Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Frans Bolweg
Dutch sailor and coach
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Ron Hovey
Australian football player (Geelong)
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2015
Allie Sherman
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants)
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2015
Udo Lattek
German football coach (Bayern Munich
Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Robert Bonnaventure
French cyclist
Died on Saturday January 24th 2015
Yasuaki Taiho
Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Roy Tarpley
American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Vlastimil Bubník
Czech ice hockey player and footballer
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2015
Olga Knyazeva
Russian fencer
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2015
Al Severinsen
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Nick Koback
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Milt Schoon
American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins)
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Doug Cunningham
American football player (Ole Miss Rebels
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Whitney Reed
American tennis player
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Geoff Truett
English footballer (Crystal Palace)
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Bill Jessup
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2015
Ben Schadler
American basketball player
Died on Friday January 30th 2015
Ebbe Grims-land
Swedish composer and viola player
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Nol Heijerman
Dutch footballer (Sparta)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Pietro Pianta
Italian footballer
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Inge Vermeulen
Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team)
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Peder Pedersen
Danish Olympic cyclist
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Bryan Caldwell
American football player (Houston Oilers)
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2015
Howard Norris
British rugby union player (Wales national team
Died on Friday January 30th 2015
Rocky Bridges
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Marc Dufour
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Ken Furphy
English footballer and manager (Watford)
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Paul Morgan
Welsh rugby union and league player
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Chuck Locke
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
István Pásztor
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952)
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Harold Hassall
English footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
Died on Friday January 30th 2015
Wilfred Agbonavbare
Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Ernie Banks
American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Bruno Ballarini
Italian footballer (Calcio Como)
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Ah Chew Goo
American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii)
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Vadim Glovatsky
Kazakhstani ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Basil Hansen
Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960)
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Carl Boldt
American basketball player (San Francisco Dons)
Died on Friday January 30th 2015
Charles Thomas
American sprinter and athletics coach
Died on Monday January 26th 2015
Kel O’Shea
Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2015
Tony Ridler
Welsh darts player
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Ryszard Zub
Polish fencer
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015
Angelo Anquilletti
Italian footballer (A.C. Milan
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Antonio Fuertes
Spanish footballer (Valencia
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Bill Keating
American football player (Denver Broncos
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Ole Sørensen
Danish footballer
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Tommy Mason
American football player (Minnesota Vikings
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2015
Louis Martin
Jamaican-born British weightlifter
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Bruno Visintin
Italian boxer
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015
Peter Hill
English footballer (Coventry City)
Died on Thursday January 8th 2015
Albert Firth
English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity)
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Derek Robertson
Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone)
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Lucjan Lis
Polish cyclist
Died on Monday January 26th 2015
Don Bryant
American baseball player (Houston Astros)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2015
Fritz Pott
German football player and coach
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015
Jean-Claude Gasigwa
Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team)
Died on Thursday January 8th 2015
Jim Burton
Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Kel Nagle
Australian golfer
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Miguel Ángel Cascallana
Spanish Olympic handball player (1972)
Died on Monday January 26th 2015
Frieda Dänzer
Swiss Alpine skier
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Patrick Journoud
French Olympic athlete (1988)
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Albert McPherson
English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion)
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015
Herb Simpson
American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
French Formula One racing driver
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Terry Hollindrake
English rugby league player
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Henk Bloemers
Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven)
Died on Monday January 26th 2015
George Atkins
American football player (Detroit Lions)
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Pedro María Iguaran
Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad)
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Jenő Buzánszky
Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015
David Rolfe
Australian Paralympic swimmer
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Walter Glechner
Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Ian Towers
English footballer (Burnley
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
William Roffler
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Ignacio Posada
Colombian Olympic fencer
Died on Thursday January 15th 2015
Roger Wosahlo
English footballer (Peterborough)
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Tim Roberts
American professional wrestler (WWC
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Indian field hockey player
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2015
Don O’Hearn
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Reinaldo Oliver
Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952
Died on Monday January 19th 2015
Denis Tsygurov
Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Archie Radebe
South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Stu Miller
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
Alberto Cardaccio
Uruguayan footballer (Danubio
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2015
Bill Monbouquette
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Mark Marquess
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins)
Died on Monday January 19th 2015
Karel Lichtnégl
Czech football player
Died on Thursday January 15th 2015
Slobodan Martinović
Serbian chess player
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015