Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Mike White
American football coach (California Golden BearsDied on Monday December 15th 2025
Max Cunningham Australian Olympic rower dead at age 89
Max Cunningham, the Australian Olympic rower who competed in the men’s eight at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on December 14, 2025, aged 89. Born Alexander Maxwell Cunningham in Western…
Bruno Baveni
Italian football/soccer playerDied on Sunday December 14th 2025
Richard Bell
American football coach (South Carolina Gamecocks)Died on Sunday December 14th 2025
Kris Kalifatidis
Australian soccer playerDied on Sunday December 14th 2025
Gary Rowell
English footballer (SunderlandDied on Saturday December 13th 2025
Paul Wiggin
American football player (Cleveland Browns)Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Ernesto Figueiredo
Portuguese footballer (Sporting CPDied on Saturday December 13th 2025
Ueli Sutter
Swiss Olympic cyclist (1972)Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Bobby Rousseau
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Saturday December 13th 2025
Richard Bell American football coach dead at age 88
Richard Bell, an American football coach who served as head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks for one season in 1982, died on December 13, 2025. Born Richard Murry Bell…
Al Ousseynou Sène
Senegalese footballer (ASC HLM)Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Whitney Paul
American football player (Kansas City ChiefsDied on Saturday December 13th 2025
Chelliah Paramalingam
Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1964)Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Jean Dupont
French cyclistDied on Friday December 12th 2025
Marita Lange German shot putter, Olympic silver medalist dead at age 82
Marita Lange, the German shot putter and 1968 Olympic silver medalist, died on December 12, 2025, after a prolonged illness. She was 82. Born in Halle, Prussia, Germany, on June…
Chuzo
Spanish footballer (Atlético MadridDied on Friday December 12th 2025
Carmelo Miceli
Italian footballerDied on Thursday December 11th 2025
Stan Brookes
English football/soccer playerDied on Thursday December 11th 2025
Ernest McCarty American bass player dead at age 84
Ernest McCarty, 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…
Boris Skrynnik
Russian bandy player (Vodnik) and executiveDied on Thursday December 11th 2025
Ross Morrison
New Zealand cricketer (Auckland) and tennis administratorDied on Thursday December 11th 2025
Jeff Thorne
American college football coach (North Central CardinalsDied on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Nobuhiro Takashiro
Japanese baseball player (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) and coach (Chunichi DragonsDied on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Hiroaki Inoue
Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima ToyoDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
George Mira
American football player (Miami HurricanesDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
David Best
English footballer (BournemouthDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Ludovic Assemoassa
Togolese footballer (Clermont FootDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Erzsébet Csajbók
Hungarian Olympic handball player (1976Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Bob Allen American basketball player dead at age 79
Robert Joseph Allen, 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…
Dixie Deans
Scottish footballer (MotherwellDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Ioan Sdrobiș
Romanian football coachDied on Monday December 8th 2025
Glen De Boeck
Belgian footballer (K.V. MechelenDied on Monday December 8th 2025
Steve Hertz
American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s)Died on Sunday December 7th 2025
Jimmy Mariano
Filipino basketball player (Ysmael Steel Admirals) and coach (Great Taste Coffee MakersDied on Sunday December 7th 2025
Volodymyr Sysenko
Tajik-born Ukrainian footballer (Pamir DushanbeDied on Sunday December 7th 2025
Viktor Miroshnichenko
Ukrainian boxerDied on Sunday December 7th 2025
Nick Joanides
American racing driver (ARCA Menards Series)Died on Sunday December 7th 2025
Manolo Villanova
Spanish football manager and playerDied on Saturday December 6th 2025
Matti Sundelin
Finnish footballerDied on Saturday December 6th 2025
Abdul Rashid Pakistani Olympic hurdler, heart attack dead at age 46
Abdul Rashid, 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…
Vasile Carauș
Moldovan footballer (Spartak NalchikDied on Saturday December 6th 2025
Brian Mackney
Canadian professional wrestlerDied on Saturday December 6th 2025
Michael Annett
American racing driverDied on Saturday December 6th 2025
Moustafa Ali
