Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Raymond Reisser
French racing cyclist · 17 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 17
Spartaco Landini
Italian football player and manager · 16 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 16
Amílcar Henríquez
Panamanian footballer (Árabe Unido · 16 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 16 · Amilcar
Geoff Grover
Australian footballer (Port Melbourne) · 15 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 15
Vic Barnhart
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) · 15 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 15
Tony Cross
American basketball coach (Belmont Bruins) · 14 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 14
Angelo Mitaritonna
American basketball player (Washington Generals) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Dan Rooney
American football executive and diplomat · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Fred Goldsmith
Australian footballer (South Melbourne) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Wayne Hardin
American football player and coach (Pacific · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Fred Furniss
British footballer (Sheffield United F.C.) · 12 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 12
Denis Mahony
Irish Gaelic footballer (Dublin) · 12 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 12
Larry Sharpe
American professional wrestler (NWA) · 11 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 11
Spike Dykes
American football coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders) · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Dieter Kottysch
German middleweight boxer · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Bertie Wijesinghe
Sri Lankan pre-Test cricket player and coach · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Bertie Wijesinhe
Sri Lankan pre-Test cricket player and cricket coach · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Atanase Sciotnic
Romanian sprint canoeist · 09 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 9
Fishman
Mexican professional wrestler (UWA · 09 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 9
José Ángel Nájera Sánchez
Mexican professional wrestler known under the name Fishman · 09 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 9 · Sánchez
Derrick Jensen
American football player (Oakland Raiders) · 08 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 8
Bob Cerv
American baseball player (New York Yankees) · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 7
David Gove
American ice hockey player (Carolina Hurricanes) · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 7
Stan Anslow
English footballer (Millwall) · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6
Stuart Markland
Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers · 05 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 5
Roy Sievers
American baseball player (St. Louis Browns · 04 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 4
Karl Stotz
Austrian football player and manager · 04 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 4
Herbert Addo
Ghanaian football coach · 03 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 3
Rhubarb Jones
American country disc jockey and academic · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Chris Dausin
American football player (Texas A&M) · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Romolo Bizzotto
Italian football player and manager (Verona · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Velik Kapsazov
first Bulgarian Olympic medalist in gymnastics · 01 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 1
James Hadnot
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) · 01 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 1
Ken Currie
Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian · 31 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 31
Mike Hall
British endurance cyclist · 31 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 31
Linwood Sexton
American football player (Wichita State) · 31 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 31
Asbjørn Hansen
Norwegian footballer (Sparta · 30 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 30
Ernst Ogris
Austrian football player (Hertha BSC) and manager · 30 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 30
Paul Hamilton
Nigerian football player and manager (national team) · 30 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 30
Valeri Glushakov
Kazakh-born Russian football player (Spartak Moscow · 29 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 29
Ken Sparks
American football coach and player · 29 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 29
Billy Hails
English professional footballer and manager (Peterborough United) · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28
Shirley Annan
New Zealand netball player (national team) · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28
Philippe d’Ursel
Belgian alpine skier · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28 · d'Ursel
Eric Watson
New Zealand cricketer (Otago) and rugby union coach (Otago · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28 · Éric
Eduard Mudrik
Ukrainian-born Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow) · 27 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 27
Vladimir Kazachyonok
Russian football player (Zenit) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg) · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Kabba Jallow
Gambian football coach · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Todd Frohwirth
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Kalevi Häkkinen
Finnish alpine skier and speed skier. · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Gary Doak
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Leo Peelen
Dutch track cyclist · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Arne Høivik
Norwegian footballer (Eik-Tønsberg) · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
José Zardón
Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators) · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Gerry Gimelstob
American basketball coach (George Washington Colonials) · 24 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 24
Clay Matthews Sr.
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 24 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 24
David Lawrence
American basketball player (McNeese State · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Dallas Green
American baseball player and manager (Philadelphia Phillies · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 22
Larry Highbaugh
Canadian football player (BC Lions · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 22
Pete Hamilton
American racecar driver · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 22
John Derrick
Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan) · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 22
Ronnie Moran
British football player and coach (Liverpool F.C) · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 22 · Morán
Andy Coan
American freestyle swimmer · 21 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 21
Ryan McBride
Irish footballer (Derry City) · 19 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 19
Nikolay Minev
Bulgarian chess player · 19 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 19
Darrell Stanton
American football player and film figure (Remember the Titans) · 19 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 19
Sergei Gimayev
Russian ice hockey player and TV sports presenter · 18 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 18
Arleene Johnson
Canadian baseball player (AAGPBL) · 18 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 18