Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ken Greatorex
English rugby footballerDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Gordon Jones
English footballer (MiddlesbroughDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Jerry Welsh American college basketball coach
Jerry Welsh, an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the SUNY Potsdam Bears and Iona Gaels, died on December 30, 2025, at the age of 89. Welsh…
Patrice Péron
French rugby union player (Racing 92Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Akshu Fernando
Sri Lankan cricketer (Panadura Sports Club)Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Enrique Collar
Spanish footballerDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Davide Tizzano
Italian rowerDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Gines Gonzalez
French footballer (Saint-ÉtienneDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Tudorița Chidu
Romanian athleteDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Kristaq Eksarko
Albanian footballer (national team)Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Saber Eid Egyptian football player dead at age 66
Saber Eid, an Egyptian football player who played for Ghazl El Mahalla and the national team, died on December 29, 2025. He was born on May 1, 1959, and played…
Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70
Pedro Camus, a Spanish footballer and central defender who competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 70. Pedro…
James Akins Musician dead at age 69
James Milton Akins, an American tubist and music professor best known for his association with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, died on December 29, 2025, at age 69. Born in Savannah,…
Guy Chouinard
Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta/Calgary FlamesDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Tony Bond
English rugby union player (national team)Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Silvan Kindle Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier dead at age 89
Silvan Kindle died on December 28, 2025. He was a Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier who competed in 1960. Silvan Kindle (10 July 1936 – 28 December 2025) was a Liechtensteiner…
Suad Kalesić
Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballerDied on Sunday December 28th 2025
Carlos Cardoso
Portuguese footballer and managerDied on Sunday December 28th 2025
Dave Downey
American basketball player (Illinois Fighting Illini)Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Clifton McNeil
American football player (Cleveland BrownsDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Rafael Viteri
Spanish footballer (Athletic BilbaoDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Miklós Fazekas
Hungarian athleteDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Robert Gaudreau
American Olympic ice hockey playerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Fernando Martín Carreras
Spanish footballer and managerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Jonathan Powell British pianist and musicologist dead at age 56
Jonathan Powell, the British pianist, musicologist and music editor, died on December 27, 2025, aged 56. Born in Lancashire in 1969, he was also a self-taught composer who wrote piano…
Miklós Fazekas Hungarian steeplechase runner dead at age 92
Miklós Fazekas, a Hungarian steeplechase runner, died on December 27, 2025, at the age of 92. Born in Putnok on December 6, 1933, he graduated from the College of Physical…
Juanan López
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao)Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Tom Maentz
American football player and businessman (University of Michigan)Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Mohamed Lekkak
Algerian footballer and manager (FC RouenDied on Friday December 26th 2025
Jean-Louis Gasset
French football manager and playerDied on Friday December 26th 2025
Jim Flanigan Sr. American football player dead at age 80
Jim Flanigan Sr., an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League and played for the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, died on December…
Daniel Huillier
French ice hockey player (Ours de Villard-de-LansDied on Friday December 26th 2025
Cláudio Mortari
Brazilian basketball player and coachDied on Thursday December 25th 2025
John Robertson Scottish footballer dead at age 72
John Robertson, the Scottish footballer who played as a left winger for Nottingham Forest, Derby County and the Scotland national team, died on December 25, 2025. He was a key…
Ray Lamb American baseball player dead at age 80
Ray Lamb, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on December 25, 2025. Raymond Richard Lamb was a former Major League…
Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86
Frank Craighill, an American sports agent and founding partner of the sports marketing firm ProServ, died on December 25, 2025, at the age of 86. ProServ was created in 1970…
Dirk Schreyer
German rowerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Roberto Buitrago
Colombian road racing cyclistDied on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Richard Cramb
Scottish rugby union player (national team)Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Masashi Ozaki
Japanese golferDied on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Jimmy Miller
Scottish footballer (Greenock MortonDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Andy Kosco
American baseball player (Minnesota TwinsDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Vasil Ringov
Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer (VardarDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Valentina Kozlovskaya
