Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
NASCAR
Father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30 · Other
Gordon Jones
English footballer (Middlesbrough · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Jerry Welsh (basketball) American college basketball coach (SUNY Potsdam dead at age 89
an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the SUNY Potsdam Bears and Iona Gaels, died on December 30, 2025, at the age of 89. Welsh coached SUNY Potsdam from 1970 to 1991 and Iona from 1991 to… · 30 December 2025 · December 2025
Patrice Péron
French rugby union player (Racing 92 · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · French
Akshu Fernando
Sri Lankan cricketer (Panadura Sports Club) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Gines Gonzalez
French footballer (Saint-Étienne · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28 · González · French
Kristaq Eksarko
Albanian footballer (national team) · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28
Saber Eid Egyptian football player dead at age 66
an Egyptian football player who played for Ghazl El Mahalla and the national team, died on December 29, 2025. He was born on May 1, 1959, and played as a centre-back for Ghazl El Mahalla. Eid represented Egypt at the… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Cancer
Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70
a Spanish footballer and central defender who competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 70. Pedro Camus Pérez was born on 13 June 1955. He played as a… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025
James Akins (tubist) Musician dead at age 69
an American tubist and music professor best known for his association with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, died on December 29, 2025, at age 69. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on June 15, 1956, he studied the tuba with Ronald Bishop, Arnold… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025
Guy Chouinard
Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta/Calgary Flames · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28
Tony Bond
English rugby union player (national team) · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Hugh Morris
Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27 · Welsh
Silvan Kindle Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier dead at age 89
2025. He was a Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier who competed in 1960 · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28
Suad Kalesić
Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Carlos Cardoso
Portuguese footballer and manager · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Dave Downey
American basketball player (Illinois Fighting Illini) · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Clifton McNeil
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26
Rafael Viteri
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26
Fernando Martín Carreras
Spanish footballer and manager · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26 · Carreras
Jonathan Powell (musician) British pianist and musicologist dead at age 56
the British pianist, musicologist and music editor, died on December 27, 2025, aged 56. Born in Lancashire in 1969, he was also a self-taught composer who wrote piano sonatas, string quartets and other chamber music. As a performer and scholar,… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Miklós Fazekas Hungarian steeplechase runner dead at age 92
a Hungarian steeplechase runner, died on December 27, 2025, at the age of 92. Born in Putnok on December 6, 1933, he graduated from the College of Physical Education in Budapest. Fazekas won the gold medal in the men's 3000… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Juanan López
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao) · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26 · Lopez
Tom Maentz
American football player and businessman (University of Michigan) · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26
Mohamed Lekkak
Algerian footballer and manager (FC Rouen · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25
Jean-Louis Gasset
French football manager and player · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · French
Jim Flanigan Sr. American football player dead at age 80
an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League and played for the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, died on December 26, 2025, at age 80. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 1945,… · 26 December 2025 · December 2025
Daniel Huillier
French ice hockey player (Ours de Villard-de-Lans · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · French
John Robertson (footballer, born 1953) Scottish footballer dead at age 72
the Scottish footballer who played as a left winger for Nottingham Forest, Derby County and the Scotland national team, died on December 25, 2025. He was a key figure in Nottingham Forest’s success under Brian Clough, providing the cross for… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Ray Lamb American baseball player dead at age 80
an American baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on December 25, 2025. Raymond Richard Lamb was a former Major League Baseball pitcher for two teams and later became a highly regarded commercial… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86
an American sports agent and founding partner of the sports marketing firm ProServ, died on December 25, 2025, at the age of 86. ProServ was created in 1970 in Washington, D.C., by Craighill and attorney and former professional tennis player… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Roberto Buitrago
Colombian road racing cyclist · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23
Richard Cramb
Scottish rugby union player (national team) · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23
Jimmy Miller
Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Andy Kosco
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Vasil Ringov
Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer (Vardar · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Frédéric Brun
French racing cyclist · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · French
Andrei Stocker
Romanian footballer (Jiul Petroșani · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Sebastian Hertner
German footballer (Erzgebirge Aue · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Sebastián
Norton Barnhill
American basketball player (Washington State Cougars · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Allan Gilliver
English footballer (Bradford City · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Clyde Werner American football player dead at age 78
an American football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, died on December 23, 2025. He was 78. Werner played six seasons with the Chiefs in the National Football League after being selected in the second round… · 23 December 2025 · December 2025
D. Tokijan
Singaporean footballer (Singapore FA · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Maciej Łasicki
Polish Olympic rower (1992) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Zbigniew Mikołajów
Polish footballer (Zagłębie Sosnowiec · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Steve Ford
English footballer (Stoke City) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Alan Marley
New Zealand footballer (national team) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Jean Laudet
French sprint canoeist · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · French
Rich McGeorge
American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Birmingham Stallions · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Stefano Vavoli
Italian football/soccer player · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Alf Meakin
British Olympic sprinter and rugby league footballer · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Robin Turner (footballer) English footballer dead at age 70
the English footballer who played for Ipswich Town and Swansea City, died on December 22, 2025. A forward and England youth international, he began his career at Ipswich Town after joining as an apprentice in 1971. He was part of… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Giorgio Rumignani
Italian football/soccer player · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
Rudy Kuechenberg
American football player (Chicago Bears · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
Alfred Esmatges
Spanish racing cyclist · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
Lee Wright
Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1964 · 19 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 19
Albert Hall
American baseball player (Atlanta Braves · 19 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 19
Mike Campbell
American baseball player (Seattle Mariners · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Roland Bock
German Olympic wrestler (1968) · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Eugenio Perico
Italian footballer and manager (Atalanta · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Detlef Enge
German football player (1. FC Magdeburg) · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Peter Kupferschmidt
German footballer (Bayern Munich · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Roderick Chase
Barbadian cyclist · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Cynthia Mailman American painter, pancreatic cancer dead at age 82
an American painter and educator, died on December 19, 2025, in New York City at age 82. She was known for figurative and landscape works done in a "cool, pared-down" style. Her early paintings were presented from inside her VW… · 19 December 2025 · December 2025
Stanislav Moskvin
Russian cyclist and cycling coach · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Åge Hareide
Norwegian football coach · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17 · Other
Michele Dancelli
Italian road racing cyclist · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Miroslav Vondřička
Czech basketball coach · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17 · Czech · Other
Ethan McLeod
English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Jack Abendschan
American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders) · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Mario Pineida
Ecuadorian footballer (Barcelona SC · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Kym Ireland
Australian Olympic field hockey player (1984) · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
David Stokes
Guatemalan footballer (national team) · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Solomon Grundy
American professional wrestler (WCCW · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · Other
Garry Smith
New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15
Marian Kotleba
Slovak basketball player (BK Inter Bratislava · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15
Ángel González-Adrio
Spanish basketball player (Picadero JC · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15
Greg Thayer
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins) · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Garrett Ford Sr.
American football player (Denver Broncos) · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14