Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Rogie Maglinas
Filipino footballer (UP Fighting Maroons)
Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Lance Cox
Australian football player (Richmond)
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Galina Leontyeva
Russian vollyball player
Died on Thursday February 4th 2016
David Sloan
Northern Irish footballer (
Died on Friday February 5th 2016
Axl Rotten
American Professional Wrestler
Died on Thursday February 4th 2016
Valery Postnikov
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
John P. Riley, Jr.
American ice hockey player and coach
Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Suat Mamat
Turkish footballer (Galatasaray and national team)
Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Jibri Bryan
American college basketball player (Mercer Bears)
Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Mark Farren
Irish football player (Finn Harps
Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Chris Kenny
Irish-born New Zealand boxing coach
Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Bob Pelkington
American basketball player (Xavier University)
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Ali Beratlıgil
Turkish football player and coach
Died on Monday February 1st 2016
Peter Quinn
Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo)
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Betty Rosenquest Pratt
American tennis player
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Mary Lou Crocker
American professional golfer
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Price West
American Negro league baseball player
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Nigel Peel
English cricketer (Cheshire)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Mike Salmon
British racing driver
Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Tommy O’Hara
Scottish footballer (Queen of the South
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Franklin Gene Bissell
American football player and coach
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Billy Faier
American banjo player
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Maikhail Miller
American football player (Murray State
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Ken Sailors
American basketball player
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Tommy Mulgrew
British footballer (Southampton)
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Axel Schandorff
Danish track cyclist
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Theodore Karras
American football player (Chicago Bears)
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Ted Karras
American football player (Chicago Bears)
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Dave Thomson
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Barbara Berger
American baseball player (AAGPBL)
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Schalk van der Merwe
South African tennis player
Died on Sunday January 24th 2016
Fred Bruney
American football player (Boston Patriots)
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Augusto Giomo
Italian basketball player
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Ladislav Totkovič
Slovak football player and manager
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Dan Cullen
Australian golfer
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Bernard Quennehen
French racing cyclist
Died on Monday January 25th 2016
Bill Roberts
American basketball player
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Robert Courtney
New Zealand Paralympic athlete
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Walt Williams
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Peter Baker
English footballer (Tottenham)
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Ron Stillwell
American baseball player (Washington Senators)
Died on Monday January 25th 2016
Carlos Loyzaga
Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
George Sefcik
American football coach (Cincinnati Bengals
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Espectrito
Mexican professional wrestler
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Stuart Cowden
English footballer (Stoke City)
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Ray Pointer
English footballer (Burnley
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Clyde Mashore
American baseball player (Montreal Expos)
Died on Sunday January 24th 2016
Eric Webster
English football player and coach
Died on Sunday January 24th 2016
Mario Pérez Jiménez
Mexican professional wrestler
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Mario Mejia Jiminez
Mexican professional wrestler
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Marie Mahoney
American baseball player (AAGBPL)
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Koichi Sekimoto
Japanese footballer (Sagan Tosu)
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Terence Cook
Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
John Dowie
Scottish footballer (Fulham
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Grahame Hodgson
Welsh rugby union player (Neath)
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Bobby Wanzer
American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Rochester Royals)
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Archie Gouldie
Canadian-American professional wrestler
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Mike MacDowel
British racing driver
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Tommy Bryceland
Scottish footballer (St. Mirren
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Jack Bannister
English cricket player (Warwickshire) and commentator
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Rik Wilson
American ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues)
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Shankar Ghosh
Indian tabla player
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Robin Fletcher
British academic administrator and Olympic field hockey player
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Chuck Pitcock
American football player (Tampa Bay Bandits)
Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Joe Hergert
American football player (Buffalo Bills)
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Bill Johnson
American alpine skier
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Homayoun Behzadi
Iranian Legend football player and coach
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Robert Sassone
French road racing cyclist
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Frank Sullivan
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Bud Beardmore
American lacrosse coach (Maryland)
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Joachim Fernandez
Senegalese footballer
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Jules Le Lievre
New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Lou Michaels
American football player (Los Angeles Rams
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Buzzy Wilkinson
American basketball player (Virginia Cavaliers)
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Reza Ahadi
Iranian football player and coach
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Mike Sharpe
Canadian professional wrestler
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Johnny Bach
American basketball player and coach
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Mic Gillette
American brass player (Tower of Power)
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Sherron Mills
American basketball player
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Angus Ross
BDO darts player
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Bob Harkey
Indianapolis 500 driver
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Rudy Migay
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Milorad Rajović
Serbian footballer
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Mondli Cele
South African footballer (Maritzburg United)
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Ted Marchibroda
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) and coach (Indianapolis Colts)
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Manuel Velázquez
Spanish footballer (Real Madrid)
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Rex Morgan
American basketball player (Boston Celtics)
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
The Wolfman
Hungarian-born Canadian professional wrestler
Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
Connie Mhone
Malawian netball player and coach
Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
Kalevi Lehtovirta
Finnish footballer
Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
FC Wichita
Zimbabwean footballer (FC Wichita
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Yevgeny Kotlov
Russian Soviet ice hockey player (Dynamo Moscow)
Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Ken Judge
Australian rules footballer and coach
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Leonid Zhabotinsky
Soviet weightlifter
Died on Thursday January 14th 2016
Luis Arroyo
Puerto Rican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals
Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016