Athletes Deaths Thread

[heywoodu 15,250]

Ivorian rugby player Max Brito has passed away. Sadly he's mostly remembered for a tragic incident at the 1995 World Cup match against Tonga, where after a few minutes of play he got a very unfortunate hit which left him being unable to move anything but his head, torso and one arm.

 

[hckošice 15,027]

One of the rare Slovak athletes among the plenty Czechoslovak Olympic Champions. Anton Tkáč passed away today at 71.

 

Montreal 1976 Sprint Gold

 

RIP champion

 

[Dragon 1,887]

 

[Monzanator 4,579]

Andrzej Iwan passed away at the age of 63. He was a member of the 1978 & 1982 football World Cup squad.

[heywoodu 15,250]

The legendary Pelé has passed away, aged 82.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

The legendary Pelé has passed away, aged 82.

I didn’t grew up watching football, so my first introduction to him was the London 2012 closing ceremony. The reaction to him just being there is such a great example of the mark he left on sports. What a sad headline to read today 

[Grassmarket 3,531]

Just old enough to remember the 1970 World Cup.

[hckošice 15,027]

RIP legend

 

[heywoodu 15,250]

Only recently got to know more about what kind of a person he was outside of football by the way. A shame I came across that so shortly before his death, because now he's in my mind as a rather shitty person so I'll try to look at him as a great football player and nothing more or less  

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

RIP to the legend Pelé