Athletes Deaths Thread

[phelps 7,854]

  On 11/24/2022 at 6:06 PM, Belle said:

RIP SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY LEGEND BÖRJE SALMING. 

 

He passed away in the terrible disease ALS. 

 

He was 71 years old 

 

 

https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/borje-salming-dod-blev-71-ar-gammal/

 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs-borje-salming-1.1883419

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man, at least it was quick.

 

I know people who have suffered so much through a very long period (years) because of that terrible disease.

 

R.I.P. Börje 

[Dragon 1,898]

  On 11/24/2022 at 8:19 PM, phelps said:

man, at least it was quick.

 

I know people who have suffered so much through a very long period (years) because of that terrible disease.

 

R.I.P. Börje 

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Spanish boxer Enrique Rodriquez, bronze medalist in Munich 1972, died a day earlier from the same disease

[Dragon 1,898]

  On 11/26/2022 at 11:15 AM, Dragon said:

Spanish boxer Enrique Rodriquez, bronze medalist in Munich 1972, died a day earlier from the same disease

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There's a British documentary about an English rugby player who has ALS / MND / Lou Gehrig Disease (if you want to know all the disease's names).

It's brilliant TV but it's very tough to watch it.

 

 

[Dragon 1,898]

 

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[Dragon 1,898]

  On 11/26/2022 at 11:15 AM, Dragon said:

Spanish boxer Enrique Rodriquez, bronze medalist in Munich 1972, died a day earlier from the same disease

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Astonishingly the 3rd sports star to die of the same disease in 5 days.

Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir

[Grassmarket 3,626]

  On 11/26/2022 at 6:07 PM, Dragon said:

Astonishingly the 3rd sports star to die of the same disease in 5 days.

Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir

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Was a member of the 1991 Grand Slam winning team, who are legends of Scottish sport, hugely more famous than any other rugby team.

[Monzanator 4,611]

Fernando Gomes - striker for NT in the 1980s passed away at the age of 66 from cancer.

[Dragon 1,898]

Gabor Csapo, Olympic champion with the Hungarian water polo team in 1976 and Erzsébet Vasvári-Pongrátz, a Hungarian who competed in shooting at Barcelona 1992 have died in the last few days

Edited November 27, 2022 by Dragon
wrong date

[Dragon 1,898]