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England's Deaths - Chronological

1980-99
 
Players Index Oldest/Youngest Deaths 1872-1919 1920-1945 1946-59 1960-79 1980-99 21st Century Youngest Players Oldest Players

This is a comprehensive list of players who have died between 1980 and 1999
Plyr
No.

Player
 Club

Birthdate Deathdate
Place of death
Playing Career Age
494 George Green
 
Sheffield United
2 May 1901 early 1980
Stratford-on-Avon
1925-28 78 years nk days
515 Bill Dean
 
Everton
22 January 1907 1 March 1980
Goodison Park, Everton
1927-32 73 years 38 days
381 Eddie Mosscrop
 
Burnley
16 June 1889 14 March 1980
Southport
1914 90 years 272 days
455 Jimmy Moore
 
Derby County
25 January 1889 15 April 1980
Hatton
1923 91 years 81 days
584 Wilf Copping
 
Leeds United, Arsenal
17 August 1907 June 1980
Southend-on-Sea
1933-39 72 years nk days
449 Norman Creek
 
Corinthians & Darlington
12 January 1898 26 July 1980
Folkestone
1923 82 years 196 days
587 Billy Furness
 
Leeds United
8 June 1909 29 August 1980
Norwich
1933 71 years 82 days
463 Joe Bradford
 
Birmingham
22 January 1901 6 September 1980
Birmingham
1923-30 79 years 196 days
699 Lionel Smith
 
Arsenal
23 August 1920 8 November 1980
Stoke Newington
1950-53 60 years 77 days
563 Tom Waring
 
Aston Villa
12 October 1906 20 December 1980
Liverpool
1931-32 74 years 69 days
551 Sammy Crooks
 
Derby County
16 January 1908 5 February 1981
Belper
1930-36 73 years 20 days
566 Charlie Gee
 
Everton
6 April 1909 28 April 1981
Rhos-on-Sea
1931-36 72 years 22 days
536 Austen Campbell
 
Blackburn Rovers, Huddersfield Town
5 May 1901 8 September 1981
Blackburn
1928-31 80 years 126 days
605 Ray Westwood
 
Bolton Wanderers
14 April 1912 9 December 1981
Stourbridge
1934-36 69 years 239 days
501 Roy Goodall
 
Huddersfield Town
31 December 1902 19 January 1982
Huddersfield
1926-33 79 years 19 days
601 Jack Barker
 
Derby County
27 February 1906 20 January 1982
Derby
1934-36 75 years 327 days
917 Dave Clement
 
Queen's Park Rangers
2 February 1948 31 March 1982
Battersea
1976-77 34 years 57 days
695 Bill Eckersley
 
Blackburn Rovers
16 July 1925 25 October 1982
Blackburn
1950-53 57 years 101 days
684 Jimmy Dickinson
 
Portsmouth
24 April 1925 8 November 1982
Alton
1949-56 57 years 198 days
602 Jackie Bray
 
Manchester City
22 April 1909 20 November 1982
Blackburn
1934-37 73 years 212 days
619 Dicky Spence
 
Chelsea
18 July 1908 12 March 1983
Ealing
1936 74 years 238 days
561 Tommy Graham
 
Nottingham Forest
12 March 1905 29 March 1983
Rushcliffe
1931 78 years 17 days
795 Gerry Hitchens
 
Aston Villa, Internazionale
8 October 1934 14 April 1983
Hope, Clwyd
1961-62 48 years 187 days
624 Harry Holdcroft
 
Preston North End
23 January 1909 17 April 1983
Preston
1936 74 years 84 days
630 Joe Johnson
 
Stoke City
4 April 1911 8 August 1983
Sandwell
1936-37 72 years 126 days
548 Billy Marsden
 
Sheffield Wednesday
10 November 1901 19 September 1983
Sheffield
1929-30 81 years 313 days
689 Jesse Pye
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers
22 December 1919 19 February 1984
Blackpool
1949 64 years 59 days
627 Tom Smalley
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers
13 January 1912 1 April 1984
Wolverhampton
1936 72 years 74 days
581 Johnny Arnold
 
Fulham
30 November 1907 3 April 1984
Southampton
1933 76 years 126 days
547 Harry Hibbs
 
Birmingham
27 May 1906 23 April 1984
Welwyn Garden City
1929-36 77 years 332 days
744 Ken Armstrong
 
