Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Chuck Beal
American racecar driver
Died on Friday July 14th 2017
Ken Wimshurst
English footballer (Bristol City F.C.)
Died on Thursday July 13th 2017
John McKnight
Northern Irish football player (Armagh GAA)
Died on Thursday July 13th 2017
Vince Farrar
Englush footballer (Hull)
Died on Thursday July 13th 2017
Roy Richards
Vincentian footballer
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Sylvia Nooij
Dutch footballer (ADO)
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Tommy Carberry
Irish jockey
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Diane J. Nelson
American jockey and model
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Abdullah Hayayei
UAE Paralympic athlete
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Eugène Koffi Kouamé
Ivorian football player
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
Evan Armstrong
Scottish professional bantam/feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
Johnson Kendrick
Brazilian footballer
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
David Alonso López
Mexican boxer
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
Martin Molony
Irish jockey
Died on Monday July 10th 2017
Ed Crawford
American football player
Died on Sunday July 9th 2017
Sylvia Nooy
Dutch footballer (ADO)
Died on Sunday July 9th 2017
Les Habegger
American basketball coach
Died on Saturday July 8th 2017
Ataullah Behmanesh
Iranian wrestler and sports journalist
Died on Saturday July 8th 2017
Diane Von Hoffman
American professional wrestler
Died on Saturday July 8th 2017
Gour Ghosh
Indian cricketer
Died on Saturday July 8th 2017
George Hansen
Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders)
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Billy Cook
British-born Australian footballer
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Ibra Agbo
Cameroonian-born Equatoguinean footballer and coach
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Heinz Schneiter
Swiss football player
Died on Thursday July 6th 2017
Gene Conley
American baseball and basketball player (Milwaukee Braves
Died on Wednesday July 5th 2017
John McKenzie
Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle
Died on Wednesday July 5th 2017
Ntuthuko Radebe
South African footballer
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Bernard Nottage
Bahamian politician and sprinter
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Ken Hopper
Australian football player (Hawthorn)
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Harry Gorringe
Australian cricketer (Western Australia)
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Pan Qingfu
Chinese martial artist
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Ata Behmanesh
Iranian athlete and reporter
Died on Monday July 3rd 2017
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Soviet-born Israeli chess player
Died on Monday July 3rd 2017
Smith Hart
American-Canadian professional wrestler (WWC
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Ayan Sadakov
Bulgarian football player (National team
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
László Kovács
Hungarian football player and coach
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Darrall Imhoff
American basketball player (New York Knicks
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Ernie Ackerley
British footballer (South Melbourne FC)
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Giorgos Masadis
Greek footballer (Veria F.C.)
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Ola Skarholt
Norwegian orienteering runner
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Max Runager
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Isaías Pimentel
Venezuelan tennis player
Died on Friday June 30th 2017
Mitchell Henry
American football player (Baltimore Ravens)
Died on Friday June 30th 2017
Mervyn Crossman
Australian field hockey player
Died on Thursday June 29th 2017
Jacinta Coleman
New Zealand Olympic cyclist (2000)
Died on Thursday June 29th 2017
John Monckton
Australian swimmer
Died on Thursday June 29th 2017
Dave Semenko
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Edmonton Oilers)
Died on Thursday June 29th 2017
Wally O’Connell
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Died on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Tom Corcoran
American alpine skier
Died on Wednesday June 28th 2017
John Higgins
Scottish footballer (Hibernian)
Died on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Anthony Young
American baseball player (New York Mets
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2017
Ric Suggitt
Canadian rugby union coach (national team)
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2017
Stéphane Paille
French football player and manager (Sochaux
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2017
Pavel Dalaloyan
Russian footballer
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2017
Suh Yun-bok
South Korean Olympic athlete (1948)
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2017
Françoise Mailliard
French Olympic fencer (1960)
Died on Monday June 26th 2017
Sunil Lal Joshi
Nepalese Olympic weightlifter
Died on Monday June 26th 2017
José Manuel Mourinho Félix
Portuguese football player and manager (Vitória Setúbal
Died on Sunday June 25th 2017
Andrey Dvinyaninov
Russian sledge hockey player
Died on Sunday June 25th 2017
Nils Nilsson
Swedish ice hockey player (national team)
Died on Saturday June 24th 2017
Tonny van der Linden
Dutch footballer (VV DOS
Died on Saturday June 24th 2017
Omar Monza
Argentine basketball player
Died on Friday June 23rd 2017
Frode Larsen
Norwegian footballer (SK Brann
Died on Friday June 23rd 2017
Keith Loneker
American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Out of Sight
Died on Thursday June 22nd 2017
Frank Kush
American football player and coach (Arizona State)
Died on Thursday June 22nd 2017
John Faull
Welsh rugby union player (Swansea
Died on Wednesday June 21st 2017
Kelechi Emeteole
Nigerian footballer (national team)
Died on Wednesday June 21st 2017
Sergei Mylnikov
Russian ice hockey player (SKA Leningrad
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2017
Tony DiCicco
American soccer coach of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning United States women's national soccer team
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2017
Danny Schock
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Albert Franks
English footballer (Newcastle United
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Larry Grantham
American Professional Football Player (New York Jets)
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Mihai Nedef
Romanian basketball player
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Rumen Nenov
Bulgarian footballer
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Larry Hayes
American football player (Los Angeles Rams)
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Pierluigi Chicca
Italian fencer
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Tony Liscio
American football player (Dallas Cowboys)
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Buddy Wayne
American professional wrestler
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Luciano Frosini
Italian racing cyclist
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Józef Grudzień
Polish boxer
Died on Saturday June 17th 2017
Edzai Kasinauyo
Zimbabwean footballer
Died on Friday June 16th 2017
Jacques Foix
French football player
Died on Thursday June 15th 2017
Rick Tuten
American football player (Seattle Seahawks)
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
Don Matthews
American football coach (BC Lions
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
Paul Van-Zandvliet
British rugby union player
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
Cheick Tioté
Ivorian footballer (Twente
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Francisco Javier García Verdugo
Spanish football player (Xerez CD
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Jimmy Thomas
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Clive Rushton
British swimmer and swimming coach
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Giuliano Sarti
Italian footballer (Fiorentina
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017