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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Tributes-Part 16-part b (March 2018-June 2018)

Note: This section has not been updated in more than a year, therefore some of these notices are more than a year old, my apologies

Tributes:      Vicente Piquer Mora (February 24, 1935 – March 1, 2018)
Johann Zeitler (April 30, 1927 – March 1, 2018)
Arthur Stewart (January 13, 1942 – March 3, 2018)
Davide Astori (January 7, 1987 – March 4, 2018)
Francis Piasecki (July 28, 1951 – March 6, 2018)
Ion Voinescu (April 18, 1929 – March 9, 2018)
Heinrich ‘Henri’ Skiba (July 14, 1927 – March 11, 2018)
Rubén Galván (April 7, 1952 – March 14, 2018)
Stefano Pellegrini (August 5, 1953 – March 18, 2018)
René Orlando Houseman (July 19, 1953 – March 22, 2018)
Nicolae Tilihoi (December 9, 1956 – March 25, 2018)
Emiliano Mondonico (March 9,1947 – March 29, 2018)
Elie Onana Eloundou (October 13, 1951– April 2, 2018)
Paul Sinibaldi (December 3, 1921 – April 2, 2018)
Raymond Colin Wilkins (September 14, 1956 – April 4, 2018)
António Monteiro Teixeira de Barros (October 2, 1949 – April 8, 2018)
André Lerond (December 6, 1930 – April 8, 2018)
Sauro Tomà (December 4, 1925 – April 10, 2018)
Cesarino Cervellati (February 15, 1930 – April 13, 2018)
Henk Schouten (April 16, 1932 –April 18, 2018)
Roy Thomas Frank Bentley (May 17, 1924 – April 20, 2018)
Vladimír Weiss (September 21, 1939 – April 23, 2018)
Henri Michel (October 28, 1947– April 24, 2018)
Bjørn Hansen (January 15, 1939 – April 25, 2018)
Yoshinobu Ishii (March 13, 1939 – April 26, 2018)
George Mulhall (May 8, 1936 – April 27, 2018)
Miroslav Vardić (December 4, 1944 – May 7, 2018)
Arthur Fitzsimons (December 16, 1929 – May 9, 2018)
Hugo Romeo Guerra Cabrera  (February 25, 1966-May 11, 2018)
Milan Malatinský (February 8, 1970 – May 15, 2018)
Jlloyd Tafari Samuel (March 29, 1981 – May 15, 2018)
Ramon Wilson (December 17, 1934 – May 15, 2018)
Mohammed Houmane Jarir (November 30, 1944 – May 19, 2018)
Horst Hirnschrodt (December 5, 1940 – May 24, 2018)
Gerard Kerkum (December 17, 1930 – May 26, 2018)
Roger Piantoni (December 26, 1931 – May 26, 2018)
Odd Ove Oppedal (June 17, 1936 – May 27, 2018)
Neale James Cooper (November 24, 1963 – May 28, 2018)
Ferenc Kovács (January 7, 1934 – May 30, 2018)
Walter Eich (May 27, 1925 – June 1, 2018)
Konstantinos Polychroniou (November 12, 1936 – June 1, 2018)
Martinus Bosselaar (January 16, 1936 – June 6, 2018)
Francis Smerecki (July 25, 1949– June 7, 2018)
Fadil Avdullah Vokrri (July 23, 1960 – June 9, 2018)
Álvaro Rodríguez Ros (January 16, 1936 – June 16, 2018)
Ronald ‘Ron’ Healey (August 30, 1952 – June 18, 2018)
Sergio Gonella (May 23, 1933 – June 19, 2018)
Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada (November 22, 1940 – June 23, 2018)
Josip Pirmajer (February 14, 1944 – June 24, 2018)
Goran Bunjevčević (February 17, 1973 – June 28, 2018)
Juraj Halenár (June 28, 1983 – June 30, 2018)
                     José Antonio Zaldúa Urdanavia (December 15, 1941 – June 30, 2018)


Vicente Piquer Mora 
Vicente Piquer Mora was a Spanish defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at Valencia.
He earned a solitary cap for his Nation in 1961.
He passed away on March 1st, 2018, aged 83.


