Very sad indeed. As a Bronco's fan, I watched him play twice a year, every year until he was traded away. A friend of mine's dad also had the pleasure of meeting him on an airplane a few years back and said that he was nothing short of a true gentleman.

Sadly, it's not just contact sports that can cause this type of dementia. They have found this disease in the brains of soccer players, extreme athletes and they even found it in a rodie of a rock band who would "head bang" during concerts on average of two nights per week.