Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
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
Mario Bedogni
Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1948 · 29 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 29
Red Miller
American football coach (Denver Broncos) · 27 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 27
Richard Boucher
French footballer (Toulouse) · 27 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 27
Bert McCann
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 24 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 24
Paavo Lonkila
Finnish cross-country skier · 23 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 23
Oskar Schulz
Austrian cross country skier · 23 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 23
Rick Shaw
American radio disc jockey and television host · 23 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 23
John Worsdale
English footballer (Stoke City · 22 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 22
Ed Phillips
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 22 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 22
Mickey Harrington
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) · 22 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 22
Garry Hill
American baseball player (Atlanta Braves) · 21 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 21
Bucky Scribner
American football player (Green Bay Packers · 21 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 21
Brendan Reilly
Irish Gaelic football player (Louth GAA) · 20 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 20
Lionel Wilson
South African rugby union player (Western Province · 20 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 20
Wim Huis
Dutch footballer (Ajax) · 20 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 20
Jake LaMotta
American boxer and inspiration for Raging Bull. · 20 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 20