Pro Football
From Staff and Wire Reports
The NFL Players Assn. will contribute $500,000 to a fund to assist retired players who face catastrophic illnesses or other personal crises.
Frank Woschitz, spokesman for the association, said its board of directors voted to donate $100,000 a year for five years to the Players Assistance Trust Fund. Woschitz said the fund, organized a year ago, has raised $75,000.
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