The phrase “larger than life personality” could have been invented to describe Bubba Smith. Looming at 6’7″ and almost 300 pounds, he was the first pick of the 1967 NFL draft and earned his ring at Superbowl V with the Baltimore Colts. His extraordinary defensive skills on the football field left many a shell-shocked quarterback lying prostate in his wake. Following his nine year professional football career, he parlayed his fame into a second career in film and television. He is best known in the acting world as Captain Moses Hightower in the Police Academy movies and for his appearances in Miller Lite commercials. After he passed in 2011, his estate allowed researchers to study his brain for evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). It was discovered that he had been living under the effects of level three CTE (the scale runs from one to four). Follow the link below to read more about these findings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/sports/football/bubba-smith-cte-nfl-concussion.html?_r=1
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