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Johan Cruyff RIP

cabbles
cabbles Posts: 15,255
in Other Football and Sports
Passed away at the age of 68.
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited March 2016
    The man that invented a turn used in GCSE P.E.

    RIP.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Blimey that's a shocker. Absolute star. RIP
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    That is a shock.

    RIP to a truly world class player.

    Fascinating life story too.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Bloody hell, this is a shock. Was he ill or is this a sudden death?

    RIP Johan, you knew how to entertain.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Jesus thats come out of the blue.

    RIP to a Legend
  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080
    My absolute favourite player when I started bothering about footie. RIP
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GtwCfjI0Z8
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    eaststandmike said:

    Bloody hell, this is a shock. Was he ill or is this a sudden death?

    RIP Johan, you knew how to entertain.

    Seems he had been battling cancer for sometime but I wasn't aware of that.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Strewth. Shocked.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    Wasn't he a heavy smoker?
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    DaveMehmet said:

    Wasn't he a heavy smoker?

    All his life
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    Real shock. Truly World class, in fact in a class of his own. RIP.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Heard a while ago he had cancer. Still, no age at all. RIP.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,972
    One of my hero`s when a young teenager, how could he play the way he did and been a heavy smoker seems impossible these days. RIP.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Very sad, RIP

    He was diagnosed last autumn

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35568780
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    RIP. Great chapter on his seismic influence on Barcelona in 'Fear and Loathing in La Liga'.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,735
    RIP - one of those true legends that even my kids know because of that famous turn.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    RIP - fantastic footballer
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    What a player. RIP.
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  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    Fucking hell. RIP.

    A man who invented a move that's left me and I presume many of you flat on our arses countless times - whether we were trying to pull it off ourselves, or were defending against it.
  • skywalker
    skywalker Posts: 476
    image A genius is no more ...
  • Mr. Happy
    Mr. Happy Posts: 653
    Legend.

    Such a shame that kids these days will grow up thinking it's called "The Djimi Traore own goal turn".

    RIP
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    RIP

    A truly outstanding player in a golden generation.

    He recently sounded optimistic that he was getting the upper hand in his great fight .... so sad.
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    Genuinely saddened by this. Wonderful footballer.

    Cruyff and the Dutch taught me how to think about football.

    Didn't officially win the world cup with the Netherlands but like Hungary before them, in my mind he and they are world cup winners.

    RIP Johan
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    One of my all time favourite players. RIP
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    Saw him as the best player in the world when I was growing up. Pele and Best were too early for me, although obviously knew of them and saw Besty a few times, but Cruyff was at his peak at a time when I was old enough to actually appreciate the pure class that he exuded over everyone else on the pitch. He then went on to become one of the few (only?) truly world class players who made a brilliant manager/coach.

    Sadly, given his smoking habit, no surprise that it was cancer that got him.

    Gave me and many millions a great deal of footballing pleasure. Rest in Peace Johan.
  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    Truly sad news RIP
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,207
    He was one of the great players. RIP
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    Very sad news :(

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