My dad says on his day big chiv was unplayable but he did struggle against the hard men. Also still raves that gilzean was the best header of a football he has ever seen........back when footballs were heavier as well!
I often wonder about that and his eventual tragic death from a brain tumour. Jeff Astle also suffered 'minor traumas' to his brain and death by industrial injury was given as the cause of his demise. It was also talked about regarding the passing of the great Danny Blanchflower who died of Alzheimer's disease in December 1993.
That ball on a wet day was like heading a cannonball. I remember playing and it was pissing down with rain and the pitch was waterlogged, puddles everywhere. We were awarded a corner and I took it. Instead of a short one I tried to get it into the box and did my hamstring lumping the bloody thing skyward.