The football world lost a legend in August when Giants Hall of Famer and legendary broadcaster Frank Gifford died at the age of 84. Gifford's family announced Wednesday the former NFL MVP suffered from CTE.
The family had Gifford's brain studied after his death "in hopes of contributing to the advancement of medical research" and said their "suspicions that he was suffering from the debilitating effects of head trauma were confirmed" by the study done on his brain.
The full statement from the Gifford family via NBC:
After losing our beloved husband and father, Frank Gifford, we as a family made the difficult decision to have his brain studied in hopes of contributing to the advancement of medical research concerning the link between football and traumatic brain injury.