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Ryan Mason was forced to retire in February 2018.
Former Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason has called for a ban on children heading footballs. 
Mason, 27, retired from football in February last year after he fractured his skull while playing for Hull City against Chelsea in January 2017. 
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“If you have got a seven or eight-year-old heading a solid ball, and his brain and his bone in his skull isn’t fully developed, that could potentially be doing damage,” Mason, capped once by England, told BBC London.
“I look at some kids and…

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