Researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center found that the Hall of Fame forward had stage 2 CTE when he died two years ago at 84 years old.

Bobby Hull’s widow says the Hall of Famer and two-time NHL MVP who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died two years ago

BOSTON — Hockey Hall of Famer and two-time Hart Trophy winner Bobby Hull was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), marking the most prominent former NHL player afflicted by the debilitating brain disease caused only by repeated blows to the head.