Russian chess playerDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Frédéric Brun
French racing cyclistDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Andrei Stocker
Romanian footballer (Jiul PetroșaniDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Sebastian Hertner
German footballer (Erzgebirge AueDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Norton Barnhill
American basketball player (Washington State CougarsDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Allan Gilliver
English footballer (Bradford CityDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Lazăr Pârvu
Romanian footballerDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Clyde Werner American football player dead at age 78
Clyde Werner, an American football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, died on December 23, 2025. He was 78. Werner played six seasons with the Chiefs…
D. Tokijan
Singaporean footballer (Singapore FADied on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Maciej Łasicki
Polish Olympic rower (1992)Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Zbigniew Mikołajów
Polish footballer (Zagłębie SosnowiecDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
Steve Ford
English footballer (Stoke City)Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Alan Marley
New Zealand footballer (national team)Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Jean Laudet
French sprint canoeistDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
Rich McGeorge
American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Birmingham StallionsDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
Stefano Vavoli
Italian football/soccer playerDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
Alf Meakin
British Olympic sprinter and rugby league footballerDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
Robin Turner English footballer dead at age 70
Robin Turner, the English footballer who played for Ipswich Town and Swansea City, died on December 22, 2025. A forward and England youth international, he began his career at Ipswich…
Daniel Dagallier
French fencerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Giorgio Rumignani
Italian football/soccer playerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Rudy Kuechenberg
American football player (Chicago BearsDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Alfred Esmatges
Spanish racing cyclistDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Lee Wright
Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1964Died on Saturday December 20th 2025
Albert Hall
American baseball player (Atlanta BravesDied on Saturday December 20th 2025
Mike Campbell
American baseball player (Seattle MarinersDied on Friday December 19th 2025
Roland Bock
German Olympic wrestler (1968)Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Eugenio Perico
Italian footballer and manager (AtalantaDied on Friday December 19th 2025
Detlef Enge
German football player (1. FC Magdeburg)Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Peter Kupferschmidt
German footballer (Bayern MunichDied on Friday December 19th 2025
Roderick Chase
Barbadian cyclistDied on Friday December 19th 2025
Cynthia Mailman American painter, pancreatic cancer dead at age 82
Cynthia Mailman, an American painter and educator, died on December 19, 2025, in New York City at age 82. She was known for figurative and landscape works done in a…
Stanislav Moskvin
Russian cyclist and cycling coachDied on Friday December 19th 2025
Åge Hareide
Norwegian football coachDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Michele Dancelli
Italian road racing cyclistDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Greg Biffle
American racing driverDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Barry Mitchell
American basketball playerDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Miroslav Vondřička
Czech basketball coachDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Miss Janeth
Mexican wrestlerDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Boyan Radev
Bulgarian wrestlerDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Vítor Gonçalves
Portuguese footballerDied on Thursday December 18th 2025
Ethan McLeod
English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Jack Abendschan
American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders)Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Mario Pineida
Ecuadorian footballer (Barcelona SCDied on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Komafudō Daisuke
Japanese sumo wrestlerDied on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Kym Ireland
Australian Olympic field hockey player (1984)Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
David Stokes
Guatemalan footballer (national team)Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Solomon Grundy
American professional wrestler (WCCWDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Garry Smith
New Zealand rugby league player (West CoastDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Marian Kotleba
Slovak basketball player (BK Inter BratislavaDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Ángel González-Adrio
Spanish basketball player (Picadero JCDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Lusanda Dumke
South African rugby union playerDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Greg Thayer
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins)Died on Monday December 15th 2025
Garrett Ford Sr.
American football player (Denver Broncos)Died on Monday December 15th 2025
Paul Gagné
Canadian ice hockey player (Colorado RockiesDied on Monday December 15th 2025