Willie Wood’s early second-half interception and 50-yard return sprung the Green Bay Packers to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I, but the Hall of Fame defensive back doesn’t remember the unforgettable play or anything else from that game.
A Feb. 4 feature story from Bill Pennington of The New York Times revealed that Wood, 79, is in a wheelchair now and has lost most of his cognitive functions due to his dementia. He does not remember ever playing in the NFL.
The man Wood intercepted in Super Bowl I, former Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, has seen similar cases and attributes the mental decline to concussions.
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