| Date of Death
|
Player
|
Nationality
|
Played For
|
Managed
|
Notes
|
|---|
| January 6 |
Pedrosa |
 Brazil |
Botafogo
CA Estudantes Paulista
São Paulo |
|
4-time Campeonato Carioca winner
Played at the 1934 FIFA World Cup
|
| January 10 |
Oscar Brockmeyer |
 United States |
 Christian Brothers Cadets
Missouri Tigers |
|
Silver medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
|
| January 20 |
Kees Oldenburg |
 Netherlands |
Stormvogels |
|
|
| January 28 |
Christiaan Groothoff |
Netherlands |
|
|
Refereed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
|
| January 31 |
Vivian Woodward |
 England |
Clacton
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Football League XI |
|
1900–01 FA Cup winner
7-time British Home Championship winner
Won a gold medal at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.
|
| February 4 |
Henri Scharry |
 Luxembourg |
Jeunesse Esch |
|
Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
|
| February 17 |
Erik Bergqvist |
 Sweden |
AIK
IFK Stockholm |
|
Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Won two Olympic medals in water polo (Silver in 1912, Bronze in 1920)
|
| February 19 |
Herman Hesselink |
Netherlands |
Vitesse |
|
Co-founder of SBV Vitesse
Brother of former Dutch footballer Willem Hesselink
|
| February 25 |
Juan Cilley |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Argentina |
 Estudiantes
San Isidro |
|
Finished third at the 1919 South American Championship
|
| March 14 |
Štefan Biró |
 Czechoslovakia
[[File:{{{flag alias-1939}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Slovakia |
SK Baťa Zlín
 ŠK Bratislava |
|
4-time Slovenská liga winner
|
| March 15 |
Benito Mosso |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Argentina
 Italy |
 Torino
Palestra Itália |
|
Brother of Argentine Italian footballers Eugenio, Francisco, and Julio Mosso
|
| April 1 |
Ramón Guzmán |
 Spain |
  Barcelona
Mallorca |
 Barcelona |
1929 La Liga winner
5-time Catalan football championship winner
2-time Copa del Rey/Copa del Generalísimo winner (1928, 1942)
|
| Jan Thomée |
Netherlands |
DSV Concordia |
|
Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
|
| April 3 |
Jalmari Holopainen |
 Finland |
 HJK Helsinki |
|
2-time Finnish champion (1911, 1912)
Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
|
| April 4 |
Jerzy Piec |
 Poland |
  Naprzód Lipiny/TuS 1883 Lipine
AKS Chorzów |
|
Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1938 FIFA World Cup
|
| April 12 |
Pim Mulier |
Netherlands |
|
|
Co-founder of Koninklijke HFC
Founder of the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek Bond
Organized the first football
|
| April 14 |
Gino Ferrer Callegari |
Italy |
Padova
AS Roma
Sampdoria
Lucchese
Liguria
Entella |
Entella |
|
| April 18 |
George Kay |
England |
Bolton Wanderers
 Lisburn Distillery
West Ham United
Stockport County |
Luton Town
Southampton
Liverpool |
1913–14 Gold Cup winner
1946–47 Football League First Division winner
|
| April 30 |
René Démaret |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1944}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France |
 US Valenciennes-Anzin
Montpellier
RC Strasbourg
 AS Monaco |
|
1950–51 Coupe de France winner
|
| May 1 |
Pentti Larvo |
Finland |
HPS Helsinki |
|
5-time Mestaruussarja winner
Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
|
| May 3 |
Józef Garbień |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Poland |
 Pogoń Lwów |
|
4-time Polish Football Championship winner
|
| May 26 |
Sverre Berg-Johannesen |
 Norway |
Stavanger IF |
|
|
| May 28 |
Algoth Niska |
Finland |
Unitas
HIFK Fotboll |
|
Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Was also a bootlegger and adventurer
Grandfather of Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen
|
| June 1 |
Jimmy Settle |
England |
Bolton Wanderers
Bury
Everton
Stockport County |
|
1901–02 Football League First Division top scorer
Member of the Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame
|
| June 2 |
