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Imagine being a household name, a sporting hero and a member of England's world cup winning rugby team from 2003.  Imagine having no recollection at all of the tournament of all tournaments in your sparkling career. Imagine being unable to remember the names of your children or the name of your dog. Imagine realising this was preventable and that the game you loved, to which you gave your career has harmed you irreparably.  Welcome to the world of Steve Thompson.

I'm joined today by Gary Turner to discuss Unforgettable  Steve Thompson's powerful and heartbreaking memoir of rugby and dementia.

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We mentioned a number of useful resources around the topic of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy CTE

https://concussionfoundation.org/
 https://headforchange.org.uk/

'Concussion', starring Will Smith, real life story of Bennett Omalu discovering CTE in American Football Players, and the NFL attempt to cover it up

More Books:
League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth: Amazon.co.uk: Fainaru-Wada, Mark, Fainaru, Steve: 9780770437565: Books

A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice : Walker-Brown, Hana: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy - Victoroff and Bigler, the best text book on the subject of brain injuries in sport Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy: Causes, Diagnosis and Management: Amazon.co.uk: Victoroff, Jeff, Bigler, Erin D.: 9781107073951: Books

Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing (Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize) : Dixon, Tris: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Gary also recommends a selection of papers - too many to list here which can be found by following this google drive link if you are interested:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3G7eDD1yPTA3aTWXGD95i11XTdgCpfPNG12kfkNtkE/edit?usp=sharing