Chelsea
3 June 1924 13 June 1984
Welwyn Garden City
1955-57 60 years 10 days
577 Eric Keen
 
Derby County
4 September 1910 July 1984
Fulham
1932-36 73 years nk days
621 Bernard Joy
 
Arsenal & Casuals & Corinthians
29 October 1911 18 July 1984
Kenton
1936 72 years 263 days
637 Harry Betmead
 
Grimsby Town
11 April 1912 26 August 1984
Middlesbrough
1937 72 years 137 days
564 Harry Roberts
 
Millwall
1 September 1907 October 1984
Torbay
1931 77 years nk days
700 Leslie Compton
 
Arsenal
12 September 1912 27 December 1984
Hendon
1950 72 years 106 days
465 Bill Brown
 
West Ham United
22 August 1900 January 1985
Blackhall Colliery
1923 84 years nk days
510 Albert McInroy
 
Sunderland
23 April 1901 7 January 1985
Sunderland
1926 83 years 259 days
725 Ernie Taylor
 
Blackpool
2 September 1925 9 April 1985
Birkenhead
1953 59 years 219 days
608 Jackie Bestall
 
Grimsby Town
24 June 1900 11 April 1985
Doncaster
1935 84 years 291 days
571 Sam Weaver
 
Newcastle United
8 February 1909 15 April 1985
Basford
1932-33 76 years 66 days
493 Billy Bryant
 
Clapton
1 March 1899 21 January 1986
Witham
1925 86 years 326 days
653 Pat Beasley
 
Huddersfield Town
16 July 1913 27 February 1986
Taunton
1939 72 years 226 days
454 George Thornewell
 
Derby County
8 July 1898 6 March 1986
Derby
1923-25 87 years 241 days
642 Jack Morton
 
West Ham United
26 July 1914 8 March 1986
Milton Keynes
1937 71 years 225 days
531 Jack Bruton
 
Burnley
21 November 1903 13 March 1986
Bournemouth
1928-29 82 years 112 days
775 Danny Clapton
 
Arsenal
22 July 1934 16 June 1986
Hackney
1958 51 years 329 days
573 Arthur Cunliffe
 
Blackburn Rovers
5 February 1909 28 August 1986
Bournemouth
1932 77 years 204 days
615 Ted Sagar
 
Everton
7 February 1910 16 October 1986
Liverpool
1935-36 76 years 209 days
623 Jimmy Cunliffe
 
Everton
5 July 1912 21 November 1986
Bolton
1936 74 years 139 days
679 Jack Haines
 
West Bromwich Albion
24 April 1920 19 March 1987
Worcester
1948 66 years 329 days
671 Jack Howe
 Derby County
7 October 1915 5 April 1987
Hartlepool
1948-49 71 years 180 days
631 George Tweedy
 
Grimsby Town
8 January 1913 23 April 1987
Cleethorpes
1936 74 years 105 days
414 Howard Baker
 
Everton, Chelsea, Corinthians
13 February 1892 10 September 1987
Warminster
1921-25 95 years 209 days
665 Jimmy Mullen
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers
6 January 1923 23 October 1987
Walsall
1947-54 64 years 290 days
491 Tom Parker
 
Southampton
19 November 1897 1 November 1987
Basingstoke
1925 90 years 347 days
707 Arthur Willis
 
