article_snippet: Jeff Astle passed away on January 19, 2002 at the age of 59, with a coroner finding that repeated minor traumas caused by heading the heavy leather footballs of Jeff Astle era were the cause of Jeff Astle death.
article_snippet: Jeff Astle died of the condition in 2002 at the age of just 59.
article_snippet: Jeff Astle is normally linked to boxing but coroners at the footballer's inquest ruled Jeff Astle's brain had been damaged by heading heavy leather footballs in the 1960s and 1970s.
article_snippet: Astle died at the age of 59 in 2002, with coroners ruling the cause was heading heavy leather footballs .
article_snippet: I know we at The FA are now progressing positively with an expert panel to look at head injuries and we remain committed to ensuring the notion of research in this important area of sports medicine is taken to the highest levels at UEFA and FIFA.'
highlights_snippet: (CTE)
  Astle died of the condition aged 59 in 2002 .
  
highlights_snippet: Coroners ruled (CTE)
  
highlights_snippet: Astle was caused by heading old-fashioned heavy footballs .
  