Octopus of Odstock

Although there is an argument this could be within the Time Added thread, to be fair there is 8,000,000 threads about music, so why not two about football. Some of those interested enough would have noticed my posts on early deaths of World Cup Players - but this is Deathlist and DDP ideas are wanted, I am sure and it is unlikely Emile Heskey, Paolo Wanchope and Philippe Lahm are going to be on many death pools. In time, I& will try and do all the pre-1962 surviving players, but for now, I will round up the 1950 players and pre-1938 - of which there is only one, Rene Llense, who is near 100 (EDIT Now dead). He was however a squad player who never played. Of the 1950 players, there are a maximum of 40 alive. However that World Cup saw a lot of South American teams, whose players are virtual unknowns, so the likelihood is that more Mexicans, Chilean, Bolivian and Paraguyan players are dead. 1954 and 1958 should be slightly more accurate. Some famous names on there though and some certainly worth a stab on the DDP. This will also be where other World Cup Players' deaths can be posted - and why not start as I mean to go on, with the death of Jan Zlocha, who played for the Czechoslovakian team in 1970 - 7 of their squad dead already. http://www.cas.sk/cl...ntant-cssr.html (IN Czech) Note the below is only who played, not squad members (like Llense); Switzerland||| Player ||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age -|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Adolphe Hug|||||||||||||||(1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 26) Yugoslavia||| Player||||||||||||||||||||||||||| DoB/Age 13||||||||||||||||||||||||Željko Čajkovski|||||||||(1925-05-05)5 May 1925 (aged 25) Mexico|||||||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age 1|||||||||||||||||||||||||Antonio Carbajal||||||(1929-06-07)7 June 1929 (aged 21) 16|||||||||||||||||||||Carlos Guevara|||||||||1930 8||||||||||||||||||||||||||Héctor Ortiz||||||||||||||||(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 21) 9||||||||||||||||||||||||||Mario Pérez||||||||||||||(1927-02-19)19 February 1927 (aged 23) 7|||||||||||||||||||||||||Carlos Septién||||||||||(1923-01-18)18 January 1923 (aged 27) England||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age -|||||||||||||||||||||||Roy Bentley||||||||||||||||||||(1924-05-17)17 May 1924 (aged 26) Chile||||||||||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/ Age -4|||||||||||||||||||||Manuel Álvarez Jiménez|||||||||||||(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 22) 2||||||||||||||||||||||Arturo Farías|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1927-11-01)1 November 1927 (aged 22) 15|||||||||||||||||||Carlos Ibáñez|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1931-11-30)30 November 1931 (aged 18) 8||||||||||||||||||||||Luis Mayanés|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1925-01-15)15 January 1925 (aged 25) 9|||||||||||||||||||||Manuel Muñoz|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1928-04-28)28 April 1928 (aged 22) 12|||||||||||||||||||Andrés Prieto|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1928-12-19)19 December 1928 (aged 21) 3|||||||||||||||||||||Fernando Roldán||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1921-04-01)1 April 1921 (aged 29) USA|||||||||||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age 6|||||||||||||||||||||Walter Bahr||||||||||||||||||(1927-04-01)1 April 1927 (aged 23) Sweden||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age 9|||||||||||||||||||||Karl-Erik Palmér||||||||(1929-04-17)17 April 1929 (aged 21) Italy||||||||||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age 8|||||||||||||||||||Giampiero Boniperti||||||||(1928-07-04)4 July 1928 (aged 21) 14|||||||||||||||||Osvaldo Fattori||||||||||||||||(1922-06-22)22 June 1922 (aged 28) -2||||||||||||||||||Attilio Giovannini|||||||||||||(1924-07-30)30 July 1924 (aged 25) 17||||||||||||||||Egisto Pandolfini|||||||||||||||(1926-02-19)19 February 1926 (aged 24) Paraguay||||||||Player||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age 8|||||||||||||||||||||||||Atilio López||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1925-02-05)5 February 1925 (aged 25) 9|||||||||||||||||||||||||Darío Saguier||||||||||||||||||||||||||(1926-09-11)11 September 1926 (aged 23) Bolivia|||||||||||Player|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||DoB/Age -4|||||||||||||||||||||Antonio Greco||||||||||||||||(1923-09-17)17 September 1923 (aged 26) 24 survivors (who played a game) **Note this (being alive) is presumed in the case of 3 teams*** There's also only a few others who might be alive that were a squad member: Switzerland: Friedlander, Lusenti, Siegenthaler, Beerli, Gyger Yugoslavia: Zlatkovic Mexico: Cuburu, Cordoba, M Gutierrez Chile: Rojas Italy: Caprile Paraguay: Berni, Paredes, Canete, Cantero Bolivia: a lot of them but I think they've all gone

