Famous Dead Athletes — Obituaries & Memorials — Page 15

Mike White

American football coach (California Golden Bears
Died on Monday December 15th 2025

December 15, 2025 7:25 am

Max Cunningham Australian Olympic rower dead at age 89

Max Cunningham, the Australian Olympic rower who competed in the men’s eight at the 1960 Summer Olympics,
died on December 14, 2025, aged 89. Born Alexander Maxwell Cunningham in Western…

December 14, 2025 12:00 pm

Bruno Baveni

Italian football/soccer player
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025

December 14, 2025 8:35 am

Richard Bell

American football coach (South Carolina Gamecocks)
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025

December 14, 2025 2:15 am

Kris Kalifatidis

Australian soccer player
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025

December 14, 2025 12:10 am

Gary Rowell

English footballer (Sunderland
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 11:45 pm

Paul Wiggin

American football player (Cleveland Browns)
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 8:25 pm

Ernesto Figueiredo

Portuguese footballer (Sporting CP
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 6:35 pm

Ueli Sutter

Swiss Olympic cyclist (1972)
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 5:00 pm

Bobby Rousseau

Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 4:15 pm

Richard Bell, American football coach, died on December 13, 2025

Richard Bell American football coach dead at age 88

Richard Bell, an American football coach who served as head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks for one season in 1982,
died on December 13, 2025. Born Richard Murry Bell…

December 13, 2025 12:00 pm

Al Ousseynou Sène

Senegalese footballer (ASC HLM)
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 11:15 am

Whitney Paul

American football player (Kansas City Chiefs
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 12:15 am

Chelliah Paramalingam

Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1964)
Died on Friday December 12th 2025

December 12, 2025 4:05 pm

Jean Dupont

French cyclist
Died on Friday December 12th 2025

December 12, 2025 2:55 pm

Marita Lange German shot putter, Olympic silver medalist dead at age 82

Marita Lange, the German shot putter and 1968 Olympic silver medalist,
died on December 12, 2025, after a prolonged illness. She was 82. Born in Halle, Prussia, Germany, on June…

December 12, 2025 12:00 pm

Chuzo

Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid
Died on Friday December 12th 2025

December 12, 2025 6:25 am

Carmelo Miceli

Italian footballer
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025

December 11, 2025 3:20 pm

Stan Brookes

English football/soccer player
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025

December 11, 2025 1:25 pm

Ernest McCarty American bass player dead at age 84

Ernest McCarty, an American bass player, composer and playwright,
died on December 11, 2025, at age 84. Born in Chicago on March 26, 1941, he was an upright bass player…

December 11, 2025 12:00 pm

Boris Skrynnik

Russian bandy player (Vodnik) and executive
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025

December 11, 2025 11:10 am

Manfrini

Brazilian football/soccer player
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025

December 11, 2025 7:45 am

Ross Morrison

New Zealand cricketer (Auckland) and tennis administrator
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025

December 11, 2025 3:35 am

Jeff Thorne

American college football coach (North Central Cardinals
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025

December 10, 2025 8:35 pm

Nobuhiro Takashiro

Japanese baseball player (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) and coach (Chunichi Dragons
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025

December 10, 2025 10:40 am

Hiroaki Inoue

Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 11:25 pm

George Mira

American football player (Miami Hurricanes
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 9:10 pm

David Best

English footballer (Bournemouth
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 5:25 pm

Ludovic Assemoassa

Togolese footballer (Clermont Foot
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 4:50 pm

Erzsébet Csajbók

Hungarian Olympic handball player (1976
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 4:30 pm

Bob Allen American basketball player dead at age 79

Robert Joseph Allen, an American basketball player who played for the San Francisco Warriors,
died on December 9, 2025, at age 79. Allen played in the National Basketball Association during…

December 9, 2025 12:00 pm

Dixie Deans

Scottish footballer (Motherwell
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 11:35 am

