Former Chicago Bears Team up with the Paul Ruby Foundation to Tackle Parkinson’s Disease

Players involved with the project include John Janata, Bob Wetoska, Chuck Brown, Glen Kozlowski, Keith Van Horne, Shaun Gayle, Tom Hicks, Tom Waddle, Bob Asher, Ed O’Bradovich, Tom Thayer and Bob Thomas.

Several former Bears, including players from the NFL 1963 World Championship team and the 1985 Super Bowl championship team, have offered to get involved with a public service announcement being developed to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease and the efforts of the Paul Ruby Foundation. Paul Ruby, general manager of the Herrington Inn & Spa in Geneva, and Ed McCaskey of the Chicago Bears family cultivated a friendship after both were diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disease. When Paul reached out to McCaskey to enlist the help of the Bears recently, a request letter was drafted and mailed to former Bears players living in the Chicago area. Within the first few days following the mailing, 12 players agreed to be filmed.  “I …

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