Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Seamus Dunne
Irish football player (Luton Town · 28 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 28
Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa
Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres · 27 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 27
James Crowden
British Olympic rower (1952) · 24 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 24
Giacomo Fornoni
Italian racing cyclist · 26 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 26
Randy Duncan
American gridiron football quarterback · 28 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 28 · Other
Graham Hawkins
English footballer and manager · 28 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 28
Serigne Abdou Thiam
Qatari footballer · 27 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 27 · Thiam
Jack Cotton
American professional basketball player · 26 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 26
Max Walker
Australian Test cricketer and rules football player · 28 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 28
Mark Dvoretsky
Russian chess player and trainer · 26 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 26
Jackie Sewell
English footballer (Notts County · 26 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 26
Arnold Palmer
American professional golfer. · 25 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 25
Mylan Hicks
American football player (Calgary Stampeders · 25 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 25
Matti Pulli
Finnish ski jumping coach · 24 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 24
Dean Stock
American ice hockey player (Halifax Mooseheads) · 23 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 23
José Fernández
Cuban baseball player (Miami Marlins) · 25 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 25
Mel Charles
Welsh international footballer · 24 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 24
Bob Wilkinson
American football player (New York Giants) · 12 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 12
Ed Temple
American track and field coach · 22 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 22
Väinö Koskela
Finnish long-distance runner · 10 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 10 · Väino
Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
former Sierra Leone international footballer · 21 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 21 · Bah
Mamadu Alphajor Bah
Sierra Leonean footballer · 21 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 21 · Mamadú · Bah
Richie Dunn
American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres · 20 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 20
Alan Cousin
Scottish footballer (Dundee · 20 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 20
Robert H. Scott
American lacrosse player and coach (John Hopkins Blue Jays) · 15 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 15 · Scott
Remigio Molina
Argentine Olympic boxer (1992) · 18 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 18
Bahman Golbarnejhad
Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012 and 2016) · 17 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 17
Bahman Golbarnezhad
Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012 and 2016) · 17 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 17
Greg Maher
Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo) · 15 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 15
Pyotr Devyatkin
Kazakhstani ice hockey player · 10 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 10
Clarence Brooks
American football coach (Baltimore Ravens) · 17 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 17
Don Bass
American professional wrestler · 16 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 16
Valeriy Abramov
Russian long-distance runner · 14 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 14
Ottavio Bugatti
Italian footballer (Napoli · 13 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 13
Fred Quillan
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 12 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 12
Denis Atkins
English footballer (Bradford City) · 13 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 13
Hans Rosander
Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping · 12 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 12
Ronnie Cope
English football player and manager (Manchester United · 14 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 14
Artyom Bezrodny
Ukrainian-born Russian international footballer · 13 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 13
Ellen Burka
Dutch-born Canadian figure skater and coach · 12 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 12
Moose Morowski
Canadian professional wrestler · 10 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 10
Carl Miles
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) · 09 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 9
Nelson Davidyan
Armenian Soviet wrestler · 11 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 11
Ben Idrissa Dermé
Burkinabe international footballer · 11 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 11 · Dermé
James Siang’a
Kenyan football player and manager (Gor Mahia · 09 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 9 · Siang'a
Roman Romanchuk
Ukrainian-born Russian boxer and kickboxer · 08 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 8
Denny Alexander
American college basketball coach (Xavier University of Louisiana) · 06 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 6
Sylvia Gore
English football player (national team) and manager (Wales national team) · 09 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 9
Jan Nilsen
Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad FK · 03 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 3
Ken Meyer
American football coach (San Francisco 49ers) · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14
Jaroslav Jareš
Czech football player and manager · 05 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 5
Dave Pacey
English footballer (Luton Town) · 07 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 7
Bob Dailey
Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver · 07 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 7
Bobby Chacon
American world champion boxer · 07 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 7 · Chacón
Cary Blanchard
American football player (Indianapolis Colts · 05 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 5
Emlyn Davies
Welsh rugby union player (Swansea · 07 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 7
Alan Smith
English footballer (Torquay) · 07 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 7
Zvonko Ivezić
Serbian footballer (Vojvodina · 05 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 5
Bob Bissonnette
Canadian singer and former hockey player · 04 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 4
Andrzej Szymczak
Polish Olympic handball player (1972 · 06 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 6
Frans ten Bos
British rugby union player (Scotland) · 01 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 1 · Bos
Don Minnick
American baseball player (Washington Senators) · 02 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 2
Blackie Gejeian
American race car driver and hot rod builder · 02 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 2
Boyd Scully
Indigenous Australian boxer and administrator · 03 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 3
Norman Kwong
CFL player (1948-1950) and 16th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (2005-2010) · 03 September 2016 · September 2016 · September 3