Mike Webster Signed Photo 8×10 Steelers w/ Dr. Bennet Omalu Signed Photo 5×7 – COA PSA/DNA

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Presented is an 8×10 color photo signed by Mike Webster. He signed it in blue felt tip (“9”) with his jersey “52”. Also included is a 5×7 photo signed by Dr. Bennet Omalu which is important to the connection between Webster’s life history and the NFL handling brain injuries. Omalu signed the photo in black felt tip (“9”).

Growing up in Nigeria, Dr. Bennet Omalu knew next to nothing about American football. He didn’t watch the games, he didn’t know the teams, and he certainly didn’t know the name Mike Webster. That changed in 2002 when Omalu was assigned to perform an autopsy on the legendary Steelers center. Webster had died at 50, but to Omalu, he looked far older. Football had taken a punishing toll on his body. It was Omalu’s job to measure the damage.

As a neuropathologist, Omalu was especially interested in the brain. Inside Mike Webster’s brain, he’d make a startling discovery: a disease never previously identified in football players. The condition, known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, was the first hard evidence that playing football could cause permanent brain damage. Players with CTE have battled depression, memory loss, and in some cases dementia.

Omalu’s autopsy of former Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers player Mike Webster in 2002 led to the re-emergence of awareness of a neurologic condition associated with chronic head trauma called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, which had been previously described in boxers and other professional athletes.

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Mike Webster Signed Photo