What was the nickname of the footballer whose brain injuries got significant attention in the film League of Denial ?
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League of Denial League of Denial is a 2013 book, initially broadcast as a documentary film, about traumatic brain injury in the National Football League (NFL), particularly concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The documentary, entitled "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis", was produced by "Frontline" and broadcast on PBS. The book was written by ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru. The book and film devote significant attention to the story of Mike Webster and his football-related brain injuries, and the pathologist who examined Webster's brain, Bennet Omalu. The film also looks closely at the efforts of researchers led by Ann McKee at Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, where the brains of a number of former NFL athletes have been examined.
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Mike Webster Michael Lewis Webster (March 18, 1952September 24, 2002) was an American football player who played as a center in the National Football League from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, class of 1997. Nicknamed "Iron Mike", Webster anchored the Steelers' offensive line during much of their run of four Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1979 and is considered by some as the best center in NFL history.
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Simon Mignolet Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet (] , ] ; born 6 March 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team.
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Jérôme Boateng Jérôme Agyenim Boateng (] ; born 3 September 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. A versatile defender, Boateng primarily is a centre-back, although he can also play as a right-back. Physically strong and composed in possession, he has garnered a reputation as a tough-tackling defender, with good passing and an ability to read the game, and is considered to be one of the world's best at his position.
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Joe Powell (English footballer) Joseph Joshua "Joe" Powell (1870 – 29 November 1896) was an English footballer who was captain of Woolwich Arsenal in their first season of League football. He is also notable for being one of the few footballers to die as a result of an injury incurred whilst playing.
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Maniche Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (] , or less commonly [maˈnik(ɨ)] ), is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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Alec Milne Alexander Soutar "Alec" Milne (born 4 June 1937) is a Scottish former professional footballer.
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Marcelo Delgado Marcelo Alejandro Delgado (born 24 March 1973 in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe Province) is a retired Argentine footballer, best known for his nickname "Chelo". He usually plays as a deep-lying forward, and is currently in Defensores de Villa Cassini, Argentina. He is regarded as one of the best Argentinian forwards in the past decade. He has been capped for Argentina and played at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He is well known for his technical ability and finishing.
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George Lawrence (footballer) George Randolph Lawrence (born 14 September 1962) is a former professional footballer now retired. He played as a midfielder, spending most of his career with Oxford United, Southampton and Bournemouth. He was known by the nickname "Chicken George" throughout his career.
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Alan Schwarz Alan Schwarz (born July 3, 1968) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated National Correspondent at "The New York Times" best known for writing more than 100 articles that exposed the seriousness of concussions among football players of all ages. His investigative and profile pieces are generally credited with revolutionizing the respect and protocol for head injuries in youth and professional sports. Schwarz's work was profiled in "The New Yorker" and several films, including "Head Games" and the 2013 “Frontline” PBS documentary "League of Denial". The "Columbia Journalism Review" featured him in its 2011 "Art of Great Reporting" issue and wrote of his concussion work, "He put the issue on the agenda of lawmakers, sports leagues, and the media at large — and helped create a new debate about risk and responsibility in sports." The series was described by one Hall of Fame sports writer, Murray Chass, as "the most remarkable feat in sports journalism history."
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Ezequiel Muñoz Ezequiel Matías Muñoz (born 8 October 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre back for Spanish club CD Leganés. His nickname is "Il niño di Pergamino" or "El Chiquito".
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David Neitz David Neitz (born 22 January 1975), nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone. He is considered one of the greatest ever players to come out of the island state of Tasmania.
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Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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Neil Kerley Donald Neil Kerley (born 20 February 1934 in Barmera, South Australia) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. Known to his mates as either Neil or Knuckles and to South Australian football fans as King Kerley or simply "Kerls", he is best known for taking three clubs to four South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premierships over three decades as both a player and coach and for playing 32 state games for South Australia. Despite his first name being Donald, it was his mother Lillian's strong dislike of shortening Christian names that led everyone calling him Neil and not Don or Donald from an early age.
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Death to Flying Things Death to Flying Things is the nickname of three major league baseball players
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Adrian Hayes Adrian "Adi" Hayes (22 May 1978 – 18 August 2014) was an English professional footballer who played in The Football League for Cambridge United as a midfielder, and later played for a number of non-league clubs, mostly in East Anglia and the South East.
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Abdelkader Fréha Abdelkader Benfréha (Arabic: عبد القادر فريحة‎ ‎ ; October 28, 1942 – October 1, 2012 in Oran), known more commonly as Abdelkader Fréha, was an Algerian football international player. He was nicknamed Béka or Head of gold.
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Ron Harris (footballer) Ronald Edward "Ron" Harris (born 13 November 1944 in Hackney, London, England), known by the nickname "Chopper", is a former English footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s. Harris is widely regarded as one of the toughest defenders of his era - along with players such as Tommy Smith and Norman Hunter - hence the nickname . His brother Allan Harris was also a professional footballer and they were teammates at Chelsea in the mid-1960s.
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John McCue McCue was born in Stoke-on-Trent and was spotted playing for Longton schools and joined Stoke's ground-staff as an amateur in 1937. He signed professional forms in 1940 and due to his wartime occupation as a physical training instructor he remained local and made the left back spot his own from 1942–43 onwards, missing only one game from February 1943 to May 1945. The left-footed McCue's style was uncompromising, described as a 'grand kicker of the ball' and should an opposing winger get the better of him he would not averse the odd kick or two to rectify the situation. This earned him the nickname 'chopper' amongst his Stoke teammates. His impetuous tackling did lead to mistakes and a one such occasion McCue slipped as the attempted to tackle Sheffield United's Walter Rickett on the final day of the 1946–47 season, Stoke lost 2–1 and missed out on their first league title.
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Gary May (footballer) Gary Colin May (born 7 May 1967) is an English former footballer who played twice as a midfielder in the Football League for Darlington before a broken leg forced his retirement. He worked as a holiday rep and as a flight attendant on a major commercial airline, and published a book about his experiences in the latter role. He went on to keep a pub.
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Kafunga Olavo Leite de Bastos, commonly known by the nickname Kafunga (August 7, 1914 – November 17, 1991), was an association footballer who played goalkeeper, who spent his entire career defending Atlético Mineiro.
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Baba Adamu Baba Adamu (born 20 October 1979 in Kumasi, Ghana), known occasionally simply by his nickname "Armando", is a former Ghanaian international football (soccer) striker.