Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Stan Brookes
English football/soccer player · 10 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 10
Ernest McCarty American bass player dead at age 84
an American bass player, composer and playwright, died on December 11, 2025, at age 84. Born in Chicago on March 26, 1941, he was an upright bass player known for performing with Erroll Garner from 1970 until Garner’s death in… · 11 December 2025 · December 2025
Boris Skrynnik
Russian bandy player (Vodnik) and executive · 10 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 10
Manfrini
Brazilian football/soccer player · 10 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 10
Ross Morrison
New Zealand cricketer (Auckland) and tennis administrator · 10 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 10
Jeff Thorne
American college football coach (North Central Cardinals · 09 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 9 · Other
Nobuhiro Takashiro
Japanese baseball player (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) and coach (Chunichi Dragons · 09 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 9
Hiroaki Inoue
Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
George Mira
American football player (Miami Hurricanes · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
David Best
English footballer (Bournemouth · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Ludovic Assemoassa
Togolese footballer (Clermont Foot · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Erzsébet Csajbók
Hungarian Olympic handball player (1976 · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Bob Allen (basketball) American basketball player dead at age 79
an American basketball player who played for the San Francisco Warriors, died on December 9, 2025, at age 79. Allen played in the National Basketball Association during the 1968–69 season, appearing in 27 games for the Warriors after being selected… · 09 December 2025 · December 2025
Dixie Deans
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Ioan Sdrobiș
Romanian football coach · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other
Glen De Boeck
Belgian footballer (K.V. Mechelen · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Boeck
Steve Hertz
American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s) · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Jimmy Mariano
Filipino basketball player (Ysmael Steel Admirals) and coach (Great Taste Coffee Makers · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Filipino
Volodymyr Sysenko
Tajik-born Ukrainian footballer (Pamir Dushanbe · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Nick Joanides
American racing driver (ARCA Menards Series) · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Other
Manolo Villanova
Spanish football manager and player · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5
Abdul Rashid (hurdler) Pakistani Olympic hurdler, heart attack dead at age 46
a Pakistani Olympic hurdler, died on December 6, 2025, of a heart attack. Born in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1979, he represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men’s 110 m hurdles. He… · 06 December 2025 · December 2025
Vasile Carauș
Moldovan footballer (Spartak Nalchik · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5
Brian Mackney
Canadian professional wrestler · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other
Moustafa Ali
Egyptian-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4
Roy Kramer
American college football coach (Central Michigan Chippewas) and athletics administrator (Vanderbilt Commodores · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Alex Sánchez
Costarican footballer (Saprissa · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4
Tetsu Yamauchi
Japanese bass player (Free) · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Athletes
Maurizio Thermes
Italian football/soccer player · 03 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 3
Antonio Vargiu
Italian Olympic field hockey player (1960) · 03 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 3
Mohammed Rahmatullah
Indian football player (Kolkata Mohammedan · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Remi Moses
English footballer (West Bromwich Albion · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Marvin Hinton
English footballer (Charlton Athletic · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Elden Campbell
American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Ken Price
English footballer (Southend United · 01 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 1
Essau Kanyenda
Malawian footballer (Jomo Cosmos · 01 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 1
Robin Smith
South African-born English cricketer (Natal · 01 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 1
Gabriel Moiceanu
Romanian Olympic cyclist (1960 · 01 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 1
Tim Harkness
Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers · 30 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 30
Michael Turner (illustrator) Painting dead at age 91
a British illustrator who specialised in motoring and aviation paintings, died on December 1, 2025, aged 91. Born Geoffrey Michael Turner on March 14, 1934, in Harrow, Middlesex, he was regarded as one of the early examples of his field… · 01 December 2025 · December 2025
Volodymyr Muntyan
Ukrainian аfootballer and coach · 30 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 30 · Other
Marino Specia
Italian Olympic rower · 29 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 29
Billy Bonds
English footballer (West Ham United F.C · 29 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 29
Lem Barney
American football player (Detroit Lions) · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28
Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
British Olympic athlete (1948 · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28 · Higgins
Jim Duckworth
American baseball player (Washington Senators · 27 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 27
Stjepan Blažević
Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer · 27 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 27
Vladimir Susin
Russian football coach and player · 27 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 27
Bernhard Nyheim
Norwegian footballer (Bryne) · 26 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 26
Tommy Murray
Scottish footballer (Carlisle United · 26 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 26
Les O’Neill
English football player (Darlington · 26 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 26 · O'Neill
Ken Nielsen
Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) · 26 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 26
Wilfried Auerbach
Austrian Olympic rower (1980 · 25 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 25
Wong Choon Hin
Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1972 · 25 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 25 · Hin
George Altman
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs · 25 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 25
Mikuláš Krnáč
Slovak footballer (Czechoslovakia national team) · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24
Stancho Kolev
Bulgarian freestyle wrestler · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24 · Other
Dave Morehead
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24
Johnny Newman
English footballer (Plymouth · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24
Sergei Krestenenko
Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24
Mike Watkins
Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24 · Welsh
Lorenzo Buffon
Italian footballer (Milan · 24 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 24
Max Urick
American football coach (Wabash Little Giants) and athletic director (Iowa State Cyclones · 23 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 23 · Other
Ronny Pasla
Indonesian footballer (PSMS Medan · 23 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 23
Siegfried Susser
German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg · 23 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 23
Yoro Lamine Ly
Senegalese footballer (Shirak · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22
Vanes Martirosyan
Armenian-American boxer · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22
Nikita Simonyan
Russian football player (Spartak Moscow · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22
Zdeněk Böhm
Czech footballer (Baník Kladno · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22 · Czech · Bohm
Khizer Hayat
Pakistani cricketer and umpire · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22
Rodney Rogers
American basketball player (Denver Nuggets · 21 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 21
Doru Toma
Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20
Milan Čuda
Czech Olympic volleyball player (1964) · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20 · Czech
Prakash Bhandari
Indian cricketer (national team) · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20