As with some insoluble sports arguments, there are no easy answers in the 1947 accident that killed Eagles Hall of Famer Bill Hewitt.
No other vehicles were involved when his car ran off Route 309 near Sellersville in Bucks County and slammed into a concrete culvert. There were no indications he’d been speeding or drinking. And the roadway, while dampened by a light January mist, was hardly slippery.
Though authorities eventually speculated that Hewitt probably had fallen asleep, some now, in this age of CTE awareness, wonder if head injuries could have played a role in the death of the 37-year-old, two-way end who spurned helmets long after they became standard football equipment.