List of footballers killed during World War II

Many former professional and top-level association footballers lost their lives during World War II, either while serving in their countries' armed forces, as civilian casualties of enemy action or in enemy captivity. In addition, a number of Jewish players became victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

In the case of players whose countries were annexed by others or who migrated from their country of birth, they are classified under the nation of football association in which they spent most if not all of their playing careers.

Those who died as a result of the war or service in it, include:

Austria

Otto Fischer – a Jewish player in the Austria national football team (1923–28) and for Hakoah Vienna (1926–30), and was coach for Italian club S.S.C. Napoli (1928) and Olimpia Liepaja in Latvia where he settled in 1936. Following German occupation of Latvia, he was killed in the Liepāja massacres, on 1 July 1941.[1][2]
Ernst Kunz – represented his country at 1936 Olympics two years before it was annexed by Nazi Germany. He was killed in action serving on the Eastern Front under German command in Lithuania on 21 August 1944.[3]
Franz Riegler II – a forward whose senior career was spent entirely under the Nazi Anschluss, enabling him to appear in the German national team in 1941–42. Played for Austria Wien (1939–43) and LSV Markersdorf/Peilach (1943–44). A civilian in the war, he was killed in an Allied air raid on Vienna on 15 February 1945.[4]
Walter Werginz – represented his country at the 1936 Olympics. He was killed in action serving under German command in the Ukraine on the Eastern Front on 21 March 1942.[3]

China

Chen Zhenhe – Represented China at 1936 Olympics. A Squadron Leader in the Chinese Air Force, he was killed on active service when he crashed on first flying a new aircraft near Lanzhou, China, on 28 January 1941.[3][5]

Czechoslovakia

Frantisek Kloz – In Czechoslovakia national football team (1929–37) and twice top First League goalscorer (1931 and 1937). Played mainly for SK Kladno between 1928–40, where he became manager in 1942–43, and for SK Slavia Praha (1931) and Sparta Prague (1933). Anti-Nazi during his country's German occupation while continuing to professionally play, he was wounded when as a civilian volunteer he took part in a raid on an ammunition store in May and died in hospital at Louny on 13 June 1945.[6]

Dutch East Indies

Frans Alfred Meeng – Player in the Dutch East Indies national football team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup and for club SVVB Batavia. During the war as a soldier of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army he was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. He was lost at sea when transported on the Japanese vessel Jun'yo Maru when torpedoed by British submarine HMS Tradewind on 18 September 1944.[7]

Estonia

Eduard Eelma (known until 1936 as Eduard-Wilhelm Ellman) – represented his country at 1924 Olympics and in national football team (1921–35). He was arrested following Estonia's annexation by the Soviet Union, by the NKVD, deported to Siberia and executed in prison at Kirov on 16 November 1941.[3][8]
Harald Kaarmann – appeared at 1924 Olympics, and in national team (1921–26). A civilian state policeman in Estonia, he was arrested by Soviet authorities in 1941 following the Soviet annexation and deported to Siberia where he was executed at a prison camp on 19 August 1942.[3][9]
Heinrich Paal – appeared at 1924 Olympics with national team. Deported to Siberia following Soviet annexation he died prison camp at Vyatlag on 20 September 1942.[3][10]
Voldemar Roks – played in national team and for JK Tallinna Kalev in 1923–24. A bank official, he was deported to Siberia and died in Soviet prison camp at Solikamsk on 27 December 1941.[11]
Otto Silber – played in national team (1920–26), appearing at 1924 Olympics. Founder player for TJK in 1920–25, and also a referee. A former Estonian soldier, he was arrested by the NKVD and executed in Saue, Estonia, on 23 December 1940.[12]
Heinrich Uukkivi – played in national team (1931–40) and five times winning player in Estonian Football Championships. Played for TJK (1928–31). Following the Soviet annexation he was conscripted into the Red Army and taken prisoner of war in the German invasion in 1941, released in a later Soviet advance and subsequently sentenced to imprisonment in the Gulag. He died in prison camp at Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, on 12 April 1943.[13]
Hugo Vali – played in national team (1923–25) and appeared at 1924 Olympics. Deported to Siberia and died in Soviet prison camp at Sverdlovsk during 1943.[3]

Finland

Jarl Malmgren – played in national football team (1928–38) and in 1936 Olympics when he captained the team. Played for HIFK (1928–37) and VIFK (1938–41). Served in the Finnish Army, being killed in action on Russian front in Eastern Karelia on 5 June 1942.[3][14]

