This is a comprehensive list of players who have died since
2000 |
Plyr
No. |
Player
Club |
Birthdate |
Deathdate Place of death |
Playing Career |
Age |
625 |
Bert
Sproston Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City |
22 June 1915 |
27 January 2000
Bolton |
1936-38 |
84 years 220 days |
612 |
George Eastham Bolton Wanderers |
13 September 1913 |
28 January 2000
Milnerton, South Africa |
1935 |
86 years 137 days |
603 |
Stan
Matthews Stoke City, Blackpool |
1 February 1915 |
23 February 2000
Hanley |
1934-57 |
85 years 22 days |
662 |
Wilf
Mannion Middlesbrough |
16 May 1918 |
14 April 2000
Middlesbrough |
1946-51 |
81 years 334 days |
729 |
Harry Clarke Tottenham Hotspur |
23 February 1923 |
16 April 2000 Romford |
1954 |
77 years 53 days |
674 |
Len
Shackleton Sunderland |
3 May 1922 |
28 November 2000
Grange-over-Sands |
1948-54 |
78 years 209 days |
701 |
Les
Medley Tottenham Hotspur |
3 September 1920 |
22 February 2001
Ontario |
1950-51 |
80 years 172 days |
640 |
Stan Cullis Wolverhampton Wanderers |
25 October 1916 |
28 February 2001
Malvern |
1937-39 |
84 years 136 days |
704 |
Jim Taylor Fulham |
5 November 1917 |
6 March 2001
Reading |
1951 |
83 years 121 days |
1004 |
David Rocastle Arsenal |
2 May 1967 |
31 March 2001
Ascot |
1988-92 |
33 years 333 days |
717 |
Ronnie Allen West Bromwich Albion |
15 January 1929 |
9 June 2001 Great Wyrley |
1952-54 |
72 years 146 days |
754 |
Reg Matthews Coventry City |
20 December 1932 |
7 October 2001 Kenilworth |
1956 |
68 years 291 days |
860 |
Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion |
13 May 1942 |
19 January 2002
Burton-on-Trent |
1969-70 |
59 years 252 days |
734 |
Ray
Wood Manchester United |
11 June 1931 |
7 July 2002
Bexhill-on-Sea |
1954-56 |
89 years 180 days |
617 |
Ralph Birkett Middlesbrough |
9 January 1913 |
8 July 2002
Brixham |
1935 |
89 years 180 days |
688 |
Peter Harris Portsmouth |
19 December 1925 |
2 January 2003 Hayling
Island |
1949-54 |
77 years 14 days |
643 |
Micky Fenton Middlesbrough |
30 October 1913 |
5 February 2003
Stockton-on-Tees |
1938 |
89 years 98 days |
705 |
Vic Metcalfe Huddersfield Town |
3 February 1922 |
6 April 2003
Huddersfield |
1951 |
81 years 62 days |
808 |
Chris Crowe Wolverhampton Wanderers |
11 June 1939 |
30 April 2003 Bristol |
1962 |
63 years 323 days |
789 |
Ray
Parry Bolton Wanderers |
19 January 1936 |
23 May 2003
Bolton |
1959-60 |
67 years 124 days |
672 |
Johnny/Jack Aston Manchester United |
3 September 1921 |
31 July 2003 Glossop |
1948-50 |
81 years 332 days |
782 |
Trevor Smith Birmingham City |
13 April 1936 |
9 August 2003 Colchester |
1959 |
67 years 118 days |
788 |
Joe Baker Hibernian, Arsenal |
17 July 1940 |
6 October 2003
Wishaw |
1959-66 |
62 years 81 days |
718 |
Redfern Froggatt Sheffield Wednesday |
23 August 1924 |
26 December 2003 Sheffield |
1952-53 |
79 years 125 days |
650 |
Reg
Smith Millwall |
20 January 1912 |
6 January 2004
Stevenage |
1938 |
91 years 350 days |
660 |
Henry Cockburn Manchester United |
14 September 1921 |
20 January 2004 Mossley |
1946-51 |
82 years 128 days |
657 |
George Hardwick Middlesbrough |
2 February 1920 |
19 April 2004
Stockton-on-Tees |
1946-48 |
84 years 77 days |
691 |
Willie Watson Sunderland |
7 March 1920 |
24 April 2004
Johannesburg |
1949-50 |
84 years 48 days |
761 |
Eddie Hopkinson Bolton Wanderers |
29 October 1935 |
25 April 2004
Royton |
1957-59 |
68 years 179 days |
722 |
Dennis
Wilshaw Wolverhampton Wanderers |
11 March 1926 |
10 May 2004 Newcastle-under-Lyme |
