Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Herbert Martin
German footballer
Died on Thursday September 29th 2016
Werner Friese
East German footballer
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
Seamus Dunne
Irish football player (Luton Town
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa
Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres
Died on Tuesday September 27th 2016
Charles Wilson
Australian rugby union player
Died on Friday September 2nd 2016
James Crowden
British Olympic rower (1952)
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
Giacomo Fornoni
Italian racing cyclist
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Randy Duncan
American gridiron football quarterback
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
Graham Hawkins
English footballer and manager
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
Giovanni Alvarez
Swedish boxer
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Serigne Abdou Thiam
Qatari footballer
Died on Tuesday September 27th 2016
Ragnar Hvidsten
Norwegian footballer
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Jack Cotton
American professional basketball player
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Max Walker
Australian Test cricketer and rules football player
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
Andre Gambucci
American ic hockey player
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
Jack Kirrane
American ice hockey player
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Taz Anderson
American football player
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Lee Kwang-jong
South Korean football player and coach
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Henning Enoksen
Danish footballer
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Mark Dvoretsky
Russian chess player and trainer
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Jackie Sewell
English footballer (Notts County
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Arnold Palmer
American professional golfer.
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Mylan Hicks
American football player (Calgary Stampeders
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Matti Pulli
Finnish ski jumping coach
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
René Marsiglia
French footballer
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Dean Stock
American ice hockey player (Halifax Mooseheads)
Died on Friday September 23rd 2016
José Fernández
Cuban baseball player (Miami Marlins)
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Mel Charles
Welsh international footballer
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
Vladimir Kuzmichyov
Russian footballer
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
František Vacovský
Czech ice hockey player
Died on Friday September 23rd 2016
Bob Wilkinson
American football player (New York Giants)
Died on Monday September 12th 2016
Reese Griffiths
New Zealand rugby league player
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Michel Rousseau
French cyclist
Died on Friday September 23rd 2016
Kalervo Rauhala
Finnish wrestler
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Väinö Koskela
Finnish long-distance runner
Died on Saturday September 10th 2016
Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
former Sierra Leone international footballer
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Mamadu Alphajor Bah
Sierra Leonean footballer
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Steve Herczeg
Australian footballer
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Bill Glassford
American football player and coach
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Richie Dunn
American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres
Died on Tuesday September 20th 2016
Melvyn Pignon
English field hockey player
Died on Sunday September 4th 2016
Alan Cousin
Scottish footballer (Dundee
Died on Tuesday September 20th 2016
Robert H. Scott
American lacrosse player and coach (John Hopkins Blue Jays)
Died on Thursday September 15th 2016
Graeme MacKenzie
Australian rules footballer
Died on Friday September 16th 2016
Remigio Molina
Argentine Olympic boxer (1992)
Died on Sunday September 18th 2016
Sigge Parling
Swedish footballer
Died on Saturday September 17th 2016
Bahman Golbarnejhad
Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012 and 2016)
Died on Saturday September 17th 2016
Bahman Golbarnezhad
Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012 and 2016)
Died on Saturday September 17th 2016
Greg Maher
Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo)
Died on Thursday September 15th 2016
Pyotr Devyatkin
Kazakhstani ice hockey player
Died on Saturday September 10th 2016
Clarence Brooks
American football coach (Baltimore Ravens)
Died on Saturday September 17th 2016
Valeriy Abramov
Russian long-distance runner
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Ottavio Bugatti
Italian footballer (Napoli
Died on Tuesday September 13th 2016
Fred Quillan
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Monday September 12th 2016
Denis Atkins
English footballer (Bradford City)
Died on Tuesday September 13th 2016
Hans Rosander
Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping
Died on Monday September 12th 2016
Eduard Gusev
Russian cyclist
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Beryl Crockford
British rower
Died on Sunday September 11th 2016
Ronnie Cope
English football player and manager (Manchester United
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Joe Zaleski
American-born Canadian football player and coach
Died on Tuesday September 13th 2016
Artyom Bezrodny
Ukrainian-born Russian international footballer
Died on Tuesday September 13th 2016
Ellen Burka
Dutch-born Canadian figure skater and coach
Died on Monday September 12th 2016
Moose Morowski
Canadian professional wrestler
Died on Saturday September 10th 2016
Carl Miles
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics)
Died on Friday September 9th 2016
Gilbert Chapron
French boxer
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Nelson Davidyan
Armenian Soviet wrestler
Died on Sunday September 11th 2016
Ben Idrissa Dermé
Burkinabe international footballer
Died on Sunday September 11th 2016
Lord Littlebrook
British midget wrestler
Died on Friday September 9th 2016
James Siang’a
Kenyan football player and manager (Gor Mahia
Died on Friday September 9th 2016
Roman Romanchuk
Ukrainian-born Russian boxer and kickboxer
Died on Thursday September 8th 2016
Denny Alexander
American college basketball coach (Xavier University of Louisiana)
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2016
Sylvia Gore
English football player (national team) and manager (Wales national team)
Died on Friday September 9th 2016
Jan Nilsen
Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad FK
Died on Saturday September 3rd 2016
Bert Llewellyn
English footballer
Died on Thursday September 8th 2016
Klaus Katzur
German swimmer
Died on Thursday September 8th 2016
Jaroslav Jareš
Czech football player and manager
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Dave Pacey
English footballer (Luton Town)
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Bob Dailey
Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Bobby Chacon
American world champion boxer
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Cary Blanchard
American football player (Indianapolis Colts
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Norbert Schemansky
American weightlifter
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Emlyn Davies
Welsh rugby union player (Swansea
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Alan Smith
English footballer (Torquay)
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Zvonko Ivezić
Serbian footballer (Vojvodina
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Bob Bissonnette
Canadian singer and former hockey player
Died on Sunday September 4th 2016
Andrzej Szymczak
Polish Olympic handball player (1972
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2016
Frans ten Bos
British rugby union player (Scotland)
Died on Thursday September 1st 2016
Max Murray
Scottish footballer
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Don Minnick
American baseball player (Washington Senators)
Died on Friday September 2nd 2016
Karl Schlechta
Austrian football player and coach
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Lindsay Tuckett
South African Test cricketer.
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Blackie Gejeian
American race car driver and hot rod builder
Died on Friday September 2nd 2016