Tributes: Vladimír Hagara (November 7, 1943-May 24, 2015)
Bruno Pesaola (July 28 1925-May 29, 2015)
Tsonyo Dimitrov Vasilev (January 7, 1952-June 2, 2015)
Imre
Rapp (September 15, 1935-Juen 3,
2015)
Bengt
Berndtsson (January 26, 1933-June 4,
2015)
Colin MacDonald Jackson (October 8, 1946-June 6, 2015)
Vasily Mihaylovich Zhupikov (January 16, 1954-June 7,
2015)
Johnny Fullam (March 22, 1940-June 10, 2015)
Zito (August 8, 1932-June 14,
2015)
Angelo Niculescu (October 1, 1921-June 20,
2015)
Luís Carlos Nunes da Silva, Carlinhos (November 19, 1937-June 22, 2015)
Goran Brajković (July 18 1978-June 28, 2015)
Abderrahmane Soukane (September 13, 1936-July 5, 2015)
Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus
‘Fons’ van Wissen (March 21, 1933-July 7, 2015)
Arne Kotte (March 20, 1935-July 8, 2015)
James Murray (February 4, 1933-July 10, 2015)
Milorad Milutinović (March 10, 1935-July 12, 2015)
Ismet Hadžić (July 7, 1954-July 14, 2015)
Dirk ‘Dick’ Jacobus Willem
Nanninga (January 17, 1949-July 21,
2015)
Horst Walter (July 2, 1939-July 22, 2015)
Stephan
Beckenbauer (December 1, 1968-August 1,
2015)
Piet Fransen (July 5, 1936-August 2, 2015)
Samuel ‘Sammy’ Richmond Cox (April 13, 1924-August 2, 2015)
Anthony Horace Millington (June 5, 1943-August 5,
2015)
Daniel Hegan (June 14, 1943-August 6,
2015)
Harald
Ingemann Nielsen (October 26, 1941-August 11, 2015)
Agustín Mario Cejas (March 22, 1945-August 14, 2015)
Vladimir Hegara
Vladimir Hegara was an Czechoslovakian defender who played mostly for Spartak
Trnava in the 1960s and 70s.
He
earned 25 caps between 1968 and 1973 and was a member of Czechoslovakia’s World
cup squad of 1970 .
He
passed away on May 25th , aged 71.
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Photo From : Panini World Cup 1970
(Vladimír Hagara ) |
Bruno Pesaola
Bruno
Pesaola was born in Argentina, but made his name after moving to the Italian
Serie A in the 1940s.
After
becoming a naturalized Italian, he earned a solitary cap for Italy in a World
Cup Qualifier in Lisbon vs. Portugal on May 26, 1957 (0-3 Portugal win).
He
is mostly remembered as Fiorentina’s Manager when they last won the Scudetto
during the 1968/69 season. He also managed Napoli on three separate occasions
and Bologna on two occasions.
He
passed away due to cancer on May 29th , aged 89.
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Photo
From: Calcio 2000, Issue 15, January 1999
(Bruno Pesaola)
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Tsonyo
Dimitrov Vasilev
Tsonyo Vasilev was a Bulgarian defender who played mostly for CSKA Sofia in the 1970s and 80s.
He
earned 37 caps between 1973 and 1981 and was a member of Bulgaria’s World Cup
squad of 1974 .
He
passed away on June 2nd ,
aged 63.
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Photo
From: Onze, Hors Serie 6, 1977
(Tsonio
Vasilev with Bernard Lacombe, November 16, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, France
3-Bulgaria 1)
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Imre Rapp
Imre Rapp was a Hungarian goalkeeper who played for Pecsi MSC
in the 1960s and 1970s.
He
earned a solitary cap for Hungary in a Friendly in Budapest vs. East Germany on
November 21, 1973 (1-0 East Germany win).
He
passed away on June 3rd , aged 77.
Bengt
Berndtsson
Bengt
Berndtsson was a Swedish International
winger who played for IFK Gothenburg in the 1950s and 60s for nearly two
decades.
He
earned 29 caps between 1956 and 1964 and was a member of Sweden’s World Cup
squad of 1958 at home .
He
passed away due to cancer on June 4th , aged 82.