I knew a bit more about this 5 weeks ago. A mutual friend was asked to check the provenance of the cars. Ecclestone was reported as being charming, seemed fit and not frail (for his age) amd sharp as a tack still. I think he's just getting things in order for his family as opposed to anything imminent.

Epileptic seizure apparently.

Len Willett died earlier this year - https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/24515088.wrexham-afc-tribute-paid-former-player-len-willett/

Recent reports suggest a minimum of 375 former footballers have dementia or some form of degenerative brain deisease, but other people like Tony Cascarino suspect it is a lot more according to reports. For privacy reasons, not all 375 are going to reveal but with so many footballers now coming public and with the hapless Gordon Taylor now gone at the PFA, many more may now reveal their plight. I thought it would be a good idea to record those living for research purposes. I know there are much more, but I can add them on in due course as of course this can be amended. Forename Surname Age in 2024 Clubs International Caps Harry Jarvis 96 Notts County, Worksop Enrique Collar 90 Athletico Madrid, Cadiz, Valencia, Murcia Spain 16 Cliff Jones 89 Swansea, Tottenham, Fulham Wales 59 Jim MacLean 88 Dunfermline Billy Wilson 88 Linfield, Portadown, Burnley, Ballymena Alan Peacock 87 Middlesbrough, Leeds, Plymouth Argyle England 6 Nair Silva 87 Corinthians Brazil 1 Ron Yeats 87 Dundee United, Liverpool, Tranmere Scotland 2 Carlos Bilardo 86 San Lorenzo, Deportivo Español, Estudiantes Frank Wignall 85 Everton, Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Derby County, Mansfield, King's Lynn England 2 Alan Roper 85 Walsall Gilberto Della Breda 85 Kortrijk, Gent, Standard Liege Denis Law 84 Huddersfield, Manchester City, Manchester United, Torino Scotland 55 Xavier Stierli 84 FC Zurich Switzerland 12 Alan Spence 84 Southport, Sunderland, Darlington, Oldham, Chester Len Willett 84 Wrexham, Congleton Jose Zico Dias 84 Nacional, Paranese Hughie McIlmoyle 84 Leicester, Rotherham, Carlisle, Wolves, Middlesbrough, Bristo C, Preston, Morton Alex Stuart 83 Dundee, Dundee United John McNamee 83 Newcastle, Workington, Celtic, Hibs, Hartlepool, Blackburn Mike Bailey 82 Charlton, Hereford United, Wolves England 2 Rod Thornhill 82 Reading, Poole Town Hugh Ryden 81 Bristol Rovers, Stockport County, Chester, Halifax Gordon Wallace 81 Montrose, Raith, Dundee, Dundee United, Seattle Sounders Jorge Peralta 81 Club Sport Uruguary, Herediano Costa Rica 1 Alan Gilliver 80 Huddersfield, Blackburn, Rotherham, Brighton, Lincoln, Bradford, Stockport Nelson Acosta 80 Huracan Buceo, Penarol Peter Cormack 78 Hibernian, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Bristol City, Partick Thistle Scotland 9 Dave Watson 78 Notts County, Rotherham, Sunderland, Manchester City, Stoke, Southampton, Derby England 65 John Tudor 78 Coventry, Sheffield United, Newcastle United, Stoke, KAA Gent Dave Boylen 77 Grimsby Town Billy Sinclair 77 Greenock Morton, Chelsea, Glentoran, Kilmarnock, Linfield, Sligo Rovers Chris Barnard 76 Southend, Ipswich, Torquay, Charlton Gareth Davies 75 Wrexham Wales 3 Tony Parkes 75 Blackburn Rovers Barry Whitbread 75 Lancaster, Altrincham and Runcorn, Singapore manager Tommy Cassidy 74 Glentoran, Newcastle, Burnley Northern Ireland 24 Alex Cropley 73 Hibernian, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Toronto Blizzard, Portsmouth Scotland 2 Terry McDermott 73 Bury, Newcastle United, Liverpool England 23 Frank Womble 73 Rotherham, Crewe, Halifax Mick Lyons 73 Everton, Sheffield Wednesday, Grimsby Trevor Whymark 73 Ipswich, Derby, Grimsby, Vancouver Whitecaps, Southend, Peterborough England 1 Willie Young 72 Aberdeen, Tottenham, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Norwich, Brighton, Darlington Dave Serella 72 Nottingham Forest, Walsall, Blackpool Osvaldo Aquino 72 San Lorenzo, Gurani, Olimpia Paraguay Daniel Passarella 71 Sarmineto, River Plate, Fiorentina, Inter Milan Argentina 70 Kees Doornebal 71 Christchurch United Stuart Parker 70 Blackpool, Southend, Chesterfield, Blackburn, Bury, Chester etc. Jimmy Calderwood 69 Birmingham, Cambridge, Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II, Roda, Heracles Dave Cusack 68 Sheffield Wednesday, Southend, Millwall, Doncaster, Rotherham, Boston Dietmar Constantini 68 LASK, SWW Innsbruck Pierre Vermeulen 68 Rida, Feyenoord, MVV, PSG, Tours, Angers Holland 9 John Deehan 67 Aston Villa, Norwich, West Brom, Ipswich, Barnsley Edgardo Bauza 66 Rosario, Verecruz, Atletico Jr, Independiente Argentina 3 Gordon Cowans 66 Aston Villa, Blackburn, Derby, Wolves, Sheffield United, Bradford, Stockport, Burnley England 10 Steve Elliott 66 Nottingham Forest, Preston, Luton, Bury, Bolton, Walsall, Rochdale Steve Norris 65 Port Vale, Leek Town Brendan Ormsby 64 Aston Villa, Leeds, Shrewsbury, Doncaster, Scarborough, Wigan Colin Gibson 64 Aston Villa, Manchester United, Port Vale, Leicester, Blackpool, Walsall Jan Furtok 62 GKS Katowice, Eintract Frankfurt, Hamburg Poland 36 Kevin Hetherington 61 Ayr, Queen of the South, Annan Jan Jaap Keistra 59 Veendam, Groningen Bruce Murray 58 Washington Stars, Maryland, Millwall, Stockport, Ayr, Atlanta Ruckus United States 85 Martin Ogg 55 FC Schaffhausen

