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:
"Seeing the pain and heartache suffered by his lifelong friend Stan Mikita's family, Bobby felt strongly that no other family should have to endure CTE. He insisted on donating his brain, feeling as though it was his duty to help advance research on this agonizing disease."
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:
"He struggled with many of the cognitive symptoms of CTE, such as short-term memory loss and impaired judgment."
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:
"When Bobby Hull wound up to take a slap shot, fans throughout the NHL rose to their feet in anticipation, and opposing goaltenders braced themselves. During his prime, there was no more prolific goal-scorer in all of hockey.
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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