The family of Conrad Dobler, once regarded as the dirtiest player in the NFL, said he had CTE based on a study of his brain ...

About 17% of people with recurrent concussions or traumatic brain injuries will get CTE, but around 90% of people who develop CTE are athletes ... called tau in different parts of the brain ...

Of the 77 players' brains researchers studied by Boston University, more than half had CTE, which can only be diagnosed after athletes have ... about an enforcer or a different kind of player.

Dobler, an offensive lineman and a three-time Pro Bowl selection in the 1970s, was diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE. There are four stages of CTE, a degenerative brain ... of former NFL players and ...

Conrad Dobler, a former offensive lineman in the NFL, was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E. after he ...