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List of footballers killed during World War II (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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Some very interesting stories here.

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Pietro Tabor – played for Lucchese (1939–40), Bari (1940–41) and Liguria (1941–44). A civilian in the war, he was killed in an American air raid on Genoa on 29 July 1944 aged 25

Carlo Castellani – played for Empoli (1926–30 and 1934–39) and Livorno and Viarezzio Calcio (both 1933–34). Died of dysentery at Gusen concentration camp, Austria, where he had been deported after turning himself in to the Gestapo to go in place of his anti-fascist father, on 11 August 1944 aged 35.