Burrow was diagnosed with the degenerative disease barely two years after ending his stellar rugby league career but refused to give up the fight.
The Prince of Wales called Rob Burrow an inspiration when he surprised him with his CBE, but the former rugby league player said that was never his goal when he set out to raise awareness of motor neurone disease and that he “just wanted to try and help other people”.
In October of that year, a moving BBC documentary aired, Rob Burrow – My Year With MND, in which he declared: “I have too many reasons to live. I’m not giving in until my last breath.” In August of the same year, Burrow published his autobiography Too Many Reasons To Live, in which he revealed how crying was banned in the Burrow household and that he managed to maintain his cheery outlook on life despite his constant battle with his terminal illness.
Burrow received the Helen Rollason Award at the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, where he paid tribute to his “MND hero” and former Scotland rugby union international Doddie Weir, who had died the previous month.
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