France

Victor Farvacques – Left winger who appeared in France national football team once, against Ireland in 1928. Played for US Turcoing (1927–28). An infantryman in the French Army, he was killed in action during the Battle of France at Gravelines on 25 April 1940.[15]
Noel Lietaer – Midfielder who appeared 7 times with French national team, including 1934 FIFA World Cup. Played for US Turcoing and Excelsior AC Roubaix. An infantryman in the French Army, he died of illness when prisoner of war in Rostock, Germany on 21 February 1941.[16]
Jacques Mairesse – A defender who appeared in French national team (1927–34) including 1934 FIFA World Cup. Played for FC Cette (1926–27), FC Sete (1927–32), Red Star (1932–35), AS Villeururbanne (1935–36) and Strasbourg (1937–39). A soldier in a train repair group of the French Army, he was killed in action during the Battle of France at Veron on 13 June 1940.[17]
Alexandre Villaplane – In France national football team (1926–30), including 1928 Olympics and first FIFA World Cup match. During the war he collaborated in anti-resistant activities with Vichy and Nazi German authorities, the latter appointing him a SS-Untersturmfuhrer (second lieutenant).[18] After the Liberation, he was arrested as a collaborator and executed by firing squad at Arcueil, for direct involvement in at least 10 killings, on 26 December 1944.[3]

Germany

Karl Auer – In Germany national football team (1924–26). Played for SpVgg Furth (1917–30) and Würzburger FV (1930–31). Served in German army as police sergeant-major, he was killed in action on the Eastern Front on 22 February 1945. [19]
Jakob Eckert – German international footballer, appeared in 1936 Olympics. Played for Wormatia Worms. A private in the German army, he died in action in the Battle of France at Villers-Carbonnel on 5 June 1940.[20]
Hermann Gramlich – German national footballer (1934). Played in FC 08 Villingen. Died in action on the Eastern Front in Bardino, Russia, on 6 February 1942.[21]
Julius Hirsch – First Jewish member of the Germany national football team (in 1911), represented Germany at the 1912 Olympics; player and coach for Karlsruher FV until made to resign under Nazi regime in 1934. Deported in 1943 to Auschwitz concentration camp where he was legally declared to have died on 8 May 1945.[22][2]
Adolf Jager – German international footballer (1908–24) who appeared in 1912 Olympics. A civilian in the war, he was killed following an air raid while on bomb sweep work in Hamburg on 21 November 1944 aged 55.[3]
August Klingler – German international footballer, scored three goals in Germany's final international during World War II in November 1942, killed on the Eastern Front 23 November 1944.[23]
Ludwig Leinberger – German international footballer (1927–33), who appeared in 1928 Olympics. Played in clubs SpVg Fürth (1925–33) and Kölner CfR (1933–36). Inducted into German army in 1941, he died after appendicitis surgery at a military hospital in Bad Pyrmont, Germany, on 3 March 1943.[3]
Hugo Mantel – German international footballer (1927–33). Played for Dresdner SC (1925–28), Eintracht Frankfurt (1928–38) and Frankfurter Germania (1938–42). A private in the German army, he died on the Eastern Front at Berdychiv, Ukraine, on 11 February 1942.[24]
Alfred Picard – German international footballer (1939). Played for TSG Ulm 1846. A lieutenant in the German army, he was killed in action in Cloppenburg, Germany, on 12 April 1945.[25]
Helmut Sievert – German international footballer (1936). Played for Hannover 96 (1932–41) and Eintracht Braunschweig (1943–44). A sergeant in the German army, he died serving at Benesov, Czechoslovakia, on 28 March 1945.[26]
Heinrich Sonnrein – Goalkeeper who was German international footballer (1935–36). Played for FC Hanau 93 (1930–42). A lieutenant in the German army, he was killed in Italy at the Battle of Monte Cassino on 3 February 1944.[27]
Willi Tiefel – German international footballer (1935–36). Played for Eintracht Frankfurt (1932–36), Berliner SV (1936–40) and BSC Brandenburg (1940–41). A private in the German army, he died serving on the Eastern Front at Narva, Estonia, on 28 August 1941.[28]
Adolf Urban – German international footballer (1935–41), including appearance in 1936 Olympics. Died of wounds on the Eastern Front at Staraya Russa, Russia, on 23 May 1943.[3]
Werner Widmayer – German international footballer (1931). Played for Holstein Kiel. A first lieutenant in the German army, he died serving on the Eastern Front in Semenivka, Ukraine, on 19 June 1942.[29]
Carl Zorner – German international footballer (1923). Played for SC 99 Koln. A Hauptmann (captain) in the German army, he died serving on the Eastern Front in Vyazma, Russia, on 12 October 1941.[30]