1953-56 |
78 years 60 days |
784 |
Brian Clough Middlesbrough |
21 March 1935 |
20 September 2004 Derby |
1959 |
69 years 183 days |
706 |
Bill
Nicholson Tottenham Hotspur |
26 January 1919 |
23 October 2004 Hatfield |
1951 |
85 years 271 days |
861 |
Emlyn Hughes Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers |
28 August 1947 |
9 November 2004 Sheffield |
1969-80 |
57 years 73 days |
897 |
Keith Weller Leicester City |
11 June 1946 |
13 November 2004 Seattle |
1974 |
58 years 155 days |
733 |
Bill
McGarry Huddersfield Town |
10 June 1927 |
15 March 2005
Bophupthatswana |
1954-55 |
77 years 278 days |
732 |
Beddy
Jezzard Fulham |
19 October 1927 |
21
May 2005
Alton |
1954-55 |
77 years 214 days |
739 |
Johnny Haynes Fulham |
17 October 1934 |
18 October 2005
Edinburgh |
1954-62 |
71 years 1 day |
676 |
Ted Ditchburn Tottenham Hotspur |
24 October 1921 |
26 December 2005
Wickham Market |
1948-56 |
84 years 63 days |
863 |
Peter
Osgood Chelsea |
20 February 1947 |
1
March 2006
Slough |
1970-73 |
59 years 9 days |
715 |
Tommy Garrett Blackpool |
28 February 1926 |
16 April 2006
Australia |
1952-53 |
80 years 47 days |
811 |
Brian Labone Everton |
23 January 1940 |
24 April 2006
Mughill |
1962-70 |
66 years 91 days |
616 |
Sep
Smith Leicester City |
15 March 1912 |
28 July 2006
Leicester |
1935 |
94 years 135 days |
797 |
Brian Miller Burnley |
19 January 1937 |
7 April 2007
Burnley |
1961 |
70 years 78 days |
837 |
Alan
Ball Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal |
12 May 1945 |
25 April 2007
Warsash |
1965-75 |
61 years 348 days |
713 |
Arthur
Milton Arsenal |
10 March 1928 |
25 April 2007
Bristol |
1951 |
79 years 46 days |
777 |
Warren Bradley Manchester United |
20 June 1933 |
9 June 2007
Manchester |
1959 |
73 years 354 days |
752 |
Bill Perry Blackpool |
10 September 1930 |
27 September 2007
Blackpool |
1955-56 |
77 years 17 days |
779 |
Norman Deeley Wolverhampton Wanderers |
30 November 1933 |
7 September 2007
Wednesbury |
1959 |
73 years 281 days |
766 |
Jimmy Langley Fulham |
7 February 1929 |
9 December 2007
West Drayton |
1958 |
78 years 305 days |
716 |
Billy Elliott Burnley |
20 March 1925 |
21 January 2008
Sunderland |
1952 |
82 years 307 days |
666 |
Eddie Lowe Aston Villa |
11 July 1925 |
9
March 2009
Nottingham |
1947 |
83 years 241 days |
765 |
Bobby Robson West Bromwich Albion |
18 February 1933 |
31 July 2009
Langley Park |
1957-62 |
76 years 163 days |
824 |
Bobby Thomson Wolverhampton Wanderers |
5 December 1943 |
19 August 2009
Dudley |
1963-64 |
65 years 247 days |
809 |
Ray Charnley Blackpool |
29 May 1935 |
15 November 2009
Fleetwood |
1962 |
74 years 170 days |
764 |
Alan A'Court Liverpool |
30 September 1934 |
15 December 2009
Nantwich |
1957-58 |
75 years 77 days |
710 |
Gil
Merrick Birmingham City |
26 January 1922 |
3 February 2010
Shirley |
1951-54 |
88 years 8 days |
794 |
Bobby
Smith Tottenham Hotspur |
22 February 1933 |
18 September 2010
Enfield |
1960-63 |
77 years 209 days |
696 |
Eddie Baily Tottenham Hotspur |
 6 August 1925 |
13 October 2010
Welwyn Garden City |
1950-52 |
85 years 69 days |
751 |
Ronnie Clayton Blackburn Rovers |
5 August 1934 |
29 October 2010
Blackburn |
1955-60 |
76 years 86 days |
864 |
Ralph
Coates Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur |
26 April 1946 |
17 December 2010
Dunstable |
1970-71 |
64 years 236 days |
693 |
Bill Jones Liverpool |
13 May 1921 |
26 December 2010
Chester |
1950 |
89 years 228 days |
702 |
Nat Lofthouse Bolton Wanderers |
27 August 1925 |