Colin
MacDonald Jackson
Colin
Jackson was a Scottish defender who
represented Rangers Glasgow for nearly two decades from the early 60s through
the early 80s.
He
earned 8 caps between 1975 and 1976.
He
passed away due to Leukemia on June 6th , aged 68.
Vasily Mihaylovich Zhupikov
Vasily Mihaylovich Zhupikov was a Soviet defender who
played for Torpedo Moscow in the 70s and 80s.
He
earned 15 caps between 1977 and 1979.
He
passed away on June 7th ,
aged 61.
Johnny
Fullam
Johnny Fullam was a Republic of Ireland midfielder who
mostly played for Shamrock Rovers in two separate spells in the 60s and 80s and
Bohemians in the 70s.
He earned 11 caps between 1960 and 1969.
He
passed away on June 10th ,
aged 75.
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Photo
From: Ireland on the Ball, Author: Donal Cullen
(Johnny
Fullam, October 30 1968, Poland 1-Republic of Ireland 0)
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José
Ely de Miranda, Zito
Zito was a Brazilian midfielder part of Brazil’s Pele
generation with whom he was a teammate at Santos in the 1950s and 60s.
He was part of Brazil’s World Cup winning sides of 1958 and
1962. He scored one of Brazil’s goals during the 1962 Final vs. Czechoslovakia.
He
earned 52 caps between 1955 and 1964.
He
passed away on June 14th
after suffering from Alzheimer’s diseasse for years , aged 82.
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Photo
From: Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors
Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf
(Zito,
June 29, 1958, World Cup, Brazil 5-Sweden 2)
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Angelo Niculesdcu
Angelo Niculescu was an Romanian defender from the 1940s.
However, he is mostly remembered as a Manager. He managed
Dinamo Bucharest in separate spells in the 50s and 60s.
He also managed the Romanian national Team and earned
qualification for the 1970 World Cup.
He
passed away on June 20th ,
aged 93.
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Photo
From: Placar, Issue 12, June 5, 1970
(Angelo
Niculescu)
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Luís
Carlos Nunes da Silva, Carlinhos
Luís
Carlos Nunes da Silva, Carlinhos was a Brazilian midfielder who
played for Flamengo in the late1950s and 1960s.
He
earned a solitary cap for Brazil in the Nations Cup in Maracana vs. Portugal on
June 7, 1964 (4-1 Brazil win).
He
passed away on June 22nd ,
aged 77.
Goran
Brajković
Goran
Brajković was a Croatian midfielder
mostly remembered for his spell with Rijeka in the late 90s and early 2000s.
He
represented Croatia in two friendlies days apart in November 2001 and both vs.
South Korea.
He
was killed in a traffic accident on June 28th , aged just 36.
Abderrahmane
Soukane
Abderrahmane
Soukane was an Algerian player who
had spells in the French League in the 1960s.
During
the Algerian Independent movement vs. France, he joined the FLN football team.
He
passed away on July 5th , aged 78.
Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus 'Fons' van Wissen
Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus ‘Fons’ van Wissen was a
Dutch midfielder who represented PSV Eindhoven in the 50s and 60s.
He earned 30 caps between 1957
and 1964.
He
passed away on July 20th , aged 82.
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Photo
From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Fons van Wissen, October 14 1962, Belgium 2-Holland
0) |
Arne
Kotte
Arne
Kotte was a Norwegian International striker, whose career spanned
the 1950s and 60s and mostly with his hometown club of Steinkjer.
He earned 19 caps between 1953
and 1961.
He
passed away on July 8th, aged 80.
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Photo
From: Landslaget, Det Norske Fotballandslagets Historie, authors Egil Olsen,
Arne Scheie,Per Jorsett, Otto Ulseth, 1997
(Arne
Kotte, June 24, 1956, Nordic Cup, Denmark 2-Norway 3)
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James
Murray
James
Murray was an Scottish forward who
played mostly for Hearts in the 1950s
and early 60s.
He
earned 5 caps all in 1958 and was a member of Scotland’s World Cup squad of
1958, where he scored vs. Yugoslavia.
He
passed away on July 10th , aged 82.