Great Britain

Reg Anderson – England international footballer 1938–39. Played for Dulwich Hamlet (1934–1938 and 1939–1940) and Cardiff City (1938–1939). A sergeant in the Royal Air Force (RAF), he died when his bomber was shot down by flak during a mine-laying operation over the Heligoland Bight on 24 February 1942.[31]
Matthew Armstrong – played for Darlington (1936–1939) and before enlistment for Aston Villa. Died during service as private with Royal Army Medical Corps in the Middle East on 12 July 1941.[32]
Claude Ashton – an England international team captain in one match, against Northern Ireland in 1925. An amateur who played in various positions for Corinthians. A squadron leader in the Auxiliary Air Force, he was killed in a mid-air collision on training flight near Caernarfon, Wales on 31 October 1942.[33][34]
Arthur Bacon – played for Chesterfield (1923–25 and 1932–33), Derby County (1925–27), Manchester City (1927–28), Reading (1928–32), Coventry City (1933–35) and Burton Town. A civilian during the war, reportedly a Special Constable and fireman, he was killed during an air raid in Derby on 27 July 1942.[35][36]
Hiley Bamsey – played for Exeter City (1935–1938). A sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he was killed in Iraq on 31 December 1943.[37]
Arthur Baxter – played for Barnsley (1938–1939). Died serving with the London Scottish of the Gordon Highlanders in the Battle of Rimini in Italy on 5 September 1944.[38]
Albert Bonass – played for Darlington (1932–33), York City (1933–34), Hartlepools United (1934–36), Chesterfield (1936–39) and Queen's Park Rangers (1939–45). He survived the war, in which he served as a Metropolitan Police War Reservist and a sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), but was killed on a training flight when his Short Stirling bomber crashed at Tockwith, Yorkshire, on 9 October 1945.[39]
Billy Bryan – played for Swindon Town (1936–1938) and Wrexham (1939–40). Died during the Battle of Normandy on 2 August 1944 serving as a private in the Dorsetshire Regiment.[40]
George Bullock – played for Barnsley (1936–1940). Died in a road accident near Appleton, Cheshire while serving as naval airman in the Fleet Air Arm on 31 May 1943.[41]
Alec Campbell – played for Southampton (1919–1926), manager of Chesterfield (1927). Died of illness serving as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 16 June 1943 aged 53.[42]
Joe Carr – played for Sheffield United (1937–1940). Killed during the Battle of Dunkirk serving with the Royal Artillery on 31 May 1940.[43]
Norman Catlin – played for Southampton (1935–1937). A Royal Navy seaman, he lost his life in the controversial sinking of HMS Gloucester off the coast of Crete on 22 May 1941.[44]
William Chalmers – played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (1932–1938). Died accidentally serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery on 7 October 1943.[45]
Charlie Clark – played for Queens Park Rangers (1935–1938). Clark died of wounds during the Tunisian campaign on 1 March 1943 serving as lance sergeant in the Hampshire Regiment.[46]
Albert Clarke – played for Blackburn Rovers (1938–1944). Killed in France on 16 June 1944 serving with the Devonshire Regiment.[47]
David Clyne – played for Queen's Park (1937–1939) in the Scottish League. A flight sergeant in the RAFVR, he was killed in a training accident whilst piloting a Catalina flying boat at Vatersay, Scotland, on 12 May 1944.[48]
Joe Coen – played for Celtic F.C. (1931–32) and Luton Town (1934–1939). A leading aircraftsman in the RAF, he died on 15 October 1941, in a mid-air collision on a training accident at RAF Cranwell.[49]
Tom Cooper – England international, making 15 appearances between 1927–34. Played for Port Vale (1924–1926), Derby County (1926–1934) and Liverpool (1934–1940). Died serving the Corps of Military Police in England on 25 June 1940 after his motorcycle struck a lorry.[50]
Haydn Dackins – played for Swansea Town (1934–1935) and Port Vale (1935–1936). He was killed in action in Sicily on 2 August 1943, serving in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.[51]
Bobby Daniel – played for Arsenal but never made a first-team appearance. Served as flight sergeant in the RAFVR, disappeared in action on a bombing raid over Berlin on 24 December 1943.[52][53]
Ernie Davies – played for Tranmere Rovers (1936–1940). Died in North Africa serving as corporal in the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) on 17 August 1942.[54]
Bill Dean – played for Arsenal (1940–1941). A stoker in the Royal Navy, he was killed in the sinking of his ship, HMS Naiad south of Crete on 11 March 1942.[55]
Stanley Docking – played for Newcastle United (1934–1938). Died accidentally whilst serving as an aircraftman in the RAFVR on 27 May 1940.[56]
Joe Donnachie (junior) – played for Everton, Bolton Wanderers and Chester City before enlistment. Killed in aircraft accident while serving as sergeant in the RAFVR on 12 October 1944[57]
Andy Ducat – England international six times between 1910 and 1920. Played for Southend United (1903–05), Arsenal (1905–12), Aston Villa (1912–21) which he captained to an FA Cup win in 1920, and Fulham (1921–24) of which he became manager in 1924–26. He served in the Surrey Home Guard during the war and died of a heart attack batting in an inter-unit cricket match against Sussex's Home Guard at Lord's Cricket Ground on 23 July 1942 aged 56.[58]
Stan Duff – played for Tranmere Rovers (1937–1938). Died in a training accident while serving as leading aircraftman with the RAFVR on 9 September 1941.[59]