15 January 2011
Bolton |
1950-58 |
85 years 142 days |
685 |
Johnny
Morris Derby County |
27 September 1923 |
6 April 2011
Ainsworth |
1949 |
87 years 191 days |
913 |
Mike Doyle Manchester City |
25 November 1946 |
27 June 2011
Ashton-under-Lyne |
1976-77 |
64 years 214 days |
694 |
Laurie Hughes Liverpool |
2 March 1924 |
9
September 2011
Liverpool |
1950 |
87 years 191 days |
712 |
Len Phillips Portsmouth |
11 September 1922 |
9 December 2011
Portsmouth |
1951-54 |
89 years 89 days |
726 |
George Robb Tottenham Hotspur |
1 June 1926 |
25 December 2011
Ardingly |
1953 |
85 years 207 days |
737 |
Ray Barlow West Bromwich Albion |
17 August 1926 |
14 March 2012
Bridgend |
1954 |
85 years 210 days |
855 |
Gordon West Everton |
24 April 1943 |
10 June 2012
Liverpool |
1968-69 |
69 years 47 days |
783 |
John Connelly Burnley, Manchester United |
18 July 1938 |
25 October 2012
Pendleside |
1959-66 |
74 years 99 days |
669 |
Phil
Taylor Liverpool |
18 September 1917 |
30 November 2012
Hertfordshire |
1947 |
95 years 73 days |
759 |
Derek Kevan West Bromwich Albion |
6 March 1935 |
4 January 2013
Birmingham |
1957-61 |
77 years 304 days |
919 |
Brian Greenhoff Manchester United, Leeds United |
28 April 1953 |
22 May 2013
Norden |
1976-80 |
60 years 24 days |
708 |
Mal Barrass Bolton Wanderers |
13 December 1924 |
4 August 2013
Tottington |
1951-53 |
88 years 234 days |
772 |
Peter Broadbent Wolverhampton Wanderers |
15 May 1933 |
1 October 2013
Wolverhampton |
1958-60 |
80 years 139 days |
735 |
Bill Foulkes Manchester United |
5 January 1932 |
25 November 2013
Knutsford |
1954 |
81 years 324 days |
686 |
Bert
Williams Wolverhampton Wanderers |
31 January 1920 |
19 January 2014
Shifnal |
1949-55 |
93 years 353 days |
841 |
Gordon Harris Burnley |
2 June 1940 |
10 February 2014
Langold |
1966 |
73 years 253 days |
661 |
Tom Finney Preston North End |
5 April 1922 |
14 February 2014
Preston |
1946-58 |
91 years 315 days |
724 |
Stan Rickaby West Bromwich Albion |
12 March 1924 |
3 March 2014
Perth, Australia |
1953 |
89 years 356 days |
798 |
Johnny Fantham Sheffield Wednesday |
6 February 1939 |
25 June 2014
Sheffield |
1961 |
75 years 139 days |
815 |
Ron Henry Tottenham Hotspur |
17 August 1934 |
27 December 2014
Harpenden |
1963 |
80 years 132 days |
703 |
Harold Hassall Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers |
4 March 1929 |
30 January 2015 Bolton |
1951-53 |
85 years 332 days |
683 |
Bill Ellerington Southampton |
30 June 1923 |
4 April 2015 Southampton |
1949 |
91 years 278 days |
786 |
Ron
Springett Sheffield Wednesday |
22 July 1935 |
13 September 2015
Mortlake |
1959-66 |
80 years 53 days |
709 |
Tommy Thompson Aston Villa, Preston North End |
10 November 1928 |
15 September 2015
Preston |
1951-57 |
86 years 309 days |
817 |
Gerry Byrne Liverpool |
29 August 1938 |
28 November 2015
Wrexham |
1963-66 |
77 years 91 days |
758 |
Alan Hodgkinson Sheffield United |
16 August 1936 |
8 December 2015
Rugby |
1957-60 |
79 years 114 days |
762 |
Don Howe West Bromwich Albion |
12 October 1935 |
23 December 2015
Billericay |
1957-59 |
80 years 72 days |
799 |
Ray
Pointer Burnley |
10 October 1936 |
26 January 2016
Blackpool |
1961 |
79 years 108 days |
757 |
Johnny Brooks Tottenham Hotspur |
23 December 1931 |
7 June 2016
Bournemouth |
1956 |
84 years 167 days |
711 |
Jackie Sewell Sheffield Wednesday |
24 January 1927 |
26 September 2016
Nottingham |
1951-54 |
89 years 246 days |
771 |
Peter Brabook Chelsea |
8 November 1937 |
10 December 2016
Basildon |
1958-60 |
