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England's Deaths - Chronological

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

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This is a comprehensive list of players who have died between 1960 and 1979
Plyr
No.

Player
 Club

Birthdate Deathdate
Place of death
Playing Career Age
520 Arthur Rigby
 Blackburn Rovers
7 June 1900 25 March 1960
Crewe
1927 59 years 292 days
262 Matt Kingsley
 Newcastle United
30 September 1874 27 March 1960
Leigh
1901 85 years 179 days
228 C.J. Burnup
 Cambridge University & Old Malvernians & Corinthians
21 November 1875 5 April 1960
Hendon
1896 84 years 136 days
365 Charlie Buchan
 Sunderland
22 September 1891 25 June 1960
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
1913-24 68 years 326 days
333 Horace Bailey
 Leicester Fosse
3 July 1881 1 August 1960
Langford
1908 79 years 28 days
614 Wally Boyes
 West Bromwich Albion, Everton
5 January 1913 16 September 1960
Sheffield
1935 47 years 255 days
286 Joe Bache
 Aston Villa
8 February 1880 10 November 1960
Birmingham
1903-11 80 years 276 days
334 Watty Corbett
 Birmingham
26 November 1880 23 November 1960
Handsworth
1908 79 years 362 days
219 Tom Crawshaw
 Wednesday
28 December 1872 25 November 1960
Sheffield
1895-1904 87 years 333 days
437 Owen Williams
 Clapton Orient
23 September 1896 9 December 1960
Easington
1922-23 64 years 77 days
377 Danny Shea
 Blackburn Rovers
5 October 1887 25 December 1960
Stepney
1914 73 years 81 days
482 Jack Butler
 The Arsenal
14 August 1894 5 January 1961
Lambeth
1924 66 years 144 days
303 Billy Balmer
 Everton
29 July 1875 February 1961
Huddersfield
1905 85 years 187-214 days
386 Sidney Bowser
 West Bromwich Albion
6 April 1891 25 February 1961
Birmingham
1919 69 years 325 days
354 George Woodger
 Oldham Athletic
3 September 1883 6 March 1961
Croydon
1911 77 years 184 days
483 Frank Roberts
 Manchester City
3 April 1893 23 May 1961
Bolton
1924-25 68 years 50 days
431 Sam Wadsworth
 Huddersfield Town
13 September 1896 1 September 1961
Eindhoven, Netherlands
1922-26 64 years 352 days
290 Herbert Burgess
 Manchester City
25 February 1881 23 September 1961
Ashton
1904-06 80 years 210 days
417 Percy Barton
 Birmingham
20 January 1893 October 1961
Birmingham
1921-24 68 years nk days
471 Clem Stephenson
 Huddersfield Town
6 February 1890 24 October 1961
Huddersfield
1924 71 years 260 days
406 George Wilson
 The Wednesday
14 January 1892 25 November 1961
Blackpool
1921-24 69 years 315 days
236 Frank Forman
 Nottingham Forest
23 May 1875 4 December 1961
Basford
1898-1903 86 years 196 days
338 Fred Pentland
 
Middlesbrough
29 July 1883 16 March 1962
Lytchett Matravers
1909 78 years 230 days
329 George Wall
 
Manchester United
20 February 1885 April 1962
Manchester
1907-13 77 years 40-69 days
512 Jack Brown
 
The/Sheffield Wednesday
19 March 1899 9 April 1962
Sheffield
1927-29 63 years 21 days
277 Kelly Houlker
 
Blackburn Rovers, Portsmouth, Southampton
27 April 1872 27 May 1962
Blackburn
1902-06 90 years 30 days
397 Fred Morris
 West Bromwich Albion
27 August 1893 4 July 1962
Tipton
1920 68 years 311 days
335 Frank Bradshaw
 Wednesday
31 May 1884 August 1962
Bristol
1908 78 years 62-76 days
255 Alf Spouncer
 Nottingham Forest
1 July 1877 31 August 1962
Southend
1900 85 years 61 days
487 Len Graham
 Millwall
29 August 1901 21 December 1962
Kensington
1925 61 years 114 days
205 Walter Gilliat
 Old Carthusians
22 July 1869 2 January 1963
Woking
1893 93 years 164 days
495 Frank Hudspeth
 
