Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries

Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.

Sid Nathan

British boxer and referee
Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016

Nera White

American Hall of Fame basketball player
Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016

Steve Quinn

British rugby league player (York
Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016

Hokie Gajan

American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints)
Died on Monday April 11th 2016

Ruth Westbrook

English cricketer (death announced on this date).
Died on Monday April 11th 2016

Will Smith

American football player (New Orleans Saints)
Died on Saturday April 9th 2016

Garry Jones

English footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016

Murray Wier

American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016

John Waite

English footballer (Grimsby Town)
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016

Alex de Jesús

Puerto Rican professional lightweight boxer
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016

Mick Sullivan

English rugby league footballer (Wigan Warriors)
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016

Mike Sandlock

American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Died on Monday April 4th 2016

Bertil Roos

Swedish racing driver and driving instructor.
Died on Thursday March 31st 2016

Archie Dees

American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals)
Died on Monday April 4th 2016

Brendan Sloan

Northern Irish Gaelic football player (Down)
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016

Paddy O’Brien

Irish Gaelic football player (Meath)
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016

Orlando Álvarez

Puerto Rican baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers
Died on Thursday March 31st 2016

Francis Kane

Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2016

Grahame Bowen

Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2016

Kris Travis

British professional wrestler
Died on Thursday March 31st 2016

John King

English football player and manager (Tranmere)
Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016

Vince Boryla

American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks)
Died on Sunday March 27th 2016

Don Walsh

Australian football player (Collingwood)
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016

Norm Hadley

Canadian rugby union player (London Wasps)
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016

Igor Pashkevich

retired competitive figure skater
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016

Paul Lange

German sprint canoeist
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016

Sel Belsham

New Zealand rugby league player (Richmond Rovers)
Died on Friday March 11th 2016

Proloy Saha

Indian football player (national team)
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016

James Jamerson, Jr.

American R&B bass player (Chanson). (death announced on this date)
Died on Friday March 25th 2016

Johan Cruyff

Dutch football player and coach
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016

Don Zech

American basketball coach (University of Puget Sound
Died on Tuesday March 22nd 2016

Desmond McKeown

British rugby league player (Oldham Roughyeds)
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016

Jean Cornelis

Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht)
Died on Monday March 21st 2016

Jack Boxley

English footballer (Bristol City
Died on Monday March 21st 2016

John Cannon

Canadian rugby union player (national team)
Died on Saturday March 19th 2016

June Peppas

American AAGPBL baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies)
Died on Monday March 14th 2016

José Artetxe

Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao)
Died on Saturday March 19th 2016

Alan Spavin

British footballer (Preston North End
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016

Brian Smyth

Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Meath)
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016

Trent Baker

Australian baseball player (Brisbane Bandits)
Died on Sunday March 13th 2016

Tray Walker

American football player (Baltimore Ravens)
Died on Friday March 18th 2016

Gene Short

American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016

Gaúcho

Brazilian football coach and player (Flamengo)
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016

DJ Derek

British disc jockey
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016

Vladimir Yurin

Russian football coach and player (FC Torpedo Moscow)
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016

Lord Blears

England Professional wrestler
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016