Friday, November 16, 2012

22 Foot ballers Die in 6 days, RIIP (UPDATE)

Bicycle KickYesterday, my post entitled: Keith Ripley RIIP: 10th Notable Footballer to die in 4 days, documents the death of 16 notable sports figures in the field of : soccer, rugby and foot ball, that  occurred recently between November 11-14.   

 Today, after logging onto  the Deaths in 2012 site, I noticed that another 6 had been added, bringing the total within the last 6 days to an incredible 23 (14 soccer; 4 foot ball; 5 rugby).  

When taking the statistics into consideration, the numbers are definitely out of the ball park.  Note from the Deaths of 2012 site, re player deaths every month since May of 2012:

Nov 11-16:            23 deaths in 6 days
Nov 1-10:               15 deaths in 10 days
Oct 1-31:                38 deaths in 31 days
Sep 1-30:                31 deaths in 30 days 
Aug 1-30:                31 Deaths in 30 days
Jul  1-31:                34 Deaths in 31 days
Jun 1-30:                30 Deaths in 30 days
May 1-31:                26 Deaths in 31 days

 As you can easily see from the above, the deaths that occurred between Nov 11-16, were 3 times greater than usual.   I was taken aback as well, by how many of these were young.  Of the 212 deaths as per the above, 66 (33%) were under the age of 60; 31 of these were under 40; and 20 of these in their 20's (10%).   Notable young persons found  on the deaths in 2012 site are rare, so  33% of deaths under the age of 60, and 10% being  in their 20's, is much higher than the norm.  

 For the record, the 8 stats figures below, were taken from the Deaths in 2012 site : 

 Stats 1 (23 deaths in 6 days Nov 11-16, *note: 14 soccer players highlighted in gold):    
1.      Bob Scott, 91, New Zealand rugby player.[5]  
2.     Théophile Abega, 58, Cameroonian footballer , cardiac arrest.[7] 
3.      David Biagi, 26, Australian VFL football player, cancer.[8] 
4.     Del Deanus, 38, English footballer and manager, Motor Neurone Disease.[10] 
5.       Maleli Kunavore, 29, Fijian rugby player (Toulouse), cardiac arrest [11] 
6.     Bill Hortie, Canadian CFL football player (Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions).[21] 
7.     Alex Alves, 37, Brazilian footballer (Hertha BSC), leukemia.[4] 
8.     Enrique Beech, 92, Filipino Olympic shooter.[5] 
9.     Brian Davies, 82, Australian rugby league player.[6] 
10. Joe Gilliam, Sr., 89, American football coach (Tennessee St.).[8] 
11.       Keith Ripley, 77, British football player.[12]
12. Manolo Peña, 46, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza, Real Valladolid), cancer.[23] 
13. John Sheridan, 78, English rugby league player (Castleford).[24 
14. Humphrey Mkhonta, Swazi footballer and coach, following a brief illness.[32] 
15. Joe Sutton, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[36] 
16. John Arnaud, 51, American football player (Michigan Panthers), lung cancer.[42] 
17. Joe Egan, 93, British rugby league player.[44 
18. Victor Mees, 85, Belgian footballer (Royal Antwerp F.C.).[51] 
19. Khomotso Mpaketsane, 27, South African footballer (Polokwane City), traffic collision.[52] 
20. Mojalefa Mphuthi, 21, South African footballer (Polokwane City), traffic collision.[52] 
21. Benjamin Nthete, 23, South African footballer (Polokwane City), traffic collision.[52] 
22. Koketso Takalo, 20, South African footballer (Polokwane City), traffic collision.[52]
23. Paddy Meegan, 90, Irish football player (Meath GAA).[62]


