Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Atanas Kirov
Bulgarian weightlifter
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Walt Streuli
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Edgar Britt
Australian jockey
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Wim Anderiesen jr.
Dutch footballer Ajax
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
David Sayer
English cricketer (Kent)
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Bill Fischer
American football player (Chicago Cardinals)
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Mario Quintero
Cuban Olympic basketball player
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Ivan Pritargov
Bulgarian association football player
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Manu Maniapoto
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty
Died on Friday January 27th 2017
Charles Shackleford
American basketball player (New Jersey Nets
Died on Friday January 27th 2017
Billy Simpson
Northern Irish footballer (Linfield
Died on Friday January 27th 2017
Michael Tönnies
German footballer
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Lindy Delapenha
Jamaican football player and sports broadcaster
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Preben Dabelsteen
Danish badminton player
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Ralph Guglielmi
American football player (Washington Redskins
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Manukapua Maniapoto
New Zealand rugby player
Died 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 cricketer
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Carlos Verdejo
Chilean footballer
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Maria Pares
American women's college basketball coach (Canisius
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Chuck Weyant
American racecar driver
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Dick Starr
American baseball player (St. Louis Browns)
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Dave Shipperley
English footballer (Charlton Athletic
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Francisco Palmeiro
Portuguese footballer
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Yordano Ventura
Dominican baseball player (Kansas City Royals)
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Gene Olaff
American soccer player
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Andy Marte
Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Marc Baecke
Belgian football player
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Giovanni Vastola
Italian footballer (Vicenza
Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Craig Howard
American football coach
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Ger van Mourik
Dutch footballer (Ajax)
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Johnny Little
Canadian-born Scottish footballer
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Pic Parkhouse
New Zealand swimming coach
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Peter Kippax
English cricketer
Died 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 Driver
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Ramón Martínez Pérez
Spanish footballer (Sevilla
Died on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess player
Died on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Brian Whitehouse
English footballer (West Bromwich
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Oddvar Barlie
Norwegian sport wrestler
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Fernand Decanali
French cyclist
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Kozo Kinomoto
Japanese footballer and sports executive
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Amin Nasir
Singaporean footballer and coach
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Jimmy Snuka
American professional wrestler (WWF)
Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Jan Szczepański
Polish boxer
Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Frank Spellman
American weightlifter
Died on Friday January 13th 2017
John Jacobs
English golfer
Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Kosei Kamo
Japanese tennis player
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Faig Jabbarov
Azerbaijani footballer (Kapaz
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Brian Fletcher
British jockey
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Mildred Meacham
American baseball player (AAGBPL)
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Gavin Whittaker
Australian rugby player
Died 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 (Anderlecht
Died on Wednesday January 11th 2017
Timothy Well
American professional wrestler
Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Ryszard Parulski
Polish fencer
Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Terry Ramshaw
English rugby league footballer of the 1960s
Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Bill Champion
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers
Died 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 Cosmos
Died on Monday January 9th 2017
Bob Sadowski
American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels
Died on Monday January 9th 2017
Laurie Topp
English footballer (Hendon)
Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer and father of Yannick Noah
Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Mike Buchanan
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks)
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Yaron Ben-Dov
Israeli footballer
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sandra Landy
British contract bridge player
Died on Friday January 6th 2017
Greg Jelks
American-Australian baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)
Died on Friday January 6th 2017
Bart Prater
American radio disc jockey
Died on Friday January 6th 2017
Art Pennington
American baseball player (Chicago American Giants
Died on Friday January 6th 2017
Willie Evans
American football player (University of Buffalo)
Died on Thursday January 5th 2017
Frank Murphy
Irish middle-distance runner
Died on Thursday January 5th 2017
Ezio Pascutti
Italian footballer
Died on Thursday January 5th 2017
Milt Schmidt
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Indian sitar player
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Rosemary Stevenson
American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks)
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Enzo Benedetti
Italian footballer (Palermo)
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Wayne Westner
South African golfer
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Poul Pedersen
Danish Olympic medallist (1960)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Manuel Fernández Mora
Spanish footballer and coach (Racing de Santander)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Daryl Spencer
American baseball player (New York / San Francisco Giants)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
István Tatár
Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1980
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
Jean Vuarnet
French alpine skier
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
René de ClercqRené de Clercq
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
René de Clercq
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
Viktor Tsaryov
Russian footballer and coach (Dynamo Moscow
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
Talat Tunçalp
Turkish cyclist
Died on Sunday January 1st 2017
Mohamed “Ad-Diba” Diab
Egyptian football player (Al Ittihad Alexandria Club)
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Uzama Douglas
Nigerian footballer (Gombe United)
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Rich Conaty
American disc jockey
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
John Kelly
British boxer
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Jim Malacko
Canadian ice hockey player (Lethbridge Maple Leafs)
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016