Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 19, 2016 David Ginola had a cardiac arrest today. Hope he will recover well and soon. http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/05/19/97001-20160519FILWWW00272-l-ancien-footballeur-david-ginola-victime-d-un-arret-cardiaque.php Never played in a World Cup, because he was a meme footballer. I know but i didn't know where to post that news. Wouldn't worry too much about that. This is the third thread it's been posted on. 'Bout time to start a David Ginola thread then. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2016 Zygmunt Kukla, dead at 68. Played for Poland in '78 v Peru & Brazil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted May 21, 2016 My brother cleans David Ginola's gutters. Fact. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,170 Posted May 21, 2016 My brother cleans David Ginola's gutters. Fact. I'd let David Ginola clean mine. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 22, 2016 My brother cleans David Ginola's gutters. Fact. Hope he didn't get paid with a post-dated cheque SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,569 Posted May 29, 2016 Alan Pulido, squad member for Mexico in 2014 but didn't see any pitch time, has been kidnapped in the city of Ciudad Victoria by six armed gunmen. Government have issued a level-three something or other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 30, 2016 Alan Pulido, squad member for Mexico in 2014 but didn't see any pitch time, has been kidnapped in the city of Ciudad Victoria by six armed gunmen. Government have issued a level-three something or other. Level-three something-or-other worked! Rescued! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36411384 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,170 Posted May 30, 2016 Alan Pulido, squad member for Mexico in 2014 but didn't see any pitch time, has been kidnapped in the city of Ciudad Victoria by six armed gunmen. Government have issued a level-three something or other. Level-three something-or-other worked! Rescued! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36411384 Alan, now there's a typically Mexican name. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,221 Posted May 30, 2016 Alan Pulido, squad member for Mexico in 2014 but didn't see any pitch time, has been kidnapped in the city of Ciudad Victoria by six armed gunmen. Government have issued a level-three something or other. Level-three something-or-other worked! Rescued! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36411384 Alan, now there's a typically Mexican name. I remember, in the 78 World Cup, there was an Argentinian player whos surname was Houseman. Because he was Argentinian, it was pronounced Hooss E man. There is a Liverpool ( is it Sunderland now?) player from Uruguay called Sebastian Coates, pronounced Co-wartez . Fascinating stuff!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 4, 2016 If you remember that lfn, then you'll mind the France - Hungary game, where France had to play in a local teams strip. Istvan Halasz of Hungary who I think made one of his few appearances in that game, deid @64. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,221 Posted June 4, 2016 If you remember that lfn, then you'll mind the France - Hungary game, where France had to play in a local teams strip. Istvan Halasz of Hungary who I think made one of his few appearances in that game, deid @64. I think I do vaguely remember that, mind you I was 13 then and its a fucking long time ago. Im sure the pitches were massively shit and covered with 'ticker tape' IIRC, it was winter there then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 4, 2016 Correcto. My favourite WC, and I was only 11. France turned out in a green and white stripe job as both had turned up in their away kits, both white. France scrounged a strip from an amatuer club . Bizarre, but it had happened a couple of times before at WC's (54 + 66 maybe from memory??) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 13, 2016 Alfonso Portugal at 82. Mexican defender at the '58. http://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/2701841/fallecio-el-ex-jugador-y-ex-director-tecnico-alfonso-pescado-portugal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted July 7, 2016 Turgay Şeren, goalkeeper capped for Turkey at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, dies at 84. http://www.dailysabah.com/football/2016/07/07/turkeys-legendary-goalkeeper-turgay-seren-dies-at-age-84 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted July 7, 2016 1950-1958 updated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted July 25, 2016 1954 survivors (including non-playing members of the squad) *Snip* Turkey No......Pos......Player...................DoB/Age........................................................Caps.......Club 13.....2DF......Bülent Eken..........(1923-01-26)26 January 1923 (aged 31)......11...........Galatasaray S.K. *Snip* Eken has died aged 92: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabah.com.tr%2Fspor%2Ffutbol%2F2016%2F07%2F25%2Fgalatasarayin-efsane-ismi-bulent-eken-vefat-etti&edit-text= His date of birth now appears to be confirmed as 26 October 1923, not January. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted August 5, 2016 A cursory look at Wiki (with a glance over Google news archives for some of the more obscure names) gives us the following survivors of early World Cup finals. 