Nair died in 2018 - https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2018/08/22/morre-nair-ex-jogador-de-madureira-portuguesa-corinthians-e-atletico-pr.htm

McNamee was on my 2025 DDP. He had dementia and Parkisons, poor sod, and was in rapidly failing health.

Many thanks for this, much appreciated. @YoungWillz, only minor quibble with Niblett is that he never actually played a league game for Cardiff.

I've done this as a separate topic from the Time Added thread, because the Time Added thread is very catch-all, as a football thread will be. I can only go by the English Football League, as I don't have access to the Scottish records, but hopefully someone can copy and paste the Scottish only players for reference here. There are a number of people definitely alive and they come in the first set of information. Of those that I'm not certain of, there will definitely be some alive but there's no report recently on them to confirm that, or no general "oldest player" posts or snippets on the web. Barry Hugman's Footballers was the backup source for the list and basically it's been going through Google, BHF, UK and Ireland Family Records, Scottish Death Indexes and Probate searches to eliminate other possibilities. Some footballers I couldn't find death records for but when some clubs have gone "such and such is our oldest player" then it's made life easier. Here's the edited to include 1930-1934 births: First Name Surname DoB Clubs Google Other names Eric Hampson 11/11/1921 Stoke, Stafford Rangers Australia? Syd Ward 26/11/1923 Bradford, Upton Colliery x Ted Harding 05/04/1925 Crystal P, Coalville x Edward James Bill Mellor 29/06/1925 Accrington, Droyslden probably dead William Bill Parker 15/08/1925 Reading, Swindon, Exeter x William B Eryk Kubicki 18/08/1925 York, Polish Army x Eugeniusz Joe Lancaster 28/04/1926 Accrington, Manchester United alive Joseph Gerard Ray McKee 16/06/1926 Northampton, Finchley alive Raymond Trevor Eddie Lewis 21/06/1926 Leyton O x Trevor Hitchen 25/09/1926 Southport, Wigan, Oldham, Notts Cty, Wellington, Halifax alive Robert Williams 25/10/1927 Liverpool, Shrewsbury, Wrexham x Robert Raymond Bobby Godwin 03/02/1928 Swindon, Old Headlandians alive Robert Geoffrey Charles Campbell 27/02/1928 Oldham, Rutherglen Glencairn x Reg Chapman 14/06/1928 Crewe, Hereford x John Scott 18/07/1928 Leeds, Workington alive John Alfred Bernard Kelly 21/08/1928 Brentford, Bath City Bernard Alexander Harry Jarvis 08/10/1928 Notts County, Worksop alive Alan Layton 27/11/1928 Barrow, Bolton Alive in 2012, Canada Cecil Steeds 11/01/1929 Bristol City, Bristol Rovers alive Harry Williams 24/02/1929 Swindon, Bury, West Ham, Man U x Henry George John Core 29/03/1929 Halifax alive Joe Harris 08/04/1929 Oldham, Blackburn Moved back to Northern Ireland Ernie Bond 04/05/1929 Carlisle, Man Utd alive James Ernest Don Gibson 12/05/1929 Leyton O, Sheff W, Man U alive Thomas Richard Donald Ron Steel 03/06/1929 Darlington, Bishop Auckland x (ex RAF) John Cook 26/06/1929 Bristol Rovers x