Tom Farrage – played for Birmingham (1937–1944). Killed serving with the Parachute Regiment during the Battle of Arnhem on 23 September 1944.[60]
David Fenner – played for Airdrieonians (1938–1939) in the Scottish League. A flying officer with the RAF, he was killed on 25 February 1945 when his bomber crashed in the Netherlands.[61]
Fred Fisher – A wartime England international in 1941. Played for Millwall (1938–1944). A sergeant air gunner with the RAFVR, he was killed when his bomber was shot down by a night fighter over France on 26 July 1944.[62]
Alan Fowler – played for Swindon Town. A sergeant PT Instructor with the Dorsetshire Regiment he was killed in action shortly after D-day on 10 July 1944.[52]
Hugh Glass – played for Arsenal (1938–1939). A Merchant Navy seaman, he was killed when his ship was torpedoed on 26 November 1942.[63]
Robert Gordon – played for Huddersfield Town (1937–1939). Died on 18 September 1940 of pulmonary tuberculosis while serving in the RAF.[64]
Harry Goslin – played for Bolton Wanderers (1930–1939). Served with the Bolton Artillery, rising to Lieutenant and being awarded MC. Mortally wounded in action in Italy and died 18 December 1943.[52]
George Groves – played for Sheffield United (1891–1896). A civilian during the war, Groves was killed during the Blitz at Newmarket, Suffolk, on 18 February 1941, aged 72.[65]
Sid Gueran – played for Southampton (1936–1938). He was killed serving with the Royal Engineers' 1st Parachute Squadron in action 18 September 1944 in the Battle of Arnhem.[66]
Ernest Hall – played for Newcastle United (1935–1936) and Brighton & Hove Albion (1937–1938). A pilot officer in the RAFVR, he was killed serving as a Vickers Wellington bomber pilot in raid on St Polten, Austria, on 7 July 1944.[67]
Harry Hampson – played for Southport (1936–1938) and Sheffield United (1938–1940). Died in England of septicaemia serving with the Royal Armoured Corps as a corporal on 24 June 1942.[68]
George Handley – played for Crystal Palace (1934–1935). Died during the invasion of Sicily while serving as lance corporal with the South Staffordshire Regiment on 9 July 1943.[69]
Dennis Higgins – played for Fulham. He was killed in action in North Africa on 25 September 1942 serving with the Durham Light Infantry.[70][71]
Alex Highet – played for Queen's Park (1938) in the Scottish League. A Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve seaman, he was killed when his ship was mined in the English Channel on 14 October 1940.[72]
Bill Imrie – a Scottish international in 1929, he played for Blackburn Rovers (1929–1934) and Newcastle United (1933–1938). Died of cancer whilst serving with the RAF on 26 December 1944 aged 36.[73]
Bill Isaac – played for Brighton & Hove Albion (1939–1940). Died of meningitis on 14 April 1941 serving as a bombardier with the Royal Artillery.[74]
Alex Jackson – Scotland football international 1925–30. Played for Huddersfield Town (1925–1930) and Chelsea (1930–1932). He survived the war, but was killed in a road incident in Egypt on 15 November 1946 while serving as a major in the Royal Pioneer Corps.[75]
Sam Jennings – played for several clubs, including Reading (1921–1924), Brighton & Hove Albion (1925–1928) and Port Vale (1929–1931), and was manager at Rochdale (1937–1938). Died while serving on 26 August 1944, at the age of 45.[76]
Alex Johnson – played for Norwich City (1938–1939). Killed in an aviation accident in Oman on 31 July 1944 whilst serving as corporal in the RAFVR.[77]
George Jordan – played for Cowdenbeath (1938–1940) in the Scottish League. Killed during the Western Allied invasion of France on 8 July 1944 serving with the Black Watch.[78]
Alfred Keeling – played for Bradford (Park Avenue) (1937–1939). A sergeant in the RAFVR, he was shot down and killed over the Bay of Biscay on 1 December 1942.[79]
Leslie Lack – played for Arsenal but never made a first-team appearance. Served as sergeant in the RAF, killed by friendly fire while returning from a mission in his Spitfire in 1943.[80][53]
Frank McEwan – played for Airdrieonians in the Scottish League (1935–38), and Tottenham Hotspur (1938–44). A rifleman in the Rifle Brigade, he died of wounds near Donk, Belgium, on 21 September 1944.[81]
Les Milner – played for York City (1937–1939). Killed serving as sergeant in the Seaforth Highlanders near Bayeux on 25 June 1944.[82]
Fred Mills – played for Port Vale and Leeds United. Killed by an explosive device at Blerick, Holland, on 5 December 1944 while serving with the Royal Artillery.[83]
Peter Monaghan – played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (1937–1940). Killed in the Netherlands on 21 January 1945 whilst serving as a private with the Highland Light Infantry.[84]
Jimmy Morgan – played for Hamilton Academical (1932–1941) in the Scottish League. Killed in a plane crash, while serving as flight lieutenant in the RAFVR, in the North Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall, on 31 July 1944.[85]
David Murphy – played for Middlesbrough (1937–1939). Killed in Italy on 19 September 1944 while serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery.[86]
Jim Olney – played for Birmingham (1936–1938). Killed in Belgium on 14 September 1944 serving as lance sergeant in the Coldstream Guards.[87]
William Parr – played for Arsenal (1940). Died in an aircraft crash near RAF St Mawgan training as a sergeant with the RAFVR on 8 March 1942.[88]
Alfred Penlington – played for Everton (1940–1941). A sergeant in the RAFVR, he was lost when his Vickers Wellington was shot down over the Mediterranean Sea on 18 April 1943.[89]
Colin Perry – played for Nottingham Forest (1939–1940). Died at Tobruk on 28 November 1942 serving with Royal Army Service Corps.[90]
