Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jeff Sauer
American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers)Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
John Hilton
American football player (Pittsburgh SteelersDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Cor van der Hoeven
Dutch footballer (Ajax)Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bobby Watson
American basketball player (KentuckyDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bill Craig
American swimmerDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bernd Drechsel
German Olympic wrestler (1972)Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bernardine Portenski
New Zealand long distance runnerDied on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Miikka Toivola
Finnish footballer (HJK HelsinkiDied on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Bob Bowman
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)Died on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Bernie Portenski
New Zealand long distance runnerDied on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Tony LaBarbara
American boxerDied on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Don Coleman
American football player (Michigan State)Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki
Mongolian sumo wrestlerDied on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Willy Fossli
Norwegian footballer (Asker)Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Evelyn Kawamoto
American swimmerDied on Monday January 30th 2017
Evelyn Toque Kawamoto-Kono
American swimmerDied on Monday January 30th 2017
Boris Nikolov
Bulgarian boxerDied on Monday January 30th 2017
Ruslan Barburoș
Moldovan international football playerDied on Monday January 30th 2017
Darryl Sutton
Australian footballerDied on Monday January 30th 2017
Ján Kobezda
Slovak ice hockey player and coach (HK Dukla Trenčín)Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Tatiana Repeikina
Russian footballer (Ryazan VDVDied on Sunday January 29th 2017
Anne-Marie Colchen
French track and field athlete and basketball playerDied on Sunday January 29th 2017
Atanas Kirov
Bulgarian weightlifterDied on Sunday January 29th 2017
Walt Streuli
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers)Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Edgar Britt
Australian jockeyDied on Sunday January 29th 2017
Wim Anderiesen jr.
Dutch footballer AjaxDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Bill Fischer
American football player (Chicago Cardinals)Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Mario Quintero
Cuban Olympic basketball playerDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Ivan Pritargov
Bulgarian association football playerDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Manu Maniapoto
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of PlentyDied on Friday January 27th 2017
Charles Shackleford
American basketball player (New Jersey NetsDied on Friday January 27th 2017
Billy Simpson
Northern Irish footballer (LinfieldDied on Friday January 27th 2017
Michael Tönnies
German footballerDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Lindy Delapenha
Jamaican football player and sports broadcasterDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Preben Dabelsteen
Danish badminton playerDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Ralph Guglielmi
American football player (Washington RedskinsDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Manukapua Maniapoto
New Zealand rugby playerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Ken Wright
American baseball player (Kansas City Royals)Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Fred André
Dutch football player and manager (Telstar)Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Colin Rushmere
South African conservationist and cricketerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Carlos Verdejo
Chilean footballerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Maria Pares
American women's college basketball coach (CanisiusDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Chuck Weyant
American racecar driverDied on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Dick Starr
American baseball player (St. Louis Browns)Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Dave Shipperley
English footballer (Charlton AthleticDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Francisco Palmeiro
Portuguese footballerDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Yordano Ventura
Dominican baseball player (Kansas City Royals)Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Gene Olaff
American soccer playerDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Andy Marte
Dominican baseball player (Atlanta BravesDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Marc Baecke
Belgian football playerDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Giovanni Vastola
Italian footballer (VicenzaDied on Saturday January 21st 2017
Craig Howard
American football coachDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Ger van Mourik
Dutch footballer (Ajax)Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Red Adams
American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers)Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Johnny Little
Canadian-born Scottish footballerDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Pic Parkhouse
New Zealand swimming coachDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Peter Kippax
English cricketerDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint
English cricketer (women's national team)Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Ian Davison
English cricketer (Nottinghamshire)Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Les Lazarowitz
American sound mixer (Taxi DriverDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Ramón Martínez Pérez
Spanish footballer (SevillaDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess playerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Brian Whitehouse
English footballer (West BromwichDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Oddvar Barlie
Norwegian sport wrestlerDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Fernand Decanali
French cyclistDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Kozo Kinomoto
Japanese footballer and sports executiveDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Amin Nasir
Singaporean footballer and coachDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Jimmy Snuka
American professional wrestler (WWF)Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Jan Szczepański
Polish boxerDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
Frank Spellman
American weightlifterDied on Friday January 13th 2017
John Jacobs
English golferDied on Friday January 13th 2017
Kosei Kamo
Japanese tennis playerDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Faig Jabbarov
Azerbaijani footballer (KapazDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Brian Fletcher
British jockeyDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Mildred Meacham
American baseball player (AAGBPL)Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Gavin Whittaker
Australian rugby playerDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Kenny Wharram
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks)Died on Wednesday January 11th 2017
François Van der Elst
Belgian footballer (AnderlechtDied on Wednesday January 11th 2017
Timothy Well
American professional wrestlerDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Ryszard Parulski
Polish fencerDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Terry Ramshaw
English rugby league footballer of the 1960sDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Bill Champion
American baseball player (Milwaukee BrewersDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Achmad Kurniawan
Indonesian footballer (Arema FC)Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Jordan Hankins
American basketball player (Northwestern)Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Jackie Brown
American baseball player and coach (Texas Rangers)Died on Monday January 9th 2017
Roberto Cabañas
Paraguayan footballer (New York CosmosDied on Monday January 9th 2017
Bob Sadowski
American baseball player (Los Angeles AngelsDied on Monday January 9th 2017
Moruca
Spanish football player and coach (Racing de Santander)Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Laurie Topp
English footballer (Hendon)Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer and father of Yannick NoahDied on Sunday January 8th 2017
Mike Buchanan
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks)Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Yaron Ben-Dov
Israeli footballerDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sandra Landy
British contract bridge playerDied on Friday January 6th 2017
Greg Jelks
American-Australian baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)Died on Friday January 6th 2017
Bart Prater
American radio disc jockeyDied on Friday January 6th 2017
Art Pennington
American baseball player (Chicago American GiantsDied on Friday January 6th 2017