 Stats 2 (15 deaths, 13 of these footballers, in 10 days November 1-10): 
  1. Eric Day, 91, English footballer (Southampton F.C.).[77] 
  2. Bobby Gilfillan, 74, Scottish footballer (Doncaster Rovers), prostate cancer.[105] 
  3. Heinz-Jürgen Blome, 65, German footballer (VfL Bochum).[118]  
  4. H. Kelsey, 90, Canada football player, (Calgary Stampede) kidney failure [125]
  5. Harry McShane, 92, Scottish footballer.  [127]  
  6. Darrell Royal, 88, American football coach (University Texas), Alzheimer's .[133] 
  7. Ivor Powell, 96, Welsh footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Aston Villa), coach [150]  
  8. Bohdan Tsap, 71, Ukrainian footballer and youth football trainer.[153] 
  9.  Athmane Nourine, 48, Algerian footballer (USM Alger), after long illness.[165]    
  10. Arunesh Sharma, 67, Indian footballer, following a brief illness.[168]  
  11. Jimmy Stephen, 90, Scottish footballer.[170]  
  12.  Max Obispo, 73, French footballer, writer and painter.[184  
  13. Reg Pickett, 85, English footballer (Portsmouth, Ipswich Town).[185] 
  14. Jan Louwers, 82, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).[222]
 15. Peter O'Donohue, 89, Australian VFL football player (Hawthorn).[230]

Stats 3 (38 deaths, 26 of these footballers, in 31 days October 1- 31):
  1.  Abdelkader Fréha, 69, Algerian footballer (MC Oran).[4] 
  2. Jean-Louis Lagadec, 79, French footballer,  (FC Chalon).[31](French)
  3.  Albie Roles, 91, English footballer.[35] 
  4. Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).[43] 
  5. Georges Casolari, 71, French footballer (AS Monaco FC).[70] 
  6. Rafael Lesmes, 85, Spanish footballer.[86] 
  7. Bill Drake, 81, British rugby league player.[83] 
  8.  Alex Karras, 77, American football player, actor,  kidney failure.[109]  
  9. Malcolm Sampson, 72, English rugby league player.[117] 
  10. Helmut Haller, 73, German footballer, Parkinson's disease and dementia.[125]   
  11. Ernst Lindner, 77, German international footballer.[127]
  12. Bob Aynsley, 90, New Zealand rugby league player[133]  
  13. Henry Moyo, Malawian football coach (national team, 1984).[143]  
  14. Steve Newman, 58, American football player and coach, heart attack.[145] 
  15.  Joey Pal, 85, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).[156]
  16.  Vladimir Čonč, 84, Croatian footballer.[178]   
  17. Trevor Kemp, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers).[183]  
  18.  Milija Aleksic, 61, English football player (Tottenham Hotspur).[199]  
  19. Bandya Kakade, 67, Indian footballer, heart attack.[204]  
  20.  Pépito Pavon, 71, Spanish footballer (Olympique de Marseille).[209]  
  21. Thomas Madigage, 41, South African footballer and coach, traffic collision.[217] 
  22. Jack Hirst, 75, British rugby league player.[233] 
  23.  Raúl Valencia, 36, Spanish footballer, following a long illness.[238]  
  24. Jaouad Akaddar, 28, Moroccan footballer, cardiac arrest.[240] 
  25. Iain Jamieson, 84, Scottish footballer and chairman (Coventry City).[242] 
  26. Djuro Šorgić, 64, Serbian footballer, cancer.[265]  
  27. Sir Wilson Whineray, 77, New Zealand rugby union player .[278]  
  28. Philippe Di Santo, 62, Belgian footballer and coach, following a long illness.[284] 
  29.  Hughie Hay, 80, Scottish footballer.[286] 
  30. Jozef Mannaerts, 89, Belgian footballer (K.R.C. Mechelen).[287] 
  31. Peter Wright, 78, English footballer (Colchester United F.C.).[297] 
  32.  John Connelly, 74, English footballer (Burnley F.C.), cancer.[302]  
  33. Piermassimiliano Dotto, 42, Italian rugby union player, heart attack.[303] 
  34. Georges Van Straelen, 55, French footballer and coach, lung cancer.[328] 
  35. Michel Bojko, 72, French footballer (Stade de Reims).[331]  
  36. Mohammed Nouriddeen, 28, Bahraini footballer, traffic collision.[342]  
  37. Terry Owens, 68, American football player (San Diego Chargers).[343] 
  38. George Bossy, 85, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer and football player.[364]