John Albert Roy Killin 18/07/1929 Lincoln, Man U alive Harold Roy Terry Robinson 08/11/1929 Brentford, Northampton, England Amateur alive Terence Hogarth Johnny Langland 09/11/1929 hartlepool, Blyth, Chesterfield, Sunderland, Silksworth alive John R Liam Coll 16/12/1929 Accrington probably dead William Sean Johnny Moffatt 22/12/1929 Brighton, Bellshill x John Black Ron Harbertson 23/12/1929 Lincoln, Darlington, Wrexham, Grimsby, Bradford, Brighton, Newcastle alive Jim Storey 30/12/1929 Darlington, Rochdale, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Exeter x Eric Marsden 03/01/1930 Crystal Palace, Southend, Winchester, Shrewsbury Reg Pearce 12/01/1930 Peterborough, Sunderland, Luton alive Reginald Stanley Fred Higgins 21/01/1930 Crystal Palace GRO OKAY Frederick Thomas Cecil Law 10/03/1930 Derby, Bury GRO OKAY probably dead in RSA Cecil Richard Jack Hobbs 17/04/1930 Bournemouth, Swanage GRO OKAY John Eric Len Edwards 30/05/1930 Crewe, Brighton, Sheff W, Wrexham GRO OKAY Leonard Owen Doug Fletcher 17/09/1930 Scunthorpe, Bury, Sheffield Weds, Darlington, Halifax Albert Childs 25/09/1930 Liverpool alive Albert Robert Allan Senior 29/09/1930 Halifax alive (alive in Wakefield 2024) Allan Gordon James McQuade 14/10/1930 Halifax, Dumbarton Colin McDonald 15/10/1930 Burnley and England alive Colin Agnew Eric Gill 03/11/1930 Brighton, Charlton alive Eric Norman Peter Higham 08/11/1930 Bolton, Doncaster, Nottm Forest, Preston, Portsmouth, Wigan alive Tommy Derbyshire 10/12/1930 Hartlepool, East Yorks Regiment poss alive - 2018 Thomas L Robert Harrison 23/12/1930 Carlisle, Stockport, Mossley Bert Carberry 16/01/1931 Gillingham, Port Vale, Norwich, Exeter Robert Arthur Tyrer 25/02/1931 Aldershot, Shrewsbury, Leeds Utd alive Arthur Spencer Matt Gemmell 10/03/1931 Portsmouth, Swindon poss alive in Scotland 2018 Alex Bell 13/03/1931 Exeter, Grimsby, Partick Back in Scotland Alexander Stewart Jimmy Thomson 17/03/1931 Southend, Raith ALIVE James Donaldson Ralph Granville 23/04/1931 Clyde, Nottingham Forest, Gateshead alive in 2005 in Scotland? Anthony Ralph Tommy Wilkinson 08/05/1931 Hartlepool, Blackhall Colliery died 2010? David McDonald 09/05/1931 Crystal Palace, Dundee Violet David Anderson Joe Eaton 16/05/1931 Mansfield, Langwith BC GRO OKAY (def alive 2014) Joseph David William Devlin 30/05/1931 Carlisle, Peterborough Eric Jones 23/06/1931 Accrington, Southport, Doncaster, Preston, Nottm Forest alive Brian Cripsey 26/06/1931 Hull City, Wrexham alive Brian Samuel David Hawkins 11/08/1931 Gillingham, Sheppey United GRO OKAY David John Ken Scott 13/08/1931 Derby, Mansfield Don Cowan 17/08/1931 Darlington GRO OKAY, alive 2021 Bill Finney 05/09/1931 Rochdale, Crewe, QPR, Birmingham, Stoke alive Charles William Thomas Billy Waters 19/09/1931 Millwall, Wrexham, Swansea, Southend, Stoke, Blackpool GRO OKAY, alive 2013 in wales William Anthony Des Palmer 23/09/1931 Swansea, Wales, Liverpool, Derby alive in Australia Desmond Frederick Charlie Calow 30/09/1931 Bradford PA, Cliftonville GRO OKAY/alive 