Dave Duerson

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Dave Duerson was an American NFL safety best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Chicago Bears and later advocacy related to brain injuries in football.

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instanceOf American football player
human
advocatedFor player safety in American football
research on brain injuries in football
ageAtDeath 50
awardReceived NFL Man of the Year Award NERFINISHED
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award NERFINISHED
businessRole entrepreneur
food processing executive
causeOfDeath suicide
collegeAttended University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED
collegeTeam Notre Dame Fighting Irish football NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1960-11-28
dateOfDeath 2011-02-17
draftedBy Chicago Bears NERFINISHED
draftPickNumber 64
draftRound 3
draftYear 1983
familyName Duerson NERFINISHED
fullName David Russell Duerson NERFINISHED
givenName David NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInduction College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
jerseyNumber 22
league National Football League
mannerOfDeath self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest
memberOf Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl team NERFINISHED
nflDebutSeason 1983
nflDebutTeam Chicago Bears NERFINISHED
owned Duerson Foods NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Muncie, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Arizona Cardinals NERFINISHED
Chicago Bears NERFINISHED
New York Giants NERFINISHED
Phoenix Cardinals NERFINISHED
positionPlayed safety
posthumousDiagnosis chronic traumatic encephalopathy NERFINISHED
proBowlSelection 1985
1986
1987
1988
requestedAfterDeath donation of his brain for research
sport American football
superBowlChampion Super Bowl XX NERFINISHED
Super Bowl XXV NERFINISHED

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