Newcastle United
20 April 1890 5 February 1963
Burnley
1925 72 years 291 days
392 Arthur Grimsdell
 Tottenham Hotspur
23 March 1894 12 March 1963
Watford
1920-23 68 years 354 days
372 Harry Hampton
 Aston Villa
21 April 1885 15 March 1963
Rhyl
1913-14 77 years 328 days
300 Jock Rutherford
 Newcastle United
12 October 1884 21 April 1963
Neasden
1904-08 78 years 191 days
467 Graham Doggart (FA President)
 Corinthians
2 June 1897 7 June 1963
Lancaster Gate, London
1923 66 years 5 days
398 Jack Mew
 Manchester United
30 March 1889 27 October 1963
Barton
1920 74 years 211 days
279 Tom Holford
 Stoke
22 February 1878 6 April 1964
Stoke-on-Trent
1903 86 years 44 days
451 Ernie Williamson
 The Arsenal
24 May 1890 30 April 1964
Norwich
1923 73 years 342 days
570 Peter O'Dowd
 Chelsea
26 February 1908 2 May 1964
Bournemouth
1932-33 56 years 66 days
586 Jimmy Richardson
 Newcastle United
8 February 1911 28 August 1964
Bexley
1933 53 years 202 days
506 Sam Cowan
 Manchester City
10 May 1901 4 October 1964
Haywards Heath
1926-31 63 years 147 days
401 Billy Walker
 Aston Villa
29 October 1897 28 November 1964
Sheffield
1920-32 67 years 30 days
376 Frank Buckley
 Derby County
9 November 1882 21 December 1964
Walsall
1914 82 years 42 days
322 Billy Wedlock
 Bristol City
28 October 1880 24 January 1965
Bristol
1907-14 84 years 88 days
370 Joe McCall
 Preston North End
6 July 1886 3 February 1965
Kirkham
1913-20 78 years 212 days
552 Ellis Rimmer
 
Sheffield Wednesday
2 January 1907 16 March 1965
Formby
1930-31 58 years 73 days
362 Frank Cuggy
 Sunderland
16 June 1889 27 March 1965
Wallsend
1913-14 75 years 284 days
546 Eric Brook
 Manchester City
27 November 1907 29 March 1965
Manchester
1929-37 57 years 122 days
351 Wally Hardinge
 Sheffield United
25 February 1886 8 May 1965
Cambridge
1910 79 years 72 days
310 Harold Hardman
 Everton
4 April 1882 9 June 1965
Sale
1905-08 83 years 66 days
428 Max Woosnam
 Manchester City
6 September 1892 14 July 1965
Kensington
1922 72 years 311 days
423 Frank Moss
 
Aston Villa
17 April 1895 15 September 1965
Worcester
1921-24 70 years 151 days
466 Tommy Roberts
 
Preston North End
29 November 1896 13 October 1965
Preston
1923-24 68 years 318 days
450 Frank Hartley
 
Oxford City & Tottenham Hotspur & Corinthians
20 July 1896 20 October 1965
Shipton-under Wychwood
1923 69 years 92 days
415 Jack Fort
 Millwall Athletic
15 April 1888 23 November 1965
Lewisham
1921 77 years 222 days
355 Robert Evans
 Sheffield United
19 October 1885 28 November 1965
Saltney
1911-12 80 years 40 days
364 George Utley
 
Barnsley
16 May 1887 8 January 1966
Blackpool
1913 78 years 237 days
433 Teddy Taylor
 
Huddersfield Town
7 February 1887 5 March 1966
Stockport
1922-26 79 years 25 days
543 George Camsell
 
Middlesbrough
27 November 1902 7 March 1966
Middlesbrough
1929-36 63 years 100 days
389 Jack Cock
 
Huddersfield Town, Chelsea
15 November 1893 19 April 1966
Kensington
1919-20 72 years 155 days
404 Jack Silcock
 
Manchester United
15 January 1898 28 June 1966
Ashton
1921-23 68 years 164 days
473 Billy Butler
 
Bolton Wanderers
27 March 1900 11 July 1966
Durban, South Africa
1924 66 years 106 days
419 Jimmy Seed
 
Tottenham Hotspur
25 March 1895 16 July 1966
Farnborough
1921-25 71 years 113 days
385 Jimmy Bagshaw
 
Derby County
25 December 1885 25 August 1966
Nottingham
1919 80 years 243 days
427 Fred Titmuss
 
Southampton
15 February 1895 2 October 1966
Plymouth
1922-23 71 years 229 days
321 Sam Hardy
 
