Gerry Huth
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| Date of birth | July 23, 1933 |
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| Place of birth | Floyds Knobs, Indiana, U.S. |
| Date of death | February 11, 2011 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 226 lb (103 kg) |
| US college | Wake Forest |
| NFL draft | 1956 / round: 24 / pick: 285 |
| Drafted by | New York Giants |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1956 | New York Giants |
| 1959–1960 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1961–1963 | Minnesota Vikings |
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Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft.[1]
Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[2] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Jerry Huth". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ "110 N.F.L. Brains". New York Times. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.