In the Que Volume IV Newsletter #17 07/13/2019

Updates on Heat stroke

In the 1950’s and 1960’s football players were taught that drinking Water was for Sissies.

On September 1, 1962 Reggie Grob, a Texas football player, was rushed to the hospital with a core temperature of 106. He died two weeks later. On March 29th, 2019 Jordan McNair, a Maryland football player, was rushed to the hospital with a core temperature of 106. He died two weeks later. 56 years of significant research on the causes of heat stroke separate these two tragic deaths and still the lesson is not learned.

Read the whole article in the Que.

Reggie Grob

Spanky is the middle between Mackovich, Akers, Royal, and McWilliams. He has spent years establishing concussion protocols to protect high school athletes.

Hopefully, Spanky’s effort to educate pre-college athletes and their families about concussions will lead to better methods to diagnose head trauma in the early phases.

A teammate bond last forever. Dr. Dan Terwelp and Larry Webb as Longhorn football teammates represent this bond. Larry recently passed away living the last years of his life like many other former Longhorn student athletes and their families. Dan Terwelp was part of Larry’s family support system through the very worse.

The updated stories of Longhorns consumed by CTE and Spanky’s story are in the que.

Dr. Dan Terwelp and Larry Webb