Deaths of those in Recent World Cup's:
2006: 3; Tchangai (Togo), Benitez (Ecuador), Husin (Ukraine)
2002; 3; Lekgetho (South Africa), Matsuda (Japan), Foe (Cameroon)
1998: 6; Cargill, Malcolm (Jamaica), Cornejo (Chile), Yekini & Okafor (Nigeria), Khiliawi (Saudi Arabia)
1994; 10 Escobar and Gaviria (Colombia), Castillo (Bolivia), Foe (Cameroon), Mfede (Cameroon), Yekini and Oliha (Nigeria), Khilawi (Saudi), Tsimibiliar (Russia), Ingesson (Sweden)
1990; 6; Klein (Romania), Escobar (Colombia), Glatzmeyer (Austria), Clijsters (Belgium), Mfede (Cameroon), Ingesson (Sweden)
1986: 13; Cooper (Scotland), Hakim (Iraq), Bento, Damas and Antonio (Portugal), Scirea (Italy), Eriksen (Denmark), Clijsters (Belgium), Cuciuffo (Argentina), Socrates (Brazil), McDonald (N.Ireland), Smolarek (Poland), Bal (USSR)
1982: 18; Juanito (Spain), Drummond (Honduras), Dirceu (Brazil), Brotherston (N.Ireland), Scirea (Italy), Coeck (Belgium), Socrates (Brazil), Smolarek (Poland), Abega (Cameroon), Susloparev, Shengelia, Daraselia and Bal (USSR), Vojacek (Czechoslovakia), Santamaria (Argentina), Cole (New Zealand) ,Mahut (France), Pezzey (Austria)
1978; 21; Torok, Kocsis and Pustzai (Hungary), Pepi (France), Toninho, Dirceu, Mendoca and Chicao (Brazil), Pezzey and Happich (Austria), R Rojas (Peru), Nejazi (Iran), Scirea (Italy), Russmann (Germany), Akid (Tunisia), Juanito (Spain), Deyna and Mazur (Poland), Flores (Mexico), Flohe (W.Germany), Jardine (Scotland)