Super Bowl champion quarterback Jim McMahon has long been known as one of the NFL’s grittiest quarterbacks in history.

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Caption: Jim McMahon is one of more than 4,500 former athletes — some suffering from dementia, depression or Alzheimer's that they blamed on blows ...