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NEW ORLEANS – Roger Staubach has known for about a year that things weren’t quite right with his friend and former teammate Tony Dorsett.
“Tony has told me a couple of times that he feels that things are a little different, that they aren’t normal,” Staubach said Sunday night. “He didn’t attribute that to dementia, but he just mentioned that he was a little worried about that. You know, he’s young (59).”
Dorsett revealed last week he’s been diagnosed with signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition linked to depression and dementia.
“It hit me like a ton of bricks,” Dorsett told the Dallas Morning News. “Not a good thing.”
Staubach and Dorsett helped the Cowboys win the Super Bowl after the 1977 season. Both are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor.
Staubach, who was at the Saints-Cowboys game representing USAA for an NFL salute to veterans, was asked if he worries about someday suffering from dementia or other ailments related to head trauma from his playing days.
“I do worry about it, because I had six concussions,” said Staubach. “I mean I was knocked out (by)…L.C. Greenwood, Ray Nitschke, and so…
“Of course, as you get older, there are a lot of things. I work out and do things. I think exercise and staying busy reading. I read a lot. I think those things help. And they are saying that they are giving former players some kind of medicine. There is no cure for it, but evidently they are working on it, saying they can slow it down. You hear it (can be reversed), and that’s good news. Most doctors say staying busy (helps).”
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“Tony has told me a couple of times that he feels that things are a little different, that they aren’t normal,” Staubach said Sunday night. “He didn’t attribute that to dementia, but he just mentioned that he was a little worried about that. You know, he’s young (59).”
Dorsett revealed last week he’s been diagnosed with signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition linked to depression and dementia.
“It hit me like a ton of bricks,” Dorsett told the Dallas Morning News. “Not a good thing.”
Staubach and Dorsett helped the Cowboys win the Super Bowl after the 1977 season. Both are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor.
Staubach, who was at the Saints-Cowboys game representing USAA for an NFL salute to veterans, was asked if he worries about someday suffering from dementia or other ailments related to head trauma from his playing days.
“I do worry about it, because I had six concussions,” said Staubach. “I mean I was knocked out (by)…L.C. Greenwood, Ray Nitschke, and so…
“Of course, as you get older, there are a lot of things. I work out and do things. I think exercise and staying busy reading. I read a lot. I think those things help. And they are saying that they are giving former players some kind of medicine. There is no cure for it, but evidently they are working on it, saying they can slow it down. You hear it (can be reversed), and that’s good news. Most doctors say staying busy (helps).”
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