They are men who lived on the field, playing the game which helped to define them. But for some former AFL players, those moments of pain and glory have been washed away with such severe memory loss that they can no longer recall their most celebrated achievements, nor other significant details from their lives.
Many are suffering in silence; some say they are too scared of the potential repercussions. Afraid of losing their jobs, or swallowing their pride, or of having to fight to get the help they need from a governing body they allege is doing “everything it can to deny, deny, deny” that football has a concussion problem.