79 years 32 days |
1077 |
Ugo Ehiogu Aston Villa, Middlesbrough |
3 November 1972 |
21 April 2017
Uxbridge |
1996-2002 |
44 years 170 days |
955 |
Cyrille Regis West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City |
9 February 1958 |
14 January 2018
Sutton Coldfield |
1982-87 |
59 years 339 days |
778 |
Jimmy Armfield Blackpool |
21 September 1935 |
22 January 2018
Blackpool |
1959-66 |
82 years 213 days |
922 |
Ray
Wilkins Chelsea, Manchester United, Milan |
14 September 1956 |
4 April
2018 Tooting |
1976-86 |
61 years 2020 days |
682 |
Roy Bentley Chelsea |
17 May 1924 |
20 April
2018 Reading |
1949-55 |
93 years 338 days |
790 |
Ray Wilson Huddersfield Town, Everton |
17 December 1934 |
15 May 2018
Huddersfield |
1960-68 |
83 years 149 days |
802 |
Stan Anderson Sunderland |
27 February 1934 |
10 June 2018
Sunderland |
1962 |
84 years 103 days |
874 |
Paul
Madeley Leeds
United |
20 September 1944 |
23 July 2018 Leeds |
1971-77 |
73 years 305 days |
905 |
Kevin Beattie Ipswich Town |
18 December 1953 |
16 September 2018
Ipswich |
1975-77 |
64 years 272 days |
821 |
Ken
Shellito Chelsea |
18 April 1940 |
31 October 2018
Kampung Minintod |
1963 |
78 years 196 days |
741 |
Bill
Slater Wolverhampton Wanderers |
29 April 1927 |
18 December 2018
Oxford |
1954-60 |
91 years 233 days |
826 |
Peter Thompson Liverpool |
27 November 1942 |
31 December 2018
Ashford |
1964-70 |
76 years 34 days |
829 |
Fred Pickering Everton |
19 January 1941 |
9 February 2019 Blackburn |
1964 |
78 years 21 days |
816 |
Gordon Banks Leicester City, Stoke City |
30 December 1937 |
12 February 2019
Stoke-on-Trent |
1963-72 |
81 years 44 days |
714 |
Ivor Broadis Manchester City, Newcastle United |
18 December 1922 |
12 April 2019 Carlisle |
1951-54 |
96 years 115 days |
875 |
Tommy
Smith Liverpool |
5 April 1945 |
12 April 2019 Liverpool |
1971 |
74 years 8 days |
687 |
Bert
Mozley Derby County |
21 September 1923 |
28 October 2019 Galiano Island |
1949 |
96 years 37 days |
736 |
Johnny Wheeler Bolton Wanderers |
26 July 1928 |
15 November 2019 Preston |
1954 |
91 years 112 days |
844 |
Martin Peters West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur |
8 November 1943 |
21 December 2019 Brentwood |
1966-74 |
76 years 43 days |
740 |
Brian Pilkington Burnley |
12 February 1933 |
7 February 2020 Adlington |
1954 |
86 years 360 days |
846 |
Peter
Bonetti Chelsea |
27 September 1941 |
12 April 2020
Walsall |
1966-70 |
78 years 198 days |
840 |
Norman Hunter Leeds United |
29 October 1943 |
17 April 2020
Leeds |
1965-74 |
76 years 171 days |
910 |
Trevor Cherry Leeds United |
23 February 1948 |
29 April 2020
Dalton |
1976-80 |
72 years 66 days |
835 |
Jack
Charlton Leeds United |
8 May 1935 |
10 July 2020
Ashington |
1965-70 |
85 years 63 days |
831 |
Gerry
Young Sheffield Wednesday |
1
October 1936 |
1 September 2020 Walkley |
1964 |
83 years 336 days |
756 |
Gordon Astall Birmingham City |
22 September 1927 |
21 October 2020 Ipplepen |
1956 |
93 years 29 days |
834 |
Nobby Stiles Manchester United |
18 May 1942 |
30 October 2020
Manchester |
1965-70 |
78 years 165 days |
827 |
Tony
Waiters Blackpool |
1 February 1937 |
10
November 2020 North Vancouver |
1964 |
83 years 283 days |
721 |
Albert Quixall Sheffield Wednesday |
9 August 1933 |
12
November 2020 Glossop |
1953-55 |
87 years 95 days |
886 |
Ray Clemence Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur |
5 August 1948 |
15
November 2020 Corby |
1972-83 |
72 years 102 days |
852 |
Colin
Bell
Manchester City |
