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Harvard Study Finds 230 of 1,980 Former NFL Players Surveyed Had Suicidal Thoughts

The Football Players' Health Study, co-authored by Rachel Grashow, Niki Konstantinides, Frank Speizer, and Marc Weisskopf, surveyed retired football players whose careers spanned from 1960 to 2020. Of the 1,980 former players surveyed, 681 believed they had CTE. More than 230 said they’d had suicidal thoughts, and 176 reported a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.