Albert Potter – played for Exeter City (1922–27), Wigan Borough (1927–29) and Colwyn Bay United (1929–30). A civilian during the war, served as an Air Raid Warden when killed in the Exeter Blitz on 4 May 1942.[91][92]
Albert Powell – played for Swindon Town (1928–1929). Died on active service as gunner with the Royal Artillery on 23 October 1940.[93]
Sidney Pugh – played for Arsenal (1938–1944). Killed in a flying accident training as flying officer in the RAF at Seighford, Staffordshire, on 15 April 1944.[94][95]
Henry Race – played for Nottingham Forest (1933–1937). Killed at El Alamein in North Africa as a corporal with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 24 October 1942.[96]
Hubert Redwood – played for Manchester United (1933–1940). Died on 28 October 1943 of tuberculosis while serving as corporal with the South Lancashire Regiment.[97]
Frederick Riley – appeared in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. Shot down and killed serving as flight lieutenant in the RAF over Desvres, France, on 7 December 1942.[98]
Grenville Roberts – played for Nottingham Forest (1937–1939). Died of wounds serving with the West Yorkshire Regiment at Dunkirk on 3 June 1940.[99]
Herbie Roberts – onetime England international against Wales in 1931. Played for Arsenal (1926–1937). He died of erysipelas on 17 June 1944, while on active duty as lieutenant with the Royal Fusiliers.[100]
Eric Robinson – played for York City (1940–1941) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (1941–1942). Drowned during a training exercise on the River Derwent, Yorkshire while serving with the East Lancashire Regiment on 20 August 1942.[101]
Tom Robson – played for Everton (1929–1930) and Northampton Town (1934–1937). Died of a heart condition serving as a leading aircraftman in the RAFVR on 10 April 1942.[102]
Joe Rooney – played for Wolverhampton Wanderers (1938–39). Served as private in the Gloucestershire Regiment, he was killed during the Belfast Blitz on 5 May 1941.[103]
Henry Salmon – played for Stoke City (1932–33), Millwall (1933–34), Southport (1936–37) and before enlistment for Shrewsbury Town. Killed during the Battle for Caen serving as sergeant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 30 July 1944.[104]
George Salvidge – played for Hull City (1938–1940). A lance-corporal in the York and Lancaster Regiment, Salvidge was killed in action near Tobruk on 23 November 1941.[105]
Percy Saunders – played for Sunderland (1937–1939) and Brentford (1939). A sergeant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he was killed when his ship was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean on 2/3 March 1942.[106][107]
George Scott – played for Aberdeen in the Scottish League. A sergeant and air gunner in the RAF, he was killed in an air accident when his plane crashed into Dornoch Firth on 26 July 1942.[108]
Wilf Shaw – played for Doncaster Rovers (1930–1944). Killed in Operation Veritable on 20 February 1945 serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[109]
Ralph Shields – played for Huddersfield Town (1914–1920). A member of the Second Australian Imperial Force as private in the Australian Army Service Corps, Shields was taken prisoner by the Japanese and died at the Sandakan POW camp on 21 November 1944 aged 52.[110]
Walter Sidebottom – played for Bolton Wanderers (1939–1941). Killed serving as an able seaman on board HMS Charybdis when the ship was sunk off France on 23 October 1943.[111]
Charlie Sillett – played for Southampton (1931–1938). He was killed in a U-boat attack off Lizard Point while on an allied convoy while serving with the Royal Navy on 27 February 1945.[112]
Allan Sliman – played for Bristol City (1932–1938). A RAF flight engineer, he died at Ely, Cambridgeshire of wounds received on air bomber operations on 14 April 1945.[113]
Walter Spratt – played for Brentford (1911–1921). A civilian during the war, he was killed by a V-2 flying bomb in Southwark, London, on 22 January 1945 aged 54.[114]
Eric Stephenson – England international player in 1938. Played for Leeds United (1935–1941). Killed in British Burma on 8 September 1944 as a Major in the British Indian Army's 2nd Gurkha Rifles.[115]
Benny Thomson – played for Kilmarnock (1934–1939) in the Scottish League. A Merchant Navy seaman, he was killed when his ship was sunk by German aircraft in the North Atlantic on 12 November 1940.[116]
John Thomson – played for Hamilton Academical (1932–1941) in the Scottish League. Died in Normandy serving as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders on 30 July 1944.[117]
Jimmy Tompkins – played for Fulham (1934–1939). A Major in the Royal Fusiliers, he was killed during Normandy campaign on 10 July 1944 when attached to Hampshire Regiment.[118]
Sandy Torrance – played for Bristol City (1921–28) and Bath City. A civilian in the war, he died from air raid injuries in Bedminster, Bristol on 14 April 1941.[119]
Ernie Tuckett – played for Arsenal (1932–1937) and Fulham (1938-45). Killed in an aircraft accident serving as corporal in the RAF on 27 May 1945.[120][121]
Edwin Watson – played for Huddersfield Town (1937–1938). A flight sergeant in the RAF, he was killed when his Short Sunderland flying boat was shot down during an anti-submarine sweep in the Bay of Biscay on 12 June 1944.[122]
David Willacy – played for Preston North End (1938–1939). Killed in a training accident serving as sergeant with the RAFVR on 1 September 1941.[123]
Bob Wrigglesworth – played for Chesterfield Amateurs (1935). A flight sergeant with the RAFVR, he died of hypothermia after his bomber was shot down over the Aegean Sea on 23 January 1943.[124][125][52]