Liverpool, Aston Villa
26 August 1882 24 October 1966
Chesterfield
1907-20 84 years 59 days
222 George Raikes
 Oxford University & Corinthians
14 March 1873 18 December 1966
Shepton Mallet
1895-96 93 years 279 days
507 Joe Spence
 Manchester United
13 December 1898 31 December 1966
Chesterfield
1926 68 years 18 days
393 Sam Chedgzoy
 Everton
27 January 1889 7 January 1967
Montreal, Canada
1920-24 76 years 345 days
464 Ted Hufton
 
West Ham United
25 November 1892 2 February 1967
Swansea
1923-29 74 years 69 days
469 Tom Mort
 
Aston Villa
1 December 1897 6 June 1967
Wigan
1924-26 69 years 187 days
593 Willie Hall
 
Tottenham Hotspur
12 March 1912 22 May 1967
Newark
1933-39 55 years 72 days
539 Russell Wainscoat
 
Leeds United
28 July 1898 August 1967
Worthing
1929 69 years n days
544 Len Oliver
 
Fulham
1 August 1905 3 August 1967
Letchworth
1929 62 years 2 days
583 Tom White
 
Everton
29 July 1908 13 August 1967
Liverpool
1933 59 years 15 days
478 Harry Storer
 Derby County
2 February 1898 1 September 1967
Littleover
1924-27 69 years 211 days
287 Rex Corbett
 Old Malvernians & Corinthians
13 June 1879 2 September 1967
Shaftesbury
1903 88 years 81 days
267 Bertie Corbett
 Corinthians
15 May 1875 30 November 1967
Portesham
1901 92 years 199 days
395 Eph Longworth
 Liverpool
2 October 1887 7 January 1968
Liverpool
1920-23 80 years 97 days
394 Alf Quantrill
 
Derby County
22 January 1897 19 April 1968
Trefriw, Caernarvonshire
1920-21 71 years 88 days
457 Tommy Urwin
 
Middlesbrough, Newcastle United
5 February 1896 7 May 1968
Sunderland
1923-26 73 years 92 days
490 Frederick Fox
 
Millwall
22 November 1898 15 May 1968
High Wycombe
1925 69 years 175 days
609 Walter Alsford
 
Tottenham Hotspur
6 November 1911 3 June 1968
Stewartby
1935 56 years 210 days
410 Tommy Smart
 
Aston Villa
20 September 1896 10 June 1968
Rowley Regis
1921-29 71 years 264 days
412 Bert Bliss
 Tottenham Hotspur
29 March 1890 14 June 1968
Edmonton
1921 77 years 77 days
391 Frank Barson
 
Aston Villa
10 April 1891 13 September 1968
Birmingham
1920 77 years 156 days
458 Billy Moore
 
