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[wengeruk 28]

On 12/10/2023 at 10:09, The Old Crem said:

Former Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has revealed that he has recently been diagnosed with cancer. He is 59. 

 

Dead.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c727p2mmzxpo

[drol 11,923]

Brazilian footballer Adilio (wiki) diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

On 02/08/2024 at 11:24, drol said:

Brazilian footballer Adilio (wiki) diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

 Brazilian footballer Adilio dead from pancreatic cancer.

[Grande Pablo 109]

Ex-Villa star Bobby Thomson.

 

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/06/bobby-thomson--1937-2024-/

 

Edit with QO - Aston Villa news: Bobby Thomson, former Villa striker, dies aged 87 - BBC Sport

[Summer in Transylvania 2,173]

Former manager of York City FC, Alan Little, dead at 69.

[time 8,595]

21 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

Former manager of York City FC, Alan Little, dead at 69.

Another ex-Villa player, brother of the better known Brian.

[drol 11,923]

On 02/03/2024 at 08:31, drol said:

Issa Hayatou is alive.

 

Usual reliability of African media.

Issa Hayatou dead at 77.

 

One day before his 78th birthday.

[time 8,595]

Brian Marjoribanks, Hibs & Hearts player who went on to be BBC sports presenter and had a bit of an acting career, dead aged 82.

Its pronounced Fanshawe*, apparently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Marshbanks

[YoungWillz 21,028]

Roy Greaves, formerly of Bolton and Rochdale, reportedly dead aged 77: https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/roy-greaves-1947-2024

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

On 13/11/2018 at 18:05, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Charles Hughes was using stats to advocate the long ball game before laptops were even thought about.

 

The man most associated with long balls before Larry David, Charles Hughes (who tbh I assumed was long dead) has actually died at the age of 91.

 

If brief googling is correct, joints the select list of people who died in their 90s, would be guaranteed a death mention on both the BBC website and in every broadsheet obits section, and yet was never picked on the DDP.

[Sly Ronnie 878]

8 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

The man most associated with long balls before Larry David, Charles Hughes (who tbh I assumed was long dead) has actually died at the age of 91.

 

If brief googling is correct, joints the select list of people who died in their 90s, would be guaranteed a death mention on both the BBC website and in every broadsheet obits section, and yet was never picked on the DDP.

 

I think the reason is right there, we all thought he carked it years ago! His football methods have certainly bitten the dust.

[whoismakoto 328]

Ramiro Blacut, Bolivian player who was part of the legendary 1963 Bolivian squad that won the Copa America and was the first South American to play for FC Bayern Munchen, dead at 80.

[JonNgoat 147]

On 21/05/2024 at 18:44, Octopus of Odstock said:

Tony Mowbray resigns as Birmingham manager to seek further treatment and recover. The way the various statements have been worded over the last few weeks, it sounds like he might be in worse health than initially alluded to

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0jjz9le4ypo

 

Mowbray was a guest of honour at Middlesbrough at the weekend and looking well.

 

https://www.si.com/soccer/sunderland/i-m-feeling-good-former-sunderland-boss-tony-mowbray-gives-positive-health-update

[justonecornetto 948]

Scottish footballer Alex Kinninmonth who had a pretty successful career with Dundee, Dunfermline and Raith Rovers has died aged 82

 

https://www.raithrovers.net/alex-kinninmonth-obituary/

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,028]

Allan Kell, player for Darlington and non-league Spennymoor, reportedly dead: 

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jim McLaughlin, a former player for Swansea and Derry City manager, has died. He was 83.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cx2n8n7x71lo

[drol 11,923]

On 05/05/2024 at 23:08, Sinbabad said:

Humberto Maschio, who coached Argentina in 1969, is still alive. Granted, he only managed them for 4 games.

Humberto Maschio hospitalised in ICU after fall and suffering from kidney failure.

 

However he does not seem in imminent danger.

[justonecornetto 948]

Hearing from a very reliable source on Facebook that Martin Doak who was a stalwart for Greenock Morton in the eighties and early nineties playing over 300 games has died aged 60.

 

His grandson Ben Doak was signed by Liverpool from Celtic and is the youngest Scottish player to make his debut in the Premier League.

[MarcJWallace 270]

Toussaint Natama, a Burkina Faso international whose career was tragically cut short by an accidental head injury suffered against former Celtic defender Bobo Balde in preparation for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations which left him paralysed on his left side, has died at the age of 41.

 

He played domestically for EF Ouagadougou before moving to Egyptian side Al-Ittihad Alexandria in 2000. Then he earned a move to Europe with Belgian side Westerlo a year later where he remained until his untimely retirement.

 

 

Also, Franciszek Smuda, Poland manager at Euro 2012, has died aged 76.

[justonecornetto 948]

19 hours ago, justonecornetto said:

Hearing from a very reliable source on Facebook that Martin Doak who was a stalwart for Greenock Morton in the eighties and early nineties playing over 300 games has died aged 60.

 

His grandson Ben Doak was signed by Liverpool from Celtic and is the youngest Scottish player to make his debut in the Premier League.

 

Obit Martin Doak

[Deathrace 1,170]

A very large line up of footballers especially those who played for Norwich and Ipswich since the 1980s (some from the 1970s) along with the occasional dart player and jockey who must be in reasonable shape to be attending this. One assumes they can be excluded from any dementia-afflicted footballers lists at the very least. 

[Funeralopolis 241]

On 17/08/2024 at 17:14, drol said:

Humberto Maschio hospitalised in ICU after fall and suffering from kidney failure.

 

However he does not seem in imminent danger.

Humberto Maschio dead.

 

https://www.fanpage.it/sport/calcio/e-morto-humberto-maschio-uno-degli-angeli-dalla-faccia-sporca-con-angelillo-e-sivori-aveva-91-anni/

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Hans Weiner, who played for FC Bayern between 1979 and 1982 during which he won the Bundesliga twice and the DFB Cup, has died. He was 73. Weiner also played for Hertha BSC as well as Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League.

 

https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/08/fc-bayern-mourns-the-passing-of-hans-weiner

[msc 18,437]

Not a death and actually a bit old news now, but this came up in my feed and I knew a number of folk round here would be interested.

 

Willie McLean (not the MIA guy from the 1930s) is 89 nowadays so a possible contender for Octopus's oldest thread before too long. Especially as he was born in Lanarkshire where 89 years for a man is equivalent of 500 years in normal humans. Anyhow, McLean was a journeyman footballer who went on to enjoy several spells as a manager in Scotland, most notably at Motherwell, where he took them to 4th in the Premier League, as big an achievement back then as it would be today. 

 

And at the end of last year, someone went and interviewed him and put it on YouTube!

 

 

Worth a mention also as he's a QO cert (Motherwell plus being Wee Jim's brother), isn't off the radar, and seemingly hasn't been mentioned on this forum before, according to the search engine. (Unless its been avalanched by all the mentions of Don McLean in the Hurt/Heal game.)

 

[livingbygrace 315]

Mickey Brazilian Football.. Wiki seems to be the only source I can see of his passing. Do not know if it is enough for being legit. But thought it might be important to someone who may have them on their list.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_(Brazilian_footballer)#:~:text=Mickey died in Camboriú%2C Santa,24 August 2024%2C aged 76.