Death of Jack Harliwich at age 95
Jack Harliwich, a New Zealand cricketer, died on April 1, 2026, aged 95. Born in Christchurch on July 14, 1930, he was a right-arm medium pacer who played one first-class…
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Tom Valenti obituary: died at age 67
Tom Valenti, an American chef, died on April 1, 2026, at age 67. He was executive chef at Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Morristown, New Jersey, and owner and…
Dick Roberge died at age 91
Dick Roberge died on April 1, 2026. He was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played for the Johnstown Jets, New Westminster Royals and Pittsburgh Hornets. His career…
Peter V. Smith passes away at age 78
Peter V. Smith, an Australian footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton, died on April 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Brunswick, Victoria, on September 22, 1947, Peter Victor Smith…
Bob Atha passes away at age 65
Bob Atha, an American football player who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, died on March 31, 2026, at age 65. Atha, born in Marietta, Ohio, played college football as…
Lionel Fernando dies at age 86
Lionel Fernando, a Sri Lankan-born Australian cricketer, died on March 31, 2026, aged 86. Born in Negombo, British Ceylon, in 1939, he played for Ceylon from 1964 to 1971 as…
Eduard Koksharov passed away at age 50
Eduard Koksharov, the Russian handball player and coach who was an Olympic champion in 2000 and a bronze medalist in 2004, died on March 31, 2026. Born in Krasnodar on…
Death of Borislav Mihaylov at age 63
Borislav Mihaylov, the Bulgarian football player and administrator who served twice as president of the Bulgarian Football Union, died on March 31, 2026, in Sofia, Bulgaria, from complications of a…
Vassilis Goumas obituary: died at age 79
Vassilis Goumas, a Greek basketball player who played for Panellinios, AEK and Ilysiakos, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Known during his career as "The Emperor,"…
Gianluca Cherubini passes away at age 52
Gianluca Cherubini, an Italian professional footballer who played for Reggiana, Chieti and Torres, died on March 30, 2026. Cherubini was born on 28 February 1974 and played for four seasons…
Hans-Jürgen Kreische passed away at age 78
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, a German football player and manager best known for his long association with Dynamo Dresden and the East Germany national team, died on March 30, 2026. He spent…
Death of Víctor Cabrera at age 68
Víctor Hugo Cabrera Sánchez, a Chilean footballer known as a forward, died on March 30, 2026. Better known by his nickname Pititore, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers…
Obituary: Kees Kuijs, dead at age 94
Kees Kuijs, a Dutch footballer who played as a left-back, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Cornelis Johannes Kuijs on 4 October 1931, he made…
Mykola Pinchuk obituary: died at age 79
Mykola Pinchuk, a Ukrainian and Soviet footballer who played as a defender, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Mykola Ivanovych Pinchuk on July 25, 1946,…
Tony Godden dead at age 70
Tony Godden, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, Peterborough United and West Bromwich Albion, died on March 29, 2026. Born Anthony Leonard Godden on 2 August…
Death of Kim Bukhantsov at age 94
Kim Bukhantsov, a Soviet athlete and Russian Olympic discus thrower, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 94. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956,…
Obituary: Willie Watson, dead at age 76
Willie Watson, a Scottish footballer who played as a defender, died on March 29, 2026. Born William Watson on 4 December 1949, he signed with Manchester United in 1970 and…
Bill Riley, died aged 75
Bill Riley, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, died on March 29, 2026, of cancer. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 1950, he played 139 NHL games…
Jay Robinson, died aged 79
Jay Paul Robinson, an American Hall of Fame wrestler and coach, died on March 29, 2026. Known as J Robinson, he competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics as a middleweight…
Chang Ung dies at age 87
Chang Ung North Korean basketball player (national team) and sports administrator, president of ITF (2002–2015) and member of the IOC (1996–2018) · Died March 28, 2026 Chang Ung, a North…
Joël Henry dead at age 63
Joël Henry, the French footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, died on March 28, 2026. He made 345 appearances and scored 51 goals in Ligue 1 between 1978 and…
Joey Browner, died aged 65
Joey Browner, an American football player who played safety for the Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died on March 28, 2026, at age 65. Browner played for the Vikings…
Dallas O’Neill dies at age 83
Dallas O'Neill, an Australian rugby league and rugby union player, died on March 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Mackay, Queensland, O'Neill was an Australian rugby union international who represented…
