On Wednesday, 23 September 2020 at 15:21:06 UTC+2, Werner Pichler wrote:

Horst Eckel is the only player still alive from the 1954 final, but he's not

Until today when he passed away at the age of 89.

the oldest living World Cup finalist as Zagallo was born one year earlier.

West Germany 1974 is the last finalist whose players are all still alive, 1990
is (sadly) the last one where none of the players has died yet.

Sadly no longer the case.
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On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 4:04:03 PM UTC+2, jesus...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 10:55:06 AM UTC-3, Werner Pichler wrote:

On Wednesday, 23 September 2020 15:37:11 UTC+2, Jesus Petry wrote:

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 10:21:06 AM UTC-3, Werner Pichler wrote:

On Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:33:25 UTC+2, Al Kamista wrote:

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 7:20:41 AM UTC-4, Jesus Petry wrote:

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 6:38:43 AM UTC-3, anders t wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agne_Simonsson https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agne_Simonsson

He once apparently said something like:

"You're not a real footballer unless you have scored in a WC final."

So, who still lives from the 1958 final?

From the Brazilian side, only Pel|- and Zagallo.
From the Swedes, according to English Wikipedia, B||rjesson and Hamrin. Does
it check, Anders?

Here's another question - who is the oldest surviving World Cup player?
Must be someone from the 1950 cup.

Of Italy's 1950 squad, Giovannini (who played one match), and more notably
Boniperti are still alive. Olive oil is good for you.

Italian Wiki says Giovannini died in 2005. Otherwise he would have been the
oldest.

On a somewhat related note, in the J-League earlier today Yokohama FC for their
match against Kawasaki Frontale had Kazuyoshi Miura and former Celtic midfielder
Shunsuke Nakamura in their starting line-up.

Nakamura is 42, Miura is 53. Raw fish is even better for you.

Keeping on the Far East theme, here's an 1954er to beat Simonyan:

Park Jae-seung (1 April 1923!)

No doubt in the wake of Horst Eckel's death somebody must have gone through the list, because as of
today he's listed on Wikipedia as having died in 2015 (with a Korean source). It appears that four 1950 players are confirmed being still alive, and all are from Latin America
(two Chilenes, one Paraguayan, and one famous Mexican)
Manuel Mu|#oz (*28 Apr 1928)
Andr|-s "Chuleta" Prieto (*19 Dec 1928)
Antonio Carbajal (*07 Jun 1929)
Dar|!o Jara Saguier (*27 Jan 1930)
So Simonyan (*12 Oct 12 1926), who's still active as vice president of the Russian Football Union at the tender age
of 95, must hold the overall record.
Ciao,
Werner
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On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 9:36:49 AM UTC-4, Werner Pichler wrote:

and more notably Boniperti are still alive. Olive oil is good for you.

Those two are still true.

Olive oil, yes. Boniperti, sadly, passed away in June 2021 :-(
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