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1 December

1949 — Rev. Willie Jordan (aged 63)
1975 — Cliff Britton (aged 65)

3 December

2007 — Jackie Keeley (aged 70)

4 December

1993 — Roy Vernon (aged 55)

6 December

1974 — Arthur Attwood (aged 73)
1979 — Bobby Irvine (aged 78)
2006 — Harry Leyland (aged 75)

7 December

2019 — Ron Saunders (aged 87)

8 December

1944 — Dan Rafferty (aged 57)
1944 — Harold Dawson (aged 58)
1972 — Bert Rigsby (aged 77)

9 December

1935 — Jack Walker (aged 67)
1944 — William Wildman (aged 64)
1952 — Harry Miller (aged 51)
2004 — Jimmy Gauld (aged 73)

10 December

1915 — David Murray (aged 33)
1930 — Walter Brown

11 December

1964 — Johnny Houston (aged 74)
1992 — Billy Cook (aged 82)

12 December

1971 — Torry Gillick (aged 55)

14 December

1976 — William Hodge (aged 89)
2020 — George Sharples (aged 76)

15 December

2007 — Jimmy O'Neill (aged 76)

16 December

1952 — Jack Hillman (aged 81)

18 December

1937 — Johnny Holt (aged 71)
1945 — George Eccles (aged 73)
1948 — William Berwick (aged 61)

19 December

1952 — Harry Makepeace (aged 70)
1961 — Tom Simpson (aged 82)
1967 — Ernie Salt (aged 70)

20 December

2012 — Dennis Stevens (aged 78)

21 December

1963 — Andy Kennedy (aged 68)

22 December

1941 — Barney Coyle (aged 74)
1966 — Harry Cooke (aged 88)

23 December

1928 — Dan Kirkwood (aged 60)
1943 — Sammy Thomson (aged 81)

25 December

1981 — Tom Griffiths (aged 75)

26 December

1988 — Bunny Bell (aged 77)

28 December

1921 — Harry Hammond (aged 53)
1950 — Bobby Parker (aged 59)
1950 — Bobby Simpson (aged 61)
2003 — Douglas Trentham (aged 86)

30 December

1925 — Sam Ashworth (aged 48)
1948 — Ellis Gee (aged 71)

31 December

1966 — Joe Donnachie (aged 84)