whoismakoto 328 Posted April 30, 2022 Ivan Mraz, silver medalist in 1964 Olympics for Czechoslovakia, has Alzheimer's https://www.pressreader.com/costa-rica/la-nacion-costa-rica/20210318/282089164534773 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted May 6, 2022 They will be so many cases in the decades ahead. The attempts to limit heading training in professional football are being totally ignored. Clubs are openly pro timing how they flouting the rules and are still making heading seem glamorous. All that will happen is one day English football will ban heading but it won’t be a worldwide ban anytime soon. There is already concern that all the ban on children will achieve in the short term is a skills gap that will lead to adult footballers increasing heading practice to catch up on footballers who learnt as kids and thus causing even more dementia cases. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted May 9, 2022 Probably worth posting this in here: the PFA are asking footballers who believe they may be suffering from signs of dementia, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, to come forward as they seek more information on the link between heading and dementia. Might see a few more names come forward from this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61376170 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted May 11, 2022 Former Manchester United and Aston Villa player Colin Gibson diagnosed with dementia 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted May 18, 2022 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-legend-breaking-23937122 Former Everton player Mick Lyons diagnosed with dementia at the age of 70. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted May 26, 2022 Steve Smith, former Huddersfield captain and manager, is on @Octopus of Odstock list on Page 1. His family have mentioned he's now in the late stages of dementia, having originally announced he was ill in 2013. Sounds like his physical health collapsed during lockdown. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,740 Posted May 26, 2022 Edgardo Bauza, 64, former Argentina national team player and manager of multiple teams including the national teams of Argentina, UAE and Saudi Arabia has advanced alzheimer's: https://ar.marca.com/claro/futbol/2022/05/20/628778e4ca47410e5f8b4586.html It has progressed rapidly, he was still working in 2019 and now he's doing worse than Bilardo according to that article 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted June 30, 2022 Jorge Peralta, 78 years old Costa Rican player who spent some time playing in El Salvador and Venezuela and represented Costa Rica once, has Alzheimer's https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/futbol-nacional/ni-la-enfermedad-del-alzheimer-hace-olvidar-a-una/QBYQYKUHKJHIFN5MEOMUVF3KIE/story/ https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Peralta 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted June 30, 2022 Victor "Conejo" Benitez, Peruvian player who spent most of his career in Italy in the 60s https://amp.rpp.pe/futbol/futbol-mundial/seleccion-peruana-noticia-982696 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted July 18, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62208661 Maybe we will see a reduction in 70 years then through its hard to see FIFA banning it from the game so those kids will end having to learn heading anyway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted July 18, 2022 Lots of backlash about this - watch the culture war type take it up and see there is evidence football and dementia are linked 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted July 18, 2022 On 30/06/2022 at 13:48, whoismakoto said: Victor "Conejo" Benitez, Peruvian player who spent most of his career in Italy in the 60s https://amp.rpp.pe/futbol/futbol-mundial/seleccion-peruana-noticia-982696 Dead https://24newsrecorder.com/sports/186595?amp=1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted July 19, 2022 It seems like a lot of people wrongly assume the modern balls are safer because they lighter ignoring that they now a lot faster. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted July 19, 2022 On 16/08/2021 at 22:42, Octopus of Odstock said: Stuart Chapman - ex-Port Vale and Stafford - https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/non-league/stafford-rangers/2021/04/23/stuart-chapmans-dementia-battle-shows-need-for-help Stuart Chapman dead. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted July 27, 2022 On 28/11/2020 at 20:37, Octopus of Odstock said: 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 2022 Clubs International Caps Francois Remetter 94 Metz, Strasbourg, Sochaux, Limoges, Bordeaux France 26 James Elder 94 Portsmouth, Colchester, Yeovil Tommy Banks 93 Bolton, Altrincham England 6 Billy Bingham 91 Glentoran, Sunderland, Luton, Everton, Port Vale Northern Ireland 56 Jack Parry 91 Derby County Dimas Zegarra 90 Sporting Tabaco,Unión Callao, Universitario de Deportes,Porvenir Miraflores Peru 21 Ray Lambert 89 Rotherham, Barnsley Jimmy Millar 88 Dunfermline, Rangers, Dundee United Scotland 2 Alan Peacock 85 Middlesbrough, Leeds, Plymouth Argyle England 6 Bobby Charlton 85 Manchester United, Preston England 106 Tony Claypole 84 Northampton Town Carlos Bilardo 84 San Lorenzo, Deportivo Español, Estudiantes Frank Wignall 83 Everton, Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Derby County, Mansfield, King's Lynn England 2 Davie Wilson 83 Rangers, Dundee United, Dunfermline Scotland 22 Alan Roper 83 Walsall Denis Law 82 Huddersfield, Manchester City, Manchester United, Torino Scotland 55 Ivan Mraz 81 Slovan Bratislava, Spartak Praha, Dukla Prague, MVV Maastricht Czechoslovakia 4 Mike Bailey 80 Charlton, Hereford United, Wolves England 2 Rod Thornhill 80 Reading, Poole Town Horst-Dieter Hottges 79 Borussia