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Frederick Douglass
4m 1s
Behind the scenes with actor Keith David and producers David Belton & Sarah Colt
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
Video description: Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster's favorite weapon was his head—and the hits kept on coming, for 17 years. In this excerpt from FRONTLINE's "League of Denial," Webster's peers describe what it was like to square off with "Iron Mike." Webster was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after his death at age 50 in 2002.