Tributes: Ronald
Patrick Henry (August 17, 1934-December 27, 2014)
Erich Retter (February
17, 1925 – December
27, 2014)
Javier Fragoso (April 19,
1942 - December
28, 2014)
Odd Iversen (November 6, 1945- December 29, 2014)
Walter Roque (May 8, 1937 - December 30, 2014)
Romanus Orjinta (August 12, 1981 - December 31, 2014)
Antonio Fuertes (December 3, 1929-January 5,
2015)
Angelo Anquiletti (April 25, 1943- January 9, 2015)
Fritz Pott (April 23,1 939 - January 11, 2015)
Jeno Buzanszky (May 4, 1925 - January 11, 2015)
Vladimir Petrovich Kesarev (February
26, 1930-
January 19, 2015)
Wilfred
Agbonavbare (October 5, 1966- January 27, 2015)
Alberto Cardaccio (August 26, 1949- January 28, 2015)
Ole Sorensen (November 25, 1937- January 28, 2015)
Walter Glechner (February 12, 1939- January 29, 2015)
Harold William Hassal (March 4, 1929- January 30,
2015)
Udo Latteck (Janaury 16, 1935-February 1, 2015)
Frank Borghi (April 9, 1925- February 2, 2015)
Henryk Szczepanski (October 7, 1933- February
2, 2015)
NicoKarl-Erik Palmer (April 17, 1929- February 2, 2015)
Ion Nunweiller (January 9, 1936- February 3, 2015)
Henri ‘Rik’ Coppens (April 29, 1930- February 5, 2015)
Jean
Lechantre
(February
13, 1922- February 12, 2015)
Ivan
Aleksandrov Davidov (October 5, 1943- February 19, 2015)
Ibrahim
Biogradlic
(March
8, 1931- February 20, 2015)
Marian
Szeja (August 20, 1941- February
25, 2015)
Wolfram
Wuttke (November 17, 1961- March 1,
2015)
David
Craig Mackay
(November
14, 1934- March 2, 2015)
Ronald Patrick Henry
Ron Henry was an English defender who played for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1950s
and 60s.
He
earned a solitary cap for his nation in a EC Qualifier vs. France on February
27, 1963 (2 to 5 France win).
He
passed away on December 27th , aged 80.
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Photo From : England, Player By Player,
Author Graham Betts
(Ron
Henry)
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Erich Retter
Erich
Retter was a West German defender who represented Stuttgart from the 1940s to
the 60s.
He
earned 14 caps between 1952 and 1956.
He
passed away on December 27th , aged 89.
Javier Fragoso
Javier Fragoso was a Mexican striker who represented Club America in the 1960s.
He
earned 46 caps between 1965 and 1975. He was a member of Mexico’s World Cup
squads of 1966 and 1970.
He
passed away on December 28th , aged 72.
Odd Iversen
Odd Iversen was a Norwegian striker who played for Rosenborg
Trondheim in three separate spells from the 1960s through 1980s.
He
earned 45 caps between 1967 and 1979. He is the father of Steffen Iversen, also
a Norwegian International from the 1990s and 2000s.
He
passed away on December 29th , aged 69.
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Photo From : Landslaget, Det Norske
Fotballandslagets Historie, authors Egil Olsen, Arne Scheie,Per Jorsett, Otto
Ulseth, 1997
(Odd
Iversen)
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Walter
Roque
Walter
Roque was a Uruguay International winger who most notably represented
Rampla Juniors.
He
earned 16 caps in the 1950s. He also
managed the Venezuelan National Team from 1978 to 1985.
He
passed away on December 30th , aged 77.
Romanus
Orjinta
Romanus
Orjinta was a Nigerian international midfielder who earned 13 caps between 2003
and 2004.
He
was found dead at his home on December 31st, aged just 33.
Antonio Fuertes
Antonio Fuertes was a Spanish midfielder who played for Valencia in the 1950s.
He
earned a solitary cap for his nation in a Friendly vs. Argentina on
December 7, 1952 (0 to 1 Argentina
win).
