Chris Henry was an American football wide receiver who played five seasons in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at West Virginia and was drafted by the Bengals in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Henry was convicted of several criminal charges and was briefly suspended by the NFL. He later died in a motor vehicle accident. Post death investigation revealed that Henry had developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy during his playing career due to multiple hard hits to the head. While several former NFL players have been found to have the disease after their deaths, Henry was believed to be the first still-active NFL player to have the condition. 

May 17th, 1983 in Belle Chasse  /  Died:   Dec 17th, 2009 - aged 26