diego 1,833 Posted February 28 Osvaldo Cunha was born in Pedreira and died at the age of 80 in the same place. He began his career playing for the amateur Santa Sofia team in his hometown. He played for Guarani, São Paulo Corinthians and América MG, where he was state champion in 1971 https://ge.globo.com/sp/campinas-e-regiao/futebol/noticia/2024/02/27/morre-osvaldo-cunha-ex-lateral-de-corinthians-sao-paulo-e-guarani.ghtml 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted February 29 Presley Carson was born in Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras and died in Atlanta, Georgia, played almost 100 games for FC Motagua over six years, before joining Victoria in 1998. A year later, he moved to Federal. He played in the 96 Gold Cup for his national team and in 98 he was also in the Gold Cup squad. https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/presley-carson-wood-ex-futbolista-hondureno-muere-fallece-de-que-murio-DL17852463 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,969 Posted March 1 According to the facebook post, Eric Whittingham, who had a career of sorts with Brighton & Hove (32 appearances over 4 seasons, with one of those being the club's joint-top scorer) "passed away recently". https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1799122133921160&set=gm.7348786455164974&idorvanity=1017084055001944 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,062 Posted March 1 On 04/08/2021 at 13:27, arghton said: Former acting FIFA President, 74-year old Issa Hayatou (became president when Blatter was impeached) has now been banned from football-related activities for a year by FIFA's ethics committee. Issa Hayatou dead at 77. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted March 1 1 hour ago, drol said: Issa Hayatou dead at 77. He was also president of the African Confederation for almost 30 years, from 1988 to 2017. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,062 Posted March 2 9 hours ago, drol said: Issa Hayatou dead at 77. Issa Hayatou is alive. Usual reliability of African media. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted March 3 Uruguayan coach Roberto Fleitas has died aged 91. He won Copa América with Uruguay in 1987 and Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup with Nacional Montevideo in 1988. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 783 Posted March 4 Kees Rijvers who played in midfield for a few teams in Netherlands and France including 3 spells at St Etienne, also managed PSV Eindhoven and the Dutch national team from 1981 till 1984 has died aged 97 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_Rijvers 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 4 On 3/3/2024 at 1:30 PM, Sinbabad said: Uruguayan coach Roberto Fleitas has died aged 91. He won Copa América with Uruguay in 1987 and Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup with Nacional Montevideo in 1988. He was Uruguayan champion in 1992, no coach who was Uruguayan champion after 1992 has yet died, before the coach of a more recent edition to die had been Saul Rivero, champion in 1989 and died in 2022 Coach of the 1987 Uruguayan Copa América title, first member of that team to die He was the coach of Uruguay from the oldest season still alive (1987-1988), who is now Oscar Tabarez (1988-1990) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 5 On 22/10/2023 at 10:39, The Old Crem said: Ballon D’Or living nominees 1956 - Kees Rijvers 1957 - Kurt Hamrin 1958 - Kurt Hamrin, Colin McDonald, 1959 - No survivors 1960 - Kurt Hamrin Within a month both living nominees from the first editions of the award died, leaving 1960 without survivors as well, 1958 is the oldest edition with a surviving nominee for the award now, Colin McDonald (b. 1930) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genfærd 421 Posted March 5 Danish player Jan Høiland has died, aged 72 Played for 1860 München and B93 in the 70s, and also has a few national caps in that period. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 5 Siphiwe Mkhonza was born in Kwa-Thema, Springs, South Africa and died aged 45, he played club football for Bloemfontein Celtic, Ria Stars, Lamontville Golden Arrows, Kaizer Chiefs, SuperSport United, Maritzburg United, AmaZulu and Black Leopards and won seven caps for the South team -African https://ireportsouthafrica.co.za/2024/03/05/former-kaizer-chiefs-legend-turned-analyst-siphiwe-mkhonza-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-44/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,099 Posted March 6 Some QPR legends at Loftus Road tonight honouring Stan Bowles. Ron Abbott, Gerry Francis, Ian Gillard, Frank McLintock, Phil Nutt, Don Shanks and Dave Thomas (who is now blind) are all present according to QPR's Twitter. Photo of McLintock and Gerry Francis in the foreground. McLintock doesn't look too bad considering he's now 84. Phil Parkes and David Webb sent video tributes which are on Twitter and both look fine. Don Givens and Don Masson gave written tributes so might not be in such good health. