Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Jean Baptiste Mendy
Senegalese-born French boxer · 31 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 31 · French · Mendy
Miloš Říha
Czech ice hockey player and coach · 31 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 31 · Czech · Riha
Jack Danzey
Australian rugby league footballer (Newtown Jets · 31 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 31
John Felagha
Nigerian footballer (Eupen) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30
Artyom Amirdzhanov
Russian footballer (FC Irtysh Omsk) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30
Artyom Amirjanov
Russian footballer (FC Irtysh Omsk) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30
Ivan Keats
New Zealand Olympic long-distance runner (1964) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30 · Iván
Adrian Young
Australian footballer (St Kilda) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30
Stuart Hailstone
South African squash player · 29 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 29
Catherine D’Ovidio
French bridge player · 29 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 29 · D'Ovidio · French
Bill Burega
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Clifford Robinson
American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Serjik Teymourian
Armenian-Iranian footballer · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Clarrie Jeffreys
Australian rugby league player (Balmain · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Fred Clarke
Australian footballer (Richmond) · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Carl Garrett
American football player (Boston/New England Patriots. Chicago Bears · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Pierluigi Camiscioni
Italian rugby player and stuntman · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Dan Yochum
American Hall of Fame football player (Montreal Alouettes · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
Lute Olson
American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Arizona Wildcats · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27 · Other
Gordon Yea
Australian rules footballer · 26 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 26
Magdalen Redman
American baseball player (Kenosha Comets · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Mike Sertich
American ice hockey player and coach (Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Tommy Joe Coffey
American football player (Edmonton Eskimos · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25 · Coffey
Avner Golasa
Israeli footballer (Hapoel Kfar Saba) · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Neil Sachse
Australian rules footballer and disability advocate · 25 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 25
Jack Tynan
New Zealand Olympic field hockey player (1956) · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Pat McCluskey
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Iain Laughland
Scottish rugby union player and administrator · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24
Paul Wolfisberg
Swiss footballer and manager (FC Luzern · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · Swiss
Mal Pascoe
Australian football player (Essendon · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Robert C. Laws
American football player (Vanderbilt Commodores) and federal administrative law judge · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23 · Laws
Chris Kooy
Canadian soccer player (Edmonton · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Bill Stephen
Australian football player (Fitzroy) and coach (Essendon) · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Dieter Krause
German sprint canoeist · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Luigi Serafini
Italian Olympic basketball player (1972 · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Pedro Nájera
Mexican footballer (Club América · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Daryl Gutterson
Australian footballer (Carlton) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22
Phil O’Brien
Australian footballer (Hawthorn) · 22 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 22 · O'Brien
Remy Hermoso
Venezuelan baseball player (Montreal Expos · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Rémy
Danny Campbell
English footballer (West Bromwich Albion · 20 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 20
Mohamed Ben Rehaiem
Tunisian footballer (Sfaxien · 20 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 20 · Rehaiem
Helen Yate
British Olympic swimmer (1948) · 20 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 20
Gary Reynolds
American football coach (Green Bay Packers) · 20 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 20 · Other
Howie Judson
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox · 19 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 19
Alex Sandusky
American football player (Baltimore Colts) · 19 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 19
John W. Hughes
Canadian hockey player (Cornell Big Red) · 19 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 19 · Hughes
Kalevi Oikarainen
Finnish cross-country skier · 18 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 18
Wendy Blunsden
Australian cricketer (national team) · 18 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 18
Dick Tooth
Australian rugby union player (Sydney University · 18 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 18
Bob Sykes
American football player (Washington Redskins) · 18 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 18
Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan
Indian cricketer (Mysore · 18 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 18
Dale Hawerchuk
Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17
Ivan Varlamov
Russian football player (Spartak Moscow · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17 · Iván
Henk Wullems
Dutch football player (KFG) and manager (Go Ahead Eagles · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17 · Dutch
Eric Hughes
British rugby league player (Widnes · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17 · Éric
Savvas Theodoridis
Greek footballer (Olympiacos F.C · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17 · Greek
Razia Nurkenova
Kazakhstani footballer and coach · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17
Aisultan Nazarbayev
Kazakh footballer · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16
Boyd Grant
American college basketball coach (Fresno State · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16 · Grant, · Other
Georg Volkert
German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16
Dick Coury
American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles) · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16 · Other
Aubrey Hill
American college football player and coach (Florida Gators) · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16
Xavier
American professional wrestler (Ring of Honor) · 16 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 16
Colin Parry
English footballer (Stockport County · 15 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 15
Viorica Ionică
Romanian Olympic handball player (1976) · 15 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 15
Tommy Carroll
Irish footballer (national team · 15 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 15
Chetan Chauhan
Indian cricketer (Maharashtra · 15 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 15
Sonny Fox
American disc jockey (Sirius XM · 14 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 14
Frank Brew
Australian football player (South Melbourne) · 14 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 14
John Talbut
English footballer (Burnley · 14 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 14