Photo From:  64-65 - LA CASERA
(Vicente Piquer Mora)


Johann Zeitler 
Johann Zeitler was a West German striker from the late 40s and into the early 60s.
He had a long spell at VfB Beyreuth and also SpVgg Bayreuth.
He represented West Germany in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics.
He earned a solitary cap for his Nation in 1952.
He passed away on March 1st, 2018, aged 90.

Arthur Stewart 
Arthur Stewart was a Northern Ireland International from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Glentoran, Derby County and Ballymena United among others.
He earned 7 caps between 1967 and 1968.
He passed away on March 3rd, 2018, aged 76.


Photo From:  69-70 FKS
(Arthur Stewart)


Davide Astori 
Davide Astori was an active Italian defender and current captain of Fiorentina.
He also had spells at Cagliari and Roma.
He earned 14 caps between 2011 and 2017
He passed away on March 4th, 2018, aged just 31. He was found in his hotel room prior to a League match, it was later revealed that he had died of cardiac arrest.

Photo From:  2017-2018 - CALCIO ITALIA-GUERIN SPORTIVO
(Davide Astori)


Francis Piasecki
Francis Piasecki was a French midfielder from the 70s and 80s.
He had spells at Metz, Sochaux, PSG and most notably Strasbourg, with which he won the League title in 1979.
He earned 3 caps between 1978 and 1979.
He passed away on March 4th, 2018, aged 66.


Photo From:  78-79 Panini Football 79
(Francis Piasecki)



Ion Voinescu 
Ion Voinescu was a Romanan goalkeeper from the late 40s into the 60s.
He had spells at Metalul Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest.
He earned 22 caps between 1949 and 1962.
He passed away on March 49th, 2018, aged 88.

Heinrich ‘Henri’ Skiba 
Heinrich ‘Henri’ Skiba was a German-born French striker from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Monaco, Strasbourg and Nimes among others.
He earned 3 caps between 1959 and 1961.
He passed away on March 11th, 2018, aged 90.


Photo From:  Les Bleus, Author Denis Chaumier, 2004
(Heinrich ‘Henri’ Skiba)


Rubén Galván 
Rubén Galván was a Argentinean midfielder from the 70s and 80s.
He had a long spell at Independiente.
He was a member of Argentina’s 1974 and 1978 World Cup squads.
He earned 3 caps between 1974 and 1978.
He passed away on March 14th, 2018, aged 65.


Photo From:  World Cup 78, by Phil Soar
(Rubén Galván)


Stefano Pellegrini 
Stefano Pellegrini was an Italian striker from the 70s.
He had spells at Roma and Bari among others.
His ended ended in 1980 due to the Totonero scandal.
He passed away on March 18th, 2018, aged 64.


Photo From: 75-76 - CALCIATORI PANINI
(Stefano Pellegrini)


René Orlando Houseman 
René Orlando Houseman was a Argentinean midfielder from the 70s and 80s.
He had a long spell at Huracan.
He was a member of Argentina’s 1978 World Cup squad.
He earned 55 caps between 1973 and 1979.
He passed away on March 22nd,  2018, aged 64.


Photo From:  World Cup 78, by Phil Soar
(René Orlando Houseman)


Nicolae Tilihoi 
Nicolae Tilihoi was a Romanian defender from the 70s and 80s.
He had a long spell at Universitatea Craiova.
He earned 10 caps between 1979 and 1981.
He passed away on March 25th, 2018, aged 61.

Emiliano Mondonico 

Emiliano Mondonico was an Italian player from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Cremonese and Torino among others. He is mostly remembered for his long career as a Manager.
He passed away on March 29th, 2018, aged 71 from stomach cancer.


Photo From:  Guerin Sportivo, Issue 494 (Number 25), June 20-26, 1984
(Emiliano Mondonico)


Elie Onana Eloundou 
Elie Onana Eloundou was a Cameroonian midfielder from the 70s and 80s.
He was a member of Cameroon’s 1982 World Cup squad.
He passed away on April 2nd, 2018, aged 66.

