England's Players - Chronological List of Deaths since 2000

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England's Deaths - Chronological

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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