Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Silvio Fogel
Argentine footballer (Puebla)
Died on Sunday March 27th 2016
Vince Boryla
American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks)
Died on Sunday March 27th 2016
Daan Myngheer
Belgian professional cyclist
Died on Monday March 28th 2016
Francisco García Moreno
Mexican Water polo player and coach (1968 olympics)
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016
Don Walsh
Australian football player (Collingwood)
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Antoine Demoitié
Belgian cyclist
Died on Sunday March 27th 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
Kevin Turner
American football player (New England Patriots
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
Johan Cruyff
Dutch football player and coach
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
Keith Ollerenshaw
Australian long-distance runner
Died on Sunday March 13th 2016
Desmond McKeown
British rugby league player (Oldham Roughyeds)
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Joe Garagiola, Sr.
American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Rangy Nanan
Trinidadian cricket player
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Aarne Honkavaara
Finnish ice hockey player and coach.
Died on Tuesday March 22nd 2016
Jack Mansell
British footballer and coach
Died on Saturday March 19th 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
Sándor Csjef
Hungarian boxer
Died on Sunday March 20th 2016
Matt Suderman
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Sunday March 20th 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
George Menzies
New Zealand rugby player
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Lord James Blears
England professional wrestler
Died on Thursday March 3rd 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
Alice Pollitt
American baseball player (AAGBPL)
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Garry Lefebvre
Canadian CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos)
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Ken Broderick
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Sunday March 13th 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
Jon Roehlk
American Arena football player
Died on Sunday March 13th 2016
John Ene Okon
Nigerian football player (national team)
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Charlie Fulton
American wrestler
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Seru Rabeni
Fijian rugby union player (national team
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Bill Whitby
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Davy Walsh
Irish footballer
Died on Monday March 14th 2016
Donnie Duncan
American football coach (Iowa State)
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
József Verebes
Hungarian football player and coach
Died on Sunday March 13th 2016
Annastasia Batikis
American baseball player (AAGPBL)
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Béla Kuharszki
Hungarian footballer (Újpest)
Died on Monday March 7th 2016
Billy Ritchie
Scottish footballer (Rangers
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
Wally Bragg
English footballer (Brentford)
Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
Gary Jeter
American football player (Los Angeles Rams)
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Roberto Perfumo
Argentine footballer (Racing Club
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Bruno Agostinelli
Canadian tennis player (Davis Cup)
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2016
Joe DeGuardia
American boxer
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Bill Gadsby
Canadian hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Bobby Johns
American race car driver (NASCAR
Died on Monday March 7th 2016
James McNamara
Irish long distance runner
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2016
Clyde Lovellette
American basketball player
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2016
Jack Jones
British Olympic water polo player
Died on Tuesday March 8th 2016
Esko Karhunen
Finnish basketball player and contributor
Died on Tuesday March 8th 2016
Mohamed Allek
Algerian Paralympic athlete
Died on Tuesday March 8th 2016
Even Hansen
Norwegian footballer (Odd
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Caesar Belser
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs)
Died on Monday March 7th 2016
Anderson Phiri
Zimbabwean football player (CAPS United F.C.)
Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
Steve Kraly
American baseball player (New York Yankees)
Died on Monday March 7th 2016
Mike Widger
American CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Des O’Reilly
Australian rugby union player (Eastern Suburbs RUFC)
Died on Monday March 7th 2016
Al Wistert
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Albert Wistert
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Hussein Aljunied
Singaporean football player and coach (national team)
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Bill Michael
American football coach (UTEP
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Billy Michael
American football coach (UTEP
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Waqar Ahmed
Pakistani cricketer (Punjab)
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Yuri Kuznetsov
Azerbaijani Soviet football player and coach (Neftchi)
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Ken English
New Zealand rugby league player (Wellington
Died on Wednesday February 24th 2016
Jack Forrest
New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast
Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Paul Couch
Australian football player (Geelong)
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Vladimir Yumin
Soviet wrestler
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Romain Guyot
French racing cyclist
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Lou Holland
American football player (Chicago Bears
Died on Tuesday February 16th 2016
Ítalo Estupiñán
Ecuadorian footballer
Died on Tuesday March 1st 2016
Egon Zimmermann I
Austrian alpine skier
Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Allan Michaelsen
Danish footballer
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Les Belshaw
rugby league footballer of the 1950s
Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Egon Zimmermann
Austrian alpine skier
Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Arthur Keily
British marathon runner
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Martin Crowe
New Zealand cricketer (national
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Sarah Tait
Australian rower
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
John Kidd
Australian Paralympic athlete
Died on Thursday February 25th 2016
Luciano Conati
Italian racing cyclist
Died on Saturday February 6th 2016
Kevin Collins
American MLB baseball player (New York Mets
Died on Saturday February 20th 2016