Octopus of Odstock

Prince Philip is Indian as proved by this

It is, but for clarity, this is a non league team and not the team currently near the bottom of the Premiership.

Latest confirmation of the alive or not confirms NOT: George Wallace 18/04/1920 Scunthorpe Ron Rothwell 10/07/1920 Rochdale, Dunfermline Tommy Sinclair 13/10/1921 Bradford, brentford, Aldershot Charlie McClelland 08/01/1924 Exeter, Blackburn, Hyde Utd Wallace died in 2002, Sinclair in 2015. McClelland died in 1977, aged just 53. Poor old Ron Rothwell, far from almost being 100, died aged just 45 on the 25th Feb 1966.

I did say Belso had 100 per cent chance of dying, 20 per cent chance of obit and ive been proved to be pretty much right so far.

Tom Belso died at midnight Saturday. Just got email from his widow. Full link to come.

Found that oldest "not confirmed alive" player Fred Kilshaw is indeed NOT alive. Died 15th June 1989. Fred Kilshaw 24/08/1916 New Brighton, Leicester

Bob Varsha, long-time commentator, quite ill with cancer - https://racer.com/2020/01/06/veteran-race-commentator-varsha-battling-cancer/ Despite being US based, he's been involved in so much for so long, he should get UK Obits.

Sad news. I remember her from Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation.

Alive, though is Ron Phoenix - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/once-failing-urmston-manor-care-16301264, albeit in a care home now.

Another recent passing is Tommy Forgan - https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/18105039.legendary-york-city-keeper-tommy-forgan-passes-away-aged-90/

David Mathers died in 2014 - https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?firstname=david cochrane&firstname_variants=true&lastname=mathers&sourcecountry=great britain

Never played in the football league but Manchester United count their oldest living player as 98 year old Jack White - Apparently played a couple of games for them during the War.

Dudley Kernick died a couple of weeks back at 98 - https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-commercial-dudley-kernick-3654035

And even more astonishing is that Alan Rollinson, as nice a bloke he was, DID get a mention. He was a non-qualifier, yet the man who designed numerous successful racing cars AND was Oxford United's chairman didn't get a mention in either. None of the other motor racing drivers who died in 2019 would've got anything from the BBC but Herd was the big miss there.

Bill Simpson, former Indycar driver and safety pioneer has died after suffering a stroke last week. https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTEwMjQ4OTY0MTQ6Vks6NDMxNTkxNjk3Nzg0MTAz