Paul Sinibaldi 
Paul Sinibaldi was a French goalkeeper from the 40s and 50s.
He had spells at Nimes, Ales and Reims among others.
He earned a solitary cap in1950.
He passed away on April 2nd, 2018, aged 96.

Raymond Colin Wilkins 
Ray Wilkins was a English midfielder from the 70s into the 90s.
He was one of the best English players of his generation and represented England in two World Cups (1982 and 1986).
He had spells at Cheslea, Manchester United, AC Milan, PSG, Rangers and QPR among others.
He earned 84 caps between 1976 and 1986.
He passed away on April 4th, 2018, aged 61 from cardiac arrest.
For more detail, see:


Photo From:  Official Match Programme,  England v Switzerland, 1977
(Raymond Colin Wilkins)



António Monteiro Teixeira de Barros 
António Monteiro Teixeira de Barros was a Portuguese defender from the 60s into the 80s.
He had a long spell at Benfica.
He earned 7 caps between 1974 and 1976.
He passed away on April 8th, 2018, aged 68.

André Lerond 
André Lerond was a French defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Cannes, Lyon and Stade Stade Français.
He earned 31 caps between 1957 and 1963.
He passed away on April 8th, 2018, aged 87.


Photo From: France Football, Issue 2717, May 5, 1998 (66)
(André Lerond)


Sauro Tomà 
Sauro Tomà was an Italian defender from the 40s and 50s.
He had spells at Spezia and Torino among others.
He survived the 1949 Superga air disaster as he had been injured and missed the trip.
He passed away on April 10th, 2018, aged 92.

Cesarino Cervellati 
Cesarino Cervellati was an Italian winger from the 40s into the 60s.
He represented Bologna for over a decade.
He earned 6 caps between 1951 and 1961.
He passed away on April 13th, 2018, aged 88.


Photo From: UN SECOLO AZZURRO (CALCIO 2000) 1998
(Cesarino Cervellati)


Henk Schouten 
Henk Schouten was a Dutch midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at Feyenoord.
He earned 2 caps between 1955 and 1961.
He passed away on April 18th, 2018, aged 86.


Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Henk Schouten)


Roy Thomas Frank Bentley 
Roy Thomas Frank Bentley was an English forward from the 40s and into the 60s.
He had spells for the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle, Fulham and QPR.
He earned 12 caps between 1949 and 1955.
He passed away on April 20th, 2018, aged 93.



Photo From: England, Player by Player, Author Graham Betts
(Roy Thomas Frank Bentley)


Vladimír Weiss 
Vladimír Weiss was a Czechoslovakian defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at Slovan Bratislava.
He was a member of Czechoslovakia’s 1964 Olympics squad.
He earned 3 caps between 1964 and 1965.
He passed away on April 23rd, 2018, aged 78.



Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J
(Vladimír Weiss)


Henri Michel 
Henri Michel was a French midfielder from the 60s and into the 80s.
He had a long spell at Nantes.
He was the Manager of France’s 1984 Olympics winning squad and later managed France in the 1986 World Cup. He also managed African Nations such as Morocco, Cameroon, Morocco and Tunisia among others.
He earned 58 caps between 1967 and 1980.
He passed away on April 24th, 2018, aged 70.
For more detail, see:


Photo From: World Cup 78, by Phil Soar
(Henri Michel)


Bjørn Hansen 
Bjørn Hansen was a Norwegian midfielder from the 60sand later a manager.
He had spells at Kvik, Sandefjord and Oppdal among others.
He managed Norway at many youth levels. He was an Assistant Manager for Norway at the 1998 World Cup.
He earned 31 caps between 1957 and 1963.
He passed away on April 25th, 2018, aged 79.

Yoshinobu Ishii 
Yoshinobu Ishii was a Japanese midfielder from the 50s into the 70s.
He had spells at Toyo Industries and Fujita Industries.
He earned a solitary cap for his Nation in 1962. He also managed the National Team in the 80s.
He passed away on April 26th, 2018, aged 79.

George Mulhall 
George Mulhall was a Scottish player from the 50s into the 70s.
He had long spells at Aberdeen and Sunderland.
He earned 3 caps between 1959 and 1963.
He passed away on April 27th, 2018, aged 81.

