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ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — By his own count, Joe Namath sustained at least five concussions during his National Football League career, and on many other occasions he took hard hits to the head.
The repeated battering left the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the New York Jets with memory loss and other issues after his playing career ended in 1977.
But the longtime Tequesta resident didn’t seek treatment for his traumatic brain injury until decades later.
By then, former Pahokee football standout and NFL safety Andre Waters had committed suicide. So had a number of other former pro football standouts — Atlanta Falcons safety Ray.