1930-1950 - No one. 1954West Germany 2-0 Hungary Horst Eckel (b. 1932), Hans Schafer (b. 1927) 1958 Brazil 2-5 Sweden Pele (b. 1940), Mario Zagallo (b. 1931) Sigge Parling (b. 1930), Bengt Gustavsson (b. 1928), Reino Borjesson (b. 1929), Kurt Hamrin (b. 1934), Agne Simonsson (b. 1935) 1962 Brazil 2-4 Czech Republic Amarildo (b. 1940), Mario Zagallo (b. 1931) Jiri Tichy (b. 1933), Josef Jelinek (b. 1941), Adolf Scherer (b. 1938), Josef Kadraba (b. 1933) 1966 England 9-9 West Germany Gordon Banks (b. 1937), George Cohen (b. 1939), Jack Charlton (b. 1935), Ray Wilson (b. 1934), Nobby Stiles (b. 1942), Bobby Charlton (b. 1937), Martin Peters (b. 1943), Geoff Hurst (b. 1941), Roger Hunt (b. 1938) Hans Tilkowski (b. 1935), Horst-Dieter Hottges (b. 1943), Willi Schulz (b. 1938), Wolfgang Weber (b. 1944), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (b. 1939), Franz Beckenbauer (b. 1945), Wolfgang Overath (b. 1943), Uwe Seeler (b. 1936), Sigfried Held (b. 1942) 1970 Brazil 9-9 Italy Carlos Alberto (b. 1944), Brito (b. 1939), Piazza (b. 1943), Clodoaldo (b. 1949), Gerson (b. 1941), Jairzinho (b. 1944), Tostao (b. 1947), Pele (b. 1940), Rivellino (b. 1946) Enrico Albertosi (b. 1939), Tarcisio Burgnich (b. 1939), Pierluigi Cera (b. 1941), Mario Bertini (b. 1944), Angelo Domenghini (b. 1941), Giancarlo De Sisti (b. 1943), Sandro Mazzola (b. 1942), Gigi Riva (b. 1944), Roberto Boninsegna (b. 1943)Antonio Juliano (sub, b. 1943), Gianni Rivera (sub, b. 1943) 1974 Holland 10-11 West Germany Jan Jongbloed (b. 1940), Wim Suurbier (b. 1945), Wim Rijsbergen (b. 1952), Arie Haan (b. 1948), Ruud Krol (b. 1949), Wim Jansen (b. 1946), Johan Neeskens (b. 1951), Willem van Hanegem (b. 1944), Johnny Rep (b. 1951), Rob Rensenbrink (b. 1947) Sepp Maier (b. 1944), Berti Vogts (b. 1946), Franz Beckenbauer (b. 1945), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (b. 1948), Paul Breitner (b. 1951), Ranier Bonhof (b. 1952), Uli Hoeness (b. 1952), Wolfgang Overath (b. 1943), Jurgen Grabowski (b. 1944), Gerd Muller (b. 1945), Bernd Holzenbein (b. 1946) Subs – Theo de Jong (b. 1947), Rene van de Kerkhof (b. 1951), 1978 Ubaldo Fillol (b. 1950), Jorge Olguin (b. 1952), Luis Galvan (b. 1948), Daniel Passarella (b. 1953), Alberto Tarantini (b. 1955), Americo Gallego (b. 1955), Osvaldo Ardiles (b. 1952), Mario Kempes (b. 1954), Daniel Bertoni (b. 1955), Oscar Alberto Ortiz (b. 1953), Leopoldo Luque (b. 1949) Jan Jongbloed (b. 1940), Ruud Krol (b. 1949), Wim Jansen (b. 1946), Johan Neeskens (b. 1951), Arie Haan (b. 1948), Rene van de Kerkhof (b. 1951), Johnny Rep (b. 1951), Rob Rensenbrink (b. 1947), Ernie Brandts (b. 1956), Jan Poortvliet (b. 1955), Wily van de Kerkhof (b. 1951) Subs – Omar Larrosa, (b. 1947), Rene Houseman (b. 1953), Wim Suurbier (b. 1945) Every starter in the 1978 World Cup final, to the best of my knowledge, is still alive, although subb Nanninga has died. And he scored the Dutch goal too! But if you had to look to the first World Cup final with no deaths whatsoever, it'd be 1990! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted August 28, 2016 A cursory look at Wiki (with a glance over Google news archives for some of the more obscure names) gives us the following survivors of early World Cup finals. *snip* 1962 Brazil 2-4 Czech Republic Amarildo (b. 1940), Mario Zagallo (b. 1931) Jiri Tichy (b. 1933), Josef Jelinek (b. 1941), Adolf Scherer (b. 1938), Josef Kadraba (b. 1933) *snip* Jiří Tichý has died aged 82. Not the best Google Translate, but then it's an article about sport, so I'm guessing the original is a bit scrappy too. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denik.cz%2Ffotbal%2Fzemrel-stribrny-medailista-z-fotbaloveho-ms-v-chile-jiri-tichy-20160828.html&edit-text= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted August 28, 2016 3-2 to the Czechs then. Curious how much four years difference makes, in comparing the number of survivors of the 62 final to the 66. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted August 28, 2016 3-2 to the Czechs then. Curious how much four years difference makes, in comparing the number of survivors of the 62 final to the 66. Harsh as it may sound, but the difference between the number of survivors is only partly due to the 4 years difference. England (the UK) and Germany are both high income Western countries, while Brazil and the Czech Republic are middle income countries, where alcoholism and unhealthy lifestyles are more prevalent, and the healthcare systems are clearly inferior. Life expectancy at birth for males is at 69.9 years (CIA World Factbook) in Brazil; for the Czech Republic it's much higher (75.5), but used to be worse when it was part of the Eastern bloc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted September 18, 2016 A cursory look at Wiki (with a glance over Google news archives for some of the more obscure names) gives us the following survivors of early World Cup finals. *snip* 1958 Brazil 2-5 Sweden Pele (b. 1940), Mario Zagallo (b. 1931) Sigge Parling (b. 1930), Bengt Gustavsson (b. 1928), Reino Borjesson (b. 1929), Kurt Hamrin (b. 1934), Agne Simonsson (b. 1935) *snip* Sigge Parling dead at 86. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressen.se%2Fsport%2Ffotboll%2Fsigvard-parling-ar-dod--blev-86-ar-gammal%2F&edit-text= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted September 18, 2016 Zagallo seems determined to try and outlive everyone else in his two finals. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 23, 2016 Marcel Artelesa , frenchie of '66. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Deces-de-marcel-artelesa-ancien-international/730137 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted September 25, 2016 Last but not least, 1958 survivors. Again, I'd be grateful if someone could tidy up this to make it readable. *snip* Wales No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 5.........3MF.......Mel Charles.................(1935-05-14)14 May 1935 (aged 23) *snip* Mel Charles has died aged 81. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37466756 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted October 3, 2016 Errol Keskin, Turk of '54 has died aged 89. http://www.fenerbahce.org/detay.asp?ContentID=52296 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