Franz Scheu |
 Austria
 Austria-Hungary |
Wiener AC |
|
|
| June 8 |
Fritz Fürst |
 Germany |
 Bayern Munich |
|
2-time Kreisliga Bayern winner (1910, 1911)
|
| June 11 |
André Poullain |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1944}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France |
CA Paris |
|
1919–20 Coupe de France winner
|
| June 25 |
Alfred Chalk |
England |
Upton Park |
|
Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics
|
| June 29 |
Thorsten Svensson |
Sweden |
GAIS |
|
3-time Swedish champion (1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27)
Bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics
|
| July 21 |
Ernie Hart |
England |
Leeds United
Mansfield Town |
|
1929 FA Charity Shield winner
|
| July 26 |
Arthur Bridgett |
England |
Stoke City
Sunderland
South Shields
Port Vale |
South Shields
North Shields |
3-time British Home Championship winner (1904–05, 1907–08, 1908–09)
|
| July 30 |
Hans Nobiling |
Germany
Brazil |
SC Germania Hamburg |
|
Founder of SC Germânia
|
| September 6 |
Alfred Berghausen |
Germany |
Preußen Duisburg |
|
|
| September 7 |
Armando Reyes |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Argentina |
Racing Club |
Racing Club |
8-time Argentine Primera División winner
4-time Copa de Honor MCBA winner
5-time Copa Ibarguren winner
2-time Copa Aldao winner (1917, 1918 Copa Aldao)
Played at the 1916, 1917, 1919 South American Championships
|
| September 10 |
René Rossignol |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1944}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France |
Nîmes Olympique
Grenoble Foot 38 |
|
|
| October 27 |
Harry Tate |
United States |
St. Rose Parish |
|
Bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
|
| November 12 |
Alec Smith |
 Scotland |
Rangers
Scottish League XI |
|
8-time Scottish Division One winner
3-time Scottish Cup winner (1896–97, 1897–98, 1902–03)
|
| November 20 |
Gino De Biasi |
Italy |
Treviso |
|
|
| November 23 |
Louis Schubart |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1944}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France |
Olympique Lillois |
|
Played at the 1908 Summer Olympics
|
| November 25 |
Enrico Crotti |
Italy |
Inter Milan
Torino |
Cagliari
Fanfulla
Legnano
Empoli |
|
| November 27 |
Egil Lærum |
Norway |
Vålerenga
Larvik Turn |
|
1950 Egebergs Ærespris winner
Was also a ski jumper
|
| December 2 |
Egidio Turchi |
Italy |
Pistoiese
Ambrosiana-Inter
Livorno
Lazio
Lucchese
Napoli
Prato
Palermo |
Colleferro
Pistoiese |
|
| December 13 |
Karl Neubauer |
Austria |
Favoritner AC
Rapid Wien |
|
|
| December 20 |
Roland Schmitt |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1944}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France |
Racing Club de France
FC Sète 34
Toulouse
Olympique Lyon |
|
2-time French Division 1 winner (1935–36, 1938–39)
1935–36 Coupe de France winner
|
| 1954 |
Marcel Henneberg |
 Switzerland |
Servette |
|
1906–07 Swiss Serie A winner
|
| 1954 |
Nikolai Korotkov |
 Russia
 USSR |
 Novogireyevo Moscow
Mamontovka Moscow |
|
|
| 1954 |
Rūdolfs Kundrāts |
 Latvia
USSR |
LSB Rīga
Riga Vanderer |
|
1932 Baltic Cup winner
|
| 1954 |
Jimmy McIntyre |
England |
Walsall
Notts County
Reading
Coventry City |
Southampton
Coventry City
Fulham |
|
| 1954 |
Cayetano Saporiti |
 Uruguay |
Montevideo Wanderers |
|
2-time Uruguayan Primera División winner (1906, 1909)
2-time South American Championship winner (1916, 1917)
|
| 1954 |
Voldemārs Viņķis |
Latvia
USSR |
RFK Riga |
Played at the 1924 Summer Olympics
|
Philippines
Republic of China beats 
Korea Republic 5-2. The match is played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, 
Mexico 5-0, and 
Yugoslavia beat [[File:{{{flag alias-1830}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France 1-0. In Group 3, 
Hungary 3-2. It was played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, 
United Kingdom
Costa Rica
Panama
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile
Latvian SSR)