Death of Jeff Siemon at age 75
Jeff Siemon, an American football player who spent his entire 11-year NFL career as a linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, died on March 28, 2026. He was 75. Siemon played…
Obituary: David Cabrero, dead at age 49
David Cabrero, a Spanish Olympic track cyclist, died on March 27, 2026, after a long illness. Born in Madrid on December 11, 1976, Cabrero competed in two events at the…
Kitty Harrison obituary: died at age 91
Kitty Harrison, an American college tennis coach who led the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s tennis team, died on March 27, 2026. Katherine Gordon Harrison coached the Tar Heels from…
Death of Larry Price at age 91
Larry Price, an American football player and radio host, died on March 27, 2026. He was 91. Price was a resident of Honolulu and was known for his work as…
Obituary: Mary Rand, dead at age 86
Mary Rand, the British track and field athlete and 1964 Olympic champion, died on March 27, 2026, aged 86. Born Mary Denise Bignal in Wells, Somerset, England, she excelled at…
Barret Robbins dies at age 52
Barret Robbins, an American football player who spent nine seasons as a center for the Oakland Raiders, died on March 26, 2026, at age 52. Born in Houston, Texas, in…
Rosa Salikhova obituary: died at age 81
Rosa Salikhova, a Russian volleyball player and Olympic champion, died on March 26, 2026. Born on September 24, 1944, in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union,…
Obituary: Orlando Wiet, dead at age 60
Orlando Wiet, a Surinamese-Dutch mixed martial artist, died on March 26, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Paramaribo, then in Dutch Guiana, on October 24, 1965, he was…
Obituary: Alex Cropley, dead at age 75
Alex Cropley, a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian, Aston Villa and the Scotland national team, died on March 26, 2026. Born in Aldershot, Hampshire, and raised in Edinburgh, he…
Giuseppe Savoldi passed away at age 79
Giuseppe Savoldi, the Italian footballer who played for Bologna, Napoli and the Italy national team, died on March 25, 2026. A forward who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s,…
Wilson Bombarda has died at age 95
Wilson Bombarda, a Brazilian basketball player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on October…
Death of Ken Clay at age 71
Ken Clay, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners, died on March 25, 2026. He was 71. Clay, whose full name…
Mel Schilling passes away at age 53
Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the…
Death of Geoff Vowden at age 84
Geoff Vowden, the English footballer who played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, died on March 24, 2026. Born Geoffrey Alan Vowden on 27 April 1941 in Barnsley,…
Makarios Djan death at age 70
Makarios Djan, a Ghanaian sprinter and Olympic competitor, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on June 3, 1955, he competed in the men's 4 ×…
Bob Rossell dead at age 89
Bob Rossell, an American racing driver and pioneering driver of modified stock cars, died on March 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he began his career…
François Morlaes has died at age 82
François Morlaes, a French rugby union player who played as a scrum-half, died on March 23, 2026. Born in Pau, German-occupied France, on October 6, 1943, he won the 1968–69…
David Sklansky, died aged 78
David Sklansky, an American professional poker player and author, died on March 23, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of heart failure. He was 78. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, on…
Obituary: Carlo Russolillo, dead at age 69
Carlo Russolillo, an Italian boxer who competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics, died on March 23, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Genoa…
Ed Blaine has died at age 86
Ed Blaine, an American football player who played guard for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on March 22, 2026, at age 86. Born Edward Homer Blaine in…
Tin Myint Aung has died at age 58
Tin Myint Aung, a Burmese football player and manager, died on March 22, 2026. He was associated with Finance and Revenue F.C. and the Myanmar national team. Born on March…
Jerry Hanlon, died aged 96
Jerry Hanlon, an American football player, coach and radio broadcaster, died on March 22, 2026. He was a halfback on Miami University teams from 1953 to 1955 that won two…
Per Hegna died at age 80
Per Hegna, a Norwegian professional tennis player, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 80. A native of Oslo, he played out of the Berg Tennisklubb and won…
Marcos Leite has died at age 73
Marcos Leite, the Brazilian basketball player and coach known as Marquinhos Leite, died on March 22, 2026. He was 73. Leite represented Brazil at three Summer Olympics and four FIBA…
Sam Goodwin died at age 82
