Zippy Morocco, the former University of Georgia two-sport star from the 1950s who died on Sunday at age 86, may have been suffering from a post-concussive disease that has been increasingly diagnosed among football players in recent years.
His son, Atlanta businessman and former Clemson QB Chris Morocco, confirmed his father’s death was the result of suicide. He also said he believes his father’s depression and the bouts with mental and physical problems he endured later in life could be linked to chronic tramatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
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