Published Jul 15, 2026, 11:34 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 2 sources
Nobby Stiles: Former Man Utd midfielder and England World Cup winner's death linked to heading footballs, coroner rules
skysports
·
Original Report
INFERY
England 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled. Stiles, a former Manchester United midfielder, died almost six years ago aged 78 with severe dementia and had headed a football around 140,000 times during his career, Stockport Coroner's Court heard at the inquest into his death. Expert analysis of his brain showed his severe dementia was as a result of Alzheimer's disease but also the condition, chronic traumatic