Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Samuele Schiavina
Italian racing cyclist · 28 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 28
Ali Hussein Shihab
Iraqi footballer (national team) · 28 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 28 · Shihab
Brian Hill
English footballer (Coventry City) · 27 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 27
Patricia Scott
American baseball player (AAGPBL) · 27 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 27
Vic Rapp
American-Canadian football coach · 27 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 27
David Pope
American basketball player (Kansas City Kings) · 26 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 26
Heinz Poenn
Canadian Olympic slalom canoeist (1972) · 26 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 26
Edouard Pliner
Russian figure skating coach · 26 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 26 · Édouard
Filomeno Codiñera
Filipino baseball and softball player · 26 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 26
Carlos Alberto Torres
Brazilian footballer and manager · 25 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 25 · Torres
Roy Jennings
English footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion) · 25 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 25
Jerry Rullo
American professional basketball player · 25 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 25
Sammy Smyth
Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.) · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24
Constantin Frățilă
Romanian footballer (FC Dinamo București) · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24
Cor Smit
Dutch footballer (NEC Nijmegen) · 23 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 23
Uwe Dreher
German footballer (Stuttgarter Kickers) · 23 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 23
Nicolas Koob
Luxembourgian racing driver · 23 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 23
Bob Vanatta
American basketball coach · 23 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 23
Per Rune Wølner
Norwegian footballer (Strømsgodset) · 22 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 22 · Wølner
Walter Argus
New Zealand rugby union player (All Blacks) · 21 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 21
Morris Stroud
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) · 21 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 21
George Konik
Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins) · 21 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 21
Frenchy Martin
Canadian professional wrestler and manager · 21 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 21
Tommy Bartlett
American tennis and basketball coach · 20 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 20
Safet Berisha
Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana) · 20 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 20
Luis María Echeberría
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao · 20 October 2016 · October 2016 · Echeberría · October 20
Sergei Likhachev
Azeri-born Russian tennis player and coach · 19 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 19
Gary Sprake
Welsh football player (Leeds United · 19 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 19
Dave Colclough
Welsh professional poker player · 19 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 19
Izu Joseph
Nigerian footballer (Shooting Stars) · 19 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 19
Laurie Dwyer
Australian football player (North Melbourne) · 18 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 18
George Peebles
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic · 17 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 17
Viktor Zubkov
Russian Olympic basketball player · 16 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 16
Bruce Marshall
American ice hockey coach (Connecticut Huskies · 15 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 15
Eddie O’Hara
Scottish footballer (Falkirk · 14 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 14 · O'Hara
Anthony Foley
Irish rugby union player and head coach (Munster) · 16 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 16
Dennis Byrd
American football player (New York Jets) · 15 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 15
Quentin Groves
former American football player (Auburn) · 16 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 16
Antero Lumme
Finnish racing cyclist · 11 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 11
Aleksandr Syomin
Soviet Azerbaijani footballer (Neftçi) · 14 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 14
El Mongol
Mexican professional wrestler · 09 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 9
Leo Harrison
English cricketer (Hampshire) · 12 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 12
Shahlyla Baloch
Pakistani footballer (national team) · 12 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 12
Fulton Walker
American football player (Miami Dolphins · 12 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 12
Matti Hagman
Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins · 12 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 12
Lorenzo Freeman
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 10 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 10
Gerry Gow
Scottish footballer (Bristol City · 10 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 10
Dickie Jeeps
English rugby union player (Northampton Saints) · 08 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 8
Aaron Pryor
American boxer (WBA/IBF super-lightweight world champion) · 09 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 9
Gair Allie
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 04 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 4
Anne Pashley
British Olympic athlete and opera singer · 07 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 7
Merfyn Jones
Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United · 08 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 8
Mervyn Jones
Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United · 08 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 8
John Gleeson
Australian Test cricketer. · 08 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 8
Rigobert Song
Cameroonian footballer (Liverpool · 07 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 7
Alan Hodgson
English cricketer (Northamptonshire) · 06 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 6
Cameron Moore
American basketball player (Reyer Venezia Mestre) · 05 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 5
Josh Samman
American mixed martial artist · 05 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 5 · Artists
Rudy Andabaker
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) · 25 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 25
George Hanson
American basketball coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers) · 22 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 22
Mário Wilson
Mozambican football player and manager (Sporting · 03 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 3 · Mario
Phillip Klemenov
American professional video game player · 02 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 2
Erol Keskin
Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe · 01 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 1
Richard Bishop
American football player (New England Patriots) · 26 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 26 · (bishop)
David Herd
Scottish footballer (Arsenal · 01 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 1
Larry Harmon
American soccer coach · 23 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 23
Yngve Brodd
Swedish footballer (Toulouse · 23 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 23
Victor Munden
English cricketer (Leicestershire) · 30 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 30
Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev
Russian-born Azeri freestyle wrestler and ISIS terrorist · 28 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 28
Hank Ford
American college basketball coach (Hampton) · 11 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 11