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  1. Posted

    On 09/07/2023 at 09:50, Sinbabad said:
    Update of the 1966 World Cup :
     
    1966 – 122 survivors - No records whether alive or dead: North Korea

     

    Portugal

     

    20           DF            Alexandre Baptista  17 February 1941 (aged 25)

     

     

    Alexandre Baptista died on the 3rd March - https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/alexandre-baptista-partiu-um-gentleman-2024030418541103189

     

    Played 5 times in the tournament as Portugal finished in 3rd place.

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  2. Posted

    On 08/11/2006 at 19:06, M.Lawrenson said:

     

    And they thought Mike Thackwell and Stephen South dropped off the face of the earth when they packed it in....

     

    Hmm...whatever did happen to Renzo Zorzi, though? All I've read is that he went off to test tyres for Pirelli, then nothing. There's been something approaching a flurry of interest in him recently. They discovered a new angle of the Pryce accident, available on YouTube if you dare and people wondered what he was up to (mainly having much trouble disconnecting his helmet's air tube, by the look of things). Got a mention in the Tremayne 'Lost Generation' book as well, beyond the obvious one. He won the F3 Monaco race after Tony Brise got into some 'car humping' difficulty with Alex Dias Ribero...

     

    Ray Thackwell, racing driver himself, but possibly better known as the father of Mike Thackwell, has died. Also father-in-law to David Brabham.

     

    Initially competed in speedway, before progressing to four wheels and Formula 2. 

     

    https://forums.autosport.com/topic/225798-ray-thackwell/#entry10553575

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    Fred Gamble, former Scavenger Hunt pick, died last night, aged 92. There are two links, but both are bot sites.

     

    FB posts from two very trusted sources are a better link for now. 

     

    https://www.facebook...100094908396919

     

    https://www.facebook...hard.prince.311

     

    Only appeared in 1 Grand Prix, back in 1960, but as his Wiki page shows his racing career was much more storied than that, including spells in charge of Goodyear in their early days of racing, working as a motoring journalist and having a long sportscar career.

     

     

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  6. Posted

    37 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Report of the death of Paul Bence, player with Brighton, Reading and Brentford and former manager of Wycombe Wanderers, aged 75: 

     

     

    Always sad to hear of the death of an ex-Royal, but in truth, his time with us saw him vastly under-used. He went on to have a lot more success at Brentford.

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    On 24/09/2022 at 23:57, arghton said:

    Willy Soemita, Surinamese politician who was the leader of the Party for National Unity and Solidarity from 1972 to 2019, Deputy VP of Suriname 1988-1990 (only person to ever have held this title) when Henck Arron (1936-2000) was the VP and Ramsewak Shankar (1937-) was the President and two-time Minister of Social Affairs and Housing dead at 86.

     

    Shankar Arron and Soemita were all ousted from their positions in 1990 during the Telephone Coup organized by Ivan Graanoogst who ruled the country for five days until the elderly Johan Kraag (1913-1996) was chosen as the new President by the National Military Council. 

     

    Desi Bouterse dominated Surinamese politics, but in-between his time there, Jules Ajodhia was twice a vice-president, amongst other things.

    Because of Bouterse and an interest in Suriname, I had actually heard of Ajodhia.

     

    Ajodhia has died, aged 79. Link in Dutch.

     

    https://www.msn.com/nl-nl/nieuws/Buitenland/surinaamse-oud-vicepresident-jules-ajodhia-79-overleden/ar-BB1kLiJZ

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  10. Posted

    On 09/03/2020 at 19:11, Grande Pablo said:

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11132919/aston-villa-gordon-cowan-alzheimers/

     

    Gordon Cowans diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s.

     

    He’s a friend of a friend & saw him about 3 or so years ago, & it was so sadly obvious he had some form of difficulty.

     

    He’s now brave enough to go public & should be admired.  Cracking player for us in his day, & woefully underused by England.

     

    Feel slightly hypocritical on having him on my list today.

     

    Gordon Cowans has taken a detoriation (from X);

     

     

    Gordon Cowans is in a nursing home as his dementia takes a stronger hold. Goodness Sid you deserve much better for all that skill you gave us  on the pitch and the laughs off the pitch.You maybe not able to remember much but  we will remember always. God bless Sid

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  11. Posted

    4 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

     

     

    So, who gets the most famous comedian's widow title now

     

    I'm thinking that's a question that depends on whether you think Paul Daniels was funny, as well as a magician

     

     

    Is the question, who is the person who had the most famous partner, or is it who is the most famous widow/widower?

