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Scotland legend Colin Hendry fears dementia in old age after career heading hundreds of footballs

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Football legend Colin Hendry has revealed how he lives in fear of getting dementia. The ex-Scotland captain has told how his prolific heading of the ball will almost certainly have left him with damage to his brain.The 55-year-old, known to fans as Braveheart, has now become the first former professional to sign up to a groundbreaking dementia study to find out.He said: “If you think of the heading I’ve done in my career and the head injuries I’ve had – I think there’s a good chance that I won’t be 100 percent.“I was doing something on a daily basis that no other human being would do – hitting his head against something over and over again.“When you’re a professional, you need to practise.

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