Highlandmagar Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Sadly dies at 70. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozam76 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 An excellent player. An absolute gentleman. Heartbreaking to see his decline in recent years. Dementia truly is the b*****d illness. RIP big man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 R.I.P Gordon Scotland legend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Aye, RIP big fella ... one of the real characters of our game. That header at Wembley ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I imagine this will be another black mark against heading in football. Having such aggressive dementia at that age is quite uncommon and will surely have been at least exacerbated by frequent headers if not outright caused by it. Before my time, but with his energetic play and bouffant hairstyle he seemed to be a bit of a cult hero. Sad loss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 St Mirren legend. RIP Gordon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Very sad to hear this. Rest in peace, big man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Lex said: St Mirren legend. RIP Gordon. Indeed he was. Played in the Rangers 1 Ally McLeod 4 game in 72. RIP big man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I don't believe it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, ArabFC said: I don't believe it! Absolutely love that video. One to watch when you need a pick me up,. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, NickMcG said: Certainly I think there will be a lot of CTE in football but dementia is also pretty common at that age. It really isn't. Certainly not to that degree too. I worked in elderly care for a decade and the dementia stat was 10% for over 90's back in the late noughties. I think we're seeing the tip of the iceberg. It's only definitively diagnosable post mortem, with tissue samples, so we're not going to see too many of these cases until people die. CTE impact is common sense, but is only definitive when people die as tissue samples are the only way to determine if CTE is present. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Shame for the big man. RIP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 4 hours ago, NickMcG said: Certainly I think there will be a lot of CTE in football but dementia is also pretty common at that age. Former footballers are over three times more likely do develop brain diseases than non players. A sad day and an even sadder demise. One of my original heroes in dark blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 2 hours ago, NickMcG said: Fair enough, I guess it depends what you classify as 'common'. I think it's something like 1-2% over 65 and I'd bet it's underdiagnosed. It was more just a reflection on players like Bobby Charlton etc getting dementia and it being instantly linked to heading whereas it's not so rare that non-sportspeople don't get it. And Gordon McQueen had vascular dementia so I don't know if that can be linked to heading. It wouldn't surprise me if heading was eventually banned in football though it would become a very different sport. The real problem is rugby especially considering the size and power of players these days. Contact sport also increases the risk of MND. To anyone who's ever had a family member with dementia, the person you knew dies long before the physical death. Aye 1-2% wouldn't be anyone's definition of common, but you're right that people (as I did) will instantly link dementia in footballers to heading. I do think that, with baby-boomer footballers living longer we may start to see them over represented in the dementia stats, which would probably lead to heading being banned at least at youth level. It would be interesting to see how football evolves then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 RIP big man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 I was named after him. Legendary player. RIP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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