Showing posts with label Fatalities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fatalities. Show all posts

2.6.14

They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind.








Among the galaxy of talented goalkeepers whom Celtic have had, the late lamented John Thomson was the greatest. 
 Willie Maley












































Celtic
Scotland
Scottish League
total
League
Cup
Appearances
163
25
4
4
196
Clean sheets
57
7
3
0
67




18.1.14

P.M Walters, A.M Walters, H. M. Walters




The brothers 'Morning' and 'Afternoon' Walters played together as right and left fullback for England on 9 occasions. They also played alongside each other for Old Carthusians and Corinthian FC, as well as against each other in the 1885 'Varsity Match (Percy for Oxford and Arthur Cambridge) Their international careers ended in 1890, when in response to the death of their brother and in respect of their mother's wishes, they gave up all football.
Arthur was 25 and Percy 27.
Arthur made a comeback for Corinthians in 1892-93. Percy also returned to the game,appearing in the FA Amateur Cup Final in 1895. 

The cutting records the death of H.W Walters. A forward with Casuals FC, he received a kick in the abdomen in the game against St Bartholomew's Hospital on November 12th 1890. The injury led to acute peritonitis and he died on November  27th.


30.7.13

Roberto Chery


Scholars of postwar football will tell you that Brazil adopted the colour yellow in 1954. We, of course, do not go beyond 1937. During the early years of the Seleção the kit was generally white with blue as a change colour (in 1917 kits of  both plain red and yellow and green stripes were briefly used).
There is, however, a game from our era in which Brazil wore yellow- or to be more precise the gold and black of Penarol.
More remarkable, perhaps, is the fact that Brazil's opponents that day were Argentina, who in place of their familiar albiceleste wore the celestial blue of their neighbours and rivals Uruguay.
The scene was Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, June 1st 1919. A crowd of 17,500 watched the match between the recently crowned South American champions and their guests Argentina. Nominally at stake was the Copa Roberto Chery, but in fact the friendly match was a fundraiser.
On May 30th 23 year old Roberto Chery had died of peritonitis in a Rio hospital. Chery had been in the hospital to undergo an emergency operation on a strangulated hernia that he had sustained whilst playing for Uruguay against Chike in a South American championship match at Estádio Laranjeiras on May 17th. 
Penarol goalkeeper Chery had travelled to Brazil as an understudy to the veteran Cayetano Saporiti. 32 year old Saporiti had played 48 internationals by the time Chery was given his debut- and would go on to represent Uruguay 51 times in total. Chery, known as Poeta on account of his passion for poetry, was touted as Saporiti's long term replacement. Tragically Chery's first international would also be his last.
The temporary Aurinegros and Celestes shared 6 goals in the match, and the Copa Chery was presented to Penarol.