Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Stefano Simoncelli
Italian Olympic medal-winning (1976) fencerDied on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Ducky Detweiler
American baseball player (Boston Braves)Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Carl Thomas
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians)Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
Johnny Hanks
New Zealand boxerDied on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Bob Teague
American college football player and television journalistDied on Thursday March 28th 2013
Ben Goldfaden
American basketball player (Washington Capitols)Died on Monday March 25th 2013
Jesse Rogers
American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs)Died on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Léon Deladerrière
French football player and coachDied on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Jake Striker
American baseball player (Cleveland IndiansDied on Thursday March 7th 2013
Rik De Saedeleer
Belgian football player (KV Mechelen) and journalistDied on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Roy Stuart
American football playerDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Nazem Ganjapour
Iranian footballerDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
Les McNichol
New Zealand rugby league playerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Matthew White
American basketball player (University of Pennsylvania)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Jan Ellis
South African rugby playerDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Armenian light welterweight boxerDied on Friday February 1st 2013
Mike Marienthal
American football player and coach (UCLA)Died on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Yussef Sleman
Syrian footballer (Al-Wathba SC)Died on Wednesday February 20th 2013
Colin Edwards
Guyanese footballerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Teodor Lucuță
Romanian footballer (Dinamo București)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Elvi Svendsen
Danish Olympic swimmerDied on Thursday February 7th 2013
Dobrivoje Trivić
Serbian footballer (FK VojvodinaDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Antonio Roma
Argentine footballerDied on Wednesday February 20th 2013
Ken Clark
American football player (Indianapolis ColtsDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Wayne Chernecki
Canadian ice hockey player and businessmanDied on Monday February 11th 2013
Howard Lassoff
American and Israeli basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)Died on Thursday February 7th 2013
Donald Thompson
American Olympic fencer and academicDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Emma McDougall
English footballer (Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.)Died on Wednesday February 20th 2013
Carmelo Imbriani
Italian football player (S.S.C. NapoliDied on Friday February 15th 2013
Jim Boatwright
American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Frank Stirrup
English rugby league playerDied on Wednesday February 6th 2013
Donald R. Deskins
American football player (Oakland Raiders)Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Jean Gauthier
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal CanadiensDied on Wednesday February 20th 2013
Zdeněk Zikán
Czech footballerDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Zhuang Zedong
Chinese table tennis playerDied on Sunday February 10th 2013
Dick Yelvington
American football player (New York Giants)Died on Sunday February 24th 2013
Mickey Stubblefield
American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs)Died on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Mark Kamins
American disc jockeyDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Jake Thies
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)Died on Sunday February 10th 2013
Ronnie Allen
American pool playerDied on Wednesday February 6th 2013
Seamus O’Connell
English footballerDied on Sunday February 24th 2013
Hubert Schieth
German football player and managerDied on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Walt Easley
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Thierry Rupert
French basketball playerDied on Sunday February 10th 2013
Marshall Miles
American bridge player and authorDied on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Con Martin
Irish Gaelic and association football playerDied on Sunday February 24th 2013
John Downie
Scottish footballerDied on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Luis Cruzado
Peruvian footballer (Universitario)Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Bill Roost
English footballer (Bristol Rovers)Died on Sunday February 10th 2013
Dave Charlton
British-born South African racing driverDied on Sunday February 24th 2013
Pete D. Anderson
American jockey and racehorse trainerDied on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Tibor Zsíros
Hungarian basketball player and coachDied on Wednesday February 13th 2013
William Archibald Irwin
Canadian Olympic skierDied on Saturday February 9th 2013
P. W. Underwood
American football coach (Southern Mississippi)Died on Monday February 4th 2013
Jean Van Steen
Belgian footballerDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Jack Choquette
American stock car racing driverDied on Saturday February 23rd 2013
Okey Isima
Nigerian footballerDied on Monday February 18th 2013
Keiko Fukuda
Japanese-born American martial artistDied on Saturday February 9th 2013
Zlatko Papec
Croatian footballerDied on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Moon Mullen
American baseball (Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball player (University of Oregon)Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Mario Ramírez
American baseball player (New York MetsDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Ahmadullah Affandi
Indian scout leader and footballerDied on Monday February 18th 2013
William T. Randall
American Negro league baseball playerDied on Wednesday February 13th 2013
Jim Sweeney
American football coach (Fresno State)Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Steve Demeter
American baseball player (Detroit TigersDied on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Neil McCorkell
English cricketerDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Neil Mann
Australian VFL football player and coach (Collingwood)Died on Friday February 22nd 2013
Tony Lorick
American football player (Baltimore ColtsDied on Sunday February 17th 2013
Frank Seator
Liberian footballerDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Bill Smith
American Olympic swimmerDied on Friday February 8th 2013
B. H. Born
American basketball player (University of Kansas)Died on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Mosese Fotuaika
New Zealand rugby league player (Wests Tigers)Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Merlin Volzke
American jockey and racing officialDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
Sophie Kurys
American baseball player (Racine Belles)Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Rita Ridley
British middle-distance runnerDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Knut Nesbø
Norwegian footballer (MoldeDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Wolfgang Abraham
German footballerDied on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Yo-Yo Davalillo
Venezuelan baseball player (Washington Senators)Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Yuriy Shulyatytskyi
Ukrainian football coachDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
Phil Henderson
American basketball player (Duke University)Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Jimmy Mulroy
Irish Gaelic football player and managerDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Ian Lister
Scottish footballer (AberdeenDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Walt Sweeney
American football player (San Diego Chargers)Died on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Theo Bos
Dutch football player and coachDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Dick Neal, Jr.
English footballerDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
Ernie Vossler
American professional golfer and course designerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Brian Langford
English cricketer (Somerset)Died on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Kjell Hjertsson
Swedish footballerDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Pepper Paire
American AAGPBL baseball playerDied on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Terry Twell
English footballerDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Hasse Jeppson
Swedish footballerDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
Alfred Zijai
Albanian footballer (Flamurtari Vlorë)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Ron Hansell
English footballerDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Edith Houghton
American baseball player and scoutDied on Saturday February 2nd 2013