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George Baldock, a defender for Panathinaikos shot team, was recovered dormant successful his Glyfada, Greece location Oct. 9.
By Olivia Evans Oct 10, 2024 1:13 PMTags
In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024
The shot satellite is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a ace league player.
George Baldock, a British-born Panathinaikos defender, was recovered dormant successful a swimming excavation astatine his Glyfada, confederate Athens, Greece location Oct. 9, authorities told Reuters. He was 31.
The shot star’s origin of decease is inactive unknown, but erstwhile arriving connected the scene, authorities attempted an unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He was pronounced dormant astatine 10 p.m. section time. Authorities told the BBC that they bash not judge foul play was involved.
Baldock, who is of Greek ancestry, had precocious joined the country’s nonrecreational shot nine aft leaving England’s Sheffield United successful May. Although helium had represented Greece a twelve times successful planetary games, helium had lone appeared successful 4 games with Panathinaikos astatine the clip of his death, BBC reported.
He had besides antecedently played for lower-tier English leagues including Oxford United and MK Dons—before moving connected to Sheffield successful 2017, wherever helium stayed for 7 years.
And the nine itself and its erstwhile players took to societal media to stock tributes to the precocious 31-year-old.
“Sheffield United Football Club is shocked and highly saddened to larn of the passing of erstwhile player, George Baldock,” Baldock’s erstwhile squad wrote successful an X, formerly Twitter, station Oct. 9. “The defender near the nine successful the summertime aft 7 years astatine Bramall Lane and was highly fashionable with supporters, unit and team-mates who pulled connected a reddish and achromatic garment alongside him.”
The connection concluded, “The sincere condolences of everyone associated with Sheffield United are extended to George’s household and friends.”
Meanwhile, Manchester United player Harry Maguire—who played for Sheffield successful the aboriginal 2010s—took to his Instagram to retrieve the precocious player, sharing a photograph on with a reddish bosom emoji and writing, “RIP.”
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On the shot pitch, Baldock—whose member Sam Baldock works arsenic a manager for Brighton & Hove Albion shot club—was known arsenic “Furious George,” but helium was described arsenic “warm,” and “lovely” by those adjacent to him, per the Athletic.
After completing his tenure astatine Sheffield, Baldock had written a heartfelt Instagram tribute to his clip connected the squad and what it meant to him.
“Those memories volition enactment with maine forever,” helium wrote successful the May 20 post. “I’ve been fortunate capable to beryllium portion of immoderate of the champion dressing rooms you could ever privation for and made friends for life. To you fans, convey you. You person been unthinkable with maine from time 1 and I volition ne'er hide it.”
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