West Ham United
6 October 1894 26 September 1968
Plaistow
1923 73 years 356 days
481 Harry Hardy
 Stockport County
14 January 1895 17 February 1969
Stockport
1924 74 years 34 days
596 Horace Burrows
 Sheffield Wednesday
11 March 1910 22 March 1969
Sutton-in-Ashfield
1934-35 59 years 11 days
489 Jack Townrow
 Clapton Orient
28 March 1901 11 April 1969
Claro
1925-26 68 years 14 days
529 Ernie Blenkinsop
 The/Sheffield Wednesday
20 April 1902 24 April 1969
Sheffield
1928-33 67 years 4 days
296 George Davis
 Derby County
5 June 1881 28 April 1969
Wimbledon
1904 87 years 327 days
522 Harry Nuttall
 Bolton Wanderers
9 November 1897 30 April 1969
Bolton
1927-29 71 years 172 days
572 Bobby Barclay
 Sheffield United
27 October 1906 13 July 1969
Huddersfield
1932-36 62 years 260 days
411 Bert Smith
 Tottenham Hotspur
6 March 1892 12 September 1969
Biggleswade
1921-22 77 years 198 days
396 Bob Kelly
 Burnley, Sunderland, Huddersfield Town
16 November 1893 22 September 1969
Lytham St. Anne's
1920-28 75 years 310 days
628 Billy Scott
 Brentford
6 December 1907 18 October 1969
Hammersmith
1936 61 years 316 days
447 Seth Plum
 Charlton Athletic
15 July 1899 29 November 1969
Haringey
1923 70 years 137 days
432 Dicky York
 Aston Villa
25 April 1899 9 December 1969
Handsworth
1922-26 70 years 228 days
371 Charlie Wallace
 Aston Villa
20 January 1885 7 January 1970
Birmingham
1913-14 84 years 352 days
594 Frank Moss
 Arsenal
5 November 1909 7 February 1970
Preston
1934 60 years 94 days
598 Tom Gardner
 Aston Villa
28 May 1910 16 February 1970
Chester
1934-35 59 years 264 days
533 Len Barry
 Leicester City
27 October 1901 17 April 1970
Basford
1928-29 68 years 172 days
409 Harold Gough
 Sheffield United
21 December 1890 16 June 1970
Pontefract
1921 79 years 177 days
460 A.G. Bower
 Corinthians & Casuals & Old Carthusians
10 November 1895 30 June 1970
Gorey, Jersey
1923-27 74 years 262 days
590 Jack Bowers
 Derby County
22 February 1908 4 July 1970
Lichfield
1933-34 62 years 132 days
641 George Mills
 Chelsea
29 December 1908 15 July 1970
Torbay
1937 61 years 198 days
421 Jerry Dawson
 Burnley
18 March 1888 8 August 1970
Cliviger
1921-22 82 years 143 days
524 Dan Tremelling
 Birmingham
12 November 1897 15 August 1970
Birmingham
1927 72 years 276 days
553 Tony Leach
 Sheffield Wednesday
23 September 1903 summer 1970
Bradford
1930 66 years nk days
326 Jesse Pennington
 West Bromwich Albion
23 August 1883 5 September 1970
Kidderminster
1907-20 87 years 13 days
424 Billy Kirton
 Aston Villa
2 December 1896 27 September 1970
Sutton Coldfield
1921 74 years 299 days
441 Norman Bullock
 Bury
8 September 1900 22 October 1970
Leicester
1923-26 70 years 44 days
535 Jim Barrett
 West Ham United
19 January 1907 25 November 1970
Southwark
1928 63 years 310 days
426 Teddy Davison
 The Wednesday
2 September 1887 6 January 1971
Wortley
1922 83 years 126 days
474 Freddie Ewer
 Corinthians & Casuals
30 September 1898 29 January 1971
Chelmsford
1924-25 72 years 121 days
505 Dick Hill
 Millwall
26 November 1893 10 April 1971
Coventry
1926 77 years 135 days
444 Fred Tunstall
 Sheffield United
29 May 1897 21 July 1971
Boston
1923-25 74 years 53 days
367 Joe Smith
 Bolton Wanderers
25 June 1889 11 August 1971
Blackpool
1913-20 82 years 47 days
532 George Stephenson
 Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday
3 September 1900 18 August 1971
Derby
1928-31 70 years 349 days
405 Jack Bamber
 Liverpool
11 April 1895 19 August 1971
St. Helens
1921 76 years 130 days
476 Stanley Earle
 Clapton, West Ham United
6 September 1897 26 September 1971
Colchester
1924-27 74 years 20 days
425 Ernie Simms
 Luton Town
22 July 1891 11 October 1971
Biggleswade
1921 80 years 81 days
448 Jimmy Seddon
 Bolton Wanderers
20 May 1895 21 October 1971
Southport
1923-29 76 years 154 days
316 Bert Gosnell
 Newcastle United
10 February 1880 6 January 1972
Norwich
1906 91 years 330 days
480 Harry Healless
 Blackburn Rovers
9 February 1893 11 January 1972
Bury
1924-28 78 years 336 days
486 Jack Hill
 Burnley, Newcastle United
2 March 1897 16 April 1972
Helensburgh
1925-29 75 years 45 days
638 Jackie Robinson
 Sheffield Wednesday
10 August 1917 30 July 1972
Shiremor
1937-38 54 years 354 days
429 Bill Rawlings
 Southampton
3 January 1896 25 September 1972
