Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
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
Cris Bolado
Filipino basketball player (Alaska Milkmen) · 19 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 19
Kenji Watanabe
Japanese Olympic swimmer · 19 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 19
Jim Donohue
American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels) · 19 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 19
Dave Hilton
American baseball player (San Diego Padres · 18 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 18
Jean Plaskie
Belgian footballer (Anderlecht · 18 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 18
Paul Wilson
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 18 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 18
Zurab Sotkilava
Georgian-Russian football player (Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer (People's Artist of the USSR) · 18 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 18
Eugenio Bersellini
Italian football player and manager · 17 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 17
Ted Christopher
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Driver · 16 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 16
Billy Ray Lickert
American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats) · 15 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 15 · Lickert
Otto Wanz
Austrian professional wrestler (AWA · 14 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 14
Jeff Parker
American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres) · 14 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 14
Dan Currie
American football player (Green Bay Packers) · 14 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 14
Alex Hawkins
American football player (Baltimore Colts) · 13 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 13
Derek Wilkinson
English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday) · 13 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 13
Jan Brittin
English cricketer (national team) · 12 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 12
Stephen Begley
Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow Warriors) · 11 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 11
Pierre Pilote
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks) · 10 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 10