Bill Courtney
American college basketball coach (Cornell Big Red
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Eric Redrobe
English association footballer
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Brandon Holiday American canoeist dead at age 53
Brandon Holiday, an American canoeist,
died on January 13, 2026. Born on January 25, 1972, he was a paracanoe sprint kayaker from the United States. Holiday grew up in Maplewood,…
Peter Schofield Australian footballer
Peter John Schofield, the Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League,
died on January 13, 2026, aged 93. Born on 12…
Benjaminas Zelkevičius
81 Lithuanian football player (Žalgiris Vilnius
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Kamiel Dierckx
Belgian basketball player
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Dave Giusti
American baseball player (Houston Astros
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Wim Van Belleghem
Belgian rower
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Sergey Galkov
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988)
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Sergey Gaikov
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988)
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Mohammad Ilyas
Pakistani cricketer (national team)
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Rolland Courbis
French footballer
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
John Wallace
Scottish trumpet player
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Eugen Pojoni
Romanian footballer
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Thierry Steimetz
French footballer (Amnéville
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Włodzimierz Jakubowski
Polish football player (Lech Poznań) and manager (Mieszko Gniezno
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Pavel Akishev
Russian baseball player (national team)
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Robert Hopkins
English footballer (Birmingham City
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Mukharby Kirzhinov
Russian weightlifter
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Mario Jacquet
Paraguayan footballer (Cerro Porteño
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Davinder Singh
Indian Olympic field hockey player (1980)
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zelico Petrovic
Yugoslav-born Italian footballer (Taranto
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Dan Coleman American football player dead at age 63
Dan Coleman, an American football player who was a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings,
died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Lansing, Michigan, on…
Ian McCrae
Scottish rugby union player (Gordonians
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Jim Furlong
Canadian gridiron football player (Calgary Stampeders)
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Hans Herrmann
German racing driver (Formula One).
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Tony Dennis
Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Valentin Zakharov
Russian figure skater
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Philip Long American Olympic swimmer dead at age 77
Philip Long, an American competition swimmer who represented the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics,
died on January 9, 2026. Born in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 1948, he…
Antonino Mangano
Italian marathon and middle-distance running athlete
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Khawlhring Lalremruata
Indian cricketer (Mizoram)
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Randy McMillan
American football player (Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts)
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Uljana Semjonova
Latvian basketball player
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Miroslav Stárek
Czech footballer (AC Sparta Prague
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Howard Riley English footballer dead at age 87
Howard Riley, an English footballer who played for Leicester City, Walsall and Barrow,
died on January 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on 18 August 1938, he made…
Sidney de Jong
Dutch Olympic baseball player (2004
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Terry Yorath
Welsh football player (Leeds United
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Glenn Hall
Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Jerry Thomas
American baseball player (Minnesota Golden Gophers)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Tony Field
English football player (Blackburn Rovers
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Billy Truax
American football player (Los Angeles Rams
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Forest Able
American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Martin Chivers
English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Athol Webb
Australian rules footballer (Melbourne)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Elbert Kimbrough
American football player (San Francisco 49ers
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Mario Blasone
Italian basketball player
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Anatoly Yevtushenko
Russian handball coach
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Willie Knox public figure dead at age 88
Willie Knox, the Scottish football player and manager,
died on January 7, 2026. Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, on September 9, 1937, he played as a wing half for Raith Rovers,…
Jawann Oldham
American basketball player (Chicago Bulls
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Oscar Lofton
American football player (Boston Patriots) and coach (Southeastern Louisiana Lions)
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Alex Felipe
Brazilian futsal player (Sporting CP
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Robert Vicot
French footballer and manager (Toulon
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Bonifacio Ávila
Colombian Olympic boxer (1972)
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Jim Willis
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
José Mingorance
Spanish football player (Espanyol
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Bob Pulford
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Ken Wilcock
British sprinter
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Jim Dennison
American football coach (Akron Zips
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Bobby Holmes
Scottish footballer (St Mirren)
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Miklós Dudás
Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist (2012)
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
John Meredith
English footballer (Doncaster Rovers
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Miklós Dudás Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist, world champion dead at age 34
Miklós Dudás, a Hungarian sprint canoeist and 2012 Olympic competitor,
died on January 5, 2026, at the age of 34. Born in Budapest on April 16, 1991, he represented Hungary…
Alan Baker
English footballer (Aston Villa)
Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Marissa Sanchez
Filipino tennis player
Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Dastagir Hossain Nira
Bangladeshi footballer (Dhaka Abahani
Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Milorad Kosanović
Serbian footballer and manager
Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Nam Singh Thapa
Nepali Olympic boxer (1964)
Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Arnold Long
British cricketer (Sussex
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Dimitar Penev
Bulgarian football player (CSKA Sofia
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Terry Wharton
English footballer
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Phoenix Spicer
Australian football league player (North Melbourne)
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Paul McCullagh Jr
British boxer
Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Diane Crump
American jockey and horse trainer
Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Bobby Baxter public figure dead at age 88
Robert Denholm Baxter, an English professional footballer who played for Darlington, Brighton & Hove Albion and Torquay United,
died on January 2, 2026. Born in Redcar, Yorkshire, in 1937, he…
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Tajik-Russian football player (Tajikistan national team
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Jeon Jun-ho
South Korean baseball player (Hyundai Unicorns
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Colin McDonald English footballer dead at age 95
Colin McDonald, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Burnley and the national team,
died on January 1, 2026. Born Colin Agnew McDonald on 15 October 1930, he…
Paul McCullagh Jr. Northern Irish boxer, bone cancer dead at age 25
Paul McCullagh Jr., a Northern Irish boxer,
died on January 1, 2026, from bone cancer. Born in Belfast in 2000, he was nicknamed The Irish Drago. He turned professional in…
Lowell MacDonald
Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Gökmen Özdenak
Turkish footballer (İstanbulspor
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Pavel Schenk
Czech volleyball player
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Marijan Čerček
Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Jiří Zubrický Czech Olympic weightlifter dead at age 61
Jiří Zubrický, a Czech Olympic weightlifter who competed in the 1988 and 1992 Games for Czechoslovakia,
died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 61. Born in Most on…
Yuri Sudakov Russian boxer dead at age 77
Yuri Sudakov, a Russian boxer and boxing coach,
died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 77. Born Yuri Evgenievich Sudakov on July 3, 1948, in Moscow, he competed…
Pasha Kasanov Ukrainian football player and manager dead at age 72
Pasha Kasanov, a Ukrainian football player and manager,
died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 72. Known as Pasha Namazovych Kasanov, he played for Nyva Vinnytsia and Metalurh…
Billy Ray Barnes American football player dead at age 90
Billy Ray Barnes, an American football player and coach,
died on December 31, 2025, at age 90. Barnes was a halfback in the National Football League, playing for the Philadelphia…
Sam Sommers
American racing driver
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Sharif Nazarov
Tajik football player (Pamir) and manager (Varzob Dushanbe
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Miroslav Zeman
wrestler
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
NASCAR
Father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Ken Greatorex
English rugby footballer
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Gordon Jones
English footballer (Middlesbrough
Died 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 92
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Akshu Fernando
Sri Lankan cricketer (Panadura Sports Club)
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Enrique Collar
Spanish footballer
Died on Monday December 29th 2025