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1 hour ago, Master Obit said:

@Octopus of Odstock Richard John Pearson died Q3/2023

 

Seems to be this one: https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/pearson/5126002 - he must have just been registered late.

 

 

 

 

Thank you - the obit made me pause as he wasn't known as Ricky as a player, but everything else matches up.

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27 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

@Chriswba

West Brom

Geoff Barnsley is definitely still alive - only played one for WBA, but is a legend for Plymouth, born 9th December 1935, so at 88, he's the oldest.

 

Aston Villa

There is someone with a Villa link over 90 still alive ( I believe) - Dave Richardson, who was a coach during Graham Taylor's era, Definitely alive in 2017, born 11th March 1932. 

 

Peter McParland, the legendary Northern Irish striker, is the oldest living Villa player, born 25th April 1934.

 

Jack Willis, who played once, is apparently still alive, born 28th May 1934.

 

Bill Beaton (1935) appears to be alive; definitely was in 2015.

 

Much appricated thank you 

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2 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

Aston Villa

There is someone with a Villa link over 90 still alive ( I believe) - Dave Richardson, who was a coach during Graham Taylor's era, Definitely alive in 2017, born 11th March 1932. 

Dave Richardson was alive in 2021, according to this article.

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Happy 104th birthday to Graham Bailey!

If I'm not wrong, I think he's now second oldest English League player ever after Arthur Smith?

Arthur Smith BEM, 106, Bury, Leicester City
Graham Bailey, 104 (still living), Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Utd.
George Haigh, 103, Stockport County
William Simpson, 102, Carlisle Utd.
Wilf Nixon, 102, Fulham
Zach March, 101, Brighton & Hove Albion, Portsmouth
Harry Clark, 100, Gateshead
Reg Beresford, 100, Crystal Palace
Alf Patrick, 100, York City

Ofc, there was also Sam Latter, 106 Third Lanark – a few months older than Arthur Smith, but he played in the Scottish League.

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8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Happy 104th birthday to Graham Bailey!

If I'm not wrong, I think he's now second oldest English League player ever after Arthur Smith?

Arthur Smith BEM, 106, Bury, Leicester City
Graham Bailey, 104 (still living), Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Utd.
George Haigh, 103, Stockport County
Wilf Nixon, 102, Fulham
Zach March, 101, Brighton & Hove Albion, Portsmouth

Ofc, there was also Sam Latter, 106 Third Lanark – a few months older than Arthur Smith, but he played in the Scottish League.

Have there really been no players who died aged 100?

William Simpson was 102 when he died in December 2021.

 

http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/18049

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There were 3 or 4 post war.one was Harry Clark accrington and Manchester city born 1913 died 2014

Also a Manchester city or Everton player name unknown he was born in the 1850s and died in the 1950s

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14 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Happy 104th birthday to Graham Bailey!

If I'm not wrong, I think he's now second oldest English League player ever after Arthur Smith?

Arthur Smith BEM, 106, Bury, Leicester City
Graham Bailey, 104 (still living), Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Utd.
George Haigh, 103, Stockport County
William Simpson, 102, Carlisle Utd.
Wilf Nixon, 102, Fulham
Zach March, 101, Brighton & Hove Albion, Portsmouth

Ofc, there was also Sam Latter, 106 Third Lanark – a few months older than Arthur Smith, but he played in the Scottish League.

Have there really been no players who died aged 100?

 

 

Reg Beresford died aged 100 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Beresford and so did Alf Patrick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Patrick

 

I'm sure there's some others a little while back.

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39 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

 

Reg Beresford died aged 100 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Beresford and so did Alf Patrick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Patrick

 

I'm sure there's some others a little while back.


Thanks OoO. I've added them to the centenarian sportspeople list of Wiki here. Their previous exclusion was clearly just an oversight.

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2 hours ago, michael featherstone said:

You should add Harold Clark 1913 to 2014

 

He played for Gateshead accrington and Manchester city during the war

Age 100 died sunderland


Already added to the list above.

 

I can’t add him or Simpson to the Wikipedia list as they don’t have pages of their own on there.

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