The future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee spent most of his final year in Arizona watching the boys play football. That definitely affected him, but he would never say anything.”When Stabler would reminisce about his days with legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant or Raiders’ coach John Madden, Justin and Jack noticed their grandfather retelling the same stories over and over again. Anderson Hospital in Houston before he told his three daughters about his diagnosis.It wasn’t until early 2015, when Stabler found out he had stage IV colon cancer, that his family found out about the prostate cancer as well.“It took a while to digest that,” Stabler Moyes said. Stabler quarterbacked the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI, was the 1974 NFL Most Valuable Player and was selected as a quarterback for the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team. But they must also decide if they will allow the Stabler legacy on the gridiron to continue and allow their own children to play football.“Everyone who plays the game knows there is a risk factor,” Justin said. Stabler's celebrity golf tournaments in Stabler was married three times: Isabel Clarke from 1968 to 1973, Debbie Fitzsimmons from 1975 to 1978 and Rose Molly Burch from 1984 to 2009. Ken Stabler poses with his grandsons, Jack and Justin Moyes, in their Chaparral football uniforms. “The fans and all the noises and the clapping. “You could kind of see that in everyday life.

“He was just his sweet, goofy, happy self until the day he died.”The concussion crisis in football will continue to unfold, but a long chapter in the book on Stabler will soon close after an extended candidacy for the Hall of Fame.

The offense often struggled in Stabler signed a two-year contract with the Raiders in March 1968.After suffering severe knee injuries, Stabler became less a scrambling quarterback and more a classic, drop-back passer, known for accurate passes and an uncanny ability to lead late, come-from-behind drives. They’re not interested in living in fear of what might happen, the same way their father and grandfather approached his own life.“We’re not just going to sit like it’s a funeral,” Stabler Moyes said. Ann McKee, professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University, examined Stabler’s brain and diagnosed him with CTE. There were a lot of things left unsaid in the Stabler household due to the Foley, Alabama, native’s personality. “He joined it (the lawsuit) because he wanted to be supportive and help other players and to be another voice,” Stabler Moyes said. The 1974 NFL MVP led the Raiders to the Super Bowl XI title and five straight conference title games. Stabler was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame We believe there is a genetic component to the long-term damage resulting from sustaining multiple concussions.”Now the Moyes’ boys must live with this burden playing the sport their grandfather loved. You could just see that he was really mentally foggy.”It continued to get worse. MORE: Why Ken Stabler is an NFL immortal Stabler died last year at age 69 after a bout with colon cancer. The school honored Stabler on Sept. 26 before an overtime victory.

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But Stabler himself never lost sleep over being slighted while he was alive. Stabler’s mind also began to fail him.In his final days, as he watched his grandsons play the game he loved, Stabler was also constantly reminded of the toll the game took on his brain, Stabler Moyes said.“I’m sure it was really tough for him to be at the football games because there were times when lights would trigger stuff,” she said. He had ringing in his ears.“He wouldn’t have outbursts of anger or do crazy things,” Stabler Moyes said.