The death certificate for Chris Nicholl was amended to record brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. The original certificate listed bronchopneumonia and a bowel condition as causes of death. A family-led campaign prompted a new hearing at Salisbury Coroner's Court and the change. Nicholl's former partner emphasized the importance of the amendment to prevent football authorities denying such cases. A coroner recently found that repeated heading was likely a contributing factor to CTE in another former player. Nicholl had a notable playing and managerial career and described memory problems consistent with brain injury after heading footballs.
"so football can't say: 'No this isn't happening'."
"Football is all Chris wanted to do - he wouldn't have changed his career," she said. "But we want it on record that it wasn't Alzheimer's. "There are going to be a lot more families... football's got away with ignoring it for a long time."
"on the balance of probability repeatedly heading footballs contributed to his developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)"
"brain-damaged from heading balls". Nicholl said: "My memory is in trouble. Everyone forgets regular things, where your keys are. But when you forget where you live, t"
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