Guest Atilla Posted July 25, 2014 Deaths of those in Recent World Cup's: 2006: 2; Tchangai (Togo), Benitez (Ecuador) 2002; 3; Lekgetho (South Africa), Matsuda (Japan), Foe (Cameroon) 1998: 6; Cargill, Malcolm (Jamaica), Cornejo (Chile), Yekini & Okafor (Nigeria), Khiliawi (Saudi Arabia) 1994; 7 Escobar and Gaviria (Colombia), Castillo (Bolivia), Foe (Cameroon), Mfede (Cameroon - also died this last week), Yekini (Nigeria), Khilawi (Saudi) 1990; 5; Klein (Romania), Escobar (Colombia), Glatzmeyer (Austria), Clijsters (Belgium), Mfede (Cameroon) 1986: 12; Cooper (Scotland), Hakim (Iraq), Bento, Damas and Antonio (Portugal), Scirea (Italy), Eriksen (Denmark), Clijsters (Belgium), Cuciuffo (Argentina), Socrates (Brazil), McDonald (N.Ireland), Smolarek (Poland) 1982: 14; Juanito (Spain), Daraselia (USSR), Drummond (Honduras), Dirceu (Brazil), Brotherston (N.Ireland), Scirea (Italy), Coeck (Belgium), Socrates (Brazil), Smolarek (Poland), Abega (Cameroon), Susloparev (USSR), Shengelia (USSR), Vojacek (Czechoslovakia), Santamaria (Argentina) 1978; 21; Torok, Kocsis and Peicani (Hungary), Pepi (France), Toninho, Dirceu, Mendoca and Chicao (Brazil), Pezzey and Happich (Austria), R Rojas (Peru), Nejazi (Iran), Scirea (Italy), Russmann (Germany), Akid (Tunisia), Juanito and Migueli (Spain), Deyna and Mazur (Poland), Flores (Mexico), Flohe (W.Germany) Peicani is the name of a village in Romania, but the late member of the Hungarian national team was called Pusztai (I'm pretty sure Peicani is just a horrible misspelling). Luckily, most of these players were/are alcoholics (no wonder they went home without a win) so the others are expected to follow them pretty soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted July 30, 2014 Just discovered Julio Cesar Abbadie, who scored 2 goals for Uruguay in their 7-0 tonking of Scotland back in 1954, died a couple of weeks back - http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/1186486-fallecio-julio-cesar-abbadie 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 9, 2014 Andriy Bal at 56. Scored v Brazil in 82 http://news.rin.ru/eng/news///51685/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted August 9, 2014 That's four of the Soviets of 1982 dead already. I know it's over 30 years now and it does, especially recently, look really dated in a way the 1990 World Cup doesn't so much, but you still don't expect so many of one team to be dead before they get to 60. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 9, 2014 That's four of the Soviets of 1982 dead already. I know it's over 30 years now and it does, especially recently, look really dated in a way the 1990 World Cup doesn't so much, but you still don't expect so many of one team to be dead before they get to 60. Died at the same age as Socrates who equalised his goal I think............ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted August 10, 2014 That's four of the Soviets of 1982 dead already. I know it's over 30 years now and it does, especially recently, look really dated in a way the 1990 World Cup doesn't so much, but you still don't expect so many of one team to be dead before they get to 60. Died at the same age as Socrates who equalised his goal I think............ Dear god. Who gives a jetpacking fuck? You make baby Jesus cry with such an utterly unhinged level of obsessive statto shite. By comparison it makes me want to hang out with the people who frequent F1 Fanatic's live blogs......... ..........during Friday morning practice sessions. Twat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galento 24 Posted August 10, 2014 Who is the twat here? Don't you realise that Footballers are as important to a Death Pool as singers, film stars, politicians, paedophiles etc. it is an important part of peoples lives, so just because you don't like football, or what surrounds it, don't take the moral high ground. Get a life. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 11, 2014 The great, Vlad Beara, has died at 85. Played in all the 50's WC's. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/08/11/vladimir-beara-one-soccer-greatest-goalkeepers-and-star-for-yugoslavia-dies-at/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fsports+(Internal+-+Sports+-+Mixed) Coincidentally, that is the same age as all the other people that died aged 85. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 15, 2014 Javier Guzman at 69. Started the rot v Italy when scoring the own goal in 1970. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 15, 2014 Javier Guzman at 69. Started the rot v Italy when scoring the own goal in 1970. Two games previous for him and the first ever yellow card in the World Cup History was issued to the Russians whilst he was on the pitch. The ref that issued it died the day before Guzman. Kurt Tschenscher. As you will all be aware, he reffed Lisbon that day in '67. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 13, 2014 http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=hun/news/newsid=2145251.html One of the Magyars, Koroly Sandor at 85 was in 2 WC's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 14, 2014 Milan Galić at 76, starred for the Slavs in '62. Plenty of obits, just not in En@lish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mauricio Posted September 14, 2014 Deaths that i saw that don´t stay in the list 1990 : Vodone (usa), Ze Carlos(Brasil) 1986: Edevaldo(Brasil) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted September 14, 2014 1994: Oscar Sanchez(Bolivia) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 14, 2014 Deaths that i saw that don´t stay in the list 1990 : Vodone (usa), Ze Carlos(Brasil) 1986: Edevaldo(Brasil) 1986: Edevaldo(Brasil) ? dead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted September 17, 2014 Twitter and various articles in Cyrillic seem to be indicating that 2006 Ukraine squad member Andriy Gusin/Husin has died in a bike accident Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted September 17, 2014 Twitter and various articles in Cyrillic seem to be indicating that 2006 Ukraine squad member Andriy Gusin/Husin has died in a bike accident Hit by a tree? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 17, 2014 Twitter and various articles in Cyrillic seem to be indicating that 2006 Ukraine squad member Andriy Gusin/Husin has died in a bike accident Hit by a tree? regards, Hein Planted by the Taliban ................(old Provo/Marc Bolan gag........) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 3, 2014 Jean Jacques Marcel died today at 83. He played for France in the 54+58 World Cups. http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/ex-france-international-jean-jacques-marcel-dies_1479697.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted October 13, 2014 Carmelo Simeone: not Diego's dad, didn't actually play in the WC but was on the bench for all Argentina's 1966 games, including the light-hearted celebration of sportsmanship againt England in the quarters, dead at 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 13, 2014 As is their 74 midfielder, Roberto Telch at 70. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted October 29, 2014 Klas Ingesson, played for Sweden in 1990 and 1994 as well as being a big part of that pretty handy Bologna side of the late 90s (and the slightly less-impressive Sheffield Wednesday 1995 squad) dead at 46. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted October 29, 2014 Deaths that i saw that don´t stay in the list 1990 : Vodone (usa), Ze Carlos(Brasil) 1986: Edevaldo(Brasil) Thanks Mauricio. I haven't included these in the "recent World Cup deaths" list as they didn't actually play - same for the chap - I can't think of his name, who was the reserve keeper for Costa Rica in 2006, who is also no longer with us Will update, however, for the sad news re. Ingesson tonight. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LameGuestDude Posted November 12, 2014 Hey, I know I'm a guest and people here mostly hate guests, but I found some WC 1938 players(possibly unused subs, or just non-playing people called up) who have only got dates of birth, and I haven't found any reports that they're dead. Could anyone do more research, because I don't know where to check reliably? Here they are: 1. Sutan Anwar(Dutch East Indies), born 21 March 1914 2. Tan Hong Djien(Dutch East Indies), born 12 January 1916 3. Curt Bergsten(Sweden), born 21 August 1915 4. Czeslaw/Martin 'Cesar' Povolny(France), born 19 July 1914 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted November 12, 2014 Hey, I know I'm a guest and people here mostly hate guests, but I found some WC 1938 players(possibly unused subs, or just non-playing people called up) who have only got dates of birth, and I haven't found any reports that they're dead. Could anyone do more research, because I don't know where to check reliably? Here they are: 1. Sutan Anwar(Dutch East Indies), born 21 March 1914 2. Tan Hong Djien(Dutch East Indies), born 12 January 1916 3. Curt Bergsten(Sweden), born 21 August 1915 4. Czeslaw/Martin 'Cesar' Povolny(France), born 19 July 1914 Google might be a good start. Let me know how you get on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
