Gay Culverhouse (February 5, 1947 – July 1, 2020) was president of the

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from 1991 to 1994 while her father,

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, owned the team. Inspired by Tom McHale, a former Buccaneers player who suffered from

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, Culverhouse founded the Gay Culverhouse Players Outreach Program, which helps retired NFL players access earned benefits from the

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. Culverhouse is the author of ''Throwaway Players: The Concussion Crisis from Pee Wee Football to the NFL''. In 1996, she served a brief term as president of

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. She died on July 1, 2020, at age 73 of complications of

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Radio Interview With Gay Culverhouse Regarding NFL Concussions and her recent book "Throw Away Players: The Concussion Crisis"- Miller on Sports Radio
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