Diego Armando Maradona, football
Born:
October 30, 1960, Lanús, Argentina.
Died:
November 25, 2020, Tigre, Argentina.
Thousands lined up in central Buenos Aires to say goodbye to Maradona and around the football world he was honored - the football player with the low center of gravity, the unsurpassed technique, the unparalleled perception of the game - which for most was "El Pibe de Oro", the greatest football genius as the world has seen.
In addition, the Argentine government announced three days of national mourning.
Maradona led the national team to World Cup gold in 1986 - after a 3-2 victory in the final against West Germany - and somewhere he became immortal in his home country.
In the quarter-final victory against England, he decided with two unforgettable goals.
The first - known as "God's hand" - was cheating that the judge missed.
The second - where he dribbled past five English players - has been voted the football goal of the century.
DOCUMENT: Maradona - the genius with the Devil in his ass
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DOCUMENT: Maradona - the genius with the Devil in his ass
Kobe Bryant, basketball
Born:
August 23, 1978, Philadelphia, USA.
Died:
January 26, 2020, Calabasas, USA.
Kobe Bryant's private helicopter took off from John Wayne Airport just south of Los Angeles at 9 p.m.
After about 40 minutes something happened and the helicopter crashed.
Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people died.
The dead were mourned all over the world - among others by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Annika Sörenstam and LeBron James - and paid tribute in various contexts.
Bryant became an NBA champion five times and was named the playoffs' best player on two occasions.
He won Olympic gold with the United States in 2008 and 2012.
CLIP: Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
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Kobe Bryant and La Lakers.
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Agne Simonsson, football
Born:
19 October 1935, Gothenburg.
Died:
September 22, 2020.
The striker scored one of Sweden's goals in the 1958 World Cup final against Pelés Brazil.
A match that ended with a 2-5 loss.
Together with Nils Liedholm and Hanna Ljungberg, Simonsson is one of three Swedes who scored in a World Cup final.
He scored four goals in the World Cup in 1958. The following year he became a two-goal scorer when Sweden defeated England at Wembley for the first time.
For that he received the Bragdguldet.
As a coach, Agne Simonsson brought Örgryte to the Swedish Championship gold in 1985.
CLIP: Legendary Agne Simonsson dead
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Agne Simonsson died - turned 84 years old Photo: Bildbyrån
Sonja Edström-Ruthström, skis
Born:
18 December 1930, Luleå.
Died:
15 October 2020, Luleå.
Sonja Edström-Ruthström wrote history when she took Olympic bronze in 10 kilometers in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. In the same championship she also became a relay hero when she pulled away from Norway on the last leg and arranged a Swedish third place.
Four years later, in Squaw Valley in 1960, she was part of the Swedish team that took Olympic gold in relay.
She was Sweden's first female Olympic medalist in skiing.
CLIP: Sonja Edström-Ruthström from the Swedish Championships in skiing in Hudiksvall 1960
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Sonja Edström-Ruthström.
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Paolo Rossi, football
Born:
September 23, 1956, Prato, Italy.
Died:
December 9, 2020, Rome, Italy.
Brazil charmed an entire world and in Argentina it was thought that young Maradona would shine the most.
But it was Paolo Rossi, 26, who excelled most at the 1982 World Cup - and with his six goals he made sure to bring Italy to the title.
However, it was close that a game scandal stopped Rossi from being part of the Italian squad.
In Perugia, he was drawn into "Totonero" and banned from all games for three years in 1980, a punishment that was then shortened to two years - and the striker was thus able to put on the blue national team jersey just in time for the World Cup.
Later that year, he won the Ballon d'Or as the best European player.
CLIP: Italian football legend Paolo Rossi dies
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Italian football legend Paolo Rossi dead
Pelle Svensson, wrestling
Born:
6 February 1943, Sollefteå.
Died:
17 December 2020, Sundsvall.
One of Sweden's greatest wrestlers of all time.
During the 1960s and 70s, Pelle Svensson won two World Cup golds, two European Championship golds and one Olympic silver.
After his active career, he became chairman of the Swedish Wrestling Federation and a member of the international federation Fila.
He was combative and often ended up in conflicts.
- Sometimes people thought "do you know where you have said now, Pelle?"
when one saw his statement.
But he always defended himself and told why he did this or that and it was written about it.
So it was for the best of wrestling, former national team captain Jan "Pyrre" Nyberg recently told TT.
Svensson also made a name for himself as a lawyer and worked with several known cases, such as the Johan case, the murders in Åmsele and the Lindome case.
