FIFA World Cup Players

[La Tombe 353]

On 16/06/2023 at 18:30, Sinbabad said:

Alfredo Rojas, who was part of Argentina’s squads for 1958 and 1966 World Cups is dead aged 86.

He only played one match in 1958 and was an unused substitute in 1966.

 

Update of the 1958 WC list 

1958 –31 survivors - Definitely all dead: Scotland, Yugoslavia
West Germany
No......Pos.......Player..............................DoB/Age
17......2DF.......Karl-Heinz Schnellinger...(1939-03-31)31 March 1939 (aged 19)

 

Northern Ireland
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
11.......4FW.....Peter McParland...........(1934-04-25)25 April 1934 (aged 24)

Czechoslovakia
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
2.........2DF.......Gustav Mráz.................(1934-09-11)11 September 1934 (aged 23)

Argentina
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
15......2DF.......David Acevedo..............(1937-02-20)20 February 1937 (aged 21)
21......4FW......José Sanfilippo..............(1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 23)

France
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
2........1GK.......Dominique Colonna......(1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 29)
7........2DF.......Robert Mouynet.............(1930-03-25)25 March 1930 (aged 28)
8........3MF.......Bernard Chiarelli............(1934-02-24)24 February 1934 (aged 24)

Paraguay
No.......Pos.......Player.......................................DoB/Age

13.......2DF.......Luis Gini......................................(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 22)
120.......4FW......José Raúl Aveiro..........................(1936-07-18)18 July 1936 (aged 21)

Sweden
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
7.........4FW.....Kurt Hamrin...................(1934-11-19)19 November 1934 (aged 23)
15.......3MF.....Reino Börjesson............(1929-02-04)4 February 1929 (aged 29)
22.......4FW....Ove Olsson....................(1938-08-19)19 August 1938 (aged 19)

Wales
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
7.........4FW......Terry Medwin...............(1932-09-25)25 September 1932 (aged 25)
11.......4FW......Cliff Jones....................(1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 23)
14.......2DF.......Trevor Edwards...........(1937-01-24)24 January 1937 (aged 21)
22.......3MF.......George Baker..............(1934-04-06)6 April 1934 (aged 24)

Hungary
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
17.......4FW.....Mihály Vasas.................1933

Mexico
No.......Pos.......Player..................................DoB/Age
10.......4FW....Crescencio Gutiérrez............(1933-10-26)26 October 1933 (aged 24)

Brazil
No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age
5.........3MF.....Dino Sani...................................(1932-05-23)23 May 1932 (aged 26)
7.........4FW....Mário Zagallo.............................(1931-08-09)9 August 1931 (aged 26)
13.......3MF.....Moacir.........................................(1936-05-18)18 May 1936 (aged 22)
18.......4FW....Mazzola.......................................(1938-07-24)24 July 1938 (aged 19)
22.......4FW....Pepe............................................(1935-02-25)25 February 1935 (aged 23)

Soviet Union
No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age
9.........4FW......Nikita Simonyan (captain)........(1926-10-12)12 October 1926 (aged 31)

England
No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age
1.........1GK......Colin McDonald.......................(1930-10-15)15 October 1930 (aged 27)
3.........2DF.......Tommy Banks..........................(1929-11-10)10 November 1929 (aged 28)
7.........4FW......Bryan Douglas........................(1934-05-27)27 May 1934 (aged 24)
20.......3MF......Bobby Charlton........................(1937-10-11)11 October 1937 (aged 20)

Austria
No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age
9.........4FW.....Hans Buzek..............................(1938-05-22)22 May 1938 (aged 20)
17.......3MF......Ernst Kozlicek..........................(1931-01-27)27 January 1931 (aged 27)

For French squad 1958, Dominique Colonna has just passed. He was 95.

[Sinbabad 1,108]

On 16/06/2023 at 18:30, Sinbabad said:

1958

Austria
17.......3MF......Ernst Kozlicek..........................(1931-01-27)27 January 1931 (aged 27)

Ernst Kozlicek has died on 16 August aged 92.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Perhaps 1,423]

On 09/07/2023 at 06:10, whoismakoto said:

It's possible that Burhan Sargun could die off-radar when Fenerbahçe says they no longer have updates on him.

https://fenerbahcetarihi.org/2023/01/canavar-burhan-roportaji/

 

Burhan Sargun dead: https://turkiyememurlar.com/eski-yoneticilerimizden-ve-futbolcularimizdan-burhan-cahit-sargin-vefat-etti/

[Sinbabad 1,108]

4 hours ago, Perhaps said:

Burhan Sargun dead

He was the last surviving goalscorer of the 1954 WC. He was also the earliest-surviving World Cup hat-trick scorer (he scored one against South Korea). Now this is Geoff Hurst.

@Perhaps, can I ask how and when exactly did you find out about Sargun’s death ? Because around 8am, I was actually doing a search about him and the Turkish from 1954, but found nothing ?

[diego 1,980]

Marinho Peres dead in Sorocaba at 76 years old, he was intubated in the ICU for 8 days and suffered a stroke 4 years ago

Born in Sorocaba
He played in the 74 World Cup, played for Internacional RS, Barcelona, Palmeiras, Santos and was coach of the El Salvador National Team

Zagueiro lendário que jogou a Copa do Mundo pelo Brasil, Marinho Peres morre no interior de SP | futebol | ge (globo.com)

[Sinbabad 1,108]

Belgian Odilon Polleunis, who played 2 games at the 1970 WC, has died aged 80.

