Soccer

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Astle Graffiti on bridge read: ASTLE IS THE KING.

    Died of complications from brain trauma due to headers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Magnusson 1961-80. Swede - played in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Rocha_(Uruguayan_footballer) 

Brazil:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didi_(footballer,_born_1928)

Dutch:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Rijsbergen Player/coach. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Jansen 65 international caps. Just 5'5" but quite good. Ajax.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruud_Krol 83 caps. Ajax. Considered one of the best defenders of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arie_Haan 35 caps. Good.

Deutsch: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_L%C3%B6hr 1. FC Koln 1964-78; 166 goals. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Schulz 66 caps for West Germany. Last living player from 1962 national team.

 1958 WS-Verlag Fussball Weltmeisterschaft

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Herkenrath

Italy:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Arcari_(calciatore) 20 year career
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Moretti 1929-47

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Geigerle 1928-43

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otmar_Gazzari Goalkeeper; also played in Yugoslavia

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otmar_Gazzari

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Bertoni With 1936 & 1938 national teams, Olympic gold and World Cup champs.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Annovazzi

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Martin

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Santagostino

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Varglien

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebio_Castigliano Died in plane crash, 1949

Sweden:

1949-50

 https://sv-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sixten_Rosenqvist?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

The other is an anecdote from Rosenqvist's childhood, when he and some friends amused themselves one winter day by throwing pieces of tar paper into the air. The pieces were hard and icy, and there was nothing better than a piece of tar paper hitting him right across the nose and severing the tip of his nose. He was stitched up and plastered over, but when his schoolmates asked what had happened, Rosenqvist laconically replied only "tar paper"

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Jacobsson

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Johansson_(fotbollsspelare) Good mid-distance runner. Played in France. Center-half.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Ludvigsson Goalkeeper - meh

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bror_Carlsson Other guy

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bodin Meh

1950s

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_%22Long-John%22_Nilsson 1929-37

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertil_%22Bebben%22_Johansson Pele called "Black Bebe" in Gothenburg. Good player/coach.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olle_Hellstr%C3%B6m Not much

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Nell Meh - 1950-65 career

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Anlert 1954-73 career

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Ingevik 1947-62

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Carlsson_(fotbollsspelare) 1947-59

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Andersson_(idrottare) 1957-71 - also played hockey

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Nyberg_(fotbollsspelare) 1952-61

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Liander 1949-71

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Olsson Also a singer and handball player.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle_Svensson Goalkeeper/firemen. Won medal in two world championships and two Olympics. One of the great Swedish goalkeepers.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Gren Played for the national team for twenty years. Swedish HOF. "Turned professional in Italy." I guess Swedish soccer was amateur or semi-pro. Had appearances at age 43 and 55.

 https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gre-No-Li    Part of legendary Gre-No-Li line - three forward Swedes with AC Milan in 1950s. The three led Sweden to the Olympic gold in 1948. 

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvar_Bergmark Worked as fireman except for years when he was a pro in Italy. HOF. A great in both bandy and soccer.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertil_Sernros Solid.