It is mentioned in the article, “The Complicated Decline of Nick Buoniconti,” that many Miami Dolphins from the 1972 Super Bowl team have declining health due to football.
S.L. Price wrote, “Quarterback Earl Morrall, the supersub so key to the Perfect Season, died at 79, in 2014, with Stage 4 CTE. Running back Jim Kiick, 70, lived in squalor until he was placed in an assisted living facility last summer with dementia/early onset Alzheimer’s. Bill Stanfill, a defensive end who long suffered from dementia, died in November at 69.”
It can be concluded football is negatively affecting many former Dolphins’ mental health, especially Buoniconti.