Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Wolfgang Patzke
German football playerDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Adlan Varayev
Russian wrestlerDied on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Billy Wicks
American professional wrestlerDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Kato Kung Lee
Panamanian professional wrestlerDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Chris Mitchell
Scottish footballer (Clyde)Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Francis Aiyegbeni
Nigerian boxerDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Bernardo Ribeiro
Brazilian footballer (SkënderbeuDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
George Ross
British football player (Preston North End)Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Larry Pinto de Faria
Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Internacional)Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Klaus Ampler
German cyclistDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Greg Bryant
American football playerDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Jacky Lee
American football player (Denver BroncosDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Valeriy Zuyev
Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv) and football managerDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Blas Avena
American mixed martial artistDied on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Giuseppe Faraca
Italian racing cyclistDied on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Óscar Marcelino Álvarez
Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos)Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Patrick Ekeng
Cameroonian footballer (Le MansDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Bill MacDermott
CFL coach (Edmonton Eskimos)Died on Thursday May 5th 2016
Bill McDermott
American football coach (Edmonton Eskimos)Died on Thursday May 5th 2016
Al Ferrari
American basketball player (St. Louis HawksDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Fritz Herkenrath
German footballerDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Gordie Sundin
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Errol Crossan
Canadian footballer (Norwich City)Died on Sunday May 1st 2016
Rodger Goodling
American college basketball coach (Shippensburg University)Died on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Sunil Gudge
Indian cricketerDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Walter Dürst
Swiss ice hockey playerDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Merv Lincoln
Australian middle-distance runnerDied on Saturday April 30th 2016
Roger Millward
British rugby league player (Hull Kingston RoversDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Niklas Feierabend
German footballer (Hannover 96)Died on Sunday May 1st 2016
Stefan Petrovski
Australian-born Malaysian footballer (Melaka UnitedDied on Sunday May 1st 2016
Zippy Morocco
American football and basketball player (University of Georgia)Died on Sunday April 24th 2016
Ed Davender
American basketball playerDied on Thursday April 28th 2016
Joe Durham
American baseball player (Baltimore OriolesDied on Thursday April 28th 2016
Alfons Van den Brande
Belgian cyclistDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Patrick Fabionn Lopes
Brazilian football playerDied on Monday April 25th 2016
Winston Hill
American football player (New York Jets)Died on Tuesday April 26th 2016
Sean Murphy
American baseball player (Sacramento River Cats)Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Vladimir Yulygin
Russian football player and coachDied on Tuesday April 26th 2016
Klaus Siebert
German biathlon athlete and coachDied on Sunday April 24th 2016
Tom Muecke
American football player (Winnipeg Blue BombersDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Joe Blahak
American football player (Minnesota Vikings)Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Dumitru Antonescu
Romanian football player (Farul Constanța)Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Arthur Tillotson
British footballer (Silsden)Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Tommy Kono
American weightlifterDied on Sunday April 24th 2016
Ron Brace
American football player (Boston CollegeDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Harry Perkowski
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds)Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Harold Shillinglaw
Australian football player and cricketerDied on Friday April 15th 2016
John Lumsden
Scottish footballer (Stoke City)Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Attila Ferjáncz
Hungarian racing driverDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Joanie Laurer
former professional wrestlerDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Sergey Malyutin
Russian footballer FC Kaluga)Died on Sunday April 17th 2016
Ferenc Paragi
Hungarian athleteDied on Thursday April 21st 2016
Joanie “Chyna” Laurer
American Professional Wrestler Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Dwayne Washington
American basketball player (New Jersey NetsDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Milt Pappas
American baseball player (Baltimore OriolesDied on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Robert Christophe
French swimmerDied on Monday April 18th 2016
John McConathy
American basketball player (Milwaukee HawksDied on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Mehrdad Oladi
Iranian footballer (Malavan)Died on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Dud Beattie
Australian rugby league footballer (Queensland)Died on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Zoltán Szarka
Hungarian football player and coachDied on Monday April 18th 2016
George Radosevich
American football player (Baltimore Colts)Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Eeti Nieminen
Finnish Nordic skierDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Darrell Hogan
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers)Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Doug France
American football player (Los Angeles Rams)Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Trần Phước Thọ
Vietnamese football playerDied on Sunday April 17th 2016
Charlie Hodge
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens) and scout. Died on Saturday April 16th 2016
Louis Pilot
Luxembourgian football player and managerDied on Saturday April 16th 2016
Ron Bonham
American basketball playerDied on Saturday April 16th 2016
Dick Alban
American football player (Washington RedskinsDied on Friday April 8th 2016
Aquilino Bonfanti
Italian footballerDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Sergio Ferrari
Italian footballerDied on Saturday April 2nd 2016
Tibor Ordina
Hungarian track and field athleteDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Frank Wainright
American football playerDied on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Fred Middleton
English footballer (Lincoln City)Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Zsolt Kaposvári
Hungarian fencer and refereeDied on Thursday April 14th 2016
Nera White
American Hall of Fame basketball playerDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
George Ilsley
Australian football player (Carlton)Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Steve Quinn
British rugby league player (YorkDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Kurtis Haiu
New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland)Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Balls Mahoney
American professional wrestler (ECWDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Hokie Gajan
American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints)Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Pedro de Felipe
Spanish footballer (Real MadridDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Michael Earls-Davis
English cricketerDied on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Ruth Westbrook
English cricketer (death announced on this date). Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Nicholas Gargano
British boxerDied on Monday April 11th 2016
Henryk Średnicki
Polish boxerDied on Sunday April 10th 2016
Martin Roberts
British rugby player (Gloucester Rugby)Died on Saturday April 9th 2016
Marjorie Peters
American baseball player (AAGBPL)Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Will Smith
American football player (New Orleans Saints)Died on Saturday April 9th 2016
David Dore
Canadian figure skaterDied on Friday April 8th 2016
Carlo Monti
Italian Olympic athleteDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Maxime Camara
Guinean international footballerDied on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Nabil Nosair
Egyptian footballer (Zamalek)Died on Saturday April 2nd 2016
Blackjack Mulligan
American professional wrestlerDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Garry Jones
English footballer (Bolton Wanderers)Died on Thursday April 7th 2016