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Tom Maddocks and Luke Pentony

Danny Frawley's family calls on AFL to act quickly on CTE as Senate concussion inquiry continues

Danny Frawley, who died in 2019, suffered from CTE. (Getty Images: Quinn Rooney)

The wife of late AFL player Danny Frawley has urged the league to "act now" to prevent the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among its participants.

Frawley — who played 240 senior matches for St Kilda between 1984 and 1995 — died in 2019.

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