    If the latter:

    Jeffrey Durham

    David Sherlock

    Judy Loe

     

    If the former:

    The widows of Sean Lock and Rik Mayall would likely live for a while yet 

     

  12. Posted

    On 08/01/2024 at 23:14, Octopus of Odstock said:

     

    Darby in a video here. Now mostly wheelchair bound and definitely struggling to speak now. I think he'll still see 2025, but he's clearly on the downhill slope.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/67915248

     

     

    Darby, Rob Burrow and Marcus Stewart in a photo here: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68647460

     

    Stewart looks alright, Darby wheelchair bound... Rob Burrow - looks utterly terrible. I'd be shocked if he makes it to 2025. 

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  13. Posted

    On 23/12/2021 at 12:23, The Immortal said:

    Just seen it your list, a very interesting list you got there and I did some scouting to find more information some on these players and found some stuff that needs to be updated.

     

     

    Braulio Musso (Chile 1962) is mentioned on your list having a birthdate May 24, 1937 but his wikipedia page shows a birthdate of March 8, 1930 and it claims he played from Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1968 but not just that, some more searching and I find that Braulio Musso has a Facebook Page which he is definitely involved in, and you will find all his posts are about his football days and though he has only shown photos dating back to 1955, he mentions in one post that he played for Universidad de Chile at the age of 21 and that makes the 1930 birth year make more sense because even if he debuted for his club in 1955 he would still be 17/18 with a 1937 birth year.

     

     

     

    Musso is still alive, but it appears only just. From instagram 2 weeks ago:

     

    The great Braulio Musso will be hospitalized in the next few hours due to his poor health condition.

    The remarkable player from the University of Chile and the Chilean National Team, who is 94 years old today, is not in good health.

    I send from here my respects and affection for whoever was a super class on and off the court.

    Much strength to him and his family, in addition to those who were part of the iconic Ballet Azul and the Chilean National Team of 62'. 

     

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  16. Posted

    14 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Happy 104th birthday to Graham Bailey!

    If I'm not wrong, I think he's now second oldest English League player ever after Arthur Smith?

    Arthur Smith BEM, 106, Bury, Leicester City
    Graham Bailey, 104 (still living), Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Utd.
    George Haigh, 103, Stockport County
    William Simpson, 102, Carlisle Utd.
    Wilf Nixon, 102, Fulham
    Zach March, 101, Brighton & Hove Albion, Portsmouth

    Ofc, there was also Sam Latter, 106 Third Lanark – a few months older than Arthur Smith, but he played in the Scottish League.

    Have there really been no players who died aged 100?

     

     

    Reg Beresford died aged 100 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Beresford and so did Alf Patrick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Patrick

     

    I'm sure there's some others a little while back.

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    8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Happy 104th birthday to Graham Bailey!

    If I'm not wrong, I think he's now second oldest English League player ever after Arthur Smith?

    Arthur Smith BEM, 106, Bury, Leicester City
    Graham Bailey, 104 (still living), Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Utd.
    George Haigh, 103, Stockport County
    Wilf Nixon, 102, Fulham
    Zach March, 101, Brighton & Hove Albion, Portsmouth

    Ofc, there was also Sam Latter, 106 Third Lanark – a few months older than Arthur Smith, but he played in the Scottish League.

    Have there really been no players who died aged 100?

    William Simpson was 102 when he died in December 2021.

     

    http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/18049

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  19. Posted

    @Chriswba

    West Brom

    Geoff Barnsley is definitely still alive - only played one for WBA, but is a legend for Plymouth, born 9th December 1935, so at 88, he's the oldest.

     

    Aston Villa

    There is someone with a Villa link over 90 still alive ( I believe) - Dave Richardson, who was a coach during Graham Taylor's era, Definitely alive in 2017, born 11th March 1932. 

     

    Peter McParland, the legendary Northern Irish striker, is the oldest living Villa player, born 25th April 1934.

     

    Jack Willis, who played once, is apparently still alive, born 28th May 1934.

     

    Bill Beaton (1935) appears to be alive; definitely was in 2015.

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  20. Posted

    34 minutes ago, Chriswba said:

    Hi, 

     

    Does anyone know who are the oldest living West Brom and Aston Villa players? 

     

    Thanks 

     

    Chris, I will check both clubs tonight.

     

    West Brom definitely don't have a player alive who was born before 1935, I checked that after Gerry Summers' death.

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    Was going to keep this to myself but I doubt he'll make 2025.

    Ted Toleman, founder of the Toleman team that completed in the early 1980's is now in palliative care and near the end of his life.

  25. Posted

    2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Former Wolves and West Brom player Gerry Summers reportedly dead: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2024/03/14/former-west-brom-player-and-wolves-and-walsall-coach-gerry-summers-dies/

     

    Also reportedly West Brom's oldest (then) living former player, so I don't know how that affects @Octopus of Odstock's lists.

     

    Although he reported dead on Wiki, he is still currently listed as a living person!

     

    Thanks, I think this was correct but will just cross reference accordingly.

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