Tottenham Hotspur
2 February 1920 7 November 1987
Haverfordwest
1951 67 years 278 days
436 Frank Osborne
 Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur
14 October 1896 8 March 1988
Epsom
1922-26 91 years 146 days
439 Vic Watson
 West Ham United
10 November 1897 3 August 1988
Girton
1923-30 90 years 267 days
485 Dick Pym
 Bolton Wanderers
2 February 1893 16 September 1988
Exeter
1925-26 95 years 227 days
500 Willis Edwards
 Leeds United
28 April 1903 27 September 1988
Leeds
1926-29 85 years 152 days
681 Eddie Shimwell
 Blackpool
27 February 1920 3 October 1988
Thornton Cleveleys
1949 68 years 150 days
727 Ron Staniforth
 Huddersfield Town
13 April 1924 5 October 1988
Dalton-in-Furness
1954 64 years 176 days
675 Jackie Milburn
 Newcastle United
11 May 1924 8 October 1988
Ashington
1948-55 64 years 150 days
459 Harold Miller
 Charlton Athletic
20 May 1902 24 October 1988
Watford
1923 86 years 157 days
513 George Waterfield
 Burnley
2 June 1901 30 October 1988
Waddington
1927 87 years 150 days
442 Jackie Hegan
 Corinthians & Royal Army Service Corps
24 January 1901 3 March 1989
Coventry
1923 88 years 38 days
738 Don Revie
 Manchester City
10 July 1927 26 May 1989
Edinburgh
1954-56 61 years 320 days
938 Laurie Cunningham
 West Bromwich Albion, Real Madrid
8 March 1956 15 July 1989
Madrid
1979-80 33 years 129 days
503 Jimmy Ruffell
 West Ham United
11 August 1900 5 September 1989
Danbury
1926-29 89 years 28 days
585 Albert Geldard
 Everton
11 April 1914 19 October 1989
Bury
1933-37 75 years 191 days
523 Jack Ball
 Bury
29 September 1900 December 1989
Coventry
1927 89 years 63-93 days
545 Albert Barrett
 Fulham
11 November 1903 8 December 1989
Cape Town, South Africa
1929 86 years 27 days
622 Sam Barkas
 Manchester City
29 December 1909 10 December 1989
Shipley
1936-37 79 years 34 days
645 Don Welsh
 Charlton Athletic
25 February 1911 2 February 1990
Stevenage
1938-39 78 years 342 days
652 Joe Mercer
 Everton
9 August 1914 9 August 1990
Wirral
1938-39 76 years 0 days
626 Ted Catlin
 Sheffield Wednesday
11 January 1910 28 November 1990
Sheffield
1936-37 80 years 321 days
620 Harold Hobbis
 Charlton Athletic
9 March 1913 17 May 1991
Eastbourne
1936 78 years 69 days
667 Stan Mortensen
 Blackpool
26 May 1921 22 May 1991
Blackpool
1947-53 69 years 360 days
453 Basil Patchitt
 Corinthians
8 August 1900 2 July 1991
Johannesburg, South Africa
1923 90 years 328 days
849 Cyril Knowles
 Tottenham Hotspur
13 July 1944 31 August 1991
Middlesbrough
1967-68 47 years 49 days
519 Joe Hulme
 Arsenal
26 August 1904 27 September 1991
Winchmore Hill
1927-33 87 years 32 days
567 Cliff Bastin
 Arsenal
14 March 1912 4 December 1991
Exeter
1931-38 79 years 265 days
578 Ron Starling
 Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa
11 October 1909 17 December 1991
Sheffield
1933-37 82 years 67 days
618 Jack Crayston
 Arsenal
9 October 1910 26 December 1992
Sutton Coldfield
1935-37 82 years 78 days
648 Doug Wright
 Newcastle United
29 April 1917 28 December 1992
Bedlington
1938 75 years 243 days
651 Bill Morris
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers
26 March 1913 sometime during 1993
Australia
1938-39 not known c.90 years
668 Tim Ward
 Derby County
16 September 1917 4 February 1993
Barton
1947-48 75 years 141 days
692 Jack Froggatt
 Portsmouth
17 November 1922 17 February 1993
Worthing
1949-53 70 years 92 days
804 Bobby Moore
 West Ham United
12 April 1941 24 February 1993
Wandsworth
1962-73 51 years 318 days
753 John Atyeo
 Bristol City
7 February 1932 8 June 1993
Warminster
1955-57 61 years 122 days
592 Arthur Rowe
 Tottenham Hotspur
1 September 1906 8 November 1993
Wallington
1933 87 years 68 days
743 Jimmy Meadows
 Manchester City
21 July 1931 3 January 1994
Didsbury
1955 62 years 166 days
680 Johnny Hancocks
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
30 April 1919 19 February 1994
Shewsbury
1948-50 74 years 295 days
610 Bobby Gurney
 Sunderland
13 October 1907 14 April 1994
Sunderland
1935 86 years 183 days
