Remembering Professor Chuck Korr

Dear FMA family,

We are saddened to share that Professor Charles “Chuck” Korr, a long-standing guest lecturer on the FIFA Master’s Humanities of Sport module, passed away on 27 October at the age of 87.

Many alumni will remember Chuck’s lectures on football on Robben Island. Through the story of political prisoners who organised their own football league under apartheid, he showed how the game could help people preserve their dignity and build a sense of community in prison. It was a story he also helped bring to a wider audience through More Than Just a Game: Football v. Apartheid.

An emeritus professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Chuck brought decades of scholarship to the FIFA Master classroom. We are grateful for the time he spent with generations of students and for the questions his teaching encouraged us to ask about sport and its place in society.

On behalf of the FIFA Master Alumni Association, we extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife, Anne, his family, friends and colleagues.

If you had the chance to learn from Chuck, we would love to hear what you remember about him or what stayed with you from his lectures.