NHL Legend Gets Posthumously Diagnosed With CTE
The NHL legend Bobby Hull was posthumously diagnosed with CTE two years after his passing in 2023.
Bobby Hull passed away in January 2023 at 84 years old following a 1,063-game career in the NHL spanning over 20 years.
A new development emerged over two years after he passed away.
Indeed, the Concussion Legacy Foundation announced on Wednesday that Hull was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the end of his life.
He's the most prominent former NHLer afflicted by the brain disease caused by repeated hits to the head.
Hull had decided to donate his brain to science after seeing his lifelong friend Stan Mikita and his family struggle with the disease.
Deborah Hull, Bobby's wife, commented:
The disease has four stages, and Hull was diagnosed with the second. According to his wife, he had many symptoms of CTE in the last 10 years of his life:
Another report confirmed that 18 of the 19 former NHLers who donated their brains were confirmed to have been suffering from CTE before their deaths, such as Mikita, Derek Boogaard, and Bob Probert.
Hull stands apart with his on-ice accomplishments.
He scored 1,170 points in 1,063 games for the Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers.
Gary Bettman released the following statement when Hull passed away:
As gregarious a personality as he was explosive as a player, Hull was a true superstar and the face of the Chicago Blackhawks throughout the 1960s and early '70s."
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