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Requiescat In Pace
A page acknowledging those in the NZ footballing community who've passed on, with effect from 1 December 2020.
If you know of anyone whose name should appear here, please contact me with the appropriate info - see the headings below.
No matter how great or small their contribution to the game, let me know - it's something we should recognise, and that's an area where football in NZ lets itself down.
Not anymore. May all those listed below Requiescat In Pace (Rest In Peace).


WHO
WHEN
AGED
PRINCIPAL CLUBS / ORGANISATIONS
Bill Fleming
6 March 2020
74
Caversham, Otago FA
Larry Markham
6 November 2020
72
Roslyn Wakari
Don May
20 November 2020
84
St Andrews, Moturoa
Bob O'Brien
1 December 2020
86
Seatoun, Capital Football
Leo Zonneveld
8 December 2020
85
Wellington United
Eddie Gavigan
9 December 2020
57
Mt Wellington
Dr Ellis Greive
15 December 2020
82 All Whites team doctor
Devon Waru
26 December 2020
28
Oratia United
Norman Wiseman
26 December 2020
78
Sth Canterbury football
Doug Phipps
29 December 2020
Blockhouse Bay
Reece Thomas
1 January 2021
36
Feilding United, NZ U17s
Jim Batson
5 January 2021
78
Coach of Wellington clubs
Elwyn Ash
15 January 2021
60
Miramar Rangers, Wellington
David Livingstone
2 March 2021
80
Moturoa
Wayne Edgeler
8 March 2021
East Coast Bays
Dave Nield
4 April 2021
55
Oratia United
Brendon Woods
4 April 2021
72
Roslyn Wakari
Ross De Wynter
19 April 2021
78
East Coast Bays
Murdoch Mackenzie
21 April 2021
72
Roslyn Wakari
Paul Brown
5 May 2021
Central United
Stevie Graham
7 May 2021
49
Halswell United
Eric Pritchard
8 May 2021
Women's football writer
Gerald Huntly
10 May 2021
102
Dunedin Technical, Otago FA
Gwillem Rogers
11 May 2021
59
Birkenhead United
Jacob Tate
15 May 2021
11
North Wellington
Marica Botica
16 May 2021
54
Central United
Greg Vartha
16 May 2021
60
Waimakariri United
Noel King
6 June 2021
69
Dunedin Technical
Dr Eion Edgar
14 June 2021
76
NZ Football Foundation
Frank Albrechtsen
June 2021
89
1952 All White, New Plymouth OB
Jim Aris
21 June 2021
80
1968 Auckland rep
Joe Plaziuk
22 June 2021
Hibiscus Coast
Barry Holsted
25 June 2021
70
Mt Roskill
Scott Mitchell
6 July 2021
37
Fencibles United
Dave Petraska
7 July 2021
56
Soccer Express
Dr Sahu Khan
14 July 2021
81
Fiji FA President
Jared Williams
19 July 2021
39
Ngaruawahia United
Pat Gibson
1 August 2021
96
Hamilton Wanderers
Wolfgang Gerber
8 August 2021
70
Dunedin Technical
Tom Bingham
10 August 2021
27
Pukekohe
Lee Moses
12 August 2021
29
Marist Palmerston North
Dave Whittaker
13 August 2021
Eden
Geoff Sedon
21 September 2021
64
Waitemata
Derek Roberts
24 September 2021
86
Putaruru Rangers
Jeff Tozer
5 October 2021
Ngaruawahia United, Huntly Thistle
Ian Ormond
8 October 2021
72
All Whites and numerous clubs
Thorkild Hansen
6 November 2021
52
FC Nelson and Nelson football
Ellen "Mandy" Manderson
10 November 2021
Papatoetoe
Campbell Goodwin
28 November 2021
85
Gisborne Thistle
Barry Simonsen
1 December 2021
85
Matamata Swifts
Derek Easto
14 December 2021
92
North Shore United
Cameron Laird
20 December 2021
Tokoroa, Claudelands Rovers, Melville United
Jack Skellett
21 December 2021
23
Tauranga City, Otago University
Suneel Maharaj
January 2022
Mangere United
Shane Davis
11 January 2022
59
Ngongotaha
Paul Caunter
26 January 2022
Father of Jack and Louis
Norm Howe
26 January 2022
Whakatane Town
Fabian Ukich
7 February 2022
44
Central United, Auckland City FC
Luke Kypri
9 February 2022
19
Northern
Mary Maher
12 February 2022
Papatoetoe
Ari Hallenberg
9 March 2022
80
NZ football benefactor
Carol Jack
19 March 2022
79
Papatoetoe
Dave Elgie
25 March 2022
63
Hamilton Wanderers
Kenny McQueenie
7 April 2022
64
Birkenhead United
Brian Smith
1 May 2022
85
Waitemata
Erine Westeneng
14 May 2022
65
Roslyn Wakari
Jill McAuliffe
1 June 2022
Tauranga City
Glenn Turner
1 June 2022
74
NZ Football, Oceania Football Confederation
Stu Rose
June 2022
West Hamilton United
Trevor Thomson
26 June 2022
71
Nelson football
Dave Smith
29 June 2022
92
Lynn-Avon United
Mike Wood
30 June 2022
80
