Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Kozo Kinomoto
Japanese footballer and sports executive · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Kōzō
Amin Nasir
Singaporean footballer and coach · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Jimmy Snuka
American professional wrestler (WWF) · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15
Faig Jabbarov
Azerbaijani footballer (Kapaz · 12 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 12
Mildred Meacham
American baseball player (AAGBPL) · 12 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 12
Kenny Wharram
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks) · 11 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 11
François Van der Elst
Belgian footballer (Anderlecht · 11 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 11 · Elst
Timothy Well
American professional wrestler · 10 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 10
Terry Ramshaw
English rugby league footballer of the 1960s · 10 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 10
Bill Champion
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers · 10 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 10
Achmad Kurniawan
Indonesian footballer (Arema FC) · 10 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 10
Jordan Hankins
American basketball player (Northwestern) · 10 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 10
Jackie Brown
American baseball player and coach (Texas Rangers) · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Roberto Cabañas
Paraguayan footballer (New York Cosmos · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Bob Sadowski
American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Moruca
Spanish football player and coach (Racing de Santander) · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Laurie Topp
English footballer (Hendon) · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer and father of Yannick Noah · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Mike Buchanan
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks) · 07 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 7
Sandra Landy
British contract bridge player · 06 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 6
Greg Jelks
American-Australian baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) · 06 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 6
Bart Prater
American radio disc jockey · 06 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 6
Art Pennington
American baseball player (Chicago American Giants · 06 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 6
Willie Evans
American football player (University of Buffalo) · 05 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 5
Frank Murphy
Irish middle-distance runner · 05 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 5
Paul Went
English footballer (Charlton Athletic · 05 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 5
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Indian sitar player · 04 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 4 · Khan
Rosemary Stevenson
American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks) · 04 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 4
Enzo Benedetti
Italian footballer (Palermo) · 04 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 4
Poul Pedersen
Danish Olympic medallist (1960) · 03 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 3
Manuel Fernández Mora
Spanish footballer and coach (Racing de Santander) · 03 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 3 · Mora
Daryl Spencer
American baseball player (New York / San Francisco Giants) · 03 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 3
István Tatár
Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1980 · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 2
Jean Vuarnet
French alpine skier · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 2
René de ClercqRené de Clercq (cyclist)
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · (cyclist) · January 2
René de Clercq (cyclist)
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · (cyclist) · January 2
Viktor Tsaryov
Russian footballer and coach (Dynamo Moscow · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 2
Mohamed “Ad-Diba” Diab
Egyptian football player (Al Ittihad Alexandria Club) · 31 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 31 · Diab
Uzama Douglas
Nigerian footballer (Gombe United) · 31 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 31
Jim Malacko
Canadian ice hockey player (Lethbridge Maple Leafs) · 31 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 31
Matt Snorton
American football player (Denver Broncos) · 31 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 31
Chris Cannizzaro
American baseball player (New York Mets · 30 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 30
Matt Carragher
English footballer (Wigan · 30 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 30
Claude Arnold
Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos) · 29 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 29
Néstor Gonçalves
Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol) · 29 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 29 · Nestor
LaVell Edwards
American football coach (BYU Cougars) · 29 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 29
Keion Carpenter
American football player (Buffalo Bills · 29 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 29
Ellen Watters
Canadian racing cyclist · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28
Bong Go
Filipino basketball coach · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28
Jim Lehew
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28
Bruce DeHaven
American football coach (Buffalo Bills · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28
Luciano Panetti
Italian football player and manager · 27 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 27
John Barfield
American baseball player (Texas Rangers) · 26 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 26
Doug Coombs
New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Remigijus Morkevičius
Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Artists
Barrie Hillier
English footballer (Southampton) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Miruts Yifter
Ethiopian long distance runner · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Mocho Cota
professonal wrestler known as Mocho Cota · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Ville Lyytikäinen
Finnish football coach (Atlantis FC) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
John Gwilliam
Welsh rugby union player (national team) · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Chad Robinson
Australian rugby league footballer (Sydney Roosters · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Sonny Moran
American college basketball coach (West Virginia) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Morán
Sergei Razaryonov
Russian football coach and player · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Houshmand Almasi
Iranian Olympic fencer (1964) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Almási
Albert Bennett
English footballer (Rotehrham United · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Şehmus Özer
Turkish footballer (Amed · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Robert Eddins
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Christopher Young
British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers) · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20
Gene Hamm
American golf player and course designer · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19
Fidel Uriarte
Spanish football player (Athletic Bilbao · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19