Monchengladbach, Werder Bremen West Germany 66 Hugh Ryden 79 Bristol Rovers, Stockport County, Chester, Halifax Gordon Wallace 79 Montrose, Raith, Dundee, Dundee United, Seattle Sounders Bill Gates 78 Middlesbrough Alan Gilliver 78 Huddersfield, Blackburn, Rotherham, Brighton, Lincoln, Bradford, Stockport Nelson Acosta 78 Huracan Buceo, Penarol Peter Cormack 76 Hibernian, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Bristol City, Partick Thistle Scotland 9 Joe Kinnear 76 Tottenham, Brighton and Hove Albion Republic of Ireland 26 Piet Schrijvers 76 DWS, FC Twente, Ajax, FC Zwolle Holland 46 Chris Nicholl 76 Halifax, Luton, Aston Villa, Southampton, Grimsby Town Northern Ireland 51 Dave Watson 76 Notts County, Rotherham, Sunderland, Manchester City, Stoke City, Southampton, Derby England 65 Steve Smith 76 Huddersfield, Bolton, Halifax John Tudor 76 Coventry, Sheffield United, Newcastle United, Stoke, KAA Gent Dave Boylen 75 Grimsby Town Billy Sinclair 75 Greenock Morton, Chelsea, Glentoran, Kilmarnock, Linfield, Sligo Rovers Stan Bowles 74 Manchester City, Bury, Crewe, Carlisle, QPR, Nottingham Forest, Leyton O, Brentford England 5 Gareth Davies 73 Wrexham Wales 3 Tony Parkes 73 Blackburn Rovers Neil Hague 73 Rotherham, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Huddersfield, Darlington Tommy Cassidy 72 Glentoran, Newcastle, Burnley Northern Ireland 24 Alex Cropley 71 Hibernian, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Toronto Blizzard, Portsmouth Scotland 2 Terry McDermott 71 Bury, Newcastle United, Liverpool England 23 Stuart Chapman 71 Port Vale, Stafford Rangers, Macclesfield Town Frank Womble 71 Rotherham, Crewe, Halifax Mick Lyons 71 Everton, Sheffield Wednesday, Grimsby Gordon McQueen 70 St Mirren, Leeds, Manchester United Scotland 30 Willie Young 70 Aberdeen, Tottenham, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Norwich, Brighton, Darlington Dave Serella 70 Nottingham Forest, Walsall, Blackpool Stuart Parker 68 Blackpool, Southend, Chesterfield, Blackburn, Bury, Chester etc. Jimmy Calderwood 67 Birmingham, Cambridge, Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II, Roda, Heracles Dave Cusack 66 Sheffield Wednesday, Southend, Millwall, Doncaster, Rotherham, Boston John Deehan 65 Aston Villa, Norwich, West Brom, Ipswich, Barnsley Edgardo Bauza 64 Rosario, Verecruz, Atletico Jr, Independiente Argentina 3 Gordon Cowans 64 Aston Villa, Blackburn, Derby, Wolves, Sheffield United, Bradford, Stockport, Burnley England 10 Steve Norris 63 Port Vale, Leek Town Brendan Ormsby 62 Aston Villa, Leeds, Shrewsbury, Doncaster, Scarborough, Wigan Colin Gibson 62 Aston Villa, Manchester United, Port Vale, Leicester, Blackpool, Walsall Neil Hague dead. https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2022/july/obituary--neil-hague--1949---2022/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted July 29, 2022 Samar Banerjee, captain of 1956 Indian Olympic team that placed 4th, revealed to have Alzheimer's after admitted to a hospital for long-term illness. https://geotvnews.com/former-football-player-samar-banerjee-was-admitted-to-sskm-gtn-news/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,623 Posted July 29, 2022 Seeing as he's on your list OoO, Derby County player Jack Parry (wiki) died on 19 July, at the age of 90. Death notice. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted August 15, 2022 Jan Furtok, Polish player in the 80s that defected to West Germany and played for Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt but is probably most memorable for scoring the goal that saved Poland from humiliation of getting a draw with San Marino during 1994 World Cup qualification, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer. He did a Maradona Hand of God just to save Poland from that. http://amp.n-tv.de/sport/fussball/redelings_nachspielzeit/Das-beruehrende-Schicksal-des-Jan-Furtok-article22854399.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted August 20, 2022 On 29/07/2022 at 05:34, whoismakoto said: Samar Banerjee, captain of 1956 Indian Olympic team that placed 4th, revealed to have Alzheimer's after admitted to a hospital for long-term illness. https://geotvnews.com/former-football-player-samar-banerjee-was-admitted-to-sskm-gtn-news/ Samar Banerjee dead at 92. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 563 Posted September 8, 2022 On 28/10/2021 at 10:46, DoorSlammer said: In addition to this, Jansen went to see the doctor after reading the biography of fellow two times World Cup runner-up Piet Schrijvers (turns 75 in December), who has Alzheimer's since at least two years ago, because he recognized some of the symptoms from the biography. Piet Schrijvers dead at 75. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I.R.Baboon 221 Posted September 8, 2022 Biggest hit of the year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted October 3, 2022 On 25/11/2021 at 04:14, whoismakoto said: I was contacted via letter by the son of François Remetter, the last living player of the French 1954 World Cup team and also part of 1958 team. His son said he is suffering from Alzheimer's. Remetter dead at 94. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted October 3, 2022 Just now, drol said: Remetter dead at 94. Last survivor of France's 1954 World Cup squad. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted October 4, 2022 We better look out for Gary Lineker. Possible candidate. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11088889/Gary-Lineker-admits-concerned-memory-loss.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted October 15, 2022 Don't know if it was mentioned elsewhere but reading a column in Backpass football magazine and the author was talking about meeting Ex-Spurs and Wales legend Cliff Jones recently and mentioned that he's in the early stages of dementia 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
