr Kopel was diagnosed with dementia in 2008 and died on April 16 2014. Mother-of-one Mrs Kopel successfully campaigned for Frank’s Law, which was introduced in Scotland in 2019, extending free personal care to under-65s.

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