Photo From: 67-68 FKS
(George Mulhall)


Miroslav Vardić 
Miroslav Vardić was a Yugoslavian midfielder from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Hajduk Split, Radnicki Nis and NAC Breda among others.
He earned 2 caps for his Nation in 1968.
He passed away on May 7th, 2018, aged 73.

Arthur Fitzsimons 
Arthur Fitzsimons was a Republic of Ireland player from the 40s into the 60s.
He had a long spell ad Middlesbrough.
He earned 26 caps between 1949 and 1959.
He passed away on May 9th, 2018, aged 88.



Hugo Romeo Guerra Cabrera 
Hugo Romeo Guerra Cabrera was a Uruguayn forward from the 80s and 90s.
He had spells at many clubs such as Nacional, Huracan and Boca Juniors among others.
He earned 8 caps between 1992 and 1993.
He passed away on May 11th, 2018, aged just 52 from cardiac arrest.


Photo From:1996 - ARGENTINA FÚTBOL – CROMY
(Hugo Romeo Guerra Cabrera)


Milan Malatinský 
Milan Malatinský was a Slovakian midfielder from the 90s.
He had spells at Spartak Trnava, Banska Bystrica and Inter Bratislava.
He earned 2 caps for his Nation in 1994.
He passed away on May 15th, 2018, aged just 48.

Jlloyd Tafari Samuel 
Jlloyd Tafari Samuel was a Trinidad and Tobago player from the 90s into 2010s.
He had a long spell at Aston Villa.
He earned 2 caps for Trinidad and Tobago in 2009. He also represented at youth level.
He was killed in a car accident on May 15th, 2018, aged just 37.


Photo From:  2000-2001 MERLIN
(Jlloyd Tafari Samuel)


Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson was an English defender from the 50s into the 70s.
He had long spells at Huddersfield and Everton.
He was a member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad.
He earned 63 caps between 1960 and 1968.
He passed away on May 15th, 2018, aged 83 from Alzheimer’s disease.


Photo From:  England, Player by Player, Author Graham Betts
(Ramon Wilson) 


Mohammed Houmane Jarir 
Mohammed Houmane Jarir was a Moroccan forward from the 60s and 70s.
He represented Raja Casablanca.
He represented Morocco in the 1970 World Cup.
He passed away on May 19th, 2018, aged 73.

Horst Hirnschrodt 
Horst Hirnschrodt was a French defender from the 50s into the 70s.
He had spells at Austria Vienna and Austria Salzburg.
He earned 19 caps between 1962 and 1966.
He passed away on May 24th, 2018, aged 77.


Photo From:  Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger
(Horst Hirnschrodt) 


Gerard Kerkum 
Gerard Kerkum was a Dutch defender from the 50s and 60s.
He represented Feyenoord for over a decade.
He was Chairman of Feyennord on two separate occasions.
He earned a solitary cap in 1960.
He passed away on May 26th, 2018, aged 87.


Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Gerard Kerkum)


Roger Piantoni 
Roger Piantoni was a French forward from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Nancy, Reims and Nice.
He represented France in the 1958 World Cup.
He earned 37 caps between 1952 and 1961.
He passed away on May 26th, 2018, aged 86.


Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 131, November 1970
(Roger Piantoni)


Odd Ove Oppedal 
Odd Ove Oppedal was a Norwegian midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at Brann.
He earned a solitary cap in 1962.
He passed away on May 27th, 2018, aged 81.

Neale James Cooper 
Neale James Cooper was a Scottish midfielder from the 80s and 90s.
He had a long spell at Aberdeen, as well as Aston Villa and Rangers Glasgow among others.
He passed away on May 28th, 2018, aged just 54 after collapsing on a stairwell.


Photo From: Rangers vs Stranraer – 1989, Match Programme
(Neale James Cooper)


Ferenc Kovács 
Ferenc Kovács was a Hungarian defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at MTK. He also had a long career as a Manager.
He represented Hungary in the 1960 Olympics.
He earned a solitary cap in 1955. He managed the National Team in 1978/79.
He passed away on May 30th, 2018, aged 84.