STATS 4 (31 Deaths in 30 days, 25 of these footballers, September 1-30):
  1. Bert Worner, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).[17]
  2. Mahmoud El-Gohary, 74, Egyptian football player and coach, complications of a stroke.[23]
  3. George Savitsky, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from pneumonia.[36]
  4. Milan Vukelić, 76, Serbian football player.[40]
  5. Edis Bahtijarević, 26, Bosnian footballer (Eskişehirspor), heart attack.[41]
  6. Oscar Rossi, 82, Argentine football player.[58]
  7. C. Edwin Creed, 91, American football coach.[63]
  8. Abdul Ghafoor, 70, Pakistani footballer.[67]
  9. Aleksandr Maksimenkov, 60, Russian football coach and player.[70]
  10. Adolf Bechtold, 86, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt).[80]
  11. Mike Scarry, 92, American football player and coach.[101]
  12. Ron Tindall, 76, English footballer (Chelsea).[103]
  13. Rolf Bjørn Backe, 78, Norwegian footballer.[119]
  14. Sergio Livingstone, 92, Chilean footballer and sports commentator, natural causes.[126]
  15. Jimmy Andrews, 85, Scottish footballer.[133]
  16. Brian Óg Maguire, 24, Irish Gaelic football player, industrial accident.[156]
  17. Frank Dudley, 87, English footballer.[167]
  18. Predrag Brzaković, 47, Serbian footballer.[175]
  19. Jean-Louis Heinrich, 69, French footballer.[178]
  20. Paul Okesene, 44, Samoan rugby league player, heart attack.[182]
  21. Nevin Spence, 22, Irish rugby union player (Ulster), slurry tank gas poisoning.[184]
  22. Bafo Biyela, 31, South African footballer, after short illness.[197]
  23. Jorge Manicera, 73, Uruguayan footballer.[216]
  24. Rino Ferrario, 85, Italian footballer.[221]
  25. Gianfranco Dell'Innocenti, 86, Italian footballer.[233]
  26. Michel Pech, 66, French football player (FC Nantes), cancer.[236]
  27. John Bond, 79, English football player and manager.[288]
  28. Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese football player and manager (national team), Alzheimer's [296]
  29. Arturo Rodenak, 81, Argentine-born Chilean footballer, complications of diabetes.[303]
  30. Juan Baena, 62, Spanish footballer (Hércules CF), complications from brain surgery.[317]
  31. Sam Gruneisen, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers).[322]
Stats 5 (31 Deaths in 30 days, 23 of these footballers,  August 1-30):
  1. Aldo Maldera, 58, Italian footballer (AC Milan).[2]
  2. Bernd Meier, 40, German footballer, heart attack.[14]
  3. [34]Bud Riley, 86, American CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-cats).[35]
  4. Jimmy Thomson, 75, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic)[37] (death announced on this date)
  5. Fred Matua, 28, American football player, heart failure.[42]
  6. Kirk Urso, 22, American soccer player, heart failure.[45]
  7. Boris Razinsky, 79, Russian football player.[55]
  8. Vladimir Vasilyevich Kobzev, 52, Russian football player and coach, stroke.[63]
  9. Surya Lesmana, 68, Indonesian football player and manager, heart attack.[78]
  10. Erol Togay, 62, Turkish footballer.[91]
  11. Jimmy Carr, 79, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[121]
  12. Jackie Watters, 92, Scottish footballer (Celtic).[132]
  13. Brian Green, British football coach and player.[148]
  14. Elson Iazegi Beyruth, 70, Brazilian footballer, complications of diabetes.[159]
  15. Mitchell Todd, 21, British rugby player (Nottingham), traffic collision.[178]
  16. Jang Hyun-Kyu, 30, South Korean footballer, suspected heart attack.[186]
  17. Phil Kelly, 73, Irish footballer.[187]
  18. Panos Markovic, 87, Greek football coach and player.[200]
  19. John Kovatch, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins).[211]
  20. Len Quested, 87, English footballer.[231]
  21. Gary Mara, 50, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), traffic collision.[242]
  22. Houcine Anafal, 59, Moroccan footballer, heart attack.[250]
  23. Merv Neagle, 54, Australian AFL football player (Essendon), traffic collision.[267]
