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Oliver Caffrey

Retired Dee Brayshaw urges AFL to do more on concussion

Melbourne star Angus Brayshaw has been forced into retirement due to concussion. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Melbourne premiership player Angus Brayshaw has urged the AFL to be "proactive rather than reactive" in dealing with head trauma after he was forced into premature retirement because of concussion.

The 28-year-old informed the club on Thursday he would be bowing out of football, effective immediately, after extensive neurological testing revealed a deterioration of his brain.

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