CLIP: The wrestler profile Pelle Svensson has died
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Wrestler profile Pelle Svensson is dead.
To the right he is seen together with Frank Andersson in 1976. Photo: Bildbyrån
Lars-Åke Lagrell, football
Born:
January 20, 1940, Växjö.
Died:
21 September 2020, Jönköping.
Lars-Åke Lagrell began his leadership career as a 14-year-old and then became involved with IK Cyrus, Öster, Jönköpings Södra and Smålands fotbollsförbund.
In 1980–1991, he was general secretary of the Swedish Football Association and then he was chairman between 1991 and 2011. He took over from Lennart Johansson, another of Swedish sports' great leaders.
Lagrell's work capacity was witnessed and he was well-liked among Swedish football journalists because he was easy to reach.
KLIPP: That was Lars-Åke Lagrell's career in SvFF
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Lars-Åke Lagrell was chairman of the Swedish Football Association between the years 1991 and 2011, before that he was general secretary for eleven years.
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Jack Charlton, football
Born:
8 May 1935, Ashington, UK.
Died:
July 10, 2020, Northumberland, UK.
Midfielder Jack "Jackie" Charlton took part in England's only World Cup gold so far, at home in 1966, and played throughout his active senior career for Leeds, 1952–1973.
He was also the national team captain of the Irish men's national team, 1986-1996.
CLIP: Jack Charlton turned 85 years old
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Jack Charlton turned 85 Photo: Bildbyrån / TT / Leslie Priest
Gunnar Larsson, football
Born:
March 29, 1940, Gothenburg.
Died:
4 May 2020, Gothenburg.
For almost 20 years, Gunnar Larsson was at the helm of IFK Gothenburg.
He was chairman from 1982 to 2001 and took over as chairman when the club was in great financial difficulties.
Larsson led the association to two Uefa titles (1982 and 1987) and ten Swedish Championship golds.
CLIP: Torbjörn Nilsson pays tribute to the legendary club leader
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Torbjörn Nilsson pays tribute to the legendary club leader
Stefan "Lill-Prosten" Karlsson, ice hockey
Born:
11 September 1946, Gävle.
Death:
13 November 2020.
Stefan Karlsson played between 1964 and 1981 for a total of 16 seasons in Brynäs.
During his time in the Gävle club, he participated and won eight Swedish Championship golds, the last in 1980.
Karlsson has his number 18 hoisted to the ceiling at Monitor ERP Arena, formerly Gavlerinken.
He also played in Tre Kronor and managed, among other things, six World Cup tournaments.
ARCHIVE: Hans "Virus" Lindberg interviews Stefan "Prosten" Nilsson
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Stefan "Lill-Prosten" Karlsson during a match in 1979. Photo: Bildbyrån
Folke Alnevik, athletics
Born:
31 December 1919, Arbrå.
Died:
17 August 2020, Gävle.
At the Olympic Games in London in 1948, he took bronze with the Swedish relay team in 4 x 400 meters.
He was the oldest Olympian in the world when he died.
Alnevik also took part in the European Championship bronze in the 4 x 400 meters in Oslo in 1946.
ARCHIVE: SVT meets Folke Alnevik in 2012
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SVT meets Folke Alnevik in 2012
Jim Frick, trot
Born: 6 November 1951, Rättvik.
Died: 25 July 2020, Sigtuna.
The successes were many and great.
For four years he became the most winning driver in Swedish trotting (1978, 1979, 1985 and 1986).
According to the magazine Sulkysport, he won 51 driver championships on the country's trotting tracks and in addition he won the European Championships in 1987.
Two years later, Frick took the biggest victory of his career when he won the Swedish Travderby at Jägersro with Frej Nalan.
Vicki Wood, motorsport
Born: March 15, 1919, Detroit, USA.
Died: June 5, 2020, Troy, USA.
She was the first woman to compete against men and during the period 1959–1961 things went so fast on the American racing tracks that she entered the history books with several records for female drivers.
Two years later, she rounded off her career, moved to Florida and got a "regular" job.
Rafer Johnson, athletics
Born: August 18, 1934, Hillsboro, USA.
Died: December 2, 2020, Sherman Oaks, USA.
The ten-time champion took silver in the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Four years later - in Rome - he had to take the step at the top of the podium and receive the gold medal.
At the inauguration, he was the first black athlete to be an American flag bearer.
After that, his athletic career ended and after a time as a sports commentator, Johnson became part of Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1969.
The year before, he co-founded Special Olympics - an international sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities - with Eunice Mary Kennedy.