2020 Charles John Herbert Bert Harris 21/11/1931 Everton, Tranmere, Southport alive Albert Edward Noel Gilbert 25/12/1931 Norwich City alive George Brown 12/01/1932 Crewe, Stenhousemuir Bill Leivers 29/01/1932 Doncaster, Manchester City, Chesterfield alive William Ernest Joe Sharman 02/02/1932 Derby, Gresley, Bradford alive (Joseph) Donald William John McTavish 02/02/1932 Manchester City alive in 2009 in Scotland John Robert Byron Davies 05/02/1932 Newport, Leeds alive in 2017 Jimmy Rolfe 08/02/1932 Crewe, Barrow, Chester, Liverpool alive in 2017 Pat Thompson 11/02/1932 Brighton, Topsham Patrick Alfred Bobby Seith 09/03/1932 Burnley, Dundee alive Dave Richardson 11/03/1932 Barrow, Swindon, Grimsby, Leicester alive in 2017 Ray Snowball 16/03/1932 Darlington alive Alan Gee 16/03/1932 Rotherham John McGrath 21/03/1932 Notts County, Darlington prob dead Tommy Quigley 26/03/1932 QPR, Portsmouth, Barry Town Might be in Scotland Thomas Cook Calvin Symonds 29/03/1932 Rochdale, Bermuda alive Roderick Calvin Hilgrove Ron Ward 29/03/1932 Darlington, Tottenham Henry Ronald Eric Doughty 09/04/1932 Arsenal, Plymouth alive Keith Abbiss 26/04/1932 Brighton, Letchworth Keith Douglas Ken Smales 03/05/1932 Hull alive Peter Rees 05/05/1932 Tranmere alive Peter Noel Robert Scrugham 15/05/1932 Workington, Cleaton Moor alive Ray DeGruchy 18/05/1932 Grimsby, Chesterfield, Nottm Forest alive Raymond Philip Colin Bettany 15/06/1932 Torquay, Birmingham, Crewe alive Colin David Arthur Barnard 20/06/1932 Bolton,Stockport, Southport alive Robert Bloor 08/07/1932 Crewe Ron Tulloch 15/07/1932 Berea, South Africa, Hull Roland Ray Hampson 27/07/1932 Reading, Bournemouth, Manchester United, Aldershot alivein 2015 Raymond Geoffrey Johnny King 09/08/1932 Crewe, Stoke, Cardiff alive John William Micky Stewart 16/09/1932 Charlton, Corinthian Casuals alive Michael James Jim Lovie 19/09/1932 Peterhead, Bury, Bournemouth, Chesterfield alive James Theirs Harrison Joe Thomas 22/09/1932 Barnsley, Wolves, Mansfield, Chesterfield John Charles Jack Harrison 30/09/1932 Crewe Colin Askey 03/10/1932 Mansfield, Walsall, Port Vale alive Harry Sandys 08/10/1932 Torquay, Yeovil Harold Albert Norman Crickett 13/10/1932 Carlisle, Raffles Rovers alive Peter Thomas 18/10/1932 Exeter, Cardiff, Newport Peter John Gordon Jago 22/10/1932 Charlton alive Gordon Harold Stan Taylor 17/11/1932 Southport Ronnie Sharp 22/11/1932 Doncaster, Arbroath Bobby Williams 24/11/1932 New Brighton, Chester Robert Francis Ronnie Waldock 06/12/1932 Sheff Utd, Gillingham, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, Scunthorpe, Coventry alive Richard Jackson 13/12/1932 Rotherham, York Richard George Mike Tomkys 14/12/1932 QPR, Fulham alive Michael George Tommy Cronin 17/12/1932 Reading, Fulham Thomas Patrick Bernard Weakley 20/12/1932 Rotherham alive Derek McLean 21/12/1932 Hartlepool, Middlesbrough alive John Derek Arnold D'Arcy 13/01/1933 Accrington, Swindon alive 2018 Arnold Joseph Tommy Murray 14/01/1933 Falkirk, Leeds, QOTS, Tranmere ALIVE David Storrar 