[drol 11,908]

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

An update of all World Cup living participants from 1950-1966

 

13            MF         Giovanni Lodetti            10 August 1942 (aged 23)

 

Giovanni Lodetti dead at 81.

[drol 11,908]

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

An update of all World Cup living participants from 1950-1966

 

 

Portugal

1            GK            Americo  6 March 1933 (aged 33)

 

Americo dead at 90.

[drol 11,908]

On 31/08/2021 at 16:47, arghton said:

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-ancien-gardien-argentin-ubaldo-fillol-hospitalise/1281925

In hospital with covid.

Ubaldo Fillol hospitalised with bilateral pneumonia.

[YoungWillz 21,023]

On 25/11/2021 at 12:03, whoismakoto said:

I've listed living footballers who played in 1970 World Cup. If a living player is missing, it means the player has played in a previous World Cup

 

 

England
Alan Mullery
Francis Lee
Alex Stepney
Tommy Wright

 

 

Francis Lee reportedly dead - link to follow.

 

Edit: https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/francis-lee-passing-63831855

 

Also appeared on their 1970 hit single @Ulitzer95 for the Singles Chart thread.

[YoungWillz 21,023]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Francis Lee reportedly dead - link to follow.

 

Edit: https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/francis-lee-passing-63831855

 

Also appeared on their 1970 hit single @Ulitzer95 for the Singles Chart thread.

Francis Lee last picked for the DDP in 2017, so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_L.html#leef0

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Do we not have a thread for toilet paper magnates he could also go in?

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Sad news. 
 

Only 6 of the England 1970 squad remain alive. Sir Bobby next? 

[six feet blunder 161]

Or how is name used to appear in Sunday newspapers Lee Won Pen

[time 8,586]

17 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Francis Lee reportedly dead - link to follow.

 

Edit: https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/francis-lee-passing-63831855

 

Also appeared on their 1970 hit single @Ulitzer95 for the Singles Chart thread.

Interesting... Very interesting

[SovietJohnny 93]

37 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Sad news. 
 

Only 6 of the England 1970 squad remain alive. Sir Bobby next? 

Wow….that is remarkable stat. 1970 was 53 years ago and most of them were in their 20’s. You would have thought that as professional athletes they would have lived much longer lives. Even the “heading the ball” theory didn’t help Banks or Bonetti

[Vinegar Tits 605]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Francis Lee reportedly dead - link to follow.

 

Edit: https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/francis-lee-passing-63831855

 

 

 

Ah, sad news. The clip of him and Norman Hunter scrapping never fails to raise a smile. Proper football.

 

Also the latest victim of The Curse Of HMHB of course... ('Persian Rug Sale At The URC')

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

53 minutes ago, six feet blunder said:

Or how is name used to appear in Sunday newspapers Lee Won Pen

 
Best British diver till Tom Daley arrived on the scene, some might say.

[Sly Ronnie 878]

A reminder of Manchester City when they were a proper football team in the 1960s/70s when he was playing and a proper shite football team when he was chairman. RIP.

[Grande Pablo 109]

5 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Do we not have a thread for toilet paper magnates he could also go in?

 

Shirehorses - The Ballad of Franny Lee - YouTube

 

'From that profitable caper wholesaling bog paper, you've landed us deep in the shit'.

[Ulitzer95 12,574]

On 03/12/2021 at 23:37, Octopus of Odstock said:

There are now less than 20 remaining players from the 1954 World Cup.

 

A bit of research has found Marcel Mauron, thought to be the last Swiss survivor, died in 1998. (I've updated Wikipedia). Looks like Park Jae-Seung died in 2015, so he was the last Korean survivor.

 

Alfredo Torres of Mexico IS still going, but only just - at 90 years of age, he is 'delicate'.

 

https://thenewstrace.com/pistache-torres-legend-of-atlas-left-the-hospital-after-being-reported-as-delicate/193766/

Park's South Korean Wikipedia page now carries a death date of 14th October 2022. Not sure if this is backed up anywhere else, but in any case this suggests why we can't really go off what is written under a YouTube video.

[La Tombe 353]

RIP Sir Bobby Charlton ! Dead at 86.

https://news.sky.com/story/sir-bobby-charlton-england-world-cup-winner-and-manchester-united-legend-dies-12989225

[YoungWillz 21,023]

On 03/07/2023 at 18:41, Sinbabad said:

Update of

List of living finalists players :

 

1958 : Mario Zagallo for Brazil, Reino Borjesson and Kurt Hamrin for Sweden 

 

Reino Borjesson reportedly dead aged 94:  https://www-norrbyif-se.translate.goog/nyheter/?ID=61256&NID=1083605&_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

[whoismakoto 328]

This article is saying that Jorge Bucaro (Wiki) was part of 1970 El Salvador World Cup squad but in reality he only participated in the qualifiers, not part of the World Cup squad. Anyways, dead on 26 October 2023 at the age of 77

[The Old Crem 3,580]

22 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

This article is saying that Jorge Bucaro (Wiki) was part of 1970 El Salvador World Cup squad but in reality he only participated in the qualifiers, not part of the World Cup squad. Anyways, dead on 26 October 2023 at the age of 77

Was a squad member for their matches against Honduras in June 1969 which contributed to triggering the Football/100 Hours War.