MarcJWallace

Horrific news from Panama as 22-year-old Michael Ruiz, who played for Alianza FC was murdered in a nightclub.

An Austrian Cup tie between Blau-Weiss Linz and TSV Hartberg has been abandoned after Raphael Dwamena collapsed on the sidelines. Dwamena (26) only joined BW Linz in the summer after a layoff after having an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) implanted to correct a heart ailment while at Levante last year. In between his time at Levante and BW Linz, he played for Vejle BK in Denmark, where an issue with his heart led to his contract being terminated.

George Kinnell, who played 130 games for Aberdeen between 1959 and 1963 has died aged 83. After leaving Aberdeen for Stoke City, he played 91 times for The Potters in three years before moving to Oldham, Sunderland and then Middlesbrough, retiring after a spell in Australia with Juventus Melbourne. He was also a cousin of the legendary Jim Baxter (1939-2001) https://www.afc.co.uk/2021/10/17/in-memoriam-george-kinnell/

Nikos Tsoumanis, a left-back for numerous clubs in his native Greece has been found dead in his car aged 31 and Police suspect foul play.

José Luis Lamadrid, a member of the 1954 World Cup squad for Mexico, dead aged 91. Edited to add that he played in both of Mexico's matches at the tournament, a 2-0 defeat to Brazil and a 3-2 loss to France.

Ian Riddell, who played at full-back for Berwick Rangers in their famed 1967 victory over [Glasgow] Rangers has been reported dead. A precise age is unknown, but the report from the Berwick Rangers website notes he was in his early eighties. https://berwickrangers.com/ian-riddell/

Gunther Wienhold, the goalkeeper in the West German Olympic side at the Munich games, has died aged 72. He was a teammate of Uli Hoeness and Ottmar Hitzfeld in this particular squad. https://www.swr.de/sport/fussball/sc-freiburg/guenther-wienhold-gestorben-100.html

John Challis dead

https://twitter.com/ZahraaRhm/status/1438995341530046466 Deid

Deid.

José Yudica, the manager of Argentinos Juniors when they won the league and Copa Libertadores in 1985 has died aged 85. He also won the Argentine title with Newell's Old Boys in 1988, he was succeeded in this post by Marcelo Bielsa in 1990. As a player, he won four caps for Argentina - scoring one goal and also scored 20 goals in 65 games for Boca Juniors between 1959 and 1961.

https://twitter.com/raecomm/status/1426870599025106948?s=21 Deid.

Also the father of the referee Nick Patrick.

Antonio de la Torre Villalpando, who was in the Mexico squad for the 1978 WC in Argentina is dead aged 69. 44 caps and one goal for the defender, who played for El Tri between 1972 and 1978.

Jergé Hoefdraad, a winger whose career was spent moving around smaller to medium-sized Dutch clubs, but always returning to Almere City, was shot and killed yesterday. The 35-year-old spent his youth career at FC Abcoude then the giants AFC Ajax, before moving to RKC Waalwijk, where he made his professional debut. After leaving Waalwijk, he joined Almere City, whom he would play for 153 times across three spells from 2009-2011, 2013-15 and lastly from 2017-2019. Perhaps his best stint as a player, however, was at Cambuur Leeuwarden, whom he played for between his second and third spells at Almere - scoring six goals and assisting 21 in 51 matches. His other club in his playing career was a two-year stint at SC Telstar between 2011 and 2013.

Hideki Hosaka, who competed in numerous Japanese promotions such as FMW, All-Japan Pro Wrestling and Zero-One has died aged 49. He had been suffering from Stage Four colon cancer since October of 2019. Obit in Japanese - https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d19c663e20e968b7f2624381bc5d662cea2b658c

Cross-post from the Fringes of Fame thread, Geraldo Francisco dos Santos, known during his playing career as Zizinho, has died aged 59. https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/8981008/giovani-dos-santos-papa-zizinho-muerte-america-liga-mx He was also the father of the Mexican international brothers Giovani, who played for Barcelona and Spurs; and Jonathan, who played for Barcelona and Villarreal. Both brothers currently play together at MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy.

Geraldo Francisco dos Santos, the father of Mexican international footballer brothers Giovani and Jonathan, has died at the age of 59. https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/8981008/giovani-dos-santos-papa-zizinho-muerte-america-liga-mx

Jeff Barmby, centre forward for Selby Town, York City and Goole Town, but was at his best playing for Scarborough, where he scored 156 goals in 358 games in their pre-Football League days has died aged 78. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/jeff-barmby-hull-footballer-78-5666380 Jeff was the father of Nick Barmby, who won 23 caps for England and scored four goals and famously moved from Everton to Liverpool during his career where he was part of The Reds treble-winning season in 2000-01.

Cha Gi-suk, a South Korean goalkeeper who played several times for the national team at Under-17 and Under-20 level and was in the senior squad for the 2004 Asian Cup, has died aged 34. He had struggled for some time with chronic kidney conditions, requiring several transplants, with AIDS seeing him off, received from a donor that had HIV. https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210713166800007

Chris Romero, known during his career as Chris Youngblood, where he portrayed a Native American along with his brother Mark is dead at 55.

A huge moment on this forum and I missed it, ffs.

Philece Sampler, voice actress whose credits included Digimon Adventure, Dragon Ball Super, The Legend of Korra and Ghost In The Shell among others has died of a heart attack aged 68.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-rumsfeld-dead-dies_n_585ac11be4b0d9a59456cdb7 deid oh ffs, no fast you’re last

Marcelo Campo, who made 29 appearances for Argentina between 1978 and 1987 and was also in their squad for the inaugural Rugby World Cup that same year dead of a heart attack aged 63. Scored a very famous try for the Pumas against England at Twickenham in 1978.