Sam Goodwin, an American football coach and athletic director, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 82. He was born in Pineville, Louisiana, on January 20, 1944. Goodwin…
Obituary: Dennis Condrey, dead at age 76
Dennis Condrey, an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling, died on March 20, 2026, at age…
Alevtina Yelesina dies at age 71
Alevtina Yelesina, a Russian cross-country skier and Paralympic champion, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on August 22, 1954, in Aleksandrovskoye in the Mozhginsky District…
Michael Bambang Hartono dies at age 86
Michael Bambang Hartono, an Indonesian banker, electronics and cigarettes industry executive, and bridge player who founded Polytron and co-owned Djarum since 1963, died on March 19, 2026. He was 86.…
Garry Leo passes away at age 81
Garry Leo, an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Balmain Tigers, died on March 19, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944 or 1945, he played in the 1960s…
Marcos Conigliaro passes away at age 83
Marcos Conigliaro, an Argentine football player and manager, died on March 19, 2026. Born in Quilmes on December 9, 1942, he was a forward known for his technical ability. He…
Saleh Mohammadi passes away at age 19
Saleh Mohammadi, an Iranian wrestler and member of the country’s national wrestling team, died on March 19, 2026, in Qom, Iran, at the age of 19. Born in Saveh and…
Chuck Norris passed away at age 86
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist, actor and author known for Walker, Texas Ranger, Missing in Action and The Way of the Dragon, died on March 19, 2026, at the…
Silvino Louro obituary: died at age 67
Silvino Louro, a Portuguese football player and coach, died on March 18, 2026. Known simply as Silvino during his playing career, he was a goalkeeper who represented Vitória de Setúbal,…
Obituary: Józef Beker, dead at age 88
Józef Beker, a Polish cyclist who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Beker rode in the team time trial at…
Marian Kielec dies at age 84
Marian Kielec, a Polish footballer who played as a forward, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 84. He spent his entire career with Pogoń Szczecin and remains…
Carl Poelker dead at age 82
Carl Poelker, an American athletics coach, died on March 17, 2026, at age 82. He coached football, wrestling and track and field, and was head football coach at Millikin University…
Zlatko Šimenc has died at age 87
Zlatko Šimenc, a Croatian water polo player and coach, died on March 17, 2026. Born in Zagreb on November 29, 1938, he was of Slovenian origin and played for the…
Obituary: Manuel Etura, dead at age 93
Manuel Etura, a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Athletic Bilbao, died on March 17, 2026. Born Manuel González Etura on February 21, 1933, in Sestao, Biscay,…
Giovanni Bolzoni, died aged 88
Italian footballer (Sampdoria Died on Monday March 16th 2026
Giovanni Bolzoni, died aged 88
Italian footballer Died on Monday March 16th 2026
Tony Balsamo obituary: died at age 89
Tony Balsamo, an American baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, died on March 16, 2026. Balsamo, whose full name was Anthony Alred Balsamo, was 89. He attended Fordham…
Larry Stahl dies at 84
Larry Stahl, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets and San Diego Padres, died on March 16, 2026. Larry Floyd Stahl, born June…
Vladimír Stránský has died at age 78
Vladimír Stránský, a Czech professional ice hockey player, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on June 7, 1947, he played in the…
Death of Bob Tullius at age 95
Bob Tullius, an American racing driver and racing team owner, died on March 16, 2026. Born Robert Charles Tullius in Rochester, New York, on December 7, 1930, he was active…
Doug Camilli dead at age 89
Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major…
Bernt Mæland dies at age 67
Bernt Mæland, a Norwegian footballer, died on March 16, 2026. He played as a forward in the Norwegian top league for Bryne and Viking in the 1980s. Originally from Bømlo,…
Ken Cole passed away at age 82
Ken Cole, an Australian basketball coach and player, died on March 15, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth Frank Cole in Sydney on October 15, 1943, he represented Australia in the…
Wakashimazu Mutsuo obituary: died at age 69
Wakashimazu Mutsuo, a Japanese sumo wrestler, died on March 15, 2026. Born Mutsuo Hidaka on January 12, 1957, in Nakatane, Kagoshima, he reached the rank of ōzeki and won two…
Death of Bill Dempsey at age 83
Bill Dempsey, an Australian rules footballer, died on March 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Birdum, Northern Territory, on March 17, 1942, he played for Darwin in the Northern Territory…
John Galas dies at age 53
John Galas, an American soccer coach, died on March 15, 2026. He was known for coaching Lane United and Tucsom. Born in Walnut Creek, California, Galas moved with his family…