  24. Krum Yanev, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.[281]
  25. Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach and actor.[282]
  26. Emilio Pacione, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).[299]
  27. Alan Steen, 90, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[311]
  28. Ivica Horvat, 86, Croatian football player and manager.[319]
  29. Antoine Redin, 77, French footballer and football manager.[326] (French)
  30. Tao Wei, 46, Chinese football player and commentator, heart attack.[330]
  31. Tom Keating, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), prostate cancer.[368]
Stats 6 (34 deaths in 31 Days July 1-31) 
  1. Ben Davidson, 72, American football, actor (Conan the Barbarian Necessary Roughness, cancer.[13]
  2. Peter Bennett, 85, Australian football player and Olympic (1952, 1956) water polo player.[31]
  3. Jeong Min-Hyeong, 25, South Korean football player, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.[36]
  4. Sam Ojebode, 67, Nigerian footballer.[38]
  5. Charles Drake, 30, American football player (New York Giants).[47]
  6. Angelo Paternoster, 93, American football player (Washington Redskins).[53]
  7. Jimmy Tansey, 83, English football player.[67]
  8. Rodger Head, 73, Australian football player (St Kilda Football Club).[79]
  9. John Williams, 64, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams).[83]
  10. Joe McBride, 74, Scottish football player (Celtic), complications of a stroke.[116]
  11. Bobby Nicol, 76, Scottish football player (Hibernian).[117]
  12. Eddy Brown, 86, English footballer (Birmingham City).[123]
  13. Cleveland Elam, 60, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions).[124]
  14. Frank R. Burns, 84, American football player and coach (Rutgers University), natural causes.[148]
  15. Ennio Cardoni, 83, Italian footballer.[149]
  16. King Hill, 75, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.[154]
  17. Boris Cebotari, 37, Moldovan footballer, apparent suicide by jumping.[161]
  18. Grant Feasel, 52, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Seattle Seahawks).[164]
  19. Taras Kiktyov, 25, Ukrainian football player, after long illness.[180]
  20. Jack Matthews, 92, Welsh rugby union player and doctor.[213]
  21. Hans Nowak, 75, German footballer (FC Bayern Munich).[223]
  22. Eric Bell, 82, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[258]
  23. Jim Carlen, 79, American college football player and coach.[259]
  24. Ernie Machin, 68, English footballer (Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle).[262]
  25. Duane Wood, 74, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).[286]
  26. Thanasis Tribonias, 28, Greek footballer, traffic collision.[302]
  27. Bruno Mazza, 88, Italian football player.[310]
  28. Greg Mohns, 62, American CFL coach and executive (BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts), throat cancer.[311]
  29. Marceau Stricanne, 92, French footballer.[312] (French)
  30. Art Malone, 64, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles).[329]
  31. Tatiana Egorova, 42, Russian football manager and player.[348]
  32. John Stampe, 55, Danish footballer, cancer.[356]
  33. Les Green, 70, English footballer (Derby County) and manager (Tamworth).[362]
  34. Alfredo Ramos, 87, Brazilian footballer and coach[381]
Stats 7 (30 deaths in 30 days, June 1-30): 
  1. Bobby Black, 85, Scottish football player.[33]
  2. Steve Buttle, 59, English football player and coach, cancer.[49]
  3. Charlie Sutton, 88, Australian football player and coach (Footscray).[58]
  4. Chris Thompson, 52, English footballer.[59]
  5. Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, 54, Spanish football player and coach,heart attack.[68]
  6. Mykola Volosyanko, 40, Ukrainian football player, heart failure.[71]
  7. Luis Aloy Vidal, 82, Spanish football player (FC Barcelona, Real Oviedo).[87]
  8. Dante Micheli, 73, Italian football player.[119]
