Gerry Huth

Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft.^[1]

Gerry Huth

No. 65
Date of birth	(1933-07-23)July 23, 1933
Place of birth	Floyds Knobs, Indiana, U.S.
Date of death	February 11, 2011(2011-02-11) (aged 77)
Place of death	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Guard
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	226 lb (103 kg)
US college	Wake Forest
NFL draft	1956 / round: 24 / pick: 285
Drafted by	New York Giants
Career history
As player
1956	New York Giants
1959–1960	Philadelphia Eagles
1961–1963	Minnesota Vikings
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1956, 1960)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.^[2] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.^[3][4]

References

1. "Jerry Huth". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
2. "110 N.F.L. Brains". New York Times. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
3. "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
4. Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.