Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Joe Gadston
English football player (Exeter City
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Wim Kelleners
Dutch racing cyclist
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Travis Curtis
American football player (Washington Redskins
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Jürgen Plagemann
German rower
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Sefer Baygın
Turkish wrestler
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Robyn Thorn Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist dead at age 80
Robyn Thorn, an Australian swimmer and Olympic silver medalist,
died on January 24, 2026, aged 80. Also known by her married name Robyn Nock, she won silver in the 4×100-metre…
Peter Ryan English rugby union player dead at age 95
Peter Henry Ryan, an English international rugby union player,
died on January 24, 2026, aged 95. Born in Bucklow, England, on October 1, 1930, he was head boy and football…
Bob Jones Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 80
Bob Jones, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers,
died on January 24, 2026, at age 80. Robert Charles Jones…
Lennart Backman Swedish footballer dead at age 91
Lennart Backman, the Swedish footballer who played for IFK Norrköping, AIK and the national team,
died on January 24, 2026. Born Kurt Lennart Ingemar Backman on February 7, 1934, he…
Rob Maurer
American baseball player (Texas Rangers)
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Nazzareno Canuti
Italian footballer (Inter
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Ðani Kovač
Serbian sprinter
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Lim Yong-bo
South Korean basketball player and manager (national team
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Håkan Bengtsson
Swedish Olympic swimmer (1960)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
John Brodie
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ota Zaremba
Czech weightlifter
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ian Macowat
English footballer (Crewe Alexandra
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Marcel Loncle
French football player
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Giancarlo Cella
Italian football player (Torino
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Peter Squires
English cricketer (Yorkshire) and rugby union player (British & Irish Lions)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ilyas Pasha
Indian footballer (East Bengal)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Dino Turcato
Italian weightlifter
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Dave Schmidt
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Kevin Johnson
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Brian McGowan
Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Hifumi Katō
Japanese shogi player
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Kevin Healy
Australian rules footballer (Collingwood)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Claude “Hoot” Gibson
American football player (San Diego Chargers
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Bobby Duncum
American professional wrestler (WWWF
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Bob Taylor
Australian footballer (Essendon)
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Phillip Boudreault
Canadian boxer and outlaw biker
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Ronald Joseph
American figure skater
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Colette Flesch
Luxembourgish Olympic fencer and politician
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Yuriy Chonka
Ukrainian footballer
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Norman Gifford
English cricketer (Worcestershire
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Frank Pitts
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Erzsebet Palatinus
Serbian table tennis player
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Lucien Muller
French footballer
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Ahmed Moujahid
Moroccan footballer (Wydad Casablanca
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Tommy Wright
English footballer (Everton
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Ronald Joseph American figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist, complications from amyotrophic late…
Ronald Joseph, an American figure skater and 1964 Olympic bronze medallist,
died on January 20, 2026, at age 81 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He competed in pair skating…
Peter Cousens South African-born English cricketer dead at age 93
Peter Cousens, the South African-born English cricketer who played for Essex,
died on January 20, 2026, aged 93. Born in Durban, Natal, on May 15, 1932, he was a right-handed…
Piero Cucchi
Italian football player
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
John Levra
American college football player (Pittsburg State Gorillas) and coach (New Mexico Highlands Cowboys
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Artur Shamrin
Soviet and Russian footballer (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Mladen Bartolović
Bosnian football player (Cibalia
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Luciano Zardi Italian Olympic weightlifter dead at age 95
Luciano Zardi, an Italian weightlifter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics,
died on January 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Ferrara, Italy, on September 15, 1930,…
Nabaloum Dramane
Ivorian-born Burkinabe boxer
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Ioan Crâsnic
Romanian wrestler and wrestling coach
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Kuncoro
Indonesian football player (Arema
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Wilbur Wood
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Phil Goyette
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens)
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
David Young English footballer dead at age 80
David Young, an English footballer who played for Charlton Athletic, Southend United and Newcastle United,
died on January 18, 2026, aged 80. A central defender, he made 209 appearances in…
Alan Black
Scottish footballer (Norwich City
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Giancarlo Tacchi
Italian football player
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Bruce Leung
Hong Kong martial artist and actor
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Chet Brooks
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Hoot Gibson American football player
Claude "Hoot" Andrew Gibson, an American football player and coach,
died on January 17, 2026. He was 87. Gibson was a defensive back and kick returner who played college football…
Grant Batty
New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Jaro Zawislan
American college soccer coach (Cornell Big Red)
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Laslo Pavlik
Serbian cyclist
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Anouschka Bernhard
German footballer (national team)
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Chris Krug American baseball player dead at age 86
Chris Krug, an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres,
died on January 16, 2026. Born Everett Ben Krug on December 25,…
Ajay Varma
Indian cricketer
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Edgar Salvé
Belgian middle-distance runner
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Dmitri Akimov
Russian footballer
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Clay Iles English tennis player and coach dead at age 83
Clay Iles, an English tennis player and coach,
died on January 15, 2026, aged 83. A British player and LTA-licensed tennis coach, he also worked as a sports writer and…
Ante Grgurević
Croatian basketball coach and player
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Mojtaba Tarshiz
Iranian footballer (Shahr Khodro F.C
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Nie Weiping
Chinese Go player
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Ivan Onufriyev
Russian football player
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Paola Cardia
Italian football player
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Renzo Ragonesi
Italian football player
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Ali Hassan
Mozambican footballer (Sporting
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Kim Min-jae
South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Jason Lafreniere
Canadian ice hockey player (Tampa Bay Lightning
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Bill Courtney
American college basketball coach (Cornell Big Red
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Eric Redrobe
English association footballer
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
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…
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,…
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