690 Bernard Streten
 Luton Town
14 January 1921 10 May 1994
Norwich
1949 73 years 116 days
658 Billy Wright
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
6 February 1924 3 September 1994
Barnet
1946-59 70 years 209 days
646 Frank Broome
 Aston Villa
11 June 1915 4 September 1994
Ottery St. Mary
1938-39 79 years 85 days
720 Johnny Berry
 Manchester United
1 June 1926 16 September 1994
Farnham
1953-56 68 years 107 days
595 Raich Carter
 Sunderland, Derby County
21 December 1913 6 October 1994
Willerby
1934-47 80 years 292 days
568 Harold Pearson
 West Bromwich Albion
7 May 1908 31 October 1994
Exeter
1932 86 years 177 days
750 Geoff Bradford
 Bristol Rovers
18 July 1927 30 December 1994
Bristol
1955 67 years 165 days
698 Jackie Lee
 Derby County
4 November 1920 12 January 1995
Rugby
1950 74 years 68 days
588 Jim Allen
 Portsmouth
16 October 1909 5 February 1995
Southsea
1933 85 years 113 days
635 Len Goulden
 West Ham United
9 July 1912 14 February 1995
Plaistow
1937-39 82 years 221 days
730 Johnny Nicholls
 West Bromwich Albion
3 April 1931 1 April 1995
Wolverhampton
1954 63 years 363 days
576 Teddy Sandford
 West Bromwich Albion
22 October 1910 13 May 1995
Great Barr
1932 84 years 203 days
654 Leslie Smith
 Brentford
13 March 1918 20 May 1995
Lichfield
1939 77 years 67 days
607 Ted Drake
 Arsenal
16 August 1912 30 May 1995
Raynes Park
1934-38 82 years 286 days
770 Eddie Clamp
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
14 September 1934 14 December 1995
Wednesfield
1958 61 years 91 days
663 Bobby Langton
 Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers
8 September 1918 13 January 1996
Burscough
1946-50 77 years 127 days
659 Neil Franklin
 Stoke City
24 January 1922 6 February 1996
Stone
1946-50 74 years 16 days
557 Eric Houghton
 Aston Villa
29 June 1910 1 May 1996
Sutton Coldfield
1930-32 85 years 307 days
697 Allenby Chilton
 Manchester United
16 September 1918 15 June 1996
Sunderland
1950-51 77 years 273 days
579 George Hunt
 Tottenham Hotspur
22 February 1910 19 September 1996
Bolton
1933 86 years 210 days
647 Tommy Lawton
 Everton, Chelsea, Notts County
6 October 1919 6 November 1996
Nottingham
1938-48 77 years 31 days
560 Hugh Turner
 Huddersfield Town
6 August 1904 late 1996
Huddersfield
1931 92 years nk days
670 Stan Pearson
 Manchester United
11 January 1919 20 February 1997
Alderley Edge
1948-52 78 years 40 days
606 George Male
 Arsenal
8 May 1910 19 February 1998
Ontario, Canada
1934-39 87 years 287 days
673 Jimmy Hagan
 Sheffield United
21 January 1918 26 February 1998
Sheffield
1948 80 years 36 days
746 Peter Sillett
 Chelsea
1 February 1933 13 March 1998
Bristol
1955 65 years 40 days
649 Ronnie Dix
 Derby County
5 September 1912 2 April 1998
Bristol
1938 85 years 209 days
774 Graham Shaw
 Sheffield United
9 July 1934 12 May 1998
Sheffield
1958-62 63 years 307 days
842 Keith Newton
 Blackburn Rovers, Everton
23 June 1941 16 June 1998
Blackburn
1966-70 57 years 358 days
678 Jack Rowley
 Manchester United
7 October 1918 28 June 1998
Oldham
1948-52 79 years 264 days
731 Syd Owen
 Luton Town
29 September 1922 27 August 1998
Leeds
1954 75 years 332 days
604 Ray Bowden
 Arsenal
13 September 1909 23 September 1998
Plymouth
1934-36 89 years 10 days
792 Dennis Viollet
 Manchester United
20 September 1933 6 March 1999
Jacksonville, Florida
1960-61 65 years 167 days
677 Alf Ramsey
 Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur
22 January 1920 28 April 1999
Ipswich
1948-53 79 years 96 days
634 Tom Galley
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 August 1915 13 June 1999
Newcastle-under-Lyme
1937 84 years 313 days
656 Laurie Scott
 Arsenal
23 April 1917 18 July 1999
Barnsley
1946-48 82 years 86 days
633 Alf Kirchen
 Arsenal
26 April 1913 18 August 1999
Norwich
1937 86 years 114 days
800 Johnny Byrne
 West Ham United, Crystal Palace
13 May 1939 27 October 1999
Cape Town, South Africa
1961-65 60 years 167 days
 
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