Gerry Huth Explained

Birth Date:July 23, 1933
Birth Place:Floyds Knobs, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Number:65
Position1:Guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:226
College:Wake Forest
Nfldraftedyear:1956
Nfldraftedround:24
Nfldraftedpick:285
Nfldraftedteam:New York Giants
Playing Years1:1956
Playing Team1:New York Giants
Playing Years2:1959–1960
Playing Team2:Philadelphia Eagles
Playing Years3:1961–1963
Playing Team3:Minnesota Vikings
Career Highlights:
Nfl:HUT498348
Databasefootball:HUTHGER01

Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft.[1]

Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[2] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerry Huth . Sports Reference . pro-football-reference.com . 26 July 2014 .
  2. News: 110 N.F.L. Brains . New York Times . July 25, 2017 . 25 July 2017.
  3. News: The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) . Concussion Legacy Foundation . July 2, 2023 . July 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts . dead .
  4. News: Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller . Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. . . June 20, 2023 . July 2, 2023 .