I don't know if anybody has noticed but you often hear of former players dying in their 50s. Sounds like a trend to me. Too much heading the ball?
From eleven-a-side.com:
Just days after the sad passing of former Dundalk player of the year, Tony Cavanagh, comes that of another former Lilywhites star: Sean Byrne, who made more than 200 appearances for the club in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, died recently in New Zealand at the age of 48.
