FIFA World Cup Players

[drol 11,974]

Van der Sar back to the Netherlands and apparently out of coma.

[Sinbabad 1,126]

French Robert Budzynski, who participated at the 1966 World Cup has died aged 83. He played France all 3 games as they were eliminated in the group stage.

[drol 11,974]

On 15/07/2023 at 10:04, drol said:

Van der Sar back to the Netherlands and apparently out of coma.

Van der Sar out of ICU and to be discharged next week.

 

All well that ends well.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Report of the death of Adolf Scherer, unused sub in 1958 and player in 1962 for Czechoslavakia: https://www-objectifgard-com.translate.goog/actualites/nimes-olympique-lancien-joueur-adolf-scherer-est-decede-113330.php?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

[Sinbabad 1,126]

19 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Adolf Scherer, unused sub in 1958 and player in 1962 for Czechoslavakia: https://www-objectifgard-com.translate.goog/actualites/nimes-olympique-lancien-joueur-adolf-scherer-est-decede-113330.php?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Now the last Czechoslovak survivor of the 1962 final is Josef Jelinek.

[Sinbabad 1,126]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:44, whoismakoto said:

1962 – 96 survivors

Czechoslovakia

2              DF            Jan Lála   10 September 1936 (aged 25)

7              MF           Jozef Štibrányi         11 April 1940 (aged 22)         

8              FW          Adolf Scherer          5 May 1938 (aged 24)            

11            FW          Josef Jelínek            9 January 1941 (aged 21)

What about Scherer’s teamate Vaclav Mašek ? He is not on this list but Wikipedia still list him as alive. I couldn’t find pages saying that he’s dead.

[Imelda 621]

Cross-posting for Trevor Francis - 1982.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12331161/Trevor-Francis-dead-69-football-mourns-loss-British-million-pound-player-won-two-European-Cups-Nottingham-Forest-signed-Brian-Clough.html

[Sinbabad 1,126]

Gunter Hermann who was in West Germany’s squad at the 1962 World Cup, is dead aged 83.

He was an unused substitute.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

1 hour ago, Imelda said:

Cross-posting for Trevor Francis - 1982.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12331161/Trevor-Francis-dead-69-football-mourns-loss-British-million-pound-player-won-two-European-Cups-Nottingham-Forest-signed-Brian-Clough.html

A complete legend of the late 70s. The first million pound transfer was the talk of the school playground. The papers were saying football had gone mad. Now it wouldn't get you a reserve goalkeeper in the 2nd Division.

[drol 11,974]

On 14/07/2023 at 07:46, drol said:

Romario hospitalised with intestinal infection and, though still active, looks very thin in recent photos

Romario still in hospital. That's a nasty intestinal infection, isn't it?

[whoismakoto 328]

Bittersweet moment for Olga Carmona as she was the goalscorer for Spain's Women's World Cup finals. Her father died on the same day they won.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid032y7NboaeJnn39iZJcefbKWTiNA8CVFaeGxcQVEyyTxexEYsWgYZvmUJPG3YmoThal&id=100044187438640&post_id=100044187438640_pfbid032y7NboaeJnn39iZJcefbKWTiNA8CVFaeGxcQVEyyTxexEYsWgYZvmUJPG3YmoThal&mibextid=aE13LE

[Sinbabad 1,126]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:44, whoismakoto said:

1962 – 96 survivors

Uruguay

 

18            MF           Ronald Langón        6 August 1939 (aged 22)

Ronald Langon has died on 31 August 2021 aged 82 :

[I.R.Baboon 221]

On 23/09/2020 at 13:13, msc said:

Updated after 4 years, the living finalists:

 

 

 

Jan Jongbloed (b. 1940),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)

Subs – Theo de Jong (b. 1947), Rene van de Kerkhof (b. 1951)

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)

 

 

The German's 74 team still has all 11 finalists still living, although a few aren't  well.

 

 

 

 

Jan Jongbloed has died: https://nos.nl/artikel/2488668-voormalig-oranje-doelman-jan-jongbloed-82-overleden . He played professionally until he had a heart attack during a match at the age of 44. A year before his son (21) died while he was stuck by lightning during a football match.

[time 8,624]

17 minutes ago, I.R.Baboon said:

 

Jan Jongbloed has died: https://nos.nl/artikel/2488668-voormalig-oranje-doelman-jan-jongbloed-82-overleden . He played professionally until he had a heart attack during a match at the age of 44. A year before his son (21) died while he was stuck by lightning during a football match.

DDP selection of mine, given his World Cup credentials should QO. On the downside, he was also an ABC pool entry!

[Sinbabad 1,126]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:44, whoismakoto said:

  1962

Argentina                  

6              DF            Raúl Páez 26 May 1937 (aged 25)

Raul Paez died in 1996 in Brazil.

[Sinbabad 1,126]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:44, whoismakoto said:

1962

 Mexico

14   MF  Pedro Romero 12 April 1937 (aged 25) 

Pedro Romero died on 2018.

[Sinbabad 1,126]

On 31/03/2023 at 15:02, whoismakoto said:

If only we can find an obit saying that Nelson Lopez (Wiki) is dead, I don't know if we can trust the comment from this blog post saying he died a long time ago. I did find in his Spanish wiki that he died in 1980 in the categories. No link, explanation or even from the info box that mentions this.

Someone made a new post 3 days ago saying that he died in January 1990. No obit or source to back that up though.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Sinbabad

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 09/07/2023 at 09:55, Sinbabad said:

Update after Suarez death :

Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1990 - names of living coaches are included]:
1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil)

Hernan Carrasco reportedly dead: https://www-laprensagrafica-com.translate.goog/deportes/Fallece-Hernan-Carrasco-Vivanco-el-entrenador-que-dirigio-a-El-Salvador-en-el-Mundial-de-Mexico-1970-20230910-0013.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true

[Sinbabad 1,126]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Hernan Carrasco reportedly dead

He is the second longest lived* and centenarian FIFA WC coach, after Mexican  Ignacio Trelles who died in 2020 aged 103.

Now the oldest living coach is Uruguayan José Santamaria , he is 94. He is also one of the last surviving players of the 1954 WC.
 

*  the death dates of three FIFA WC coaches are unknown : Cuban José Tapia and Czechoslovak Josef Meissner both of the 1938 WC and North Korean Myung Rye Rhun of the 1966 WC.

[ladyfiona 2,597]

Luis Rubiales is finally resigning.

 

 

[The Old Crem 3,608]

1 hour ago, ladyfiona said:

Luis Rubiales is finally resigning.

 

 

And in total dramatic style in an interview with Piers Morgan. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

Announcing it on Piers Morgan because of course

[Toast 16,155]

I'm appalled that it's come to this. His reaction was a spontaneous expression of utter joy, and completely harmless. To call it assault is to trivialise the word and an insult to everyone who has suffered actual sexual assault.  I hope those bitches are proud of themselves for poisoning thair own achievement.

[P94 41]

So, Mario Zagallo became the last living coach of both 1970 & 1974 FIFA World Cup.

[diego 1,992]

23 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Hernan Carrasco reportedly dead

Hernan Carrasco was also the coach of the El Salvador national team from an older season still alive (1965-67 and 1970), I believe that this position now belongs to the Argentine Hector Alfredo D'Angelo (1972), although I have not been able to confirm that he still alive, if he had died it would be Salvadoran Mauricio Alonso "Pipo" Rodríguez Lindo (1973-74,1979-82)