  9. Gordon West, 69, English football player (Everton), cancer.[127]
  10. Marwan Arafat, 67, Syrian footballer and referee.[142]
  11. Pahiño, 89, Spanish footballer.[150]
  12. Bob Chappuis, 89, American AAFC football player  complications of a fall.[169]
  13. Bob Hank, 88, Australian SANFL footballer (West Torrens), ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.[171]
  14. Jesse Powell, 65, American football player (Miami Dolphins).[175]
  15. Jerry Tubbs, 77, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers).[184]
  16. Simon Tortell, 52, Maltese football player.[198]
  17. R. C. Owens, 77, American football player and executive (San Francisco 49ers).[223]
  18. Bernard Prior, 78, English rugby league player.[224]
  19. Alketas Panagoulias, 78, Greek football player and manager.[237]
  20. Ralph Wenzel, 69, American football player, complications from dementia.[242]
  21. Teddy Scott, 83, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).[278]
  22. Ramaz Shengelia, 55, Georgian football player, heart attack.[279]
  23. Drew Turnbull, 82, British rugby player, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[280]
  24. Jackie Neilson, 83, Scottish footballer (St. Mirren).[291]
  25. Hamza Banoub, 28, Algerian football player, heart attack.[295]
  26. Alan McDonald, 48, Northern Irish football player and manager, apparent heart attack.[304]
  27. Miki Roqué, 23, Spanish footballer, cancer.[318]
  28. Eddie Jones, 74, American football executive (Miami Dolphins).[351]
  29. Iurie Miterev, 37, Moldovan international footballer, leukemia.[352]
  30. Graham Horn, 57, British footballer.[370]
Stats 8 ( 26 deaths in 31 days, May 1-31)
  1. Les Mogg, 82, Australian football player.[25]
  2. Junior Seau, 43, American football player, suicide by gunshot.[29]
  3. Alikhan Nakotskhoyev, 25, Russian football player.[51] (Russian)
  4. Rashidi Yekini, 48, Nigerian footballer.[56]
  5. Stevan Bena, 76, Serbian footballer.[57] (Serbian)
  6. Ivica Šangulin, 75, Croatian football player and manager.[65] (Croation)
  7. Jules Bocandé, 53, Senegalese footballer, complications of surgery and stroke. [88]
  8. Stacy Robinson, 50, American football player (New York Giants), cancer.[108]
  9. Gunnar Dybwad, 83, Norwegian footballer.[115] (Norwegian)
  10. Alain Fossoul, 83, Belgian footballer,[116] (French)
  11. Patrick Bosch, 47, Dutch footballer (FC Twente), car accident.[138] (Dutch)
  12. Rodolfo Kappenberger, 95, Swiss footballer.[144]
  13. Jan Bens, 91, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord).[150]
  14. Andy Mate, 72, American footballer.[169]
  15. Bill Walsh, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[175]
  16. Hugo Gottfrit, 61, Argentine football player.[206]
  17. Patrick Mafisango, 32, Congolese-born Rwandan footballer, car accident.[215]
  18. Kevin Barry, New Zealand rugby league player.[264]
  19. Bill Stewart, 59, American football coach (West Virginia University), apparent heart attack. [274]
  20. Dave Mann, 79, American football player , complications from dementia.[284]
  21. Mike Voight, 58, American football player.[288]
  22. Jesse Whittenton, 78, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).[290]
  23. George Ceithaml, 81, American football player.[301]
  24. Doug Walton, English rugby league player.[318]
  25. Ludovic Quistin, 28, Guadeloupean footballer (Tamworth), traffic accident. [344]
  26. Yuri Susloparov, 53, Ukrainian-born Russian football player and coach. [345] (Ukrainian)

UPDATE: 

Note, another player was added to the Deaths in 2012 list under November 14th-- Paddy Meegan, bringing the total to 23 deaths in 6 days.
Paddy Meegan, 90, Irish football player (Meath GAA).[62]
Also added to November 4th:

Peter O'Donohue, 89, Australian VFL football player (Hawthorn).[230]
bringing the total up to 15 deaths in 10 days: Nov 1-10

As of November 19, there are 31 recorded foot ball player deaths 






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