TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted January 21, 2021 Center half Peter Swan, who played from 1953-1963, predominantly for Sheffield Wednesday and also represented England 19 times from 1960-1962, died at 84 years: https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-legend-and-1966-nearly-man-peter-swan-dies-aged-84-3107950 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted January 27, 2021 Could go in the COVID thread but more appropriate here: Mehrdad Minavand, who played for Iran in 1998 dead of Covid aged only 45. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457471/Former-Iran-and-Persepolis-midfielder-Minavand-dies 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P94 41 Posted January 29, 2021 Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1986 - names of living coahces are included]: 1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1974 - 2/16 (Rale Rasic, Australia; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1978 - 4/16 (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran) 1982 - 12/27 [Nations - 10.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Rachid Mekhloufi, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Kalman Meszoly, Hungary; Jozef Venglos, Czechoslovakia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Chelato Ucles, Honduras; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand) 1986 - 12/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Omar Borras, Uruguay; Franz Beckenbauer, Germany; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 18/24 1994 - 19/24 1998 - 32/35 [Nations - 29/32] 2002 - 29/32 2006 - 28/33 [Nations - 27/32] 2010 - 29/32 2014 - 30/32 2018 - all of 32 Updated: Jozef Venglos passes away recently so he was the last living team coach of UEFA Euro 1980. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted January 29, 2021 Yvon Douis, member of the France squad at the 1958 World Cup that finished third, has died aged 85 of COVID-19. He was capped 20 times for Les Bleus, scoring four times between 1957 and 1965. In his club career, a prolific goalscorer scored 62 goals in 172 appearances for Lille between 1953 and 1959. He moved to Le Havre where he registered 28 goals in 71 games in two seasons before moving on once more to Monaco. In the principality, he would score 62 times once again in 167 games between 1961 and 1967. His final club was AS Cannes, where played between 1967 and 1969 and scored 26 goals in 81 appearances. https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Disparition-d-yvon-douis-membre-de-l-equipe-de-france-1958/1217527 Douis' death means that only six of the France squad from that World Cup are still alive. Goalkeepers Dominique Colonna and Francois Remetter, defender Robert Mouynet, midfielder Bernard Chiarelli and strikers Maryan Wisniewski and the legendary Just Fontaine. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted February 3, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 21:31, Octopus of Odstock said: Could go in the COVID thread but more appropriate here: Mehrdad Minavand, who played for Iran in 1998 dead of Covid aged only 45. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457471/Former-Iran-and-Persepolis-midfielder-Minavand-dies Another one dead of COVID: Ali Ansarian, aged just 43. I read he was in hospital when Mehrdad died, but thought he would recover as their over-80 coach. Turns out he didn't. Awful. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 7, 2021 Mario Osben, goalkeeper for Chile in the 1982 World Cup is dead https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/fallece-mario-gato-osben-inconico-arquero-del-futbol-chileno/2TYOIEO3KVE6JKF7XAF5GAVXUA/%3foutputType=amp 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,594 Posted February 10, 2021 On 18/06/2020 at 23:06, Octopus of Odstock said: Updated lists. Numbers going down relatively rapidly from a few years ago. People highlighted in red are those I'm 99% certain are still alive. 1962 – 127 survivors Spain 1 GK José Araquistáin 4 March 1937 (aged 25) 2 GK Salvador Sadurní 3 April 1941 (aged 21) 3 GK Carmelo 6 December 1930 (aged 31) 4 FW Enrique Collar 2 November 1934 (aged 27) 5 MF Luis del Sol 6 April 1935 (aged 27) FW Francisco Gento 21 October 1933 (aged 28) 13 DF Pachín 28 December 1938 (aged 23) 16 DF Severino Reija 25 November 1938 (aged 23) 17 DF Rodri 8 March 1934 (aged 28) 0 18 MF Adelardo 26 September 1939 (aged 22) 19 DF José Santamaría 31 July 1929 (aged 32) 21 FW Luis Suárez 2 May 1935 (aged 27) 22 MF Martí Vergés 8 March 1934 (aged 28) Pachin dead aged 82. Won 7 La Liga, 2 European Cups during his time with Real Madrid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,896 Posted February 12, 2021 Celso Güity, honduran football forward who played in the 1982 World Cup has died at 63 https://hondudiario.com/2021/02/12/fallece-en-ee-uu-celso-fredy-guity-exmundialista-con-honduras-en-espana-82/ (in spanish) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 12, 2021 16 minutes ago, chilean way said: Celso Güity, honduran football forward who played in the 1982 World Cup has died at 63 https://hondudiario.com/2021/02/12/fallece-en-ee-uu-celso-fredy-guity-exmundialista-con-honduras-en-espana-82/ (in spanish) Well, Guity never actually played, but that link reveals Luis Cruz died earlier this year. After searching, he died 27th January of COVID-19: https://proceso.hn/muere-luis-cruz-exseleccionado-hondureno-en-espana-1982/ Guity is the 6th to die but only Drummond, Figueroa and Luis Cruz (One game versus Northern Ireland) actually played. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted February 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Well, Guity never actually played, but that link reveals Luis Cruz died earlier this year. After searching, he died 27th January of COVID-19: https://proceso.hn/muere-luis-cruz-exseleccionado-hondureno-en-espana-1982/ Guity is the 6th to die but only Drummond, Figueroa and Luis Cruz (One game versus Northern Ireland) actually played. Confused. Why isn’t Cruz featured in the team box for the 82 squad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celso_Güity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 13, 2021 He's down as Jose Cruz on that. It's all a bit messy to put it mildly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted February 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: He's down as Jose Cruz on that. It's all a bit messy to put it mildly. The birth year threw me also. Wiki (I presume erroneously) has him as being a few years older. