Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Cecil Leonard
American football player (New York Jets · 05 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 5
Rodney H. Pardey
American poker player · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4 · Pardey
Jan Riedmann
German road racing cyclist · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3
Willie Hunter
Scottish football player (Motherwell · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3
Jean-Louis Leonetti
French football player (Marseille · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3 · French
André Darrieussecq
French rugby union player (Biarritz Olympique] · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2 · French
Jan Halvarsson
Swedish cross-county skier · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2
Tootie Robbins
American football player (Arizona Cardinals · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2
Brian Chewter
Canadian Olympic cyclist · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2
Ross Warner
Australian rugby league player (North Sydney Bears) · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2
Dick Trachok
American college football coach and athletic director · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2 · Other
Mohammad Reza Navaei
Iranian lightweight freestyle wrestler · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2 · Navaei
Bert Thiel
American baseball player (Boston Braves) · 02 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 2
Bobby Prescott
Panamanian baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Keith Pontin
Welsh footballer (Cardiff City · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1 · Welsh
Kurt Hennrich
Czech alpine skier · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1 · Czech
Nancie Colling
English lawn bowls player · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Bruce McPhail
New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov
Kazakh wrestler · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Kevin Dwyer
New Zealand cricketer (Auckland) · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Rickey Dixon
American football player (Cincinnati Bengals · 31 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 31
David Darcy
Australian football player (Western Bulldogs · 31 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 31 · D'Arcy
Stan Mellor
British jockey and horse trainer · 31 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 31
Helena Žigon
Slovenian marathon runner · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30
Mike Gale
American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30
Stephen Tataw
Cameroonian footballer (national team · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30
Mark Rocco
English professional wrestler (All Star Wrestling · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30
Geoff Williams
Australian footballer (Geelong) · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30
Bob McCurdy
American basketball player (Richmond Spiders) · 29 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 29
Ashoke Mustafi
Indian cricketer (Bengal) · 29 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 29
Mike Gillespie
American baseball player and coach (USC Trojans · 29 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 29
Gerry Harris
English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28
Don Townsend
English footballer (Charlton Athletic · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28
Kittie Blakemore
American basketball coach (West Virginia Mountaineers) · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28 · Other
Lou Henson
American Hall of Fame college basketball player (Connors State College) · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28
Andy Haden
New Zealander rugby union player (national team) · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28
Willie Young
American football player (New York Giants) · 27 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 27
Terry Waters
Australian footballer (Collingwood) · 27 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 27
Muhammad Asad Malik
Pakistani field hockey player · 27 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 27 · Malik
Hugh McLaughlin
Scottish footballer (St Mirren · 26 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 26
William Hill
Hong Kong runner · 26 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 26
Janell Smith
American Olympic sprinter · 26 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 26
Vladimir Proskurin
Soviet football player and coach · 25 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 25
Eddie Shack
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 25 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 25
Norm Neeson
Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne) · 25 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 25
Maurice Petty
American Hall of Fame racing driver · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Russian Soviet wrestler · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24
Susie Zhao
American professional poker player · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24
Jim Thorpe
American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24
Ondřej Buchtela
Czech ice hockey player (Piráti Chomutov · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24 · Ondrej · Czech
David Hagen
Scottish footballer (Falkirk · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24
Alan Garner
English footballer (Luton Town · 23 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 23
Paul Van Roy
Belgian basketball player (national team) and journalist (Gazet van Antwerpen) · 23 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 23 · Roy
John Blake
59. American football player and coach (Oklahoma Sooners) · 22 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 22
Ralph Liguori
American racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series · 22 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 22
Jos Bax
Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven · 21 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 21 · Dutch
Rick Lawinger
American wrestler (Wisconsin Badgers) · 21 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 21
Ray Hannigan
Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) and priest · 21 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 21
Stan Hindman
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 20 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 20
Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita
Sierra Leonean runner · 20 July 2020 · Suma-Keita · July 2020 · July 20
Ted Gerela
Canadian football player (British Columbia Lions) · 20 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 20
Mike Slemen
English rugby union player (Liverpool · 20 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 20
Colin Milner Smith
British judge and cricketer · 20 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 20 · Smith
Jack McIlhargey
Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks · 20 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 20
Shane Tuck
Australian footballer (Richmond) · 19 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 19
Lenzie Howell
American basketball player (Red Giants · 19 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 19
Giuseppe Ottaviani
Italian masters athlete · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Viktor Ryashko
Ukrainian footballer and manager (Hoverla Uzhhorod) · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Dick Passwater
American racecar driver · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Biri Biri
Gambian international footballer · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Len Cunning
Canadian ice hockey player (Johnstown Jets) · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Ali Mirzaei
Iranian weightlifter · 17 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 17
Alefoso Yalayalatabua
Fijian rugby union player (Highlanders · 17 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 17
Roger Côté
Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers · 17 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 17 · Coté