Like he did so many times in his 11-year professional football Hall of Fame career, Roger Craig delivered the ?goods at Saturday¡¯s induction ceremony in Canton, Ohio.
Craig, 66, who waited 28 years before getting the call, waited until the end of his nine-minute recorded speech to reveal the heartbreaking news that he has been diagnosed with vascular dementia.
But the three-time San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl champion running back chose to focus on ?the gifts that his beloved game bestowed upon him and his family and use Saturday¡¯s ?platform to ?reach out to successive generations of players to seek medical care when ¡°something ?doesn¡¯t feel right.¡±
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