26 February 1946 |
5 January 2021
Manchester |
1968-75 |
73 years 314 days |
791 |
Peter
Swan
Sheffield Wednesday |
8 October 1936 |
21 January 2021
Chesterfield |
1960-62 |
84 years 105 days |
898 |
Frank Worthington
Leicester City |
23 November 1948 |
22 March
2021 Huddersfield |
1974 |
72 years 79 days |
723 |
Derek Ufton
Charlton Athletic |
31 May 1928 |
27 March
2021 Elham |
1953 |
92 years 300 days |
776 |
Doug Holden
Bolton Wanderers |
28 September 1930 |
7 April
2021 Woodford Green |
1959 |
90 years 192 days |
796 |
John Angus
Burnley |
2 September 1938 |
8
June
2021 Warkworth |
1961 |
82 years 279 days |
928 |
Paul
Mariner
Ipswich Town, Arsenal |
22 May 1953 |
9 July 2021
Sudbury |
1977-85 |
68 years 48 days |
859 |
Terry
Cooper
Leeds United |
12 July 1944 |
31 July 2021
Gran Canaria |
1969-70 |
77 years 12 days |
780 |
Jimmy Greaves Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur |
20 February 1940 |
19 September 2021
Danbury |
1959-67 |
81 years 211 days |
803 |
Roger Hunt Liverpool |
20 July 1938
|
27 September 2021
Warrington |
1962-69 |
83 years 69 days |
812 |
Freddie Hill Bolton Wanderers |
17 January 1940 |
1 October 2021
Bolton |
1962 |
81 years 257 days |
785 |
Eddie Holliday Middlesbrough |
7 June 1939 |
4 October 2021
Barnsley |
1959 |
82 years 119 days |
747 |
Ron Flowers Wolverhampton Wanderers |
28 July 1934 |
12 November 2021 Acton Trussell |
1955-66 |
87 years 107 days |
916 |
Ray Kennedy Liverpool |
28 July 1951 |
30 November 2021
Seaton Delaval |
1976-80 |
70 years 125 days |
755 |
Colin Grainger Sheffield
United, Sunderland |
10 June 1933 |
20 June 2022 Kirklees |
1956-57 |
89 years 10 days |
946 |
David Armstrong Middlesbrough,
Southampton |
26 December 1954 |
21 August 2022 Athens, Greece |
1980-84 |
67 years 239 days |
908 |
David Johnson
Ipswich Town,
Liverpool |
23 October 1951 |
23 November 2022
Halewood |
1975-80 |
71 years 31 days |
805 |
Maurice Norman Tottenham Hotspur |
8 May 1934 |
27 November 2022
Felixstowe |
1962-64 |
88 years 203 days |
781 |
Tony Allen Stoke
City |
27 November 1939 |
2 December
2022 Stoke-on-Trent |
1959 |
83 years 5 days |
825 |
George Cohen Fulham |
22 October 1939 |
23 December
2022 Tunbridge Wells |
1963-67 |
83 years 62 days |
847 |
John Hollins Chelsea |
16 July 1946 |
14 June 2023 Chelsea |
1967 |
76 years 333 days |
807 |
Mike Hellawell Birmingham
City |
20 June 1938 |
18 July 2023 Keighley |
1962 |
85 years 18 days |
926 |
Trevor Francis Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City,
Sampdoria |
19 April 1954 |
24 July 2023 Marbella, Spain |
1977-86 |
69 years 96 days |
856 |
Franny Lee Manchester
City |
29 April 1944 |
2 October 2023 Wilmslow |
1968-72 |
79 years 165 days |
767 |
Bobby Charlton Manchester
United |
11 October 1937 |
21 October 2023 Macclesfield |
1958-70 |
86 years 10 days |
830 |
Terry
Venables Chelsea |
6 January 1943 |
25 November 2023
|
1964 |
80 years 324 days |
895 |
Stan Bowles Queen's
Park Rangers |
24 December 1948 |
24 February 2024 |
1974-77 |
75 years 62 days |
748 |
Ron Baynham Luton
Town |
10 June 1929 |
18 March 2024 |
1955 |
94 years 282 days |
876 |
Larry Lloyd Liverpool,
Nottingham Forest |
6 October 1948 |
28 March 2024 |
1971-80 |
75 years 174 days |
769 |
Tommy Banks Bolton
Wanderers |
10 November 1929 |
13 June 2024 Bolton |
1958 |
94 years 269 days |
931 |
Trevor
Whymark Ipswich
Town |
4 May 1950 |
31 October 2024 Harleston |
1977 |
74 years 180 days |
820 |
George Eastham Arsenal |
23 September 1936 |
20 December 2024 |
1963-66 |
88 years 88 days |