16/01/1933 Sheff W alive 2013 David McKinnon Robert Johnston 28/01/1933 Carlisle Alan Ross 07/02/1933 Oldham, Accrington, Bishop Auckland Alan Wicks 08/02/1933 Reading alive 2012 Alan Hayward Graham Wood 10/02/1933 Wolves, Halifax Peter Dawson 19/02/1933 Crewe Irvine Gray 27/02/1933 Gillingham, Barnsley Irvine William George Lowden 02/03/1933 Brentford Roy Kenyon 10/03/1933 Southport, Worcester, Bolton Brian Hopkins 15/03/1933 Port Vale Peter Walker 31/03/1933 Watford ALIVE Peter Martin Eric Hodge 03/04/1933 Aldershot, Brighton Lives in RSA Eric Richard Carew Ernie Walley 07/04/1933 Tottenham, Middlesbro, Crystal Palace ALIVE Johnny Watkins 09/04/1933 Bristol C, Cardiff, Bristol Rovers, Chippenham ALIVE John Vincent Malcolm Tucker 12/04/1933 Grimsby Peter Carey 14/04/1933 QPR, Leyton O, Colchester, Aldershot, Barking Peter Richard Jimmy Mason 17/04/1933 Accrington, Chester, Crystal Palace Arthur Evans 13/05/1933 Bury, Stockport, Gillingham Peter MacEwan 23/05/1933 Luton South Africa Malcolm Peter Keith Goalen 24/05/1933 Stockport, Macclesfield ALIVE Harold Keith Brian Whitnall 25/05/1933 Scunthorpe, Exeter, Hull ALIVE Mike Collins 08/06/1933 Watford, Chelsea ALIVE Ronald Michael Gordon Hopkinson 19/06/1933 Bristol C, Doncaster, Cheltenham, Toronto, Margate Canada? ALIVE Jackie Farrell 22/06/1933 Accrington Colin Longden 21/07/1933 Rotherham, York alive in 2018 Ivan Green 29/07/1933 Millwall, Margate alive 2018 (nr Chichester?) Ivan David John Inglis 05/08/1933 Gateshead, Blyth Eddie Firmani 07/08/1933 Southend, Charlton, Genoa, South Africa ALIVE Edward Ronald Bill Albury 10/08/1933 Portsmouth, Gillingham, Yeovil alive in 2016 William Frederick Don Kitchenbrand 13/08/1933 Rangers, Sunderland ALIVE (RSA) Donald Basil Ron Broad 18/08/1933 Crewe Brian Jones 05/09/1933 Walsall, Royal Engineers Bernard Molyneux 17/09/1933 Everton, Tranmere alive 2018 John Nesbitt 24/09/1933 Newcastle Coldstream Guards John Davies 26/09/1933 Portsmouth, Walsall, Scunthorpe John Robert Tom McGlennon 20/10/1933 Barrow, Blackpool, Rochdale, Burton Canada? Alan Finney 31/10/1933 Doncaster, Sheff W ALIVE Gordon Chilvers 15/11/1933 Walsall Gordon Malcolm Brian Griffiths 21/11/1933 Wrexham, Chester, Holywell, Caernarfon Guy Trise 22/11/1933 Aldershot, Portsmouth Lives in US? Guy Gavin George Horne 23/11/1933 Carlisle, Maryhill Gerry Francis 06/12/1933 Leeds, York alive Jimmy Ashall 13/12/1933 Leeds United alive 1996 Gloucestershire John Newman 13/12/1933 Leicester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Exeter ALIVE John Henry George Keith Dibden 17/12/1933 Southampton, Gillingham ALIVE William Keith Peter Burridge 30/12/1933 Millwall, Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Charlton ALIVE Peter John Earl Godding 06/01/1934 Wrexham, Workington ALIVE Earl George John Brown 02/02/1934 Shrewsbury, Queens Park John Michael Alan Gibbs 07/02/1934 Swindon, Cardiff John Robinson 10/02/1934 Middlesbrough, Hartlepool Leonard Geard 12/02/1934 Fulham, Brentford alive Ken Brown 16/02/1934 West Ham, Torquay