{"id":179836,"date":"2025-06-13T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179836\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T01:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:28:11","slug":"daughter-of-albion-legend-jeff-astle-receives-mbe-honour-from-prince-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179836\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter of Albion legend Jeff Astle receives MBE honour from Prince William"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.expressandstar.com\/news\/2024\/12\/30\/daughter-of-west-brom-legend-jeff-astle-dedicates-mbe-to-late-father-and-albion-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miss Astle<\/a> was nominated in the King&#8217;s New Year Honours list and was among those to be formally honoured at the investiture on Thursday for her tireless <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/sandwell\/west-bromwich\/2023\/09\/06\/victory-for-campaigner-dawn-astle-after-fund-set-up-to-support-players-with-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigning<\/a> to raise awareness of the impact of heading footballs on health alongside Penny Watson, the wife of former Sunderland and England defender and FA Cup winner Dave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7524f406-7648-4f1c-8b91-fdaa08d33da3.jpg\"   alt=\" Dawn Astle with the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/> Dawn Astle with the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle<\/p>\n<p>She was presented with the honour for her work with the Jeff Astle Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ce6b358a-269e-454d-b3f9-963245c4175d.jpg\"   alt=\"Jeff Astle in his playing days\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Jeff Astle in his playing days<\/p>\n<p>Her father died in 2002 at the age of 59, and after an inquest, a coroner recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease owing to his repeated heading of a ball.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent postmortem examination of Astle\u2019s brain confirmed he had been suffering from the progressive disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition more commonly linked to boxers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/c2ecf4ca-a2d2-43ec-9398-95a273c0bf8f.jpg\"   alt=\"Dawn Astle at the Hawthorns \" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Dawn Astle at the Hawthorns <\/p>\n<p>She said the &#8220;Justice for Jeff&#8221; 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