You've probably seen a thread I've posted for a musician with ALS. Why I hate that disease

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11. Thanks for posting that! I didn't realize Dwight Clark was a great singer as well as a great

football player.

He thought playing football might have caused his ALS, and there have been studies suggesting it could.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/can-als-be-caused-by-traumatic-brain-injury-202202022680

Between 1960 and 2019, 19,423 men played in the National Football League (NFL). During that time period, 38 were diagnosed with ALS and 28 died of the disease.

Among these current and former football players, the risk of developing ALS and dying of the disease was nearly four times higher than that of men in the general population.

NFL players who developed ALS had a longer average football career (seven years) than those without the disease (4.5 years).

Many NFL players were in their mid-30s at the time of their ALS diagnosis. This is quite a bit younger than is typical for ALS.