Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Antal Hajba
Hungarian sprint canoeistDied on Tuesday March 7th 2017
Bill Hougland
American basketball playerDied on Tuesday March 7th 2017
Youcef Touati
Algerian football playerDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Mickey Marvin
American football playerDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Marek Ostrowski
Polish footballerDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Dudley Storey
New Zealand rowerDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Russ Prior
Canadian weightlifterDied on Sunday March 5th 2017
Peter Feil
Swedish swimmerDied on Sunday March 5th 2017
Alberto Villalta
Salvadorian footballerDied on Sunday March 5th 2017
André Vlayen
Belgian racing cyclistDied on Sunday March 5th 2017
Dean Ehlers
American college basketball coach (MemphisDied on Saturday March 4th 2017
Shirley Palesh
American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)Died on Friday March 3rd 2017
Raymond Kopa
French football playerDied on Friday March 3rd 2017
Syd Lowdon
rugby league footballer of the 1950sDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Tommy Gemmell
Scottish football player (CelticDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Simon Hobday
South African golferDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Sunny Hale
American polo playerDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
John Hampshire
English cricketer (Yorkshire)Died on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Marcel De Corte
Belgian footballer (AnderlechtDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Bobby Lumley
English footballer (Hartlepool UnitedDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Thomas Sweeney
Australian rugby union playerDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Vladimir Petrov
Russian ice hockey playerDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Tania Dalton
New Zealand netball player and commentatorDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Ray Stokes
Australian rules footballerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Zvjezdan Cvetković
Croatian Serb football manager and playerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Carlos Miloc
Uruguayan football coach (Tigres UANL)Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Alex Young
Scottish footballer (HeartsDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Elli Norkett
Welsh Women's Rugby playerDied on Sunday February 26th 2017
Ivar Aronsson
Swedish rowerDied on Sunday February 26th 2017
Vito Ortelli
Italian racing cyclistDied on Sunday February 26th 2017
Lloyd Williams
Welsh rugby playerDied on Saturday February 25th 2017
Horace Parlan
American-born Danish piano playerDied on Saturday February 25th 2017
Derek Ibbotson
British runnerDied on Friday February 24th 2017
Johnny McCormack
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs)Died on Friday February 24th 2017
Bernie Custis
American professional football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats). Died on Thursday February 23rd 2017
Ion Croitoru
Canadian professional wrestler (SMWDied on Thursday February 23rd 2017
Ricardo Dominguez
Mexican welterweight boxerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Bengt Gustavsson
Swedish footballer and managerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Leo Murphy
Northern Irish Gaelic footballerDied on Tuesday February 21st 2017
Dan Vickerman
South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (BrumbiesDied on Tuesday February 21st 2017
Roman Zhuravskyi
Ukrainian football player (Dynamo KyivDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Paul McCarthy
Irish footballerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Roy Proverbs
English footballerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Darryl Hammond
American arena football player (St. Louis StampedeDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Roger Hynd
Scottish footballer (RangersDied on Sunday February 19th 2017
Nadezhda Olizarenko
Soviet track athleteDied on Sunday February 19th 2017
Duke Washington
American football playerDied on Sunday February 19th 2017
Daniel Vickerman
Australian rugby union footballer (New South Wales WaratahsDied on Sunday February 19th 2017
Henk Nienhuis
Dutch football player and manager (Veendam)Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Erland Kops
Danish badminton playerDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Krishnaraj Sriram
Indian cricketerDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
George “The Animal” Steele
American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood)Died on Friday February 17th 2017
George Steele
American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood)Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Leonard Myers
American football player (New England Patriots)Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Siegfried Herrmann
German Olympic long-distance runner (1956Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Peter Richardson
English cricketerDied on Friday February 17th 2017
Joseph Bonnar
English rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970sDied on Friday February 17th 2017
Nicole Bass
American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWFDied on Friday February 17th 2017
Rich Ingold
American arena football player and coach (Washington CommandosDied on Friday February 17th 2017
Walter Morrison
American musician (Ohio PlayersDied on Thursday February 16th 2017
Josef Augusta
Czech ice hockey player and coachDied on Thursday February 16th 2017
Simon Porter
English cricket player and administrator (Oxfordshire)Died on Thursday February 16th 2017
Harry Sullivan
Australian rules footballer (CarltonDied on Thursday February 16th 2017
Ríkharður Jónsson
Icelandic footballerDied on Wednesday February 15th 2017
Manfred Kaiser
German football playerDied on Wednesday February 15th 2017
Piet Rentmeester
Dutch cyclistDied on Wednesday February 15th 2017
Paulo Henrique Filho
Brazilian footballerDied on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Adrien Duvillard
French skierDied on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Darrell K. Smith
American football player (Toronto Argonauts)Died on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Japanese swimmerDied on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Sam Anfang
Polish-born American golferDied on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Bobby Murdoch
English footballerDied on Monday February 13th 2017
Stacy Bromberg
American darts playerDied on Monday February 13th 2017
Sara Coward
British actress (The Archers)Died on Monday February 13th 2017
Jeremy Geathers
American football player (Spokane ShockDied on Monday February 13th 2017
Dave Adolph
American football coach (Cleveland BrownsDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Quentin Moses
American football player (Miami Dolphins)Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Juan Ulloa
Costa Rican footballerDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Miles Cahn
American businessman (CoachDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Sione Lauaki
Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (ChiefsDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Chavo Guerrero Sr.
American professional wrestlerDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Piet Keizer
Dutch footballer (AjaxDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Valeriu Bularca
Romania wrestlerDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Yuriy Poyarkov
Ukrainian volleyball playerDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Bill Britton
Canadian football player (BC LionsDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Serge Baguet
Belgian cyclistDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Steve Sumner
English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch UnitedDied on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Neil Betts
Australian Rugby Union player (Queensland Rugby Union)Died on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Bob Stewart
Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden SealsDied on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Hans van der Hoek
Dutch footballer (Feyenoord)Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Joost van der Westhuizen
South African rugby union playerDied on Monday February 6th 2017
Harry Minor
American baseball player and manager (New York Mets)Died on Sunday February 5th 2017
Miltos Papapostolou
Greek football player and manager (AEK AthensDied on Sunday February 5th 2017
Jean Bogaerts
Belgian cyclistDied on Sunday February 5th 2017
Mark Brownson
American baseball player (Colorado Rockies)Died on Sunday February 5th 2017