# Johan Cruyff dead at 68 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075 "2016-03-25T01:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/1 "2016-03-25T01:16:15Z")
One of the top 10 footballers of all time dies at 68. A Cryuff turn to you, good sir! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/2 "2016-03-25T01:54:33Z")
☹ There have been few others who have been as influential in the game. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/3 "2016-03-25T02:46:15Z")
Needs [a video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIAVTd3jVe8) He was before my time, but damn he could play. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/4 "2016-03-25T05:24:27Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > ☹ > > There have been few others who have been as influential in the game. Absolutely, Total Football. He also had a brief autumnal stint in the US, with the Washington Diplomats, off the top of my head maybe some other NASL teams. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/5 "2016-03-25T20:50:59Z")
I saw him play when he was with the L.A. Aztecs and Washington Diplomats in the old NASL. 1979 was the year I learned the Cruyff turn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/6 "2016-03-25T21:26:54Z")
> [@Subterraneanus](#): > > I saw him play when he was with the L.A. Aztecs and Washington Diplomats in the old NASL. Nice tribute article [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/03/24/a-tribute-to-johan-cruyff-the-dutch-soccer-maestro/). It has an amusing story about the Diplomats (with Cruyff) flying back to DC after losing in the playoffs to LA, and being greeted by a few hundred fans. Apparently in Europe, fans who gather to meet the team coming home after a loss are typically there to throw bottles and curse, so Cruyff was nervous about approaching them, not realizing that fans here will gather for a celebration, win or lose. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johan-cruyff-dead-at-68/750075/7 "2016-03-28T14:00:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Apparently in Europe, fans who gather to meet the team coming home after a loss are typically there to throw bottles and curse… Not for most teams and not most fans even for Barça (big teams do have a problem with fans screaming like they’re having quintuplets any time “they” don’t win), but maybe Cruyff was used to the fathers of the Boixos Nois.