Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast

Heading for Trouble: Football’s Head Impact Crisis – And How We Save the Game with Dr Kevin Moore

Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail Dr Moore is the founding Director of England’s National Football Museum, which he built from the ground up over more than twenty years, bringing together world-class collections, including the FIFA Collection. He opened the museum in Preston in 2001 before relocating it to Manchester in 2012, where it attracted over half a million visitors annually. He has advised sports museums internationally and written extensively on football history and museum culture. His latest book, H...

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