Abstract
This interrupted case study traces the football career of Anthony "Tony Tonka Truck" Williams, and the types of brain trauma that he suffers from youth league through high school, college and his draft into the pros. In order to be successful during this case, readers will have to be familiar with the signs, symptoms, epidemiology and ramifications of concussions, Second Impact Syndrome, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Students will analyze and compare the differences between these three types of brain trauma and predict the outcome of Anthony's health based on symptoms and events given in each part. Although Anthony is fictional, the teaching notes include real examples of young men who have suffered or died as a result of these types of brain trauma and should be shared with the class. This case can be completed during one class session and is appropriate for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in neuroscience, sports-related rehabilitation, and anatomy and physiology.