Tawa, Wellington football
Tom Manderson
3 July 2022
91
Papatoetoe
Colin Howie
13 July 2022
74
Naenae, Nelson United, Hungaria, Christian Youth
Robbie Lockett
14 July 2022
58
Waihopai, Invercargill football
Steve Bettis
15 July 2022
65
Melville United
John Wood
21 July 2022
94
Onehunga Sports
Davor Antunovic
3 August 2022
81
Central United, Auckland City
Fred Dubber
21 August 2022
84
Eastern Suburbs
Neil Swanson Jr
26 August 2022
Birkenhead United
Wayne Barton
4 September 2022
51
Melville United
Dan Gardiner
6 September 2022
30
Melville United
Neil Stuttard
September 2022
Cambridge
Audrey Earl
2 October 2022
56
Mt. Albert-Ponsonby
Hugh Madden
9 October 2022
62
Roslyn Wakari
Ron Leakey
6 November 2022
87
Bay Olympic, Blockhouse Bay, Gisborne City
John Bowden
13 November 2022
81
Whakatane Town
Pete Davies
26 November 2022
68
Hamilton Wanderers
Jimmy Duncan
13 December 2022
Queens Park
Ron Ripley
13 December 2022
73
Takapuna, North Shore United, ECB, FHMU
Danna Mandry
14 December 2022
79
Fencibles United
Richard Greive
22 December 2022
Papakura City
Linda Rudez
27 December 2022
71
Auckland City, Central United
Pat Topp
3 January 2023
77
Nomads United
Gerry Armstrong
8 January 2023
90
Papatoetoe
Thomas Broughton
16 January 2023
82
Moturoa, New Plymouth Old Boys
Jim Church
8 February 2023
83
Otahuhu United
Neil Hiscox
21 February 2023
61
Palmerston North End
Geoff Young
23 February 2023
66
Three Kings United
Grant Turner
28 February 2023
64
All Whites, Stop Out, Gisborne City, Petone
George Foster
28 February 2023
Takapuna
Paul Stier
3 March 2023
63
Lynn-Avon United
Martin Gorry
8 March 2023
68
Rotorua City, Rotorua Suburbs, Ngongotaha
Mick Seed
10 March 2023
83
Blockhouse Bay, North Shore United
Roy Little
March 2023
75
Hamilton AFC
Dave Twiname
20 March 2023
64
NZ women's football, Eastern Suburbs, OMU, Mt Roskill
Pauline MacDonald
26 March 2023
Central United
Malcolm Knox
27 March 2023
74
Gisborne City, New Brighton, Woolston WMC
Rene Henke
1 April 2023
94
Zealandia, Wellington United
Callum Strachan
4 April 2023
33
FC Nelson, Richmond Athletic
Marko Bebich
8 April 2023
79
Central United
Rex Dillon
15 April 2023
Western
Murray Carey
8 May 2023
76
Northern League referee
Joan Williams
11 May 2023
Birkenhead United
Bruce Somers
11 May 2023
83
New Plymouth Rangers
Ron Brown
18 May 2023
Glenfield Rovers, Northern Rovers
Doug Townsley
24 May 2023
Lynn-Avon United
Chris Ward
12 June 2023
74
Invercargill Thistle
Nora Watkins
21 June 2023
65
Former player and coach of the Football Ferns
Andras (Andy) Polyanzsky
11 July 2023
87
Hungaria, Western Suburbs
Graeme McRae
11 July 2023
51
Maori Football Aotearoa, Central United, Manurewa
Nigel Dring
21 July 2023
65
Claudelands Rovers
Chris Jones
25 July 2023
60
Coastal Spirit
Jack Killick
23 July 2023
81
Shamrock, Mainland Football patron, Mainland referees
Sri Krishnamurthy
2 August 2023
60
Media (NZ's Associated Press correspondent)
Allan Gilgrist
8 August 2023
65
Hamilton, North Shore United, Mt. Wellington, All Whites, East Coast Bays, Glenfield Rovers, Takapuna, Mt. Maunganui
Arthur Leong
31 August 2023
92
All Whites, Technical Old Boys (Hamilton)
Bob Gore
15 September 2023
90
North Shore United, Glenfield Rovers
Graeme Cooper
19 September 2023
New Plymouth Old Boys, New Plymouth Rangers
Daniel Aliaga
22 September 2023
43
Junior All Whites, Central United
Jim McCreadie
8 October 2023
93
Stop Out, Napier City Rovers
Janet Adshead
3 November 2023
69
Bay Olympic
Jimmy Colligan
17 November 2023
78
Metro, Mt. Albert-Ponsonby, Mt. Wellington, Oratia United
Ken Edgar
4 December 2023
86
Birkenhead United, Takapuna
Kimbaley Pearce
9 December 2023
29
Taranaki women's football, New Plymouth Rangers
Dave Wallace
13 December 2023
83
Western Suburbs, All Whites
Mohammed Tauheed Habibi
December 2023
42
Manukau United
Mike Dobson
25 December 2023
68
Lynn-Avon United, Waitemata
Frances Hallford
12 January 2024
91
Takapuna
Chris Scott
22 January 2024
52
Referee, Papajura City
Trevor Browne
14 February 2024
62
Papatoetoe
David Greene
22 March 2024
54
Taradale



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