Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Gary Talbot
British footballer (Chester · 22 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 22
Sam Strahan
New Zealand rugby union player (Manawatu · 22 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 22
Connie Hartnett
Irish football player (Cork GAA) · 21 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 21
Graham Cooper
Australian football player (Hawthorn · 21 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 21
Junior Johnson
American Hall of Fame racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series) and team owner (Junior Johnson & Associates) · 20 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 20
Yuri Pshenichnikov
Uzbekistani football player · 20 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 20
Dmitri Chesnokov
Russian footballer (FC Saturn Ramenskoye · 20 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 20
Billy Hughes
Scottish footballer (Sunderland) · 20 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 20
Ron Areshenkoff
Canadian hockey player (Edmonton Oilers) and coach · 19 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 19
Shahdon Winchester
Trinidadian footballer (W Connection · 19 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 19
Saoul Mamby
American professional boxer · 19 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 19
Rex Johnston
American baseball and football player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 19 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 19
Bronco Horvath
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18 · Horváth
Herman Boone
American football coach (depicted in the movie Remember the Titans) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18
Ibrahim Diarra
French rugby union player (Castres Olympique) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18 · French
Abdullah Khodabandeh
Iranian Olympic wrestler (1964) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18
Bernard Lefèvre
French Olympic footballer (1952) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18 · LeFevre · French
Rich Rundles
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18
Hayden Fry
American college football player (Baylor Bears) and coach (Iowa Hawkeyes) · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18
George Ferguson
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
Scot Kleinendorst
American ice hockey player (New York Rangers · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
George Dewar
Scottish footballer (East Fife) · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
Yuri Belyayev
Russian football player (PFC CSKA Moscow) · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
Weldon Bowlin
American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
Yury Belyayev
Russian football player (PFC CSKA Moscow) · 17 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 17
Bill Simpson
American racing driver and businessman (Simpson Performance Products) · 16 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 16
Billie Rattigan
Irish Gaelic footballer (Dunshaughlin · 16 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 16
James “Radio” Kennedy
American high-school football coach · 15 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 15 · Kennedy
Moondog Rex
American professional wrestler (WWF) · 15 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 15
Doug Woog
American ice hockey coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers) · 15 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 15
Stig Sollander
Swedish alpine skier · 14 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 14
Sir Peter Snell
New Zealand long distance runner · 13 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 13 · Snell
Philip Osondu
Nigerian footballer (RSC Anderlecht) · 13 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 13
Benur Pashayan
Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler · 13 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 13
Yasuhiro Takai
Japanese professional baseball player (Hankyu Braves) · 13 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 13
Vaughan Johnson
American football player (Jacksonville Bulls · 13 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 13
Takeo Daigo
Japanese professional baseball player. Acute myeloid leukemia． · 12 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 12
Ian Young
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 11 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 11
Jim Smith
English football player (Boston United) and manager (Portsmouth · 10 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 10
Natalie Harrowell
English rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers · 10 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 10
Leon Hardeman
American football player (Georgia Tech) · 10 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 10 · León
Zvonimir Vujin
Serbian amateur boxer · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Francisco Estrada
Mexican basketball player (New York Mets) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Detlef Pirsig
German football player and manager (MSV Duisburg) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Roy Cheetham
English footballer (Manchester City) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Ji Zhe
Chinese basketball player (Beijing Ducks) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Paddy Guinane
Australian Australian rules football player (Richmond Football Club) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Piet Huyg
Dutch footballer (HFC Haarlem) · 08 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 8 · Dutch
Rogério Pipi
Portuguese footballer (Benfica · 08 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 8
Bump Elliott
American Hall of Fame college football player (Purdue Boilermakers) · 08 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 8
Brian Sparrow
English footballer (Crystal Palace) · 08 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 8
Ron Saunders
English football player (Portsmouth) and manager (Aston Villa · 07 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 7
Debbie Thompson
American Olympic athlete · 06 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 6
Graham Crouch
Australian middle-distance runner · 06 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 6
Cas Banaszek
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 06 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 6
Juan Pablo Vergara
Peruvian football player (Binacional · 04 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 4 · Vergara
Bob Willis
English cricketer (Warwickshire · 04 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 4
Ockie Oosthuizen
South African rugby union player (national team) · 04 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 4
Shirley Gordon Olafsson
Canadian Olympic athlete (1948) · 03 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 3 · Ólafsson
John Strohmayer
American baseball player (Montreal Expos · 03 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 3
Miguelina Cobián
Cuban olympic sprinter · 02 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 2
Henri Biancheri
French football player (AS Monaco FC · 02 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 2 · French
Pat Sullivan
American football player (Atlanta Falcons · 01 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 1
Tony Bull
Australian football player (Melbourne) · 29 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 29
Darren Servatius
Canadian ice hockey player (Johnstown Chiefs) · 29 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 29
Tony Karalius
English rugby league player (St Helens · 29 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 29
Renford Pinnock
Jamaican cricketer · 29 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 29
Jorge Hernán Monge
Costa Rican footballer (Saprissa · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28 · Monge
John McKissick
American Hall of Fame football coach (Summerville High School) · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28
Alain Porthault
French Olympic sprinter (1948 · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28 · French
Bob Fry
American football player (Los Angeles Rams · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28
Bevin Hough
New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28
Bruno Nicolè
Italian footballer (Juventus · 27 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 27 · Nicole
Ed Chalupka
Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and administrator · 27 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 27
Will Brunson
American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers · 26 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 26
Köbi Kuhn
Swiss football player and trainer. · 26 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 26 · Swiss
Terry Board
Australian footballer (Carlton) · 26 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 26
Martin Harvey
British footballer (Sunderland) · 25 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 25
Hank Bullough
American football player (Green Bay Packers) · 25 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 25