Deceased MISL/NPSL players

Discussion in 'Pro Indoor Soccer' started by HollandsComet, Jan 4, 2011.

  1. HollandsComet

    HollandsComet Member

    Oct 21, 2010
    Raytown, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've been attempting to keep track of former indoor players players who have passed on, but because news about the old indoor leagues and their players travels rather slow, it's difficult to keep up sometimes. Sadly, the Baltimore Blast seem to have lost the most players from their all-time roster. The following are the players that I know of who are no longer with us from the original MISL and AISA/NPSL (and the team he played for most prominently):

    Kaz Deyna (Sockers)
    Slobo Ilijevski (Steamers)
    Barry Wallace (Wings/Comets)
    Paul Kitson (Blast)
    Mike Reynolds (Blast)
    Dominic Mobilio (Blast)
    Stan Stemenkovic (Memphis Americans/Blast)
    Helmut Dudek (Memphis/LV Americans/Blast)

    I'm sure I'm leaving someone out, so please feel free to fill in the blanks here, if you know of anyone else we've lost.
     
  2. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    6 of those guys played for the Blast. I think Paul Crossley (another Blast player) died.
     
  3. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    Also Blast owners Bernie Rodin and Nathan Scherr died as well as Force owner Bart Wolstein.
     
  4. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mike Reynolds Died during the seasion doing a promotion with the blast
     
  5. ff2doc628

    ff2doc628 Member

    Sep 24, 2009
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Carlos Salguero

    comets/stallions/pride/flames,kick,rogues/blizzard

    died at 51 from cancer
     
  6. HollandsComet

    HollandsComet Member

    Oct 21, 2010
    Raytown, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow, I never heard about Carlos--he was a fan favorite during his brief time here in K.C. I looked it up, and his death was just a couple months after Barry Wallace's passing--both from cancer. Very sad.
     
  7. HollandsComet

    HollandsComet Member

    Oct 21, 2010
    Raytown, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good catch--I didn't think to include owners, coaches and even the referees (as bad as they were) in this.

    Original Comets owner/founder Dr. David Schoenstadt would be included, then--he died in late, 1991.
     
  8. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    And Keith Weller (coach).
     
  9. mislsoccer

    mislsoccer Member

    Nov 30, 2005
    From the original Steamers Goalie Bob Robson- was shot by police after shooting his brother in law
    Original Steamers-Bill Stallings-Heroin I believe
    St. Louis Ambush- Dan Radke Murdered
     
  10. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think Gino Dippolito Former ref passed away i have heard this around blast games several times


    I signed the "Help Get Rid Of Multi Point Scoring The The Major Indoor Soccer League " petition!

    http://www.petitiononline.com/Misl101/
     
  11. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    Gino was still alive as of 4 years ago when I talked to him about guest-reffing my Cleveland game. I hadn't heard otherwise.

    Mike Reynolds, by the way, died in the offseason not during the season.
     
  12. BlastFan1

    BlastFan1 New Member

    Aug 27, 2005
    Baltimore
    Card Shop--Mike Reynolds died in the offseason while playing in a volleyball game exhibition at jessup prison.It was an extremely hot day,and he had a stroke. I went to his funeral in Toronto.
     
  13. mjames1229

    mjames1229 Member

    Sep 26, 2006
    West Allis, WI
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Todd Smith from Harrisburg died of cancer a couple of years ago.
     
  14. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Gino happens to be both alive and doing very well, thank you very much
     
  15. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i thought it was before the seasion started
     
  16. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I knew he died at jessup prison during the vollyball game i rember that summer was hot ,
     
  17. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    That would explain why I said it was "in the offseason not during the season."
     
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  18. HollandsComet

    HollandsComet Member

    Oct 21, 2010
    Raytown, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This might be old news, but I just learned of two more passings, via the Wichita Wings tribute page:

    Ian Anderson (Summit/Force/Rockets/Steamers/Wings)--11-5-88

    Glenn "Moochie" Myernick (Wings)--10-9-06
     
  19. wsls9999

    wsls9999 Member

    Aug 15, 2006
    Salisbury, MD
    I died a little every time Renato Sampaio took the field for the Spirit. Remember when he fell onto the field...
     
  20. Captain Invader

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Oct 25, 2005
    Lake County (Ohio)
    Ian Anderson also played with the Canton Invaders during their second season (1985-86). Didn't know he passed away. Actual year was 2008, not 1988.
     
  21. HollandsComet

    HollandsComet Member

    Oct 21, 2010
    Raytown, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're right--my bad--2008. Was a little sleepy when I keyed that in last night.
     
  22. powerplay13

    powerplay13 Member

    Mar 17, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
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  23. MISLGrapher

    MISLGrapher Member

    Sep 8, 2015
    Arlington, TX
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Finland
    Updating this since there are, unfortunately, several to add...

    Chico Borja, January 28, 2021, cancer
    Jeff Bourne, July 21, 2014, motor neuron disease
    Steve Buttle, June 5, 2012, cancer
    Roger Campagnolo, July 6, 2011, heart attack
    Micky Cave, November 6, 1984, carbon monoxide poisoning
    Fernando Clavijo, February 9, 2019, cancer
    Francis Dale (commissioner), December 1, 1993, heart attack
    Pedro DeBrito, July 5, 2014, accident
    Earl Foreman (commissioner), January 24, 2017
    Neil Gilbert, May 6, 2015, liver failure
    Omar Gomez, May 4, 2021, COVID-19
    DJ Horvath, September 28, 2016
    Stan Koziol, March 3, 2014, leukemia
    Ron Newman (coach), August 27, 2018
    Nenad Nikolic, April 30, 1999, NATO-Yugoslav war
    Shawn Ray, February 18, 2013
    Billy Ronson, April 8, 2015
    Abel Sebele, January 8, 2016, accident
    Bob Stetler, July 29, 1990, accident
    David Stride, July 10, 2016, heart attack
    Stan Terlecki, December 29, 2017
    Thompson Usiyan, August 31, 2021
     

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