Former Australian rules football player Heather Anderson has been posthumously diagnosed with CTE – which causes memory loss, depression and violent mood swings – in a landmark finding for female professional athletes.
The Concussion Legacy Foundation said Heather Anderson, who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League Women's competition, is the first female athlete diagnosed with CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions.
CTE, which can only be diagnosed posthumously, can cause memory loss, depression and violent mood swings in athletes, combat veterans and others who sustain repeated head trauma. Anderson died last November at age 28. FILE -- Heather Anderson of the Crows looks to pass the ball during the round four Australian Football League Women's match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Adelaide Crows at Fremantle Oval on Feb. 26, 2017, in Fremantle, Australia.On Tuesday, Buckland told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that the diagnosis was a step toward understanding the impact of years of playing contact sport has on women's brains.
Anderson had at least one diagnosed concussion while playing eight games during Adelaide's premiership-winning AFLW season in 2017. Anderson had played rugby league and Aussie rules, starting in contact sports at the age of 5. She retired from the professional AFLW after the 2017 season because of a shoulder injury before returning to work as an army medic.
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