John Glenn Grimsley, age 54

Lost to gun violence on February 6, 2008 in Missouri City,, Texas.

linebacker with Houston and Miami, 1984-93, and was the first player diagnosed with CTE by Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE)

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