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On 25/11/2021 at 13:03, 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

 

Czechoslovakia


Ivo Viktor
Karol Dobias
Ladislav Petras
Alexander Horvath
Bohumil Vesely
Ján Pivarník
Anton Flešár
Ivan Hrdlička
Josef Jurkanin
Milan Albrecht
Ján Čapkovič
Alexander Vencel

Anton Flesar has died aged 79. He was an unused substitute at the 1970 WC.

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He became the 6th deceased player of winning champions of 1974.

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On 25/11/2021 at 13:03, 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

 

Mexico
Francisco Montes
Mario Pérez
Marcos Rivas
Horacio López Salgado
José Vantolrá
Héctor Pulido
Javier Valdivia
Juan Ignacio Basaguren
Francisco Castrejón

Marcos Rivas has died aged 76. He was an unused substitute during the competition.

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On 04/12/2021 at 15:50, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

1958 –53 survivors - Definitely all dead: Scotland

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)

George Baker, unused sub at the 58 competition, reportedly dead: 

 

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4 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

George Baker, unused sub at the 58 competition, reportedly dead: 

 

 

Thank you for reporting. Sad news, but a decent long life 

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3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Sure he's a DDP pick.

 

Terry Medwin reportedly dead: 

 

Crossposting Terry Medwin report - 1958 Finals.

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On 25/11/2021 at 13:03, whoismakoto said:

I've listed living footballers who played in 1970 World Cup.

 

Uruguay
Julio Montero Castillo
Atilio Ancheta
Roberto Matosas
Ildo Maneiro
Rodolfo Sandoval
Francisco Cámera
Dagoberto Fontes
Rúben Bareño
Alberto Gómez
Oscar Zubía
Julio César Cortés
Walter Corbo
Julio Morales
Julio Losada

Dagoberto Fontes has died aged 80.

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So Zagallo, Beckenbauer and Menotti died in 2024.

Before that, none of the WC winning managers died the same year !

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I'd say Bilardo is at very high risk of joining them.

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18 hours ago, drol said:

I'd say Bilardo is at very high risk of joining them.

Carlos Alberto Parreira too was poorly, the last I read.

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Argentine goalkeeper Fabian Cancelarich, in Argentina’s squad for the 1990 WC, has died aged 58.

 

He was an unused substitute during the tournament.

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9 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger death report cross-posted.

 

'Mon, 4 World Cups. And a DDP pick.

 

QO for Schnellinger https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-karl-heinz-schnellinger-dead-32855245

 

Last 1958 World cup participant for West Germany and was one of the youngest of the now dwindling survivors of 1958 World Cup.

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17 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger death report cross-posted.

 

'Mon, 4 World Cups. And a DDP pick.

He was the German player of the year in 1962, now there is no player alive who won that award before 1971. Berti Vogts (b. 1946), was the German player of the year in 1971.

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On 27/03/2024 at 19:55, nantonian2013 said:

Johnny Rep the only living absentee. 

Johnny Rep was mentioned on Dutch TV yesterday. A TV presenter made a song about Rep and then a former football commentator (known for the commentary of this Bergkamp goal) mentioned Rep is "currently not in the best phase in his life and hasn't been for a while". All the money the song makes will go to Rep, too.

 

And a yearly local cycling event that bears his name has announced there won't be a 2024 edition, instead focusing their attention on the 2025 edition.

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On 16/06/2023 at 17:30, 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 – 22 survivors - Definitely all dead: West Germany, Scotland, Yugoslavia

Wales
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
11.......4FW......Cliff Jones....................(1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 23)
14.......2DF.......Trevor Edwards...........(1937-01-24)24 January 1937 (aged 21)

 

Trevor Edwards reportedly dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cv22dljzlrko

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Brazilian Amaral, who played seven games at the 1978 WC, has died aged 69.

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

I wonder how many England Players who played under Walter Winterbottom are left. Bryan Douglas and Colin McDonald from 1958 squad with Alan Peacock and George Eastham from the 1962 squad but surely they are others who didn’t go to a tournament. 

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