He
passed away on January 5th , aged 85.
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Photo From : Todo Sobre La Seleccion
Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006
(Antonio
Fuertes, December 7, 1952, Spain 0-Argentina 1)
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Angelo Anquiletti
Angelo Anquiletti was an Italian defender who represented AC Milan for over a decade in
the 1960s and 70s.
He
earned two caps for Italy, both in 1969.
He
passed away on January 9th , aged 71.
Fritz
Pott
Fritz Pott was a West German defender who played for FC Koln from the 1950s
through 1970.
He
earned 3 caps between 1962 and 1964.
He
passed away on January 11th , aged 76.
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Photo From : Kicker, 40 Jahre Bundesliga,
2003
(Fritz
Pott with FC Koln)
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Jeno Buzanszky
Jeno Buzanszky was a Hungarian defender who represented Dorogi from 1947-60.
He
earned 48 caps between 1950 and 1956. He was the last surviving member of the
‘Mighty magyars’ squad of the 1950s.
He
passed away on January 11th , aged 89.
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Photo
from: La Glorieuse Epopee de la coupe du monde, by Mondial, 1982
(Jeno
Buzanszky, July 4, 1954, World Cup, West Germany 3-Hungary 2)
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Vladimir Petrovich Kesarev
USSR
international Vladimir Kesarev starred for Dinamo Moscow in
the 1950s and 1960s.
He
earned his 14 caps from 1956 to 1965.
He
was a member of the 1958 World Cup squad as well as the 1960 European
Championship squad.
He
passed away on January 19th , aged 84.
Wilfred
Agbonavbare
Nigerian
International goalkeeper Wilfred Agbonavbare is mostly remembered for his stint
in the 1990s in the Spanish La Liga with Rayo Vallecano.
He earned 15 caps between 1983
and 1994.
He
died due to cancer on January 27th, aged just 48.
Alberto Cardaccio
Alberto Cardaccio was a Uruguay International midfielder who most notably
represented Danubio in the 1970s.
He earned 19 caps between 1972
and 1974. He was a member of the 1974 World Cup squad.
He
passed away on January 28th , aged 65.
Ole
Sorensen
Ole
Sorensen was a 1960s Danish International who had spells at KB Copnehagen, FC
Koln and PSV Eindhoven.
He earned 25 caps between 1961
and 1969.
He
passed away on January 29th , aged 77.
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Photo From : Landsholdenes 2198 Spiller
Profiller-fra Krolben til Kroldrup’
(Ole Sorensen) |
Walter
Glechenr
Walter
Glechner was an Austrian international defender who represented Rapid Wien from
1950s through 70s.
He earned 35 caps between 1960
and 1968.
He
passed away on January 29th , aged 75.
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Photo
From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger
(Walter Glechner) |
Harold
William Hassal
Harold
Hassal was an English striker who played for Huddersfield and Bolton Wanderers
in the 1940s and 1950s.
He
earned 5 caps for England between 1951 and 1953.
He
passed away on January 30th , aged 85.
Udo
Latteck
West
German striker Udo Latteck had an undistinguished playing career at Osnabruck
in the 1960s. However, he became one of the greatest and most successful
managers in the history of the game.
He
managed with equal success the 1970s squads of Bayern Munich and Borussia
Moenchengladbach. He managed Barcelona in the 1980s before returning to Bayern
in 1983.
He
passed away on February 1st, aged 80.
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Photo From : Mondial, new series, issue
69, December 1985
(Udo
Latteck)
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Frank
Borghi
USA
International goalkeeper Frank Borghi is mostly remembered for being the goalkeeper
for the famous win vs. England during the 1950 World Cup.
He
served during the Second World War and won the Bronze star and Purple Heart.
He
passed away on February 2nd, aged 89.
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Photo
From: Soccer International, March 1990
(Frank Borghi) |
Henryk
Szczepanski
Polish
International midfielder Henryk Szczepanski
earned 45 caps for Poland between 1957 and 1965.
He
passed away on February 2nd, aged 81.
