Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
David Sayer
English cricketer (Kent) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Bill Fischer
American football player (Chicago Cardinals) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Mario Quintero
Cuban Olympic basketball player · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Ivan Pritargov
Bulgarian association football player · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Iván
Manu Maniapoto
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty · 27 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 27
Charles Shackleford
American basketball player (New Jersey Nets · 27 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 27
Billy Simpson
Northern Irish footballer (Linfield · 27 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 27
Lindy Delapenha
Jamaican football player and sports broadcaster · 26 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 26
Ralph Guglielmi
American football player (Washington Redskins · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Ken Wright
American baseball player (Kansas City Royals) · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Fred André
Dutch football player and manager (Telstar) · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Colin Rushmere
South African conservationist and cricketer · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Maria Pares
American women's college basketball coach (Canisius · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Chuck Weyant
American racecar driver · 24 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 24
Dick Starr
American baseball player (St. Louis Browns) · 24 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 24
Dave Shipperley
English footballer (Charlton Athletic · 23 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 23
Yordano Ventura
Dominican baseball player (Kansas City Royals) · 22 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 22
Gene Olaff
American soccer player · 22 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 22
Andy Marte
Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves · 22 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 22
Giovanni Vastola
Italian footballer (Vicenza · 21 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 21
Craig Howard
American football coach · 20 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 20
Ger van Mourik
Dutch footballer (Ajax) · 20 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 20 · Mourik
Red Adams
American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers) · 20 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 20
Pic Parkhouse
New Zealand swimming coach · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint
English cricketer (women's national team) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Flint
Ian Davison
English cricketer (Nottinghamshire) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Les Lazarowitz
American sound mixer (Taxi Driver · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Ramón Martínez Pérez
Spanish footballer (Sevilla · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Pérez
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess player · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Brian Whitehouse
English footballer (West Bromwich · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Oddvar Barlie
Norwegian sport wrestler · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
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 · January 2
René de Clercq (cyclist)
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · 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