Copping welcomes focus on head injuries after career cut short at 19


Bobby Copping in action on his Peterborough United debut at Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough, Britain November 12, 2019. PETERBOROUGH UNITED F.C./Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - When Bobby Copping rose for a routine header during a training session with English third-tier club Peterborough United in July, little did he know he would end up in hospital, his dream of one day playing in the Premier League shattered at 19.

Poised to make his first-team breakthrough at the League One club, Copping was left without any vision and lost feeling on one side of his body after suffering a mini seizure which put him in hospital for four days.

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