Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Manuel Sanchís Martínez
Spanish footballer (national team · 28 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 28 · Martínez
Cecil Moss
South African rugby union player (national team) · 28 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 28
Abdoulaye Soulama
Burkinabé football player · 28 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 28
Hans Kraay Sr.
Dutch football player and footballmanager Feyenoord DOS · 27 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 27
Thomas Smales
English rugby league footballer · 27 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 27
Dieter Kurrat
German football player and manager (Borussia Dortmund) · 27 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 27
Ross Powell
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds · 27 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 27
Chuck Churn
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 26 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 26
Brian Riley
English footballer (Bolton Wanderers) · 24 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 24
Ebrahim Ashtiani
Iranian footballer (Persepolis · 24 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 24
Sana Iqbal
Indian cyclist and anti-suicide activist · 24 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 24
Chuck Weber
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 23 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 23
Terry Laughlin
American swimming coach · 23 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 23
Ken Gowers
English rugby league player (Swinton · 23 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 23
Stan Kowalski
American professional wrestler · 22 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 22
George Dempsey
American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors) · 22 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 22
Pat Shovelin
Irish Gaelic football coach · 22 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 22
Tom van Vollenhoven
South African rugby player (St Helens) · 21 October 2017 · October 2017 · Vollenhoven · October 21
Justin Reed
American basketball player (Boston Celtics · 20 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 20
Ed Barnowski
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) · 20 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 20
Miguel Ángel Loayza
Peruvian football player (FC Barcelona · 19 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 19 · Loayza
Newt Oliver
American college basketball coach (Rio Grande Red Storm) · 19 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 19
Marino Perani
Italian football manager and player · 19 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 19
Dunc Rousseau
Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets) · 18 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 18
Burrhead Jones
American professional wrestler (WWWF) · 17 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 17
Marvin Rodríguez
Costa Rican footballer and coach (national team · 16 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 16 · Rodriguez
Kevin Cadle
American basketball coach (Kingston Kings · 16 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 16
Simon Clarke
English rugby union player (national team) · 16 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 16 · Simón
Daniel Webb
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) · 15 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 15
Betty Moczynski
American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League) · 15 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 15
Jack Laver
Tasmanian cricketer · 15 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 15
Mike McQueen
American baseball player (Atlanta Braves · 14 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 14
Pierre Hanon
Belgian footballer (national team · 13 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 13
Jimmy Reid
Scottish footballer (Dundee United) · 12 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 12
Dick Hewitt
English footballer (Barnsley · 12 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 12
Brian “Stack” Stevens
Cornish rugby union player · 12 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 12 · Stevens
Ben Hawkins
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) · 11 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 11
Edna Dummerth
American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League) · 11 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 11
Sergei Prigoda
Russian football player and manager (USSR national team) · 11 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 11
Mike Boland
Canadian ice hockey player (Kansas City Scouts · 10 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 10
Manuel Busto
French racing cyclist · 10 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 10
Don Lock
American baseball player (Washington Senators · 09 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 9
József Tóth
Hungarian footballer (Csepel · 09 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 9 · Toth
Mlondi Dlamini
South African footballer (Maritzburg United) · 08 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 8
Ian McNeill
Scottish football player and manager · 08 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 8
Jim Landis
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) · 07 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 7
Konstantin Sarsania
Russian football player and manager · 07 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 7
Ken Dean
rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s · 07 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 7
Connie Hawkins
American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters · 07 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 7
Ninja Jorgensen
American Olympic volleyball player · 07 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 7
Georges Griffiths
Ivorian footballer · 06 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 6
Roberto Anzolin
Italian footballer (Juventus · 06 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 6
John Herrnstein
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies · 06 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 6
Karel Kolář
Czech 400 metres runner · 04 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 4
Friedrich von Löffelholz
German cyclist and university lecturer · 04 October 2017 · October 2017 · Löffelholz · October 4
Solly Hemus
American baseball player and manager (St. Louis Cardinals · 03 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 3
Les Mutrie
English footballer (Hull City) · 03 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 3
Gunnar Thoresen
Norwegian footballer (Larvik Turn · 03 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 3
Patrocinio Samudio
Paraguayan footballer · 02 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 2
Peter Burke
New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki · 01 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 1
Hansje Bunschoten
Dutch swimmer (1972 Summer Olympics) and television presenter · 01 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 1
Željko Perušić
Croatian football player and manager · 01 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 1
Mike Bright
American Olympic volleyball player (1964) · 01 October 2017 · October 2017 · October 1
Frank Hamblen
American basketball coach (Los Angeles Lakers) · 30 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 30
Joe Tiller
American football coach (University of Wyoming · 30 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 30
Reggie Lavong
American radio disc jockey · 29 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 29
Joe Schaffer
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 29 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 29 · Schäffer
Aleksey Arifullin
Russian footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow) · 29 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 29
Antonio Spallino
Italian olympic fencer (1952 · 29 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 29