(Reuters) - The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) was not "asleep at the wheel" over links between heading, concussion and dementia, the organisation's outgoing chief executive Gordon Taylor said.
The issue of dementia in the professional game was highlighted by the October death of England's Nobby Stiles, who along with many of his 1966 World Cup-winning team mates, including Jack and Bobby Charlton, had been diagnosed with the condition.
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