Abdulrahman Al-Bishi dies at 43
Abdulrahman Al-Bishi, a Saudi footballer who played as a forward, died on March 15, 2026. Born on July 1, 1982, he joined Al-Nassr in 1996 through Mr. Abdulla Al-Howaishel. Fifteen…
Orhan Kaynak death at age 56
Orhan Kaynak, a Turkish football player and coach, died on March 15, 2026. Known as Küçük Orhan, he played as a forward and had stints in the Süper Lig with…
Jim Fleeting died at age 70
James Taylor Fleeting, a Scottish football player and manager, died on March 15, 2026. A centre half, he began his professional career with Norwich City, making one appearance before joining…
Bjørn Nilsen death at age 91
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn…
Matt Gallagher obituary: died at age -1
English rugby union player (Coventry R.F.C.) Died on Saturday March 14th 2026
Jochen Bachfeld obituary: died at age 73
Jochen Bachfeld, a German boxer and East German Olympic champion, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Sülte, East Germany, on December 17, 1952, he…
Death of H. H. Hamid at age 83
H. H. Hamid, an Indian footballer and Olympic player, died on March 14, 2026. He played as a forward and represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he was…
Samir Karabašić died at age 59
Samir Karabašić, a Bosnian slalom canoer and Olympic canoeist, died on March 14, 2026. He competed in the mid-1990s and finished 41st in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer…
Henry Nwosu passed away at age 62
Henry Nwosu, a Nigerian footballer and manager, died on March 14, 2026. Henry Onyemanze Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank of Benin City and African Continental…
Gary Wagner has died at age 85
Gary Wagner, an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, died on March 13, 2026. Gary Edward Wagner was born June 28,…
Billy Campbell dies at 81
Billy Campbell, the Northern Irish footballer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 81. He played as a right winger for Sunderland, Dundee, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Northern…
Amy Carr dies at 34
Amy Carr, an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on March 13, 2026. Born on April 27, 1991, she began her youth career in Arsenal’s academy in 2005…
Billy McCullough dies at age 90
Billy McCullough, the Northern Irish footballer who made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal and was capped 10 times for Northern Ireland, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Carrickfergus,…
Obituary: Cameron Ontko, dead at age 33
Cameron Ontko, an American professional football player who played for the BC Lions, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 23, 1992. Ontko played…
Doug Shively passed away at age 88
Douglas Armstead Shively, an American football coach and player, died on March 13, 2026, at age 88. Shively was head coach of the Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football…
Phil Wise obituary: died at age 76
Phil Wise, an American football defensive back in the National Football League, died on March 13, 2026, at age 76. He was selected by the New York Jets in the…
Tom Brown died at age 89
Tom Brown, an American professional football player and guard for the BC Lions, died on March 12, 2026, at age 89. Brown played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers…
Andrei Socaci dies at 59
Andrei Socaci, a Romanian weightlifter, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 59. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics as a lightweight before moving up…
Rolf Birkhölzer, died aged 76
Rolf Birkhölzer, a German professional footballer and goalkeeper, died on March 12, 2026. Born on 29 September 1949, he began playing football at the age of nineteen with 1. FC…
Phil Summerill dies at 78
Phil Summerill, the English footballer who played as a striker for Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Millwall and Wimbledon, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Philip…
Death of Antonio Puddu at age 81
Antonio Puddu, the Italian boxer also known as Tonino Puddu, died on March 12, 2026. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, on 8 May 1944, he won bronze at the 1963 Italian…
Ron Roberts, died aged 83
Ron Roberts, a Welsh footballer who played as a winger for Wrexham and Tranmere Rovers in the Football League, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 83. He…
Death of Trevor McMahon at age 96
Trevor McMahon, a New Zealand Test cricketer and wicket-keeper, died on March 12, 2026, aged 96. Born in Wellington on November 8, 1929, he played five Test matches for New…
Death of Gordon Wallace at age 82
Gordon Wallace, the Scottish football player and manager, died on March 12, 2026. A forward, he began his career with Montrose in 1961 before playing for Raith Rovers, Dundee and…
Vicente Paniagua died at age 78
Vicente Paniagua, a Spanish basketball player, died on March 11, 2026. Born on 17 May 1947, he played as a small forward for Real Madrid from 1966 to 1977 and…