- Jarvis developed Alzheimer’s disease and died in December 2019
- ‘Constant heading can’t have done him any good,’ says widow
A former Wales international footballer who developed dementia had died after heading heavy leather balls during his career, an inquest heard on Thursday.
Alan Jarvis, 76, who played for Everton, Hull City and Mansfield Town during his career before retiring from the game at the age of 30, died at a nursing home at Mold, North Wales, last December. A coroner at Ruthin recorded a conclusion of death due to an industrial disease.
