He died naturally in the nearby town of Prien am Chiemsee a few months later. Collaborationism Some footballers also collaborated with the Nazis. Alexandre Villaplane, who was captain of the French national side, worked actively with the Gestapo and eventually became a SS lieutenant. He was executed in December 1944. The Estonian international goalkeeper Evald Mikson was accused by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (in particular by Efraim Zuroff) of committing serious war crimes against Jews during the War, when he was working as Deputy Head of Police in Tallinn. Decorated footballers Scottish footballer Willie Thornton won the Military Medal, while German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann won a total of five medals, including an Iron Cross. English player Harry Goslin, who with the entire Bolton Wanderers team had enlisted as one just before the war, had received the Military Cross before he died of wounds in Italy. Former players killed in action See also Association football during World War I The Death Match References Association football World War II World War II