Chandler's Ford
1922 76 years 266 days
498 Syd Puddefoot
 Blackburn Rovers
17 October 1894 2 October 1972
Southend-on-Sea
1925-26 75 years 350 days
591 David Fairhurst
 Newcastle United
20 July 1906 26 October 1972
Birmingham
1933 66 years 98 days
589 Tommy Grosvenor
 Birmingham
22 November 1908 31 October 1972
Dudley
1933 63 years 344 days
597 Fred Tilson
 Manchester City
21 April 1904 21 November 1972
Manchester
1934-35 68 years 216 days
413 Jimmy Dimmock
 Tottenham Hotspur
5 December 1900 23 December 1972
Edmonton
1921-26 72 years 18 days
509 Tosh Johnson
 Manchester City, Everton
19 August 1901 28 January 1973
Manchester
1926-32 71 years 162 days
569 George Shaw
 West Bromwich Albion
13 October 1899 10 March 1973
Doncaster
1932 73 years 148 days
582 Eddie Hapgood
 Arsenal
24 September 1908 20 April 1973
Honiley Hall
1933-39 64 years 209 days
562 Joe Tate
 Aston Villa
4 August 1904 18 May 1973
Old Hill
1931-32 68 years 287 days
504 George Ashmore
 West Bromwich Albion
5 May 1898 19 May 1973
Handsworth
1926 75 years 14 days
517 Herbert Jones
 Blackburn Rovers
3 December 1896 11 September 1973
Fylde
1927-28 76 years 282 days
664 Harry Johnston
 Blackpool
26 September 1919 12 October 1973
Blackpool
1946-53 54 years 16 days
403 Warney Cresswell
 South Shields, Sunderland, Everton
5 November 1897 20 October 1973
South Shields
1921-29 75 years 349 days
440 Fred Kean
 The Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers
3 April 1899 28 October 1973
Chesterfield
1923-29 74 years 322 days
537 Ernie Hine
 Leicester City
9 April 1901 15 April 1974
Huddersfield
1928-31 73 years 6 days
438 Tommy Magee
 West Bromwich Albion
12 May 1899 4 May 1974
Widnes
1923-25 74 years 357 days
378 Harry Martin
 Sunderland
5 December 1891 31 December 1974
Sandiacre
1914 83 years 26 days
639 Joe Payne
 Luton Town
17 January 1914 22 April 1975
Luton
1937 61 years 95 days
479 Fred Mitchell
 Manchester City
18 November 1895 30 May 1975
Leicester
1924 79 years 193 days
636 Ken Willingham
 Huddersfield Town
1 December 1912 30 May 1975
Sheffield
1937-39 62 years 180 days
559 Jackie Crawford
 Chelsea
26 September 1896 27 September 1975
Epsom
1931 79 years 1 day
541 Hugh Adcock
 Leicester City
10 April 1903 16 October 1975
Coalville
1929 72 years 189 days
600 Cliff Britton
 Everton
27 August 1909 1 December 1975
Anlaby
1934-37 66 years 96 days
542 Edgar Kail
 Dulwich Hamlet
26 November 1900 17 January 1976
Skelmorlie, Ayrshire
1929 75 years 52 days
629 Freddie Steele
 Stoke City
6 May 1916 23 April 1976
Stoke
1936-37 59 years 353 days
379 Horace Colclough
 Crystal Palace
3 November 1888 25 May 1976
New Milton
1914 87 years 204 days
456 Harry Bedford
 Blackpool
15 October 1899 24 June 1976
Derby
1923-24 76 years 253 days
565 Jack Smith
 Portsmouth
28 October 1898 19 January 1977
county Durham
1931 78 years 83 days
508 Joe Carter
 West Bromwich Albion
27 July 1899 21 January 1977
Handsworth
1926-29 77 years 178 days
525 Reg Osborne
 Leicester City
23 July 1898 spring 1977
Hounslow
1927 78 years nk days
492 Billy Felton
 The Wednesday
1 August 1900 21 April 1977
Manchester
1925 76 years 264 days
580 Jack Pickering
 Sheffield United
18 December 1908 10 May 1977
Bournemouth
1933 68 years 143 days
575 Alf Young
 Huddersfield Town 
4 November 1905 30 August 1977
Huddersfield
1932-38 71 years 299 days
550 Maurice Webster
 Middlesbrough
13 November 1899 10 February 1978
Redcar
1930 78 years 89 days
599 Joe Beresford
 Aston Villa
26 February 1906 26 February 1978
Birmingham
1934 72 years 0 days
549 Alf Strange
 
Sheffield Wednesday
2 April 1900 3 October 1978
Ripley
1930-33 78 years 184 days
632 Vic Woodley
 
Chelsea
26 February 1910 23 October 1978
Bradford-on-Avon
1937-39 68 years 239 days
540 Joe Peacock
 Middlesbrough
15 March 1897 4 March 1979
Wigan
1929 81 years 360 days
497 Sam Austin
 Manchester City
29 April 1900 2 April 1979
Kidderminster
1925 78 years 339 days
611 Fred Worrall
 Portsmouth
8 September 1910 13 April 1979
Knowsley
1935-36 68 years 217 days
574 Lewis Stoker
 Birmingham
31 March 1910 26 May 1979
Birmingham
1932-34 69 years 56 days
477 Vivian Gibbins
 Clapton & West Ham United
10 August 1901 21 November 1979
Herne Bay
1924-25 78 years 103 days

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