Karl-Erik
Palmer
Karl-Erik
Palmer was a Swedish International midfielder who represented Malmo in the
1940s and early 50s and then had a long stint in the Italian league with
Legnano.
He
earned 14 caps for Sweden between 1949 and 1952.
He
passed away on February 2nd, aged 85.
Ion
Nunweiller
Romanian
mdefender Ion Nunweiller spent the majority of his career at Dinamo Bucharest
in two separate spells that spanned from the 1950s into the 70s.
He
earned 26 caps for Romania between 1958 and 1967.
He
passed away on February 3rd,
aged 79.
Henri ‘Rik’ Coppens
Belgian
striker Henri Coppens was one of the best players of Belgium in the 1950s.
He
had spells at Beerschot (1946/61) and Molenbeek (1962/67).
He
earned 47 caps for Belgium between 1949 and 1959.
He
passed away on February 5th ,
aged 84.
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Photo
From: Rode Duivels & Oranje Leeuwen., 100 jaar Derby der Lage Landen,
Authors Ralf Willems, Matty Verkamman
(Henri
Coppens, October 25, 1953, Holland 1-Belgium 0)
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Jean Lechantre
French
striker Jean Lechantre was born in Belgium and represented Lille and CO
Roubaix-Tourcoing in the 1940s and 50s.
He
earned 3 caps for France between 1947 and 1949.
He passed away on February 12th
, aged 92.
Ivan Aleksandrov Davidov
Ivan Davidov was a Bulgarian International midfielder who most notably
represented Slavis Sofia in the 1960s into the early 70s.
He earned 11 caps between 1965
and 1971. He was a member of the 1966 and 1970 World Cup squads.
He
passed away on February 19th ,
aged 71.
Ibrahim Biogradlic
Ibrahim Buiogradlic was a Yugoslvian defender who most spent his entire career at FK
Sarajevo during the 1950s into the early 60s.
He earned a single cap for
Yugoslavia during the 1956 Olympics (December 4, 1956, Yugoslavia 4-India 1),
where Yugoslavia ended as Silver Medalists.
He
passed away on February 20th ,
aged 83.
Marian Szeja
Marian Szeja was a Polish goalkeeper who most spent over a decade at Zaglebie
Walbrzych in the 1960s and early 70s.
He also played
in France in the 1970s for Metz and at Guy Roux’s Auxerre squad still in the
second division.
He earned 15 caps between 1965
and 1973. He was a member of the 1972 Olympics Gold winning squad, though he
was a substitute.
He
passed away on February 25th ,
aged 73.
Wolfram Wuttke
West German midfielder Wolfram Wuttke played for a number of
Bundesliga clubs such as Schalke, Moenchengladbach, SV Hamburg and
Kaiserslautern.
He
earned 4 caps between 1986 and 1988 under Franz Beckenbauer and was a member of
the 1988 UEFA European championship squad.
He
had a spell at RCD Espanol in the early 90s before returning for final season at
Bundesliga with Saarbrucken (1992/93).
Many
regard his and Dieter Schatzschneider’s double signing by SV Hamburg in 1983
(to replace Lars Bastrup and Horst Hrubesch) as one of the biggest Bundesliga
transfer flops. Others also remarked that were it not for his difficulties with
management he would have earned more caps.
He
passed away on March 1st from organ failure caused by cirrhosis,
aged just 53.
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Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, March april 1982
(Wolfram
Wuttke at Moenchengladbach, 1981/82)
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David Craig Mackay
David Mackay was a Scottish International who starred for Hearts in the 1950s.
He later joined Tottenham and was part of the 1960/61 Double winning squad.
He was one of
Brian Clough’s first key signings for Derby County in 1968 and helped them to
get promoted.
He later
turned to management and led Derby County to the League title in 1975.
He also spent
nearly a decade in Kuwait in the late 70s and 80s.
He earned 22 caps between 1957
and 1965.
He passed away on March 2nd , aged 80. |
Photo
From: Scotland, The Team, 1987
(David
Mackay)
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