Nobby Stiles [passed away | died] at [85 | 85 years old]. A coroner ruled he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) caused by repeated headers in matches. Experts linked his condition to around 130,000 headers he took. He played as a hard-tackling midfielder for Manchester United and England. Stiles lifted England’s World Cup in 1966 . He was known for fierce tackles on the field.