Ex-NFL Player Sues for Benefits, Citing ‘Diagnosis of CTE’

A former NFL player has sued the league, seeking retroactive disability benefits associated with a raft of injuries he suffered during his career, including two concussions.   Williams is suing the NFL (Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan/NFL Player Supplemental Disability Plan) for disability benefits, after the league first denied his 1983 application for post-career benefits, but approved later request in 1995.   Delvin Williams, a running back, began his NFL career in 1974 a