Former Hull City boss Phil Brown has said the club and football authorities need to offer support to Dean Windass after his stage two dementia diagnosis.
Windass, now 55, made more than 700 appearances across a 19-year career in professional football and scored more than 230 goals.
He netted the goal that helped Brown's Tigers side beat Bristol City in the 2008 Championship play-off final to secure a first-ever promotion to the top flight.
"Whatever I can do to help Dean I will," Brown told BBC Radio Humberside.
"He personified the word 'commitment' and had a great career.