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[MarcJWallace 270]

Christopher Maboulou, a French winger who played in his homeland for Chateauroux, Bastia and Nancy before playing in Greece for PAS Giannina, has died of a heart attack aged just 30.

https://www.footmercato.net/a1211729832222245749-christopher-maboulou-est-decede

At the time of his death, he was playing at amateur level in France with Thonon Evian, the club who rose from the ashes of Evian-backed Thonon Gaillard from Croix-de-Savoie.

[The Old Crem 3,611]

35-year-old Cardiff City player, Sol Bamba, has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and has started a course of chemotherapy treatment.

[Exu 250]

Sol Bamba: Cardiff City defender being treated for cancer - BBC Sport

 

BBC have confirmed

[MarcJWallace 270]

Frank Arok, who managed Australia in the World Cup playoff with Scotland played in the wake of Jock Stein’s death in 1985, has died aged 88. 
 

 

[alt obits guy 3,374]

Geoff Barnett, a former goalkeeper for Everton, Arsenal and the Minnesota Kicks, has died. He was 74.

 

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1974951/everton-saddened-to-learn-of-passing-of-geoff-barnett

 

 

 

[RoverAndOut 4,749]

Shrewsbury manager Steve Cotterill will watch their FA Cup 4th Round tie from his hospital bed after contracting Covid. Brief stay in intensive care but on the mend it seems. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55705684

[Grande Pablo 112]

Geoffrey Fellows - ex Villa & Shrewsbury gone to Covid-19.

 

Heartfelt tributes to former Aston Villa star who has died of coronavirus - Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk)

[msc 18,491]

Worth putting in here imo. Jack Rollin, former football writer for the Sunday Telegraph and editor/writer of pretty much the entire annual series of Rothmans Football Yearbook, has died.Wont be the only person to have referenced dozens of those pre-widespread Wiki/Google days.

 

 

 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,206]

On 26/12/2018 at 20:48, msc said:

 

 

Transcribed from local press, but Luton Shelton alleged to be "gravely ill" with ALS.

 

Dead https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/former-reggae-boyz-player-luton-shelton-has-died/

[alt obits guy 3,374]

23 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

Dead https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/former-reggae-boyz-player-luton-shelton-has-died/

Luton Shelton QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/luton-shelton-dead-sheffield-united-23370195

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,569]

We've got a mini-Chapecoense on our hands: four members of Brazilian fourth-tier side Palmas, as well as their chairman, dead after their plane crashes on its way to a game against Araguacema.

[alt obits guy 3,374]

Johannes Edvaldsson, an Icelandic football star for Celtic from 1975 to 1980, has died. He was 70.

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/6580873/celtic-johannes-edvaldsson-dead-70-tributes/

 

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,086]

Announcement of the death of former footballer Barrie Mitchell, who was part of the squad that won the Scottish Cup with Dunfermline Athletic in 1968:

Edit: According to a post on Twitter from his daughter, dementia.

[Grande Pablo 112]

Hearing Jo Venglos has gone.  

 

Edit - in main death thread.

[MarcJWallace 270]

Dr. Jozef Vengloš, assistant to Václav Ježek in the famed Czechoslovakia triumph at Euro 76, has died aged 84. 
 

He would go onto manage, among others, Aston Villa, where he was the first-ever foreign manager in the top flight in England and Celtic, where he succeeeed Wim Jansen in 1998 in what was an ultimately failed endeavour. 
 

Despite this, he remains remembered in Scotlsnd for his signing of Ľubomír Moravčík, regarded as one of Celtic’s finer signings in that time.

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jozef-venglos-dead-83-former-23390737

 

[alt obits guy 3,374]

John Mortimore, a defender for Chelsea who later guided Benfica to two Portuguese league titles as manager, has died. He was 86.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55835283

 

[YoungWillz 21,086]

On ‎30‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 14:49, msc said:

From what I can see with a quick(ish) glance, some of the oldest living home nations international footballers. Not convinced some of those Irish/Scots are still going, and there must be gaps in the Welsh list. But it is what it is.