Egyptian-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue BombersDied on Friday December 5th 2025
Roy Kramer
American college football coach (Central Michigan Chippewas) and athletics administrator (Vanderbilt CommodoresDied on Friday December 5th 2025
Alex Sánchez
Costarican footballer (SaprissaDied on Friday December 5th 2025
Tetsu Yamauchi
Japanese bass player (Free)Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Mabel Bocchi
Italian basketball playerDied on Thursday December 4th 2025
Maurizio Thermes
Italian football/soccer playerDied on Thursday December 4th 2025
Antonio Vargiu
Italian Olympic field hockey player (1960)Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Michael Boyers
English cricketerDied on Thursday December 4th 2025
Mohammed Rahmatullah
Indian football player (Kolkata MohammedanDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Remi Moses
English footballer (West Bromwich AlbionDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Marvin Hinton
English footballer (Charlton AthleticDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Elden Campbell
American basketball player (Los Angeles LakersDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Anatoli Belyayev
Belarusian ice hockey playerDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Ken Price
English footballer (Southend UnitedDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Arcadio Venturi
Italian footballer (RomaDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Denis Durnian
English golferDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Essau Kanyenda
Malawian footballer (Jomo CosmosDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Robin Smith
South African-born English cricketer (NatalDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Gabriel Moiceanu
Romanian Olympic cyclist (1960Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Tim Harkness
Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles DodgersDied on Monday December 1st 2025
Michael Turner Painting dead at age 91
Michael Turner, 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,…
Volodymyr Muntyan
Ukrainian аfootballer and coachDied on Monday December 1st 2025
Nicola Pietrangeli
Italian tennis playerDied on Monday December 1st 2025
Marino Specia
Italian Olympic rowerDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
Billy Bonds
English footballer (West Ham United F.CDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
Lem Barney
American football player (Detroit Lions)Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Zhang Changlu
Chinese basketball playerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Chang Luzhang
Chinese basketball playerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
British Olympic athlete (1948Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Derek Holmes
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Alistar Jordan
New Zealand cricketerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Michael Reith
Irish cricketerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
John Sinclair-Hill
Australian polo playerDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Jim Duckworth
American baseball player (Washington SenatorsDied on Friday November 28th 2025
Imran Sherwani
British field hockey playerDied on Friday November 28th 2025
Stjepan Blažević
Yugoslav and Bosnian footballerDied on Friday November 28th 2025
Vladimir Susin
Russian football coach and playerDied on Friday November 28th 2025
Bernhard Nyheim
Norwegian footballer (Bryne)Died on Thursday November 27th 2025
Fuzzy Zoeller
American golferDied on Thursday November 27th 2025
Tommy Murray
Scottish footballer (Carlisle UnitedDied on Thursday November 27th 2025
Lyudmila Bazarevich
Soviet basketball playerDied on Thursday November 27th 2025
Les O’Neill
English football player (DarlingtonDied on Thursday November 27th 2025
Ken Nielsen
Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)Died on Thursday November 27th 2025
Wilfried Auerbach
Austrian Olympic rower (1980Died on Wednesday November 26th 2025
Wong Choon Hin
Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1972Died on Wednesday November 26th 2025
George Altman
American baseball player (Chicago CubsDied on Wednesday November 26th 2025
Mikuláš Krnáč
Slovak footballer (Czechoslovakia national team)Died on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Stancho Kolev
Bulgarian freestyle wrestlerDied on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Dave Morehead
American baseball player (Boston Red SoxDied on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Johnny Newman
English footballer (PlymouthDied on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Sergei Krestenenko
Russian football player (Dynamo MoscowDied on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Mike Watkins
Welsh rugby union player (CardiffDied on Tuesday November 25th 2025