MarcJWallace

Tomás Balcázar, member of the Mexico squad at the 1954 World Cup, has died aged 88. Balcázar played in both of Mexico's matches at the tournament, scoring in the 3-2 defeat to France. He's perhaps better known nowadays as the grandfather of the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and West Ham United striker Javier Hernández, better known as Chicharito. Trivia, Grandfather and grandson both scored against France at a World Cup, the grandson's goal coming in the 2010 edition. Interestingly, both of them were 22 when they scored against France. https://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/muere-tomas-balcazar-historico-de-chivas-y-abuelo-de-chicharito/1378341

The former Surinamese footballer Rinaldo Entingh has died of his injuries three days after being struck by a car in his native Paramaribo. Entingh, who was 67, spent his entire career with the eminent Surinamese club Robinhood, forming a legendary attack with Roy George and Errol Emanuelson, the father of the former Ajax, Fulham, Roma and Netherlands winger Urby Emanuelson. He won 27 caps for Suriname, scoring 5 goals in an international career that lasted from 1972 until 1985. https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/04/23/oud-topvoetballer-entingh-20ste-verkeersdode/

An unnamed [presumably current] player for former French champions Montpellier is currently hospitalised with "Digestive and respiratory problems" EDIT: L'Equipe has named the player as Junior Sambia (23) He is currently in intensive care after his condition deteriorated https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Montpellier-junior-sambia-hospitalise/1129331

Report on the death of Edmond Baraffe, part of the France squad for the 1966 World Cup - https://www.lesechosdutouquet.fr/40688/article/2020-04-19/edmond-baraffe-ancien-entraineur-du-touquet-est-decede Baraffe, who was 77, played for Boulogne, Red Star Saint-Ouen twice either side of a stint at Toulouse, where he scored 35 goals in 93 matches and, finally, Lille. He made three scoreless appearances for Les Bleus.

Dick Cheney.

Frits Flinkefleugel, who was part of the AFC DWS who won Eredivisie in 1964, has died aged 80. He also won 11 caps for the Dutch national team. DWS made the quarter-finals of the European Cup the following year, they're an amateur team nowadays and are, astonishingly, the last team in the Netherlands to win Eredivisie whose colours weren't red and white. https://nos.nl/artikel/2330135-oud-international-flinkevleugel-die-met-dws-historie-schreef-overleden.html

Deid.

Bad times when I see anyone dying and I leg it here hoping to be first, does that make me a ghoul?

João Marcos Coelho da Silva, the goalkeeper in Gremio's 1985 and 1986 Gaucho championship wins has died aged 66 of esophageal complications. 1 cap for Brazil in 1984.

Gregorio Benito Rubio, known as "Goyo Benito", a decorated central defender who spent the majority of his career with Real Madrid has died aged 73. Goyo played more than 400 times for Real, scoring twice between 1966 and 1982 with a 2 year loan spell at Rayo Vallecano in the first two years in which he made 43 scoreless appearances. In his time with Real he won La Liga and the Spanish Cup six times each and was also part of the 1981 Real Madrid side who lost the European Cup final to Liverpool in Paris. He was also one of only two players, the other being José Martinez Sanchez "Pirri" to be personally bestowed with the Laureada by Santiago Bernabeu himself for his contributions to the club. https://sportsfinding.com/goyo-benito-dies-fierce-banner-of-real-madrid/28110/

A doubler here, two Ghanaian legends have passed in the last 24 hours. Today, Kwasi Owusu died aged 72, he was a part of the Black Stars squad that reached the final of the 1970 African Cup of Nations, losing to Sudan. He was also the all-time leading goalscorer for the Ghana national team until he was surpassed by Asamoah Gyan. https://theunionjournal.com/ghana-loses-second-legend-in-two-days-as-kwasi-owusu-passes-away/ Yesterday, it was announced that Opoku Afriyie, known in his homeland as 'Bayie' had died aged 75, he was part of the Ghana side that won the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil - which set a record at the time as Ghana became the first side to win the continental title on three occasions [since surpassed by Egypt]. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/ghanas-1978-afcon-winner-opoku-afriyie-confirmed-dead/ar-BB11Skaa

The former Steaua Bucharest goalkeeper Martin Tudor has died suddenly at the age of 43. He made 126 appearances for Steaua between 1999 and 2005 before leaving for CFR Cluj and then their cross-town rivals Universitatea Cluj before ending his career with Steaua's second-string in 2010.

https://www.milenio.com/deportes/futbol/don-ignacio-trelles-murio-paz-casa-leti-hija Ignacio Trelles, whose playing career spanned from 1932 through to 1949 and then went on to have several successes as a manager in his native Mexico - winning seven Mexican titles and managing the national team in five spells - including at two World Cups, has died aged 103.

https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/03/25/murio-ignacio-trelles-a-los-103-anos-mitico-entrenador-del-futbol-mexicano/ Ignacio Trelles, the Mexico manager at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups, has died aged 103.

Imelda Marcos, just a feeling.

Le Pen.

Motherfucker, every time I see her thread bumped I keep thinking she's deid because of that Unstable marker beside her name.

Irvino English (42), who played nine times for Jamaica - scoring twice, has been shot dead. English spent his entire playing career with Waterhouse FC in his homeland and featured during the qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20200227/jff-shocked-murder-former-national-footballer-irvino-english

Harry Gregg, a survivor of the tragic 1958 Munich Air Disaster which claimed the lives of eight of his team-mates, has died aged 87. Dubbed the Hero of Munich, he rescued several people from the wreckage of the plane - including [Sir] Bobby Charlton, Jackie Blanchflower, Dennis Viollet and his brain-damaged manager, [Sir] Matt Busby. Gregg's death means that only Charlton survives of the United players who were on the plane who didn't perish.

Shariff Abdul Samat, a Singaporean footballer and son of Samad Allapitchay, has died aged 36 -

The former Spartak Moscow player Valery Reingold (77) has died after a sudden heart attack.

Tom Smith, after all, I floated the suggestion...

Aye, she's humped.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2020/01/30/john-andretti-dies-age-5-x-colon-cancer-he-indycar-and-nascar-driver/3822509002/ John Andretti dead.