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Photo
From: Wizards and Bravehearts, A History of the Scottish National Side, Author:
David Potter, 2004
(James
Murray with Scotland in 1958)
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Milorad
Milutinović
Milorad
Milutinović was an Yugoslavian defender
who most notably played for Partizan Belgrade and also a spell in Swiss
Football in the 1960s, where he also ended on managerial duty.
He
was the brother of Bora and Milos.
He
never played for the Yugoslavia national team but was a member of the 1958
World Cup squad.
He
passed away on July 12th , aged 80.
Ismet
Hadžić
Ismet
Hadžić was a Yugoslav defender who
most notably represented Sloboda Tuzla in the 70s and Dinamo Zagreb in the 80s.
He earned 5 sporadic caps
between 1979 and 1983.
He
passed away on July 14th, aged 61.
Dirk
‘Dick’ Jacobus Willem Nanninga
Dick
Nanninga was a Dutch midfielder
whose place is cemented in the History books for scoring Holland’s equalizer
during the 1978 World Cup Final on June 25th after coming on as a
substitute.
He
had a long spell at Roda JC Kerkrade in the 70s and early 80s.
He earned 15 caps between 1978
and 1981.
Due to complications from
diabetes, his left leg had to be amputated in 2012. For the same reason his
right leg was amputated in 2014.
He
passed away on July 21st ,
aged 66.
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Photo
From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Dick Nanninga, April 5, 1978, Tunisia 0-Holland
4) |
Horst
Walter
Horst
Walter was a
German midfielder who played for Einheit Dresden and Dinamo Dresden in the 1950s and 1960s.
He
earned a solitary cap for East Germany in a Friendly in Belgrade vs. Yugoslavia
on May 16, 1962 (3-1 Yugoslavia win).
He
passed away on July 22nd ,
aged 76.
Stephan
Beckenbauer
Stephan
Beckenbauer was the son of German
Legend Franz Beckenbauer. His only stint in the Bundesliga was during the
1992/93 season with Saarbrucken.
He
passed away on August 1st , aged just
46.
That
season (1992/93) World Soccer magazine did a profile on him, titled ‘Kid
Kaiser’
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Photo
From: World Soccer, February 1993
(Stephan
Beckenbauer)
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Piet
Fransen
Piet Fransen was a Dutch midfielder who had a long spell
with Groningen that spanned the late 50s and early 70s, with a two year spell
in between at Feyenoord in the 60s.
He
earned 6 caps between 1964 and 1966.
He
passed away on August 2nd , aged 79.
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Photo
From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Piet
Fransen)
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Samuel
‘Sammy’ Richmond Cox
Sammy
Cox was a Scottish defender who
represented Rangers Glasgow in the 1940s and 50s.
He
earned 25 caps between 1948 and 1954.
He
passed away on August 2nd , aged 91.
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Photo
From: Scotland, The Team, 1987
(Sammy
Cox)
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Anthony
Horace Millington
Anthony
Horace Millington was a Welsh International
goalkeeper who mainly represented teams like Petersborough United and Swansea
City in the 60s and 70s.
He
earned 21 caps between 1962 and 1971.
He
passed away on August 5th , aged 72.
Daniel
Hegan
Daniel
Hegan was a Northern Irish
International midfielder who most notably represented Ipswich in the 1960s.
He
earned 7 caps between 1969 and 1973.
He
passed away on August 6th , aged 72.
Harald Ingemann Nielsen
Harald Nielsen was a Danish striker mostly remembered for his stint in the Italian
Serie in the 1960s, specially with Bologna with whom he won the Scudetto in
1964 and was also the League’s top goalscorer.
He also had
spells in Italy with Inter, Napoli and Sampdoria.
He
earned 14 caps between 1959 and 1960.
He passed away on August 11th , aged 73.
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Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964
(Harald
Nielsen and West German Helmut Haller at Bologna)
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Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964
(West
German Helmut Haller and Harald Nielsen
at Bologna)
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Agustín
Mario Cejas
Agustín
Mario Cejas was an Argentinean
goalkeeper who had a long career at Racing Club in the 1960s, and had a spell
at Pele’s santos in the 70s before returning to Racing Club at the end of the
70s.
He
represented Argentina during the 1964 Olympics.
He passed away on August 14th , aged 70, suffering from Alzheimer’s
disease.
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