Walter Eich 
Walter Eich was a Swiss goalkeeper from the 40s and 50s.
He had a long spell at Young Boys Bern.
He represented Switzerland in the 1954 World Cup.
He earned 5 caps between 1951 and 1954.
He passed away on June 1st, 2018, aged 93.

Konstantinos Polychroniou 
Konstantinos Polychroniou was a Greek midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spell at Olympiakos. He later had a long career as Manager and managed the Greek National Team (1994/98).
He earned 27 caps between 1957 and 1967.
He passed away on June 1st, 2018, aged 81.

Martinus Bosselaar 
Martinus Bosselaar was a Dutch winger from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Sparta and Feyenoord.
He earned 17 caps between 1955 and 1962.
He passed away on June 6th, 2018, aged 82.


Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Martinus Bosselaar)


Francis Smerecki 
Francis Smerecki was a French midfielder from the 60s into the 80s.
He had spells at Laval and Limoges among others. He is mostly remembered as  Manager of Guingamp and France at youth levels.
He passed away on June 7th, 2018, aged 68.


Photo From: France Football, Issue 2541, December 20, 1994
(Francis Smerecki)


Fadil Avdullah Vokrri 
Fadil Avdullah Vokrri was a Yugoslavia striker from the 80s and 90s.
He had spells at Partizan, Nimes and Fenerbahce among others.
He was the current President of the Kosovo Federation.
He earned 12 caps between 1984 and 1987.
He passed away on June 9th, 2018, aged just 57 from a heart attack.


Photo From: fudbaleri 86/87
(Fadil Avdullah Vokrri)


Álvaro Rodríguez Ros, Alvarito
Álvaro Rodríguez Ros, Alvarito was a Spanish defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Oviedo and Atletico Madrid among others.
He earned 2 caps for his Nation in 1960.
He passed away on June 16th, 2018, aged 82.

Ronald ‘Ron’ Healey 
Ronald ‘Ron’ Healey was a Republic of Ireland goalkeeper from the 70s and 80s.
He had long spells at Manchester City and Cardiff City.
He earned 2 caps between 1977 and 1980.
He passed away on June 18th, 2018, aged 65. He collapsed on a bicycle ride.


Photo From: 71-72 FKS
(Ronald ‘Ron’ Healey) 


Sergio Gonella 
Sergio Gonella was an Italian Referee from the 70s and 80s.
H emost notably refereed the 1978 World Cup Final between Argentina and Holland.
He passed away on June 19th, 2018, aged 85.

Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada 
Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada was a Chilean midfielder from the 50s into the 70s.
He had a long spell at Universidad Catolica.
He represented Chile in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups.
He earned 70 caps between 1960 and 1972.
He passed away on June 23rd, 2018, aged 77.


Photo From: 66  - Album Alemao-Die Weltmeisterschaft 1966 in England
(Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada)


Josip Pirmajer 
Josip Pirmajer was a Yugoslavia winger from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Partizan Belgrade, Vojvodina and Nimes among others.
He earned 4 caps for his Nation in 1964.
He passed away on June 24th, 2018, aged 74.


Photo From: 1970-1971 Prva liga
(Josip Pirmajer)


Goran Bunjevčević 
Goran Bunjevčević was a Serbian defender from the 90s and 2000s.
He had spells at Red Star Belgrade and Tottenham among others.
He earned 16 caps between 1998 and 2003.
He passed away on June 28th, 2018, aged just 45 after a month in coma following a stroke.


Photo From: merlin 2003/04
(Goran Bunjevčević)


Juraj Halenar

Juraj Halenár was a Slovenian forward from 2000s and 2010s.
He had spells at Inter Bratislava and Slovan Bratislava among others.
He earned 3 caps between 2007 and 2008.
He passed away on June 28th, 2018, aged just 35 from a possible suicide.

José Antonio Zaldúa Urdanavia

José Antonio Zaldúa Urdanavia was a Spanish striker from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Valladolid and Barcelona among others.
He earned 3 caps between 1961 and 1963.
He passed away on June 30th, 2018, aged 76.


Photo From: 64-65 - LA CASERA
(José Antonio Zaldúa Urdanavia)



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