Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Bob MacKinnon
American basketball coach
Died on Tuesday July 7th 2015
Arne Kotte
Norwegian footballer
Died on Wednesday July 8th 2015
Franz-Josef Wolfframm
German footballer
Died on Friday July 3rd 2015
Abderrahmane Soukhane
Algerian football player
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Fons van Wissen
Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven and national team)
Died on Tuesday July 7th 2015
Jack Steadman
American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs)
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Scot Breithaupt
American BMX cyclist
Died on Saturday July 4th 2015
Piet Malan
South African rugby union player
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Carlo de Gavardo
Chilean motorist and motorcyclist
Died on Saturday July 4th 2015
Goran Gogić
Serbian footballer
Died on Friday July 3rd 2015
David Turner
American rower
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Jim Weaver
American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State)
Died on Thursday July 2nd 2015
Phil Walsh
Australian AFL player and coach (Adelaide)
Died on Friday July 3rd 2015
Charlie Sanders
American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions)
Died on Thursday July 2nd 2015
Petro Korol
Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter
Died on Thursday July 2nd 2015
Edgar Dawson
English rugby league footballer of the 1950s
Died on Sunday June 28th 2015
Doug Rombough
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Saturday June 20th 2015
Lou Butera
American pool player
Died on Saturday June 27th 2015
Willie Daniel
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers
Died on Monday June 29th 2015
Worth McMillion
American racing car driver
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Denis Thwaites
English footballer (Birmingham City)
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Jackson Vroman
American-born Lebanese basketball player
Died on Monday June 29th 2015
Dennis Thwaites
English footballer (Birmingham City)
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Larry Carberry
English footballer (Ipswich Town)
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Wally Stanowski
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Died on Sunday June 28th 2015
Josef Masopust
Czech football player
Died on Monday June 29th 2015
Paul Ambros
German ice hockey player (EV Füssen
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Kal Segrist
American baseball player (New York Yankees
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Todor Slavov
Bulgarian rally driver
Died on Sunday June 28th 2015
Goran Brajković
Croatian football player
Died on Sunday June 28th 2015
John Joe Nerney
Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon)
Died on Wednesday June 24th 2015
Damion Cook
American football player (Detroit Lions)
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Arshad Chaudhury
Pakistani field hockey player
Died on Thursday June 11th 2015
James Robertson
Scottish footballer (Brentford)
Died on Thursday June 11th 2015
Bob Bedell
American basketball player
Died on Sunday June 14th 2015
Robert Sowell
American football player (Miami Dolphins)
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Lyubov Kozyreva
Russian Soviet cross-country skier
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Graham Gilchrist
Australian football player (Carlton)
Died on Thursday June 25th 2015
Tommy Hudspeth
American football coach and administrator (Detroit Lions
Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Dick Stanfel
American football player (Detroit Lions
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Pat Peppler
American football coach and executive
Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Rosalind Rowe
English table tennis player
Died on Monday June 15th 2015
Ted Whelan
Australian football player (Port Adelaide)
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Paul Quinn
Australian rugby league player
Died on Friday June 19th 2015
Constantin Cernăianu
Romanian football player and coach
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Jack Asher
Scottish shinty player and referee
Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Norm Berryman
New Zealand rugby union player (national team)
Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Buddy Landel
American professional wrestler
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Cora Combs
American professional wrestler
Died on Sunday June 21st 2015
Darryl Hamilton
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
Died on Sunday June 21st 2015
Juan José Estrada
Mexican boxer
Died on Sunday June 21st 2015
James Ackerman
Australian rugby league player (Sunshine Coast Falcons)
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Jim Vandiver
American racing driver
Died on Thursday June 18th 2015
Esther Brand
South African athlete
Died on Saturday June 20th 2015
Takanonami Sadahiro
Japanese sumo wrestler and coach
Died on Saturday June 20th 2015
Brian Taylor
English footballer (Walsall
Died on Thursday June 18th 2015
Danny Villanueva
American football player (Los Angeles Rams
Died on Thursday June 18th 2015
Andy Scrivani
American Olympic boxer (1936)
Died on Monday June 1st 2015
Sebastiano Mannironi
Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956
Died on Thursday June 11th 2015
Ken Barrett
English footballer (Aston Villa)
Died on Sunday June 7th 2015
John David Crow
American football player
Died on Wednesday June 17th 2015
Greg Parks
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders)
Died on Tuesday June 16th 2015
Steve Pritko
American football player
Died on Saturday June 6th 2015
Howard Johnson
English footballer (Sheffield United)
Died on Tuesday June 16th 2015
Larry Ferguson
Bahamian keyboard player (Hot Chocolate)
Died on Thursday June 4th 2015
Wilfried David
Belgian former professional cyclist and Tour de France stage winner
Died on Monday June 15th 2015
Carmine Vingo
American heavyweight boxer
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Andrés Mora
Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles
Died on Saturday June 13th 2015
David Oniya
Nigerian footballer
Died on Saturday June 13th 2015
Mike Shrimpton
New Zealand cricketer and coach
Died on Saturday June 13th 2015
Max Spittle
Australian VFL football player (Melbourne)
Died on Friday June 12th 2015
Ian McKechnie
Scottish footballer (Hull)
Died on Thursday June 11th 2015
Larry Eschen
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics)
Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Dusty Rhodes
American professional wrestler (WWE
Died on Thursday June 11th 2015
Sean Pappas
South African golfer
Died on Sunday June 7th 2015
Johnny Fullam
Irish footballer
Died on Wednesday June 10th 2015
Hemant Kanitkar
Indian Test cricketer.
Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Jabe Thomas
American racecar driver (NASCAR)
Died on Thursday June 4th 2015
Dennis Fidler
English footballer (Manchester United)
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Peter Petherick
New Zealand cricketer.
Died on Monday June 8th 2015
Giovan Battista Fabbri
Italian football player and manager (Vicenza)
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Colin Jackson
Scottish footballer (Rangers
Died on Sunday June 7th 2015
Tsonyo Vasilev
Bulgarian footballer
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Harald Eriksson
Swedish cross-country skier
Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
François Mahé
French professional cyclist
Died on Sunday May 31st 2015
Irving Mondschein
American athlete and coach
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Kevin Hunt
American football player
Died on Friday May 22nd 2015
Bengt Berndtsson
Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg)
Died on Thursday June 4th 2015
John Mellekas
American football player (Chicago Bears
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Jerry Collins
New Zealand Rugby Union player (All Blacks)
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Wayne Harris
American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders)
Died on Thursday June 4th 2015
Herb Wakabayashi
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Monday June 1st 2015
Jindřich Roudný
Czech Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952)
Died on Sunday May 10th 2015