Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Patrick Jourdain
British bridge player and journalist · 28 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 28
Trayan Dyankov
Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna) · 01 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 1
Danny Nykoluk
Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts) · 29 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 29
Bill Holdsworth
English cricketer (Yorkshire) · 31 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 31
Moniz Pereira
95 Portuguese sports coach · 31 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 31
Forbes Carlile
Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete · 02 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 2
Destin Onka Malonga
Congolese football player · 31 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 31 · Malonga
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
Japanese sumo wrestler · 31 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 31
Antonio Armstrong
American football player (Miami Dolphins · 29 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 29
Lachhu Maharaj
Indian tabla player · 29 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 29
Turk Lown
former American major league baseball player · 08 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 8
Doug Griffin
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 28 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 28
Dave Syrett
English footballer (Swindon · 28 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 28
Helen Joy Hardon
Australian Olympic fencer (1956) and swimming coach (1948) · 28 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 28 · Hardon
Daphne Ceeney
Australian paraplegic athlete · 27 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 27
Dwight Jones
American basketball player (Chicago Bulls · 25 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 25
Claude Le Ber
French racing cyclist · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13 · Ber
Atilio López
Paraguayan football player and coach · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14 · Lopez
Finbarr Flood
Irish football player and executive · 25 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 25
Marto Gracias
Indian football player (national team · 24 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 24
Don Roberts
American ice hockey coach (Gustavus Adolphus College) · 24 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 24
Boy-Boy Mosia
South-African footballer · 23 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 23
Bülent Eken
former Turkish footballer and coach · 25 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 25
Sam Foltz
American football player (Nebraska Cornhuskers) · 23 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 23
Mike Sadler
American football player (Michigan State Spartans) · 23 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 23
Harry Wade
Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952) · 21 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 21
Ray Moreton
New Zealand rugby union player (national team) · 20 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 20
Ray Bell
New Zealand rugby union player (national team) · 19 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 19
Zeke Smith
American football player (Auburn Tigers) · 22 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 22
Dennis Green
American football coach (Minnesota Vikings · 22 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 22
Tyrek Coger
American basketball player (Oklahoma State University) · 21 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 21
Simeon Ndlovu
Zimbabwean football player (Hwange Colliery F.C · 20 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 20
Mike Strahler
American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14
Jim Pressdee
Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan) · 21 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 21
Cesar Odio
American basketball player (Florida Southern Moccasins) and coach (Barry University) · 20 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 20 · César
Paddy Phelan
English cricketer (Essex) · 08 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 8
Roger Chanoine
American football player (St. Louis Rams · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14
Fritzi Schwingl
Austrian slalom and sprint canoeist · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Nate Thurmond
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Golden State Warriors · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Kalle Havulinna
Finnish ice hockey player (Ilves) · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Oleg Syrokvashko
Belarusian football player and coach (Dinamo Brest) · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Ron Allbright
Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Gordon Massa
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Bennie Lenox
American basketball player (Texas A&M Aggies) · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Erny Brenner
Luxembourgian footballer · 10 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 10
Matilda Rapaport
Swedish alpine free-skier · 18 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 18
Galina Chesnokova
Russian Soviet-era volleyball player (national team) · 12 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 12
Heinz Lucas
German football player and manager · 18 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 18
Joseph Antic
Indian field hockey player · 12 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 12 · Antić
John Hope
English footballer (Sheffield United) · 18 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 18
Demontez Stitt
American basketball player (Clemson Tigers) · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
Jack Riley
Canadian ice hockey player and executive (Pittsburgh Penguins) · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
Mohammed Shahid
Indian field hockey player · 20 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 20
Marion Campbell
American football player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
George Allen
English footballer (Birmingham City) · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
Hallard White
New Zealand rugby union player (national team · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14
Mick Finucane
Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry) · 05 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 5
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
Tunisian truck driver · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14
Frank Johnson
Australian rules footballer (Port Melbourne · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Anatoli Isayev
Russian football player and manager · 10 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 10
Jackie McInally
Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock · 08 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 8
Amal Dutta
Indian football player and manager · 10 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 10
Ray Spencer
English footballer (Darlington · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
John O’Rourke
English footballer (Middlesbrough · 07 July 2016 · July 2016 · O’Rourke · July 7
Javed Akhtar
Pakistani cricketer and umpire. · 08 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 8
Allan Greenshields
Australian football player (Carlton · 28 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 28
Turgay Şeren
Turkish footballer (Galatasaray) · 06 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 6
Rex Pickering
New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato · 05 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 5
Phonsie O’Brien
Irish jockey and racehorse trainer · 05 July 2016 · July 2016 · O'Brien · July 5
Frank Tuck
Australian football player (Collingwood) · 01 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 1
Lou Fontinato
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers · 03 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 3
John Middleton
British footballer (Derby County · 04 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 4
Yevgeny Agureev
Russian field hockey player and administrator · 03 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 3
Amar Suloev
Armenian mixed martial artist · 27 June 2016 · June 2016 · Artists · June 27