Gordon McQueen

[Saddleworth2]

Diagnosed with vascular dementia Aged 68. As good a header of the ball as I have seen.

Horrible bloody illness.

 

[andthesunshineband]

He's battled cancer for the last ten years or so as well. Sad news for him and his family. I wish him well.

 

[aguero93:20]

They're going to end up banning heading altogether, people may as well start getting used to the idea.

 

[iceman]

They're going to end up banning heading altogether, people may as well start getting used to the idea.

Maybe Will have to wear head guards like cech did

 

[aguero93:20]

Maybe Will have to wear head guards like cech did

Won't stop concussions or repetitive impact things like dementia. Those helmets will protect your skull from fractures but they won't do much to stop your brain being bounced around inside your skull.

 

[jimharri]

My mother had Alzheimer's for the last 3 years of her life. It's a heartbreaking illness/condition (call it whatever you want). There's a person there who looks like your mother, but isn't the mother you knew all your life. I don't envy the McQueen family what heartache lays ahead of them.

 

[richardtheref]

My mate used to go out with his daughter. My mate played for Boro in the Cup Final & after the game he introduced me to Gordon McQueen. Great bloke but very scary & I would never disagree with him. Nearly broke my hand when he shook it.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Very sad indeed.

 

[NorCalBlue]

They're going to end up banning heading altogether, people may as well start getting used to the idea.

I suspect that if/when that happens, we'd all get used to it after a couple of years and it'd seem really weird watching footage of old games with headers.

If there's a real problem, I'm okay with a heading ban, but dementia numbers are on the rise generally, at least in part due to better diagnosis - I hope there's a careful study of footballers who headed the ball a lot v people who didn't before any final decisions are made (in the meantime, I support banning headers for kids games, and/or reducing the minimum pressure requirement for the ball - there's a massive difference between heading a ball at full pressure and one that's slightly softer).

 

[super_city_si]

Sad to hear. Seems more and more from that era and before are developing these issues.