ALIVE Ronnie Burbeck 27/02/1934 Darlington, Hereford, Middlesbrough, Leicester alive 2021 in Hereford Ronald Thomas Brian Dobson 01/03/1934 Colchester alive 2019 Brian Ashley Bert Brown 04/03/1934 Exeter. QPR, Crystal Palace Moved to Australia, probably dead Albert Edward Bill Heath 15/03/1934 Bournemouth, Lincoln alive William Henry Mansell Tommy King 02/04/1934 Barrow, Holker Thomas Frederick William Berry 04/04/1934 Mansfield, Langwith Miners Peter Warmington 08/04/1934 Birmingham Peter John Joseph Hall 10/04/1934 Fulham Joseph Edgar Jimmy O'Donnell 18/04/1934 Leeds, Blackburn, Oldham Peter McParland 25/04/1934 Aston Villa, Northern Ireland, Plymouth, Wolves alive Adam Hogg 26/04/1934 Airdrie, Swindon, Dumbarton Pat O'Connor 01/05/1934 Barrow, Bellshill Bill Punton 04/05/1934 Newcastle, Norwich, Scunthorpe, Southend, Sheffield Utd ALIVE William Hamilton Graham Sissons 20/05/1934 Birmingham, Peterborough, Walsall alive John Graham Bryan Douglas 27/05/1934 Blackburn, England ALIVE Derek Middleton 30/05/1934 York, Burton John Parrott 05/06/1934 Scunthorpe alive 2012 John Frank Peter Goldie 07/06/1934 Aldershot, Celtic ALIVE Jimmy Fisher 12/06/1934 Barrow, Holker Gordon Atherton 18/06/1934 Bury, Swindon ALIVE Francis Gordon Dai Evans 19/06/1934 Crewe David Bob Wilson 29/06/1934 Accrington, Norwich, Chester, Gillingham Alive 2018 in Scotland Robert Smail Whitelaw Bill Lloyd 10/07/1934 Milwall William Frederick Denis Thompson 19/07/1934 Scunthorpe, Chesterfield alive (definitely alive 2021) John Street 27/07/1934 Bradford C poss dead Doug Moran 29/07/1934 Hibs, Falkirk, Ipswich, Dundee U, Cowdenbeath ALIVE Douglas William Cyril Lea 05/08/1934 Wales, Ipswich, Leyton Orient ALIVE Jack Dougal 07/08/1934 Halifax, Pegasus alive 2008 John Alan Dicks 29/08/1934 Chelsea, Southend ALIVE Alan Victor Terry Swinscoe 31/08/1934 Stockport, Mansfield ALIVE Tony Book 04/09/1934 Plymouth, Manchester City ALIVE Bobby Hunt 04/09/1934 Wrexham, Chester Alive in 2011 Jimmy Scott 07/09/1934 Oldham, Burnley George Warburton 13/09/1934 Barrow, Wrexham alive 2018 Sam Shaw 14/09/1934 Crewe George Fagan 27/09/1934 Halifax , Dundee St. Joseph Ben Newton 10/10/1934 Grimsby Joe Cooper 15/10/1934 Newcastle Frank Blunstone 17/10/1934 Crewe, Chelsea, England ALIVE Roy Campbell 19/10/1934 Congleton, Crewe ALIVE Congleton Bobby Burke 05/11/1934 Burnley, Chester Probably in Northern Ireland Robert Gallee Brian Atkinson 16/11/1934 Halifax Bert Gebbie 18/11/1934 Bradford PA, QOTS alive 2015 in Scotland Robert Brown Robertson Sylvan Anderton 23/11/1934 QPR, Chelsea, Reading ALIVE Sylvan James Joby Dean 25/11/1934 Bradford PA, QPR, Sutton Town, Thoresby ALIVE (2024) Billy Hunt 25/11/1934 Colchester William Edmund Terry Dyson 29/11/1934 Tottenham, Fulham, Colchester ALIVE Gerry Bright 02/12/1934 Northampton, Bromsgrove Brian Sutton 08/12/1934 Rochdale Ray Kirkham 16/12/1934 Mansfield alive 2003 Raymond Neville Bernard Stonehouse 23/12/1934 Rochdale alive 2013 Colin Booth 30/12/1934 Oxford, Doncaster, Nottm F, Wolves alive in Oxford