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: The birth year threw me also. Wiki (I presume erroneously) has him as being a few years older. When I'm next on a PC i will do the editing for it and tidy it up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted February 15, 2021 On 17/01/2021 at 14:33, drol said: Deteriorates further... Leopoldo Luque dead at 71. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted February 16, 2021 13 hours ago, drol said: Leopoldo Luque dead at 71. Here I go again, mixing up Argentineans in my mind - I was confusing him with his strike partner at the '78 World Cup, Mario Kempes. Who could forget their classic pop hit Luces de Diamante? And neither was he the Leopoldo Luque allegedly doling out the dodgy drugs that did for Diego. The worst thing about that tournament was all the bits of ticker tape I seem to recall on the pitch(es). I think my OCD could have been triggered by that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted February 16, 2021 3 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I remember how we all used to laugh at the long baggy shorts when they showed a bit of archive footage. How fickle is fashion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted February 17, 2021 Martí Vergés, part of Spain's 1962 squad, has died aged 86. He earned his 12 caps for Spain during his 13-year spell with Barcelona and also scored two goals. At Barcelona, he won three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups in 1958, 1960 and 1966, and Spanish titles in 1959 and 1960 and three Spanish Cups in 1957, 1959 and 1963. https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/2032187/marti-verges-passes-away 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
invalidbelarusian 6 Posted February 21, 2021 Mauro Bellugi, 71, part of Italy's 1978 squad A couple months ago his legs were amputated, and now he died https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/02/20/mauro-bellugi-remembered.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
invalidbelarusian 6 Posted March 1, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 19:28, P94 said: Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1986 - names of living coahces are included]: 1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1974 - 2/16 (Rale Rasic, Australia; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1978 - 4/16 (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran) 1982 - 12/27 [Nations - 10.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Rachid Mekhloufi, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Kalman Meszoly, Hungary; Jozef Venglos, Czechoslovakia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Chelato Ucles, Honduras; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand) 1986 - 12/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Omar Borras, Uruguay; Franz Beckenbauer, Germany; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 18/24 1994 - 19/24 1998 - 32/35 [Nations - 29/32] 2002 - 29/32 2006 - 28/33 [Nations - 27/32] 2010 - 29/32 2014 - 30/32 2018 - all of 32 Updated: Jozef Venglos passes away recently so he was the last living team coach of UEFA Euro 1980. Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatia's coach in 2006, dead at 64. https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/nova-potresna-vijest-umro-je-zlatko-kranjcar-legenda-dinama-i-bivsi-izbornik-hrvatske-15054259 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,166 Posted March 1, 2021 8 hours ago, invalidbelarusian said: Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatia's coach in 2006, dead at 64. https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/nova-potresna-vijest-umro-je-zlatko-kranjcar-legenda-dinama-i-bivsi-izbornik-hrvatske-15054259 Father of Harry Redknapp's second favourite footballer, Niko Kranjcar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P94 41 Posted March 7, 2021 UPDATED FOLLOWING DEATH OF ZLATKO KRANJCAR Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1986 - names of living coahces are included]: 1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1974 - 2/16 (Rale Rasic, Australia; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1978 - 4/16 (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran) 1982 - 12/27 [Nations - 10.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Rachid Mekhloufi, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Kalman Meszoly, Hungary; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Chelato Ucles, Honduras; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand) 1986 - 12/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Billy Bingham, Northern Ireland; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Omar Borras, Uruguay; Franz Beckenbauer, Germany; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 18/24 1994 - 19/24 1998 - 32/35 [Nations - 29/32] 2002 - 29/32 2006 - 27/33 [Nations - 26/32] 2010 - 29/32 2014 - 30/32 2018 - all of 32 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted March 7, 2021 21 minutes ago, P94 said: UPDATED FOLLOWING DEATH OF ZLATKO KRANJCAR 1982 - Chelato Ucles, Honduras The 80 year old was hospitalized last year with a heart attack,and has been in and out of the hospital the last few years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,594 Posted March 9, 2021 Roger Vonlanthen, last survivor of Swiss team of the 7-5 Austria match in '54 has died aged 89 (eta. One for the off the radar thread perhaps, he died July last year, but news only just released, according to AP). 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted March 10, 2021 Agustín Balbuena, who was in the Argentine squad for the tournament in 1974, has died aged 76. Scored the winning goal in the 1973 Intercontinental Cup against Juventus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted March 10, 2021 Carlos Bilardo got his first dose of the vaccine, doesn't really seem in danger right now: https://www.tycsports.com/interes-general/carlos-bilardo-vacuna-coronavirus-alejandro-sabella-diego-maradona-id326322.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
