Former England footballer Gary Lineker tweeted:"Yet another hero of our 1966 World Cup winning team has been diagnosed with dementia.The National Football Museum tweeted:"Sad news regarding our president, Sir Bobby Charlton, who has been diagnosed with dementia. Thoughts with Lady Norma, family and friends in what has been a very tough year.
"Sir Bobby made three appearances for the Blues in 1976. Best wishes to Sir Bobby, his wife Lady Norma Ball and the Charlton family."The news about Sir Bobby's condition will raise further questions about the link between football and the brain disease.found former footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die from dementia than non-players in the same age range.
The report, commissioned by the FA and the Professional Footballers' Association, assessed the medical records of 7,676 men who played professional football between 1900 and 1976.Their records were matched against more than 23,000 individuals from the general population. The study's findings came 17 years after former England and West Brom striker Jeff Astle died at the age of 59 with what a coroner described as an"industrial injury".
Get him doing fasts and cutting out the sugars.
Terrible news
From a Leeds fan very sad we lost his brother Jack recently both great players for they club and wishes Bobby
Thoughts & Prayers to the Sir Bobby Charlton. May things get better for him!
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My idol, Sir Bobby Charlton!
A study last year found former footballers 3.5 times more likely than others to develop dementia.
We Love you Bobby! ❤⚽️🏆
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