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Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

05.06.17

Cheick Tiote

Beijing Enterprise (Chn)

Civ

21.06.1986

St

Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has died aged 30 after suffered a heart attack during training in China.

27.02.17

Alex Young

Retired

Sco

03.02.1947

St

Young player for Everton, he won the League and FA Cup, scoring 127 goals in 314 games. Young was capped eight times by Scotland, he died after a short illness.

18.02.17

Roger Hynd

Retired

Sco

02.02.1942

Dc

In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.

06.01.17

Graham Atkinson

Retired

Eng

17.05.1943

St

Oxford United's all-time top goal scorer Graham Atkinson has died of cancer at the age of 73.

26.11.16

David Provan

Retired

Sco

11.03.1941

Df

Former Rangers defender David Provan has died aged 75 following a long illness, Provan was a Light Blue between 1958 and 1970 and was part of the side which won the domestic treble in 1964.

16.11.16

Daniel Prodan

Retired

Rom

23.03.1972

Df

The former Romania and Rangers defender suffered a heart attack died suddenly at the age of 44. He 54 caps for Romania and played in the 1994 World Cup.

25.10.16

Carlos Alberto

Retired

Bra

15.04.1934

Df

Captain of the 1970 World Cup-winning side, Carlos Alberto dies in Rio de Janeiro following a heart attack at the age of 72.

01.10.16

David Herd

Retired

Sco

15.04.1934

St

Former Manchester United and Arsenal striker David Herd has died aged 82. The Scot made 265 appearances for United and scored 145 goals, including two in their 1963 FA Cup final win over Leicester - their first major trophy after the Munich air disaster in 1958.

15.08.16

Dalian Atkinson

Retired

Eng

21.03.1968

St

Ex-Aston Villa and Ipswich Town, Atkinson died on 15 August 2016, after a taser was deployed on him by West Mercia Police near his father's house in Telford.

03.07.16

John Middleton

Retired

Eng

24.12.1956

Gk

Ex-english football goalkeeper who played for Nottingham Forest and Derby County.