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 8 Minervino Pietra was born in Lisbon and died at the age of 70. He participated in 323 Primeira Liga games over 16 seasons, for Belenenses and Benfica (28 goals scored). He later became a coach, working mainly as an assistant and having spells at both clubs. Pietra was capped by Portugal in the 70s and 80s He coached Estoril in 98-99 and is the most recent coach to die from this club, before it was Mário Wilson who coached between 84-86 and died in 2016 https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/morreu-minervino-pietra 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 8 Belgian Jean-Paul Colonval was born in Tirlemont and died aged 84, he was the top scorer in the Belgian First Division with 25 goals in 1965 while playing for Tilleur. He later played for R. Standard de Liège, as a coach he worked at Charleroi between 75-76 https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/division-1a/2024/03/08/lancien-attaquant-du-daring-et-du-standard-jean-paul-colonval-est-decede-a-84-ans-7KLJMSWBR5CXDGYYKKAZA2WPSY/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 8 Slovenian Milan Arnejčič was born in Maribor and died aged 81, he started playing for Železničar Maribor and helped them win the 1960 Slovenian regional cup by scoring two of his club's four goals in the final victory over NK Ljubljana. 1960, moved to NK Maribor, in 1969, he joined Red Star Belgrade https://vecer.com/sport/poslovila-se-je-legendarna-devetka-iz-ljudskega-vrta-10351997 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted March 9 Alexei Spirin, former chairman of the Inspection Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) and a former FIFA referee, has died. He was 72. https://en.apa.az/football/former-fifa-referee-alexey-spirin-dies-at-72-430597 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 10 Jimmy Husband, Everton and Luton Town, reportedly dead: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted March 10 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Jimmy Husband, Everton and Luton Town, reportedly dead: Played in the 1970 Charity shield. Four left for Everton and Five left for Chelsea. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 13 Tommy Duncan, former outside left for Airdrie who became manager of Queens Park, reportedly dead: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 14 Rolf Blattler was born in Uster, Switzerland and died aged 81 in Minúsio, Switzerland, he had spells with Grasshoppers, Lugano, St. Gallen, Luzern and Locarno. At international level, he made 28 appearances for the Swiss national team, scoring 12 goals. He was top scorer in the Swiss championship in 65, 66 and 67.From 86 to 88 he was coach of the Swiss Olympic team and from 84 to 86 he coached the under 21 team https://www.blick.ch/sport/nach-langer-krankheit-schweizer-fussball-trauert-um-rolf-blaettler-81-id19501962.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted March 15 Ted Immers was born in Haarlem and died there aged 82, was a midfielder at VSV (1960–1963) and Telstar (1963–1965), among others, was coach of FC Eindhoven (1986–1988), SC Heerenveen (1988–1989) and HFC Haarlem (1990–1991). With HFC he was champion for two consecutive years. https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1591576786/oud-voetbaltrainer-ted-immers-82-overleden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 15 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. Welsh 1. Des Palmer – 23rd September 1931 2. Terry Medwin – 25th September 1932 3. Alan Harrington – 17th November 1933 4. Cyril Lea – 5th August 1934 5. Colin Baker – 18th December 1934 6. Cliff Jones – 7th February 1935 7. Vic Rouse – 16th March 1936 8. Graham Williams (Everton/Swansea) – 31st December 1936 9. Trevor Edwards – 24th January 1937 10. Mel Nurse – 11th October 1937 11. Dave Hollins – 4th February 1938 12. Graham Williams (West Brom) – 2nd April 1938 13. Mal Lucas – 7th October 1938 14. Frank Rankmore – 21st July 1939 Mal Lucas, Welsh international, also Leyton Orient, Norwich City and Torquay, reportedly dead: https://torquayunited.com/mal-lucas-rip/ At time of writing, still a living person on Wiki. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted March 17 ‘Serie A game Atalanta-Fiorentina has been postponed as Fiorentina director Joe Barone fell seriously ill earlier today and was rushed to hospital.’ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,062 Posted March 17 It's the first time I heard this guy's name, but it's not looking good for him. He was resuscitated, his family and the team are at his bedside. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
