Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Jack Asher
Scottish shinty player and referee · 23 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 23
Norm Berryman
New Zealand rugby union player (national team) · 23 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 23
Cora Combs
American professional wrestler · 21 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 21
Buddy Landel
American professional wrestler · 22 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 22
Carlinhos
Brazilian football player and coach. · 22 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 22
Darryl Hamilton
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers) · 21 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 21
James Ackerman
Australian rugby league player (Sunshine Coast Falcons) · 22 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 22
Takanonami Sadahiro
Japanese sumo wrestler and coach · 20 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 20
Brian Taylor
English footballer (Walsall · 18 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 18
Danny Villanueva
American football player (Los Angeles Rams · 18 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 18
Andy Scrivani
American Olympic boxer (1936) · 01 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 1
Sebastiano Mannironi
Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956 · 11 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 11
Ken Barrett
English footballer (Aston Villa) · 07 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 7
Greg Parks
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders) · 16 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 16
Howard Johnson
English footballer (Sheffield United) · 16 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 16
Larry Ferguson
Bahamian keyboard player (Hot Chocolate) · 04 June 2015 · June 2015 · Athletes · June 4
Wilfried David
Belgian former professional cyclist and Tour de France stage winner · 15 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 15
Carmine Vingo
American heavyweight boxer · 02 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 2
Andrés Mora
Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 13 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 13
Max Spittle
Australian VFL football player (Melbourne) · 12 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 12
Ian McKechnie
Scottish footballer (Hull) · 11 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 11
Larry Eschen
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) · 09 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 9
Dusty Rhodes
American professional wrestler (WWE · 11 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 11
Hemant Kanitkar
Indian Test cricketer. · 09 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 9
Imre Rapp
Hungarian international football player · 03 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 3
Jabe Thomas
American racecar driver (NASCAR) · 04 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 4
Dennis Fidler
English footballer (Manchester United) · 02 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 2
Giovan Battista Fabbri
Italian football player and manager (Vicenza) · 02 June 2015 · June 2015 · Fabbri · June 2
Colin Jackson
Scottish footballer (Rangers · 07 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 7
Harald Eriksson
Swedish cross-country skier · 20 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 20
François Mahé
French professional cyclist · 31 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 31 · Mahe
Irving Mondschein
American athlete and coach · 05 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 5
Bengt Berndtsson
Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg) · 04 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 4
John Mellekas
American football player (Chicago Bears · 02 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 2
Jerry Collins
New Zealand Rugby Union player (All Blacks) · 05 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 5
Wayne Harris
American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) · 04 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 4
Jindřich Roudný
Czech Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952) · 10 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 10
Jørgen Ravn
Danish footballer (Aberdeen) · 04 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 4
Bevo Francis
American college basketball player (Rio Grande College) · 03 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 3
Mario Saliwa
South African first-class cricketer · 31 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 31
Henry Carr
American track and field athlete · 29 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 29
Alvin P. Wegeman
American nordic combined skier · 30 May 2015 · May 2015 · Wegeman · May 30
Pat Petersen
American marathon runner · 31 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 31
Tommy Rogers
American professionl wrestler · 01 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 1
Boody Gilbertson
American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins) · 23 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 23
David Blake
English cricketer (Hampshire) · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Lennie Merullo
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) · 30 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 30
Ray Ceresino
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 01 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 1
Jonas Čepulis
heavyweight boxer from Lithuania · 28 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 28 · Jonáš
Tony McNamara
English footballer (Everton · 30 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 30
Skeeter Kell
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) · 28 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 28
Chris Kohlhase
New Zealand softball player (national team) and coach (Samoa) · 29 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 29
Ali Raymi
Yemeni boxer · 23 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 23
Vladimír Hagara
Slovak footballer (FC Spartak Trnava) · 24 May 2015 · May 2015 · Vladimir · May 24
Dean Carroll
English rugby league footballer · 24 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 24
Bill Foster
American college basketball coach (Miami Hurricanes · 27 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 27
John Siegal
American football player (Chicago Bears) · 27 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 27
João Lucas
Portuguese footballer (Académica) · 26 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 26
Bob Priestley
American Football Player (Philadelphia Eagles) · 20 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 20
Erik Carlsson
Swedish rally driver (Saab) · 27 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 27
John Elders
English rugby union player (Leicester) · 03 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 3
Claude Carliez
French fencer and stunt director · 17 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 17
César Boutteville
Vietnamese-born French chess player · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Hugh Boyle
Irish golf player · 23 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 23
Andres Ortiz
Puerto Rican basketball player for the BSN's Mayaguez Indians · 23 May 2015 · May 2015 · Andrés · May 23
Eric Bakie
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic · 26 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 26 · Éric
James Takemori
American judo coach · 15 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 15
Cristian Gómez
Argentine footballer (Club Atlético Paraná) · 24 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 24
John Mosley
American football player and WWII air force officer · 22 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 22
Fred Gladding
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Marques Haynes
American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) · 22 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 22
Ernie Hannigan
Scottish footballer. (Preston North End · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Joaquim Durão
Portuguese chess player · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Zaya Avdysh
Ukrainian footballer and manager · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21
Viktor Borisov
Soviet and Uzbekistan football player and coach · 16 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 16
Alan Woodward
English footballer (Sheffield United) · 21 May 2015 · May 2015 · May 21