Greece

Nikos Sotiriadis – goalkeeper who appeared in the Greece national football team in 1938 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Mandatory Palestine. Played for PAOK F.C. (1932–40). An infantry sergeant in the Hellenic Army, he was killed in action against the Italians in the Capture of Klisura Pass on 28 January 1941.[126]

Hungary

Jozsef Braun (aka Barna) – Jewish member of Hungary national football team (1918–26) and represented at 1924 Olympics. Played for MTK Budapest (1916–25) and, in United States, for Broooklyn Hakoah (1929) and Brooklyn Wanderers (1929–30). Later manager for Sk Slovan Bratislava between 1934 and 1938 and MTK Hungaria (1938). Killed in Nazi forced labour camp in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 20 February 1943.[2][3]
Henrik Nádler – Jewish member of Hungary national football team (1924–26) and was standby at 1924 Olympics. Played for MTK Budapest (1919–30). After being made to do forced labour under the Nazis he died in Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany, on 12 May 1944 (though other sources place it at Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945).[127][2]
Imre Taussig – Jewish member of Hungary national football team (1914–18). Played for MTK Budapest from 1907. Deported to Nazi labour camp at Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, where he was killed on 23 March 1945 aged 50.[2]
Antal Vago (aka Weiss) – Jewish member of national football team (1908–17). Played in Fovarosci TC (1906–11) and MTK Budapest (1922–23). Killed in massacre of Jews shot in River Danube at Budapest during the German backed Arrow Cross rule on 30 December 1944 aged 53.[2][128]
Arpad Weisz – Member of national football team (1922–23); played for Torekves (1922–23), the Italian Allesandria (1924–25) and Milan Internationale (1925–26); manager of latter (between 1926–34) and ultimately Dutch Dordrecht (1938–40). Arrested by German SS, he and his family as Jews were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they were gassed on 31 January 1944.[129]
Ferenc Weisz – Member of national football team (1903–17); played for Ferencvaros (1902–20) and manager of Ujpest (1920–22). He and his wife as Jews were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where he died in 1944.[2]

