Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Seamus Mallon
Irish Gaelic footballer and politician · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Edwin Straver
Dutch rally raid motorcyclist · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24 · Dutch
Juan José Pizzuti
Argentine football player and manager · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24 · Argentine · Pizzuti
Larry Amar
American field hockey player and manager · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Hercules Ayala
Puerto Rican professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Alfred Körner
Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Jay Hankins
American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Victor Salvemini
Australian Paralympic athlete (1972 · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
Theodor Wagner
Austrian football player (Wacker Wien · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
Morgan Wootten
American Hall of Fame high school basketball coach (DeMatha Catholic High School) · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
De’Runnya Wilson
American football player (Mississippi State Bulldogs) · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22 · De'Runnya
Dick Schnittker
American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers) · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21
Mick Vinter
English footballer (Notts County · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21
Hana Ezrová
Czech basketball player (1957 World Championship bronze medalist) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20 · Czech
Danny Talbott
American football (Washington Redskins) and baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Steve Gillespie
Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Rhona Wurtele
Canadian Olympic skier (1948) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
William C. Davis
American football player (Mount Union Purple Raiders) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Davis
Man Sood
Indian cricketer (national team) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
George Petchey
English association footballer and manager · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
John Migneault
Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Blazers · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Bud Fowler
Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Pat Dalton
Australian footballer (Perth) · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Mario Bergamaschi
Italian footballer (Milan · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Bobby Kay
Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling) · 18 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 18
Pietro Anastasi
Italian footballer (Juventus · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Morimichi Takagi
Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Bapu Nadkarni
Indian cricketer (national team) · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Charles Oguk
Kenyan Olympic hockey player · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Barry Tuckwell
Australian horn player and conductor · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Pete Brewster
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Liang Jun
Chinese tractor driver · 16 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 16
Carl McNulty
American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks) · 16 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 16
Milovan Stepandić
Serbian professional basketball coach · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15
Rocky Johnson
American professional wrestler · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15
Maurice Moucheraud
French racing cyclist · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15 · French
Mark Harris
Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15
Brian James
Australian rugby league player (South Sydney · 14 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 14
Fausto Segura
Dominican baseball player · 13 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 13
Lord Tim Hudson
English disc jockey (KFWB) and voice actor (The Aristocats · 13 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 13 · Hudson
Tom Belsø
Danish motor racing driver · 13 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 13 · Bels
Kazuo Sakurada
Japanese professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Harvey Reti
Canadian Olympic boxer · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12
Iñaki Vicente
Filipino football player (Philippines national football team) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Filipino
Jimmy Shields
Northern Irish footballer (Southampton) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11
André Abadie
French rugby union player (Sporting Club Graulhetois · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · French
Ed Sprague Sr.
American baseball player (Oakland Athletics · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Guido Messina
Italian racing cyclist · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Ray Byrom
English footballer (Accrington Stanley · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Bernt Andersson
Swedish football player (Djurgården) and manager (Halmstad · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Pampero Firpo
Argentine-American professional wrestler · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · Argentine · January 9
Zijad Arslanagić
Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
Les Josephson
American football player (Los Angeles Rams) · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
George Perles
American football player and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
Grant Weatherstone
Scottish rugby union player (Edinburgh District · 07 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 7 · Grant,
Luís Morais
Brazilian footballer (Corinthians · 07 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 7 · Luis
Danny Masterton
Scottish footballer (Ayr United · 07 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 7
Hans Tilkowski
German football player (Westfalia Herne · 06 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 6
Walter Ormeño
Peruvian footballer (Club América · 06 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 6
Bill Graham
Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) · 06 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 6
Barry McDonald
Australian rugby union player (national team) · 06 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 6
Nathaël Julan
French football player (Le Havre · 03 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 3 · French
Aleksandr Manachinsky
Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic swimmer (1976) · 03 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 3
Doug Hart
American football player (Green Bay Packers) · 03 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 3
Gale McArthur
American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys) · 03 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 3
Sam Wyche
American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2
Roland Minson
American basketball player (BYU Cougars) · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2
Basil Watts
English rugby league footballer (York Wasps · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2
Chris Barker
English footballer (Barnsley · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2
Carlos De León
Puerto Rican boxer · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2 · León
Don Larsen
American baseball player (New York Yankees · 02 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 2
Tommy Forgan
English footballer (York City) · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31
Dudley Kernick
English footballer (Stoke City) · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31
Shyqyri Rreli
Albanian football player (Puna Tirana · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31
Beatriz Alfonso Nogue
Spanish chess player · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31 · Nogue
Jagdev Singh Rai
Indian Olympic hockey player · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31 · Rai
John Simonian
Kenyan Olympic hockey player · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31
John Shuker
British footballer (Oxford United) · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30
Syd Mead
American concept artist (Blade Runner · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30
Carl-Heinz Rühl
German football player and manager · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30 · Ruhl
Horst Kwech
Austrian-born Australian racecar driver · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30