Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Gerry O’Malley
Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Jay Ritchie
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Percy Freeman
English footballer (Lincoln City
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Christy O’Connor Jnr
Irish golfer
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
George MacIntyre
American football player and coach (Vanderbilt)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Andy Maurer
American football player (Atlanta Falcons
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Anatoly Roshchin
Russian wrestler
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Red Parker
American football coach
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
John Roberts
Welsh footballer (Arsenal
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Amby Fogarty
Irish footballer (Sunderland
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Bill Plager
Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Tommy Sale
English rugby league player
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Shigeji Kaneko
Japanese boxer
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Natasha Aguilar
Costa Rican swimmer
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Matt Hobden
English cricket player (Sussex)
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Steve Gohouri
Ivorian footballer
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Ian Pieris
Sri Lankan cricketer.
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Marvin Panch
American racing driver
Died on Thursday December 31st 2015
Howard Davis, Jr.
American boxer
Died on Wednesday December 30th 2015
Ablie Jagne
Gambian football player (Real de Banjul
Died on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Doug Atkins
American football (Cleveland Browns
Died on Wednesday December 30th 2015
Martin Jære
Norwegian skier
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Johnny Egan
Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly)
Died on Monday December 14th 2015
George Evans
Australian rugby league player (St. George)
Died on Friday December 25th 2015
Lee Holman
American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
Died on Friday December 25th 2015
Patrick Curtin
Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry)
Died on Tuesday December 29th 2015
Frank Malzone
American basball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Tuesday December 29th 2015
Elżbieta Krzesińska
Polish retired track and field athlete
Died on Tuesday December 29th 2015
Walter Fawcett
Northern Irish cricketer
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Jim West
Australian boxer
Died on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Romeo Anaya
Mexican boxer
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Stein Eriksen
Norwegian alpine skier. Olympic champion
Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Meadowlark Lemon
American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Frans Geurtsen
Dutch footballer (DWS
Died on Saturday December 12th 2015
Alfredo Pacheco
Salvadoran footballer (FAS
Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Bobby Dews
American baseball player and coach (Atlanta Braves)
Died on Saturday December 26th 2015
Dave Henderson
American baseball player
Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Roy Swinbourne
English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Vilgot Larsson
Swedish ice hockey player (Leksands IF)
Died on Monday December 21st 2015
Jim O’Toole
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds)
Died on Saturday December 26th 2015
Suprovat Chakravarty
Indian Olympic cyclist (1952)
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Hamzah Aljahmi
American bantamweight boxer
Died on Tuesday December 22nd 2015
Chen Luyuan
Chinese basketball player (national team)
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Suprabhat Chakrabarty
Indian Olympic cyclist (1952)
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
George Burpo
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds)
Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Ron Jacobs
American basketball coach
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Chen Luyun
Chinese basketball player
Died on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Wayne Robinson
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Rimma Bilunova
Russian chess player and coach
Died on Monday December 21st 2015
Ray Mathews
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Rudi Ceyssens
Belgian Olympic cyclist.
Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Dejan Brđović
Serbian volleyball player
Died on Monday December 21st 2015
Andrei Troschinsky
Kazakh ice hockey player
Died on Monday December 21st 2015
Lim Eng Beng
Filipino basketball player
Died on Monday December 21st 2015
Evelio Hernández
Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators)
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Herschel Jacobs
American light heavyweight boxer
Died on Saturday December 19th 2015
Joseph Tellechéa
French footballer
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Florentino Broce
Filipino footballer and coach
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Vittore Gottardi
Swiss footballer
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Jimmy Hill
English footballer
Died on Saturday December 19th 2015
John Bates
American college basketball coach (Maryland Eastern Shore
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Harry Scott
British boxer
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Vladimir Kostyukov
Belarusian association football coach and former player (Dnepr Mogilev)
Died on Thursday December 17th 2015
Lloyd Dane
American racing driver
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Svein Bakke
Norwegian footballer (Sogndal)
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Mick Twomey
Australian football player (Collingwood)
Died on Monday December 14th 2015
Georg Smefjell
Norwegian ice hockey player
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Gabre Gabric
Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Lincoln Holdzkom
American baseball player (New Zealand national team)
Died on Sunday December 13th 2015
Peter Westbury
British racing driver
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Vadym Tyshchenko
Ukrainian football player (Karpaty
Died on Monday December 14th 2015
Glen Sonmor
Canadian hockey coach Minnesota North Stars
Died on Monday December 14th 2015
Dave Scholz
American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers)
Died on Saturday December 5th 2015
Marty Feldman
American football coach (Oakland Raiders) and Marine
Died on Saturday December 5th 2015
Jake Howard
Australian rugby union player (national team)
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Yuri Marushkin
Russian footballer and manager.
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Maurice Graham
Australian rugby union player (New South Wales
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Trevor Obst
Australian football player (Port Adelaide)
Died on Friday December 4th 2015
Mihai Adam
Romanian footballer
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Dale Anderson
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
John “Hot Rod” Williams
American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Arnold Peralta
Honduras Footballer
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Ron Bouchard
American NASCAR driver
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Gheorghe Gruia
Romanian handball player
Died on Wednesday December 9th 2015
Dolph Schayes
American basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers)
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Mack Herron
American football player
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Alan Hodgkinson
English footballer (Sheffield United)
Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Gustavo Gil
Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians
Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Jokelyn Tienstra
Dutch handball player
Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Mick McLaughlin
Welsh footballer (Hereford United
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Hack Meyers
American professional wrestler (ECW)
Died on Saturday December 5th 2015