Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Lara Kruger
South African disc jockey and transgender advocate · 03 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 3
Alan Deakin
English footballer (Aston Villa) · 03 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 3
Mike McCartney
Scottish footballer (Carlisle United · 03 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 3
Dušan Mitošević
Serbian football player and manager · 02 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 2
Régis Manon
Gabonese footballer · 02 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 2
Art Dorrington
Canadian ice hockey player (Johnstown Jets) · 31 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 31
John Faulkner
English footballer (Luton Town · 30 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 30
Lothar Schämer
German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt) · 30 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 30
Al Luplow
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians · 29 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 29
Pat Devery
Australian rugby league footballer · 29 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 29
Al Rittinger
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) · 29 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 29
Steve Piper
English footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion · 28 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 28
Roberto Ortega
Argentina footballer · 28 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 28
Osvaldo Fattori
Italian footballer (Inter Milan · 27 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 27
Raymond L. Brown
American football player (Baltimore Colts) · 27 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 27 · Brown
Orsten Artis
American basketball player (Texas Western Miners) · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26
Beaven Gwamure
Zimbabwean football player (Chapungu United) · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26
Willie Penman
British football player (Newcastle United · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26
Diane Straus
American publisher (Washington Monthly) and platform tennis player · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26
Ramon Luis Nieves
Puerto Rican baseball player · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26 · Nieves · Ramón
Larry Libertore
American football player (Florida Gators) and politician · 26 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 26
George Maida
American radio disk jockey (WCVE) · 25 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 25
Jerry Kindall
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs · 24 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 24
Edu Ferreira
Portuguese footballer (Boavista) · 24 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 24
Neftalí Rivera
Puerto Rican basketball player · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
John Atkinson
English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos) · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Cyril Beavon
English footballer (Oxford United) · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Carl Forney
American baseball player and manager (Indianapolis Clowns) · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Pervis Atkins
American football player (Los Angeles Rams · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Reinhart Fuchs
German chess player · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Hal Bedsole
American football player (Minnesota Vikings) · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Ken Hands
Australian Australian rules footballer · 23 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 23
Bob Moses
Australian rugby league player (death announced on this day) · 22 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 22
Jason Lowndes
Australian racing cyclist · 22 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 22
Charlie Hennigan
American football player (Houston Oilers) · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
George Mans
American football coach and politician · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Manouchehr Boroumand
Iranian heavyweight weightlifter · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Paul Yesawich
American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) and judge · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Frank Hodgkin
Australian footballer (St Kilda) · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Jiří Sloup
Czech footballer (Viktoria Plzeň · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Red Murrell
American basketball player (Drake) · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21
Paul Genève
French long-distance runner · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Frank North
American football coach · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Yevhen Kotelnykov
Soviet footballer and coach · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Stan Pilecki
Polish-born Australian rugby union player (Queensland Reds) · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Antanas Vaupšas
Lithuanian Soviet Olympic athlete (1964) · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Laurie Rymer
Australian footballer (Collingwood) · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Doug Gallagher
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) · 19 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 19
Hugh Davies
Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan) · 19 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 19
Bob Dawson
Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) · 19 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 19
David Huntley
Canadian lacrosse player (Philadelphia Wings) and coach (Atlanta Blaze) · 19 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 19
Josef Pešice
Czech footballer and manager (AC Sparta Prague · 18 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 18
Dave Boyd
Australian footballer (Port Adelaide) · 18 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 18
Robert Follis
American mixed martial arts coach (Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts) · 18 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 18
Tom Zenk
American professional wrestler (WCW) · 17 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 17
Len Ceglarski
American college ice hockey coach (Boston College Eagles) · 17 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 17
Robin Waters
Irish cricketer (Sussex · 16 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 16
Paul Holz
German footballer (FC Schalke 04 · 16 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 16
Bill Hudson
American football player (Montreal Alouettes · 15 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 15
Frank Lary
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) · 15 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 15
Laurence de Grandhomme
Zimbabwean cricketer · 14 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 14 · Grandhomme
Tony Sumpter
American football player (Chicago Rockets) · 14 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 14
Ivan Stoyanov
Bulgarian footballer (Levski Sofia · 14 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 14 · Iván