Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Bob Suci
American football player (Houston Oilers · 21 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 21
Stein Eriksen
Norwegian alpine skier. Olympic champion · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27
Meadowlark Lemon
American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27
Alfredo Pacheco
Salvadoran footballer (FAS · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27
Bobby Dews
American baseball player and coach (Atlanta Braves) · 26 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 26
Roy Swinbourne
English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27
Vilgot Larsson
Swedish ice hockey player (Leksands IF) · 21 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 21
Jim O’Toole
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) · 26 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 26 · O'Toole
Suprovat Chakravarty
Indian Olympic cyclist (1952) · 24 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 24
Hamzah Aljahmi
American bantamweight boxer · 22 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 22
Chen Luyuan
Chinese basketball player (national team) · 24 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 24
Suprabhat Chakrabarty
Indian Olympic cyclist (1952) · 24 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 24
George Burpo
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
Ron Jacobs
American basketball coach · 24 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 24
Wayne Robinson
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
Rimma Bilunova
Russian chess player and coach · 21 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 21
Ray Mathews
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
Rudi Ceyssens
Belgian Olympic cyclist. · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
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American disc jockey · 19 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 19
Evelio Hernández
Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators) · 18 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 18
Herschel Jacobs (boxer)
American light heavyweight boxer · 19 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 19
Hal Brown
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 18 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 18
John Bates
American college basketball coach (Maryland Eastern Shore · 16 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 16
Vladimir Kostyukov
Belarusian association football coach and former player (Dnepr Mogilev) · 17 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 17
Lizmark
Mexican professional wrestler · 16 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 16
Svein Bakke
Norwegian footballer (Sogndal) · 16 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 16
Mick Twomey
Australian football player (Collingwood) · 14 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 14
Gabre Gabric
Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete · 16 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 16 · Gabrić
Lincoln Holdzkom
American baseball player (New Zealand national team) · 13 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 13
Vadym Tyshchenko
Ukrainian football player (Karpaty · 14 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 14
Glen Sonmor
Canadian hockey coach Minnesota North Stars · 14 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 14
Dave Scholz
American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers) · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Marty Feldman
American football coach (Oakland Raiders) and Marine · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Jake Howard
Australian rugby union player (national team) · 11 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 11
Yuri Marushkin
Russian footballer and manager. · 11 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 11
Maurice Graham
Australian rugby union player (New South Wales · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10
Trevor Obst
Australian football player (Port Adelaide) · 04 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 4
Dale Anderson
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) · 06 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 6
John “Hot Rod” Williams
American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers) · 11 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 11 · Williams
Arnold Peralta
Honduras Footballer · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10
Ron Bouchard
American NASCAR driver · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10
Dolph Schayes
American basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers) · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10
Alan Hodgkinson
English footballer (Sheffield United) · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Gustavo Gil
Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Ian Burns
Scottish footballer (Aberdeen) · 06 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 6
Mick McLaughlin
Welsh footballer (Hereford United · 06 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 6
Hack Meyers
American professional wrestler (ECW) · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Pierre-Yvon Lenoir
French Olympic middle distance runner (1960) · 25 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 25
Willie Coburn
Scottish footballer (St Johnstone) · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Zafar Altaf
Pakistani cricket player · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Willie Burden
Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) and sports administrator · 04 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 4
Ramón de los Santos
Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros) · 29 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 29 · Santos
George Pyne III
American football player (Boston Patriots) · 26 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 26
Ivan Hlevnjak
Croatian Yugoslav footballer · 28 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 28 · Iván
Sam Ibiam
Nigerian footballer (National team) · 02 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 2
James Evans
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs · 19 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 19
Jim Loscutoff
American basketball player (Boston Celtics) · 02 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 2
Steve Hrymnak
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks) · 23 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 23
Sabri Khan
Indian sarangi player · 30 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 30
Bill Stauffer
American basketball player (Missouri Tigers) · 26 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 26
Ian Dargie
English footballer (Brentford) · 27 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 27
Joe Marston
Australian soccer player (Preston North End) · 29 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 29
Gerry Byrne
English footballer (Liverpool and national team) · 28 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 28
Terence Robbins
Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer · 17 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 17
Guy Lewis
American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Houston Cougars) · 26 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 26
Jim Sochor
American football player and coach (UC Davis) · 23 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 23
O’Neil Bell
Jamaican boxer · 25 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 25 · O'Neil