Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Izzy Slapawitz
American professional wrestler · 28 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 28
Remilia
American professional video game player (League of Legends) · 28 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 28
Mike Lindsay
British track and field athlete · 28 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 28
Ilias Rosidis
Greek footballer (Olympiacos · 28 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 28 · Greek
Norm Angelini
American baseball player (Kansas City Royals) · 27 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 27
Georget Bertoncello
Belgian footballer (Sporting Charleroi · 27 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 27
Sergei Karimov
Kazakh footballer (Wolfsburg · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26
Giacomo Bazzan
Italian Olympic cyclist · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26
Elbert Dubenion
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26
Duncan MacKay
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26
Johnny Matthews
English football player (Waterford · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26
Yendris Rodriguez Valdez
Cuban professional boxer · 26 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 26 · Valdez
Rusty Hilger
American football player (Los Angeles Raiders · 24 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 24
Walter Horak
Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport Club · 24 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 24
Robert Creech
Canadian horn player and arts administrator · 24 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 24
Krisztián Zahorecz
Hungarian footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi · 23 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 23
Frankie Kennedy
Irish Gaelic footballer (Drumlane) · 23 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 23
Ted Lepcio
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 22 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 22
Édison Realpe
Ecuadorian footballer · 22 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 22 · Edison
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