Bobby Hull, the former NHL legend with the Chicago Blackhawks, is part of an unfortunate trend being exposed in hockey with regards to CTE.

Hull’s family donated his brain to a brain bank at Boston University for study after he died in 2023 at the age of 84.

He insisted on donating his brain,” said Deborah Hull, Bobby Hull’s wife of almost 40 years, “feeling as though it was his duty to help advance research on this agonizing disease.”

Controversial NHL legend Bobby Hull had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in January 2023.

Bobby Hull, a two-time Hart Trophy winner, has been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The announcement was made by the Concussion Legacy foundation along with Hull’s widow,