So if it is Hindle, who lives in Yorkshire, we're looking for an ex Thatcher cabinet minister who lives in Yorkshire. Stop forward Michael Jopling, who lives in Thirsk. If he looks good for his age, which is 94, that's our man. All the other living cabinet members live elsewhere or are in good health.

Madge Hindle? Suffers from dementia and fits your criteria. See screenshot from her daughters FB page.

Lauren Laverne given 'all clear' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c629vp438q6o

Patrick Murray looks reasonably well here and considering he's looking at appearances for June 2025 already maybe suggests he's not as ill as previously made out. https://www.tiktok.com/@vivandcolin/video/7432756411429391649

As posted elsewhere, Ray Smith (1934) has died, but in better news, John Langland (ex-Chesterfield, Blyth) is still alive and celebrated his 95th birthday recently: https://chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/oldest-ever-living-former-player-celebrates-birthday?fbclid=IwY2xjawGvDjJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTY-eltyy3y4HAnyaqX_cAbFxGiloEewYqGwuZv1kCV3GuAnmJC6dZaJYw_aem_SU4umO8_W74Pq-NVAATG6A

Andy Paley Dead https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/ The author of the piece is mentioned as one of the two people whose announcement would be a genuine one.

Frank Blunstone was at Wembley yesterday for the England vs Republic of Ireland game. (In the middle)

Thanks for all your efforts Lee. I'm glad this thread has had benefits to historians or fans, because I guess that was secretly one ambitious aim in that historians of clubs would chip in. RIP Graham, a long life lived well. Whether this now brings into attention about some of the question marks, the likes of Syd Ward, Eric Hampson, Ted Harding, Eugeniusz Kubicki and Co, as to clubs saying "Our former player is now THE oldest", we shall see. The oldest that I'm pretty confident still alive is Joe Lancaster. The oldest DEFINITELY alive is Trevor Hitchen.

Thanks for this, I was struggling to place him, but knew who he was immediately once I saw this link. Great shame, RIP

I've given @Master Obit quite a long list, which will keep him busy, if he wants to partition that list to make his - and your task - easier, then happy to go by that. Otherwise I can wait for the masterful MO.

I could be wrong, but I'm sure I read on here that Jason Herbert died in Brazil about 5 years ago?

In the fifteen years I've been here, I've started only eight topics about individuals. All eight - Ian Smith, Ray Bradbury, Bulent Ecevit, Patrick Allen, Phil Hill, Floyd Patterson, Alfredo Stroessner and Juan Antonio Samaranch are dead. Yay me! So, it's high time for number nine. The Duke of Kent. He looks like shite. Evidence provided. Link from Daily Express (sorry) shows how gaunt he is. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1359308/Duke-of-Kent-title-prince-edward-son-George-Windsor-line-of-succession-EVG/amp I am sure this thread will reverberate with all your Duke of Kent stories and anecdotes! I think he should be picked for DL 2021. That is all.

Burley having treatment and hopes to have surgery. Sounds positive but I agree with msc, one to watch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew24egd7qro

There was a recent photo of him after NASCAR finally awarded him a retrospective win. He was shrunken from his former self and sitting in a large chair and I thought to myself "hmmm, if you can't stand for this event, you're not a well man". And so it has proved. Here's the link: https://www.insidetracknews.com/bobby-allison-officially-recognized-as-winner-of-1971-myers-brothers-memorial-at-bowman-gray-stadium/

It was/is bowel cancer. Appears surgery probably saved him https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k3gr12

Good work both. If it were me, personally I would introduce myself in the initial text but hey... it got the desired result.