Italy

Luigi Barbesino – played for Casale (1912–1920) and the Italian national team (1912–1914). A major in the Regia Aeronautica, he was killed aboard a reconnaissance aircraft when it crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on 20 April 1941.[130]
Bruno Neri – played in Italian national football team (1936–37) and for clubs Faenza (1926–29 and 1940–44), Fiorentina ((1929–36), Lucchese (1936–37) and Torino (1937–40). An anti-fascist who was actively involved in the Italian resistance movement, he was killed in an ambush by occupying German troops on 10 July 1944.[131]
Federico Ferrari Orsi – played for Torino (1907). A general in the Royal Italian Army, he was killed by a landmine in Egypt before the Second Battle of El Alamein on 18 October 1942 aged 55.[132]

Japan

Akira Matsunaga – In national football team at 1936 Olympics. Served in the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 20 January 1943.[3]
Naoemon Shimizu – In national football team (1923). Played for Hiroshima club Rijo Shukyu-Dan. A civilian in the war, he was killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 aged 44.[133]
Teizo Takeuchi – In national football team (1930–1936), represented Japan at the 1936 Olympics. He served in the military and was detained by the Soviet Union following the war; he died in a prisoner of war camp on 12 April 1946.[134]
Tokutaro Ukon – In national football team (1934–1940), represented Japan at the 1936 Olympics. Served in Imperial Japanese Army when killed in action at Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea in March 1944.[3]

Latvia

Karlis Bone – In national football team at 1924 Olympics. Deported by Soviet authorities following annexation of Latvia to Siberia where he died in prison camp on 13 November 1941.[135][3]
Alfrēds Plade – In one match for national football team (1923). Killed on the Eastern Front on 29 March 1944.[136][137]

Lithuania

Romualdas Marcinkus – Appeared in Lithuania national football team 1927, later becoming the team's playing manager (1932 and 1935–37). Played for LFLS Kaunas while pursuing peacetime career in the Lithuanian Air Force. During 1940 he left Lithuania before the Soviet annexation of his country and served in the French Air Force before joining the British RAFVR, ultimately becoming Flight Lieutenant, being shot down and made prisoner of war in Germany in 1942. While taking part in the Great Escape from the Stalag Luft III camp he was captured by the Gestapo at Danzig and shot nearby on 29 March 1944.[138][139]

Netherlands

Rein Boomsma – played for Sparta (1894–1907) and the Dutch national football team (1905). A colonel in the Royal Netherlands Army during the Battle of the Netherlands and a resistance leader, he was arrested by the Gestapo and transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp, Germany, where he died on 26 May 1943 aged 63.[140]
Eddy Hamel – played for Amsterdamsche (1917–1922) and AFC Ajax (1922–1930) and manager of Alcmaria Victrix (1932–33). Arrested as a Jew and, in disregard of his U.S. nationality (through being born in New York City before his parents returned to Holland), deported in 1942 to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was killed on 30 November 1943.[141]
Barend Van Hemert – played for Dutch national football team in 1914. Goalkeeper for DFC Dordrechtse. A collaborator with the Nazis in the war he enlisted in the German army during the German occupation of Holland and died serving in action at Warsaw, Poland, in January 1945 aged 53.[142]

Norway

Sigurd Wathne – Represented Norway at 1920 Olympics. Played for SK Brann. A seaman in the Norwegian Merchant Navy in the war, he was wounded when his ship was sunk by German aircraft in British waters and died in hospital at Swansea, Wales on 26 March 1942.[3][143]

Philippines

Virgilio Lobregat – Filipino international footballer, who played for the Philippines at the Far Eastern Games. Was a guerilla and spy aligned with the Allies, and was beheaded by the Imperial Japanese soldiers at Manila on 30 August 1944 after his capture.[144]

