First sports 'brain bank' launched

By Sarah Wiedersehn
Updated March 27 2018 - 12:07pm, first published 12:02pm
Research shows repeated concussions can have significant effects on the brain decades later.
Research shows repeated concussions can have significant effects on the brain decades later.

Former football players Ian Roberts and Peter FitzSimons have agreed to donate their brains to the newly launched Australian Sports Brain Bank, where they will be examined for signs of traumatic injury.

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