 

Scottish

1.       Bobby Brown – 19^th March 1923

2.       Jimmy Walker - 1925   DIED IN 2000

3.       Doug Cowie – 1^st May 1926

4.       Jock Aird – 18^th December 1926

5.       Tommy Docherty – 24^th April 1928

6.       Ian McMillan – 18^th March 1931

7.       John Grant – 16^th June 1931

8.       Mick Cullen – 3^rd July 1931

9.       David Mathers – 23^rd October 1931

10.   Campbell Forsyth – 5^th May 1934

11.   Eric Caldow – 14^th May 1934

12.   Jimmy Millar – 20^th November 1934

13.   Lawrie Leslie – 17^th March 1935

14.   Eddie Connachan – 27^th August 1935

15.   David Holt – 3^rd January 1936

16.   Pat Quinn – 26^th April 1936

17.   George Herd – 6^th May 1936

18.   George Mulhall – 8^th May 1936

19.   Ralph Brand – 8^th December 1936

20.   Tommy Ewing – 2^nd May 1937

21.   Duncan MacKay – 14^th July 1937

22.   Willie Bell – 3^rd September 1937

23.   Jackie Plenderleith – 6^th October 1937

24.   Andy Weir – 15^th November 1937

25.   Ron Yeats – 15^th November 1937

26.   Bertie Auld – 23^rd March 1938

27.   Ian St John – 7^th June 1938

28.   Dave Gibson – 23^rd September 1938

29.   Alan Gilzean – 22^nd October 1938

30.   Johnny MacLeod – 23^rd November 1938

31.   Frank Haffey – 28^th November 1938

32.   Davie Wilson – 10^th January 1939

33.   Pat Crerand – 19^th February 1939

34.   Ian Ure – 7^th December 1939

35.   Frank McLintock – 28^th December 1939

 

 

 

 

Eddie Connachan being reported as having died last night:

Helped Dunfermline under Jock Stein to win the 1961 Scottish Cup Final and two appearances as goalkeeper for Scotland.

[chilean way 1,901]

Justo Tejada, spanish footballer who played for Barcelona between 1953 and 1961 scoring 92 goals has died at 88 https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/2005241/former-barca-player-justo-tejada-dies

[Octopus of Odstock 2,206]

John Grant, Hibs stalwart and twice a Scottish International died recently 

 

 

From twitter: I’ve just learned that former Hibee John ‘The Duke’ Grant who was at Hibs from 1949-1964 has passed away at the age of 89. I used to work with his daughter Karen and always enjoyed the stories she told about her Dad.  RIP John, my thoughts are with Karen and all John’s family.

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/his-memory-marches-on-john-grant

 

 

[MarcJWallace 270]

Ali Ansarian, a former Iran international defender, turned actor and TV presenter, has died of COVID-19 aged 43.

Initially, given his age, I thought he was part of the 1998 World Cup squad, but it turns out he made his debut in October of 1998 and picked up five more caps between then and 2007.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457730/Former-Iran-defender-Ali-Ansarian-dies-of-coronavirus

[Imelda 621]

Paul Canoville, who became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea in 1982, is critically ill in hospital after complications from emergency surgery

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12207342/paul-canoville-former-chelsea-winger-critically-ill-in-hospital

[Sir Creep 7,070]

KNUTSFORD FC are mourning the loss of one of their unsung heroes.

Dave Jenyons, who was a valued volunteer in helping to maintain and improve the club’s facilities, died on Sunday, January 24.

He was a stalwart of the club for many years and especially the 2010s when supporting his son Steve’s captaincy of the team’s most successful decade in the club’s 132-year history.

 

...and likely the only time the Knutsford Guardian will be used as an obit source.

SC

[alt obits guy 3,374]

Yisa Sofoluwe, a former Nigerian national team player and former Super Eagles defender, has died. He was 53.  He had been hospitalized since last Friday. No cause of death was given.

 

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/441796-just-in-former-super-eagles-defender-yisa-sofoluwe-is-dead.html

 

 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,206]

1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Yisa Sofoluwe, a former Nigerian national team player and former Super Eagles defender, has died. He was 53.  He had been hospitalized since last Friday. No cause of death was given.

 

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/441796-just-in-former-super-eagles-defender-yisa-sofoluwe-is-dead.html

 

 

Cause of death is in most reports if you had checked - cerebral atrophy. 

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/441796-just-in-former-super-eagles-defender-yisa-sofoluwe-is-dead.html

 

[alt obits guy 3,374]

1 hour ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

Cause of death is in most reports if you had checked - cerebral atrophy. 

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/441796-just-in-former-super-eagles-defender-yisa-sofoluwe-is-dead.html

 

And yet listed as COVID-19 on the Wikipedia "Deaths in 2021" page (at least at the time I'm writing this). I looked at this one obituary, it didn't list a cause of death and I left it at that.