Poland

Stefan Fryc – Jewish player in Poland national football team in 1924 Olympics. Killed by the German SS in a mass execution in the Warsaw Ghetto on 9 November 1943.[3]
Jozef Klotz – Jewish player in national football team in 1922 when he scored Poland's first goal, against Sweden. Played for Jutrzenka Krakowa (1910–25) and Makabi Warsawa (1925–30). Killed by the Germans in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was confined, during 1941.[2]
Antoni Lyko – played in national football team (1937–38) and for Wisla Krakowa (1930–39). Involved with the Polish Armed Underground during German occupation of Poland, he was arrested by the Gestapo in Krakow and shot at Auschwitz concentration camp on 3 June 1941.[145][146]
Leon Sperling – Jewish player in national football team at 1924 Olympics, and for Cracovia. Killed by the Gestapo in the Lviv Ghetto on 15 December 1941.[2][3]
Marian Spoida – Played in national football team in 1924 Olympics and was its coach in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Played for Warta Poznan. Captured by the Soviets following annexation of east Poland in 1939, he was executed by NKVD in prison at Lviv during the Katyn Massacres on 16 April 1940.[3]
Zygmunt Steuermann – Jewish player in national football team (1926–28). After his east Polish home town Sambor (which became part of Soviet territory in 1939) was occupied by the Germans following Operation Barbarossa, he was deported to the Lviv ghetto where he died in December 1941.[2]

Romania

Petre Sucitulescu – Played in Romania national football team (1934–35). Played for Teisor Bucuresti (1932), Unirea Tricolor Bucuresti (1932–39), Olympia Bucuresti (1940) and Sportul Studențesc București (1941). Inducted in the Romanian army, he was killed in action on the Eastern Front at Dalnik, Ukraine, on 20 September 1941.[147]
Petea Valcov – Played in Romania national team (1933–35). Played for Mihai Viteazul Chisinau (1924–30) and Venus Bucuresti (1930–41). Killed in action serving with the Romanian army on the Eastern Front in the Kalmyk Steppe, Russia, on 16 November 1943.[147]

Soviet Union

Sergei Filippov – striker who appeared in 1912 Summer Olympics for the Russian Empire. Had career in series of St Petersburg/Leningrad clubs (1911–27). A civilian in the war, he died during the Siege of Leningrad in 1942.[3]
Alexei Uversky – appeared in 1912 Summer Olympics for the Russian Empire. A civilian during the war, he died during the Siege of Leningrad in 1942.[3]
Mikhail Yakovlev – appeared in the 1912 Summer Olympics for the Russian Empire. A civilian during the war, he died during the Siege of Leningrad in 1942.[148]

Yugoslavia

Svetozar Danic – A Croat player in national football teams of both Yugoslavia and the Ustase led axis puppet Independent State of Croatia in 1940–41. Played for FK Slavija to 1934, FK Vojvodina (1934–36) and Gradanski Zagreb (1936–37 and 1939–41) besides the Czech SK Zidenice (1937–38) and FC Viktoria Plzen (1938–39). On returning from playing at a Croatia v Germany match in Vienna, he was arrested and sentenced to death by the Ustase on charge of collaborating with Communists, for which he was executed at Zagreb on 18 June 1941.[149]
Franjo Giler (aka Giller) – Played in Yugoslavia national football team (1926–32), appearing in 1928 Olympics. Played in clubs including Gradanski Zagreb (1925–31) and SK Jugoslavija Belgrade (1931–35). During the German occupation, as a Volksdeutsche Croatian he was conscripted into the German forces but attempted escape to join the Yugoslav Partisans, for which he was arrested by Gestapo and shot at Vrsac on 20 December 1943.[150]
Milutin Ivkovic – A Serb player in the national football team (1925–34), appeared at 1928 Olympics. Played for SK Jugoslavija (1922–29) and BASK Belgrade (1929–34). A Communist who co-operated with the Partisans, he was executed at Banjica concentration camp near Belgrade for 'communist activities' on 25 May 1943.[3]
Emil Perska – A Croat player in the national football team {1920–27) who appeared at the Olympics in 1920, 1924 and 1928. Played for HSK Gradanski (1919–29). A civilian journalist in the war who allegedly supported the Ustase, he was shot at Zagreb by Yugoslav Partisans on 8 May 1945.[151][3]
Josip Solc (aka Scholz) – Played in national football team (1920–23), including at 1920 Olympics, and was midfield player for HSK Concordia (1918–28). A Croat officer in the Yugoslav Royal Army until 1940, he subsequently served through the war in the German-backed Croatian Home Guard, becoming an infantry general. He was captured by Yugoslav Partisans and executed in Belgrade as a Ustase war criminal on 24 September 1945.[3][152]

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