Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Moniz Pereira
95 Portuguese sports coachDied on Sunday July 31st 2016
Forbes Carlile
Australian swimming coach and modern pentathleteDied on Tuesday August 2nd 2016
Destin Onka Malonga
Congolese football playerDied on Sunday July 31st 2016
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
Japanese sumo wrestlerDied on Sunday July 31st 2016
Antonio Armstrong
American football player (Miami DolphinsDied on Friday July 29th 2016
Máximo Mosquera
Peruvian footballerDied on Wednesday July 27th 2016
Lachhu Maharaj
Indian tabla playerDied on Friday July 29th 2016
Doug Griffin
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)Died on Thursday July 28th 2016
Dave Syrett
English footballer (SwindonDied on Thursday July 28th 2016
Helen Joy Hardon
Australian Olympic fencer (1956) and swimming coach (1948)Died on Thursday July 28th 2016
Joy Hardon
Australian fencerDied on Thursday July 21st 2016
Daphne Ceeney
Australian paraplegic athleteDied on Wednesday July 27th 2016
Dwight Jones
American basketball player (Chicago BullsDied on Monday July 25th 2016
JT McNamara
Irish jockeyDied on Tuesday July 26th 2016
Claude Le Ber
French racing cyclistDied on Wednesday July 13th 2016
Atilio López
Paraguayan football player and coachDied on Thursday July 14th 2016
Finbarr Flood
Irish football player and executiveDied on Monday July 25th 2016
Marto Gracias
Indian football player (national teamDied on Sunday July 24th 2016
Don Roberts
American ice hockey coach (Gustavus Adolphus College)Died on Sunday July 24th 2016
Boy-Boy Mosia
South-African footballerDied on Saturday July 23rd 2016
Artur Correia
Portuguese footballerDied on Monday July 25th 2016
Bülent Eken
former Turkish footballer and coachDied on Monday July 25th 2016
Sam Foltz
American football player (Nebraska Cornhuskers)Died on Saturday July 23rd 2016
Mike Sadler
American football player (Michigan State Spartans)Died on Saturday July 23rd 2016
Harry Wade
Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952)Died on Thursday July 21st 2016
Ray Moreton
New Zealand rugby union player (national team)Died on Wednesday July 20th 2016
Ray Bell
New Zealand rugby union player (national team)Died on Tuesday July 19th 2016
Geir Myhre
Norwegian ice hockey player and coachDied on Friday July 22nd 2016
Zeke Smith
American football player (Auburn Tigers)Died on Friday July 22nd 2016
Dennis Green
American football coach (Minnesota VikingsDied on Friday July 22nd 2016
Tyrek Coger
American basketball player (Oklahoma State University)Died on Thursday July 21st 2016
Dick Donnelly
Scottish footballerDied on Thursday July 21st 2016
Simeon Ndlovu
Zimbabwean football player (Hwange Colliery F.CDied on Wednesday July 20th 2016
Mike Strahler
American baseball player (Los Angeles DodgersDied on Thursday July 14th 2016
Jen Jacobs
Australian cricketer. Died on Thursday July 21st 2016
Cesar Odio
American basketball player (Florida Southern Moccasins) and coach (Barry University)Died on Wednesday July 20th 2016
Dominique Arnaud
French cyclistDied on Wednesday July 20th 2016
Marion Campbell
American football player and coach (Philadelphia EaglesDied on Wednesday July 13th 2016
George Allen
English footballer (Birmingham City)Died on Wednesday July 13th 2016
Grant Wilmot
Australian football playerDied on Sunday July 3rd 2016
Hallard White
New Zealand rugby union player (national teamDied on Thursday July 14th 2016
Mick Finucane
Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry)Died on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
Tunisian truck driverDied on Thursday July 14th 2016
Roger Chanoine
American football player (St. Louis RamsDied on Thursday July 14th 2016
Fritzi Schwingl
Austrian slalom and sprint canoeistDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
Nate Thurmond
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Golden State WarriorsDied on Saturday July 16th 2016
Kalle Havulinna
Finnish ice hockey player (Ilves)Died on Saturday July 9th 2016
Oleg Syrokvashko
Belarusian football player and coach (Dinamo Brest)Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Ron Allbright
Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders)Died on Saturday July 9th 2016
Gordon Massa
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs)Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Adrian Monger
Australian rowerDied on Sunday July 10th 2016
Bennie Lenox
American basketball player (Texas A&M Aggies)Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Erny Brenner
Luxembourgian footballerDied on Sunday July 10th 2016
Alejandro Giuntini
Argentine football player and coachDied on Saturday July 16th 2016
Kurt Svensson
Swedish footballerDied on Monday July 11th 2016
Paul Johnson
American ice hockey playerDied on Sunday July 17th 2016
Peter Johnson
Australian rugby union playerDied on Tuesday July 12th 2016
Matilda Rapaport
Swedish alpine free-skierDied on Monday July 18th 2016
Galina Chesnokova
Russian Soviet-era volleyball player (national team)Died on Tuesday July 12th 2016
Heinz Lucas
German football player and managerDied on Monday July 18th 2016
Joseph Antic
Indian field hockey playerDied on Tuesday July 12th 2016
John Hope
English footballer (Sheffield United)Died on Monday July 18th 2016
Demontez Stitt
American basketball player (Clemson Tigers)Died on Wednesday July 13th 2016
Jack Riley
Canadian ice hockey player and executive (Pittsburgh Penguins)Died on Wednesday July 13th 2016
Mohammed Shahid
Indian field hockey playerDied on Wednesday July 20th 2016
Frank Johnson
Australian rules footballer (Port MelbourneDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
David Stride
English footballerDied on Monday July 11th 2016
Anatoli Isayev
Russian football player and managerDied on Sunday July 10th 2016
Jackie McInally
Scottish footballer (KilmarnockDied on Friday July 8th 2016
Amal Dutta
Indian football player and managerDied on Sunday July 10th 2016
Ray Spencer
English footballer (DarlingtonDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
John O’Rourke
English footballer (MiddlesbroughDied on Thursday July 7th 2016
Javed Akhtar
Pakistani cricketer and umpire. Died on Friday July 8th 2016
Harry Gregory
English footballerDied on Monday June 6th 2016
Allan Greenshields
Australian football player (CarltonDied on Tuesday June 28th 2016
Turgay Şeren
Turkish footballer (Galatasaray)Died on Wednesday July 6th 2016
Rex Pickering
New Zealand rugby union player (WaikatoDied on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Kari Hautala
Finnish basketball playerDied on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Mike Moore
American football playerDied on Wednesday July 6th 2016
Kyle Calloway
American football playerDied on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Phonsie O’Brien
Irish jockey and racehorse trainerDied on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Frank Tuck
Australian football player (Collingwood)Died on Friday July 1st 2016
Lou Fontinato
Canadian ice hockey player (New York RangersDied on Sunday July 3rd 2016
Yevgeny Agureev
Russian field hockey player and administratorDied on Friday June 3rd 2016
Amar Suloev
Armenian mixed martial artistDied on Monday June 27th 2016
Ben Koufie
Ghanaian football playerDied on Monday July 4th 2016
Mitch Fenner
British gymnastics commentator (BBC) and coachDied on Monday July 4th 2016
Carlos Morocho Hernández
Venezuelan boxerDied on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Joe Scott
American football player (New York Giants)Died on Thursday June 30th 2016
Gian Corrado Gross
Italian swimmerDied on Thursday June 30th 2016
Rolando Howell
American basketball player (University of South CarolinaDied on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Jimmy Frizzell
Scottish football player and managerDied on Sunday July 3rd 2016