Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted October 28 Willie Sinclair Wiki, former Falkirk, Halifax, Huddersfield, Tranmere and Stirling winger, died last year. Initially, I thought he was still in Australia (due to the Wiki profile), but this article - from the Dundee Sunday Post confirmed he was now living in Fife (as of 2017) Scotland's People has this entry. Right age, right middle name and Dunfermline is in Fife. Bingo. SINCLAIR WILLIAM MEARNS 89 WRIGHT M 2023 433 / 451 Dunfermline 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted October 28 Laurie Adams Wiki is being shown as having died on this website Watford's where are they now?. As they are pretty thorough and specialist, I'm inclined to believe one of the family would've contacted them direct. I can't find an obit notice but maybe someone can. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted October 28 Meanwhile, definitely alive and featured on BBC News (for something else altogether) - Sylvan Anderton, ex-Reading and Chelsea - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjl54jddddo Recent picture of him too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted October 28 Sadly, to counter Anderton, John Thomson of Hearts and Workington is dead. died in May last year. https://www.morganfuneral.com/memorials/john-thomson/5189473/ Surprisingly, nothing in his obituary about being a professional footballer, but given the date of birth and middle name, it's the same man. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gary1961 8 Posted October 29 9 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Laurie Adams Wiki is being shown as having died on this website Watford's where are they now?. As they are pretty thorough and specialist, I'm inclined to believe one of the family would've contacted them direct. I can't find an obit notice but maybe someone can. Hi all...I'm a Watford fan and confirm that the information on wfc.net is correct. Laurie passed in April and I visited his widow recently. His son confirmed the date and where he passed. He was the oldest living Watford player at time of death. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 29 On 10/10/2024 at 01:17, Ulitzer95 said: @Octopus of Odstock, someone edited the Wiki page of Man Utd's oldest player Joe Lancaster (wiki) this evening to say that he died on 8th October, aged 98. The IP address looks credible but I'll leave it to you and Hugman's to make enquiries. Am I really right in thinking he was the 2nd oldest player we had a confirmed living status for, after Graham Bailey (born 1920)? That gap is huge! Going to call total bullshit on this one OoO to save us searching. The editor in question later reverted his own edit (looks like it was what is known on Wiki as a "test edit"). That and Man Utd would definitely not let 3 weeks pass without knowing that their oldest living player had died. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted October 30 Albert Uytenboogaart, who was Charltons oldest living player died recently. https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/98799/oldest-living-addicks There is also a Facebook post from a South African football history society. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted November 18 On 14/02/2024 at 11:47, Octopus of Odstock said: Graham Bailey is the oldest living ex footballer, now 103 years old Graham Bailey has died: https://www.htafc.com/news/2024/november/18/obituary--graham-bailey/ Hudderfield and Sheffield United. 8 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lsm 32 Posted November 18 Yes, unfortunately Graham passed away on Friday at the age of 104. He was Huddersfield Town's oldest living player and presumably the Football League's as well. I had many chats with Graham over the last three and a half years and was lucky to meet him on a few occasions. It was thanks to this thread that I realised he was still with us and it set me on the path to tracking him down. RIP Graham. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted November 18 36 minutes ago, lsm said: Yes, unfortunately Graham passed away on Friday at the age of 104. He was Huddersfield Town's oldest living player and presumably the Football League's as well. I had many chats with Graham over the last three and a half years and was lucky to meet him on a few occasions. It was thanks to this thread that I realised he was still with us and it set me on the path to tracking him down. RIP Graham. Thanks for all your efforts Lee. I'm glad this thread has had benefits to historians or fans, because I guess that was secretly one ambitious aim in that historians of clubs would chip in. RIP Graham, a long life lived well. Whether this now brings into attention about some of the question marks, the likes of Syd Ward, Eric Hampson, Ted Harding, Eugeniusz Kubicki and Co, as to clubs saying "Our former player is now THE oldest", we shall see. The oldest that I'm pretty confident still alive is Joe Lancaster. The oldest DEFINITELY alive is Trevor Hitchen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted November 18 Frank Blunstone was at Wembley yesterday for the England vs Republic of Ireland game. (In the middle) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted November 23 As posted elsewhere, Ray Smith (1934) has died, but in better news, John Langland (ex-Chesterfield, Blyth) is still alive and celebrated his 95th birthday recently: https://chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/oldest-ever-living-former-player-celebrates-birthday?fbclid=IwY2xjawGvDjJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTY-eltyy3y4HAnyaqX_cAbFxGiloEewYqGwuZv1kCV3GuAnmJC6dZaJYw_aem_SU4umO8_W74Pq-NVAATG6A 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted Thursday at 11:01 On 29/09/2019 at 12:23, Octopus of Odstock said: Don Cowan 17/08/1931 Darlington Can't find a source but: Don Cowan (Wiki) passed away peacefully in hospital at Bishop Auckland on 17 November 2024 at the age of 93 as per an unsourced edit. Looks believable! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted Thursday at 11:37 Idris Niblett, former forward for Cardiff City and Hereford, reportedly dead aged 93: https://yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/sports-news/news-former-hereford-united-player-idris-niblett-has-passed-away-aged-93/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted Thursday at 14:19 3 hours ago, Gisooo said: Can't find a source but: Don Cowan (Wiki) passed away peacefully in hospital at Bishop Auckland on 17 November 2024 at the age of 93 as per an unsourced edit. Looks believable! Family obit here. For footballers, it's always worth searching on Much Loved, Funeral Notices.co.uk and Forever Missed separately because Google doesn't always show these results. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted Thursday at 15:46 4 hours ago, Gisooo said: Can't find a source but: Don Cowan (Wiki) passed away peacefully in hospital at Bishop Auckland on 17 November 2024 at the age of 93 as per an unsourced edit. Looks believable! Many thanks for this, much appreciated. @YoungWillz, only minor quibble with Niblett is that he never actually played a league game for Cardiff. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
