Irv Cross

[SLCBengal]

The former athletic director at ISU has been in the news this week regarding his health...

Irv Cross, the former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback and CBS football analyst, said he will donate his brain to Boston University so researchers can test for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the neurodegenerative illness linked to repeated concussions and blows to the head.

Cross, 79, told the Philadelphia Inquirer he has been diagnosed with mild cognitive dementia. He said he has stopped reading, avoids crowds and no longer drives out of fear that he won’t remember his way home.

Read more: Washington Post: Irv Cross says he will donate his brain to CTE Study

 

[Skippy]

Very sad what football does to folks. I am very conflicted about the sport.

 

[PBP]

Saw this on the Awful Announcing web site two days ago, they had a big story on it. Wished him and his family well via Twitter. He was a good man at ISU but his inexperience as an AD at the time ultimately proved to be an issue.

PBP