Bobby Hull, the former NHL legend with the Chicago Blackhawks, is part of an unfortunate trend being exposed in hockey with regards to CTE.

He insisted on donating his brain,” said Deborah Hull, Bobby Hull’s wife of almost 40 years, “feeling as though it was his duty to help advance research on this agonizing disease.”

Researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center found that Hull had stage 2 CTE when he died in 2023. He was 84.

Controversial NHL legend Bobby Hull had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in January 2023.