Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries

Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.

Yasuhiro Takai

Japanese professional baseball player (Hankyu Braves)
Died on Friday December 13th 2019

Vaughan Johnson

American football player (Jacksonville Bulls
Died on Friday December 13th 2019

Takeo Daigo

Japanese professional baseball player. Acute myeloid leukemia．
Died on Thursday December 12th 2019

Ian Young

Scottish footballer (Celtic
Died on Wednesday December 11th 2019

Jim Smith

English football player (Boston United) and manager (Portsmouth
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019

Natalie Harrowell

English rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019

Detlef Pirsig

German football player and manager (MSV Duisburg)
Died on Monday December 9th 2019

Roy Cheetham

English footballer (Manchester City)
Died on Monday December 9th 2019

Ji Zhe

Chinese basketball player (Beijing Ducks)
Died on Monday December 9th 2019

Piet Huyg

Dutch footballer (HFC Haarlem)
Died on Sunday December 8th 2019

Bump Elliott

American Hall of Fame college football player (Purdue Boilermakers)
Died on Sunday December 8th 2019

Brian Sparrow

English footballer (Crystal Palace)
Died on Sunday December 8th 2019

Ron Saunders

English football player (Portsmouth) and manager (Aston Villa
Died on Saturday December 7th 2019

Cas Banaszek

American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Friday December 6th 2019

Bob Willis

English cricketer (Warwickshire
Died on Wednesday December 4th 2019

Henri Biancheri

French football player (AS Monaco FC
Died on Monday December 2nd 2019

Pat Sullivan

American football player (Atlanta Falcons
Died on Sunday December 1st 2019

Tony Bull

Australian football player (Melbourne)
Died on Friday November 29th 2019

Tony Karalius

English rugby league player (St Helens
Died on Friday November 29th 2019

John McKissick

American Hall of Fame football coach (Summerville High School)
Died on Thursday November 28th 2019

Bob Fry

American football player (Los Angeles Rams
Died on Thursday November 28th 2019

Bevin Hough

New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland
Died on Thursday November 28th 2019

Bruno Nicolè

Italian footballer (Juventus
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2019

Ed Chalupka

Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and administrator
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2019

Will Brunson

American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers
Died on Tuesday November 26th 2019

Köbi Kuhn

Swiss football player and trainer.
Died on Tuesday November 26th 2019

Martin Harvey

British footballer (Sunderland)
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

Hank Bullough

American football player (Green Bay Packers)
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

Sean Haslegrave

English footballer (Preston North End
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

Kevin Hogan

Australian footballer (South Melbourne) and radio broadcaster (ABC Local Radio)
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

Les Downes

New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts)
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

Warren Wolf

American high school football coach and politician
Died on Saturday November 23rd 2019

Val Heim

American baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
Died on Friday November 22nd 2019

Milt Palacio

Belizean-American basketball player (Boston Celtics
Died on Friday November 22nd 2019

Dave Crossan

American football player (Washington Redskins)
Died on Friday November 22nd 2019

Colin Skipp

British actor (The Archers)
Died on Friday November 22nd 2019

Wataru Misaka

American basketball player (New York Knicks)
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

Fred Cox

American football player (Minnesota Vikings)
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

Herb Dickenson

Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers)
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

George Springate

Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes) and politician
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

Bob Hallberg

American college basketball coach (St. Xavier University
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

John Gale

English poker player
Died on Thursday November 21st 2019

Srboljub Markušević

Yugoslav professional footballer and football manager
Died on Wednesday November 20th 2019

Gilbert Brunat

French rugby union player (Lourdes
Died on Tuesday November 19th 2019

Ryan Costello

American baseball player (Fort Myers Miracle)
Died on Monday November 18th 2019

Uwe Rathjen

German Olympic handball player (1972)
Died on Monday November 18th 2019

Irma Cordero

Peruvian Olympic volleyball player (1968
Died on Sunday November 17th 2019

Fabio XB

Italian disc jockey
Died on Sunday November 17th 2019

Jim Coates

American baseball player (New York Yankees
Died on Saturday November 16th 2019

Johnny Wheeler

English footballer (Bolton Wanderers
Died on Saturday November 16th 2019

Fabrizio Nassi

Italian Olympic volleyball player (1976
Died on Saturday November 16th 2019

Irv Noren

American baseball player (Washington Senators
Died on Saturday November 16th 2019

Charles Moir

American college basketball coach (Roanoke
Died on Friday November 15th 2019

Jim McBurney

Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks)
Died on Friday November 15th 2019

Anthony Grundy

American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks
Died on Friday November 15th 2019

Bob Johnson

American baseball player (Washington Senators
Died on Friday November 15th 2019

Tony Mann

Australian cricketer (national team)
Died on Thursday November 14th 2019