Ioan Sdrobiș

Romanian football coach
Died on Monday December 8th 2025

December 8, 2025 9:00 pm

Glen De Boeck

Belgian footballer (K.V. Mechelen
Died on Monday December 8th 2025

December 8, 2025 8:10 am

Steve Hertz

American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s)
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025

December 7, 2025 6:25 pm

Jimmy Mariano

Filipino basketball player (Ysmael Steel Admirals) and coach (Great Taste Coffee Makers
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025

December 7, 2025 1:30 pm

Volodymyr Sysenko

Tajik-born Ukrainian footballer (Pamir Dushanbe
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025

December 7, 2025 11:45 am

Viktor Miroshnichenko

Ukrainian boxer
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025

December 7, 2025 7:50 am

Nick Joanides

American racing driver (ARCA Menards Series)
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025

December 7, 2025 5:00 am

Manolo Villanova

Spanish football manager and player
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025

December 6, 2025 4:05 pm

Matti Sundelin

Finnish footballer
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025

December 6, 2025 2:20 pm

Abdul Rashid Pakistani Olympic hurdler, heart attack dead at age 46

Abdul Rashid, a Pakistani Olympic hurdler,
died on December 6, 2025, of a heart attack. Born in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1979, he represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics…

December 6, 2025 12:00 pm

Vasile Carauș

Moldovan footballer (Spartak Nalchik
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025

December 6, 2025 8:05 am

Brian Mackney

Canadian professional wrestler
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025

December 6, 2025 2:25 am

Michael Annett

American racing driver
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025

December 6, 2025 12:55 am

Moustafa Ali

Egyptian-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Died on Friday December 5th 2025

December 5, 2025 10:40 pm

Roy Kramer

American college football coach (Central Michigan Chippewas) and athletics administrator (Vanderbilt Commodores
Died on Friday December 5th 2025

December 5, 2025 6:15 pm

Alex Sánchez

Costarican footballer (Saprissa
Died on Friday December 5th 2025

December 5, 2025 5:50 pm

Tetsu Yamauchi

Japanese bass player (Free)
Died on Friday December 5th 2025

December 5, 2025 12:05 pm

Mabel Bocchi

Italian basketball player
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025

December 4, 2025 11:10 am

Maurizio Thermes

Italian football/soccer player
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025

December 4, 2025 11:10 am

Antonio Vargiu

Italian Olympic field hockey player (1960)
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025

December 4, 2025 11:05 am

Michael Boyers

English cricketer
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025

December 4, 2025 7:30 am

Ebo Elder

American boxer
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025

December 4, 2025 12:30 am

Mohammed Rahmatullah

Indian football player (Kolkata Mohammedan
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025

December 3, 2025 7:10 pm

Remi Moses

English footballer (West Bromwich Albion
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025

December 3, 2025 11:25 am

Marvin Hinton

English footballer (Charlton Athletic
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025

December 3, 2025 10:20 am

Elden Campbell

American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025

December 3, 2025 8:20 am

Anatoli Belyayev

Belarusian ice hockey player
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025

December 3, 2025 6:25 am

Ken Price

English footballer (Southend United
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 8:15 pm

Arcadio Venturi

Italian footballer (Roma
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 4:30 pm

Denis Durnian

English golfer
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 2:00 pm

Essau Kanyenda

Malawian footballer (Jomo Cosmos
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 1:35 pm

Robin Smith

South African-born English cricketer (Natal
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 11:25 am

Gabriel Moiceanu

Romanian Olympic cyclist (1960
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025

December 2, 2025 6:25 am

Tim Harkness

Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers
Died on Monday December 1st 2025

December 1, 2025 8:15 pm

Michael Turner Painting dead at age 91

Michael Turner, a British illustrator who specialised in motoring and aviation paintings,
died on December 1, 2025, aged 91. Born Geoffrey Michael Turner on March 14, 1934, in Harrow, Middlesex,…

December 1, 2025 12:00 pm