Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries

Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.

Nol Heijerman

Dutch footballer (Sparta)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015

Dan Held

Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Monday January 5th 2015

Bryan Caldwell

American football player (Houston Oilers)
Died on Saturday January 3rd 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

Ken Hale

English football player and manager
Died on Monday January 5th 2015

Harold Hassall

English footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
Died on Friday January 30th 2015

Ernie Banks

American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015

Carl Long

American baseball player
Died on Monday January 12th 2015

Ah Chew Goo

American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii)
Died on Friday January 9th 2015

Carl Boldt

American basketball player (San Francisco Dons)
Died on Friday January 30th 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

Bill Keating

American football player (Denver Broncos
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015

Lee Spick

English snooker player
Died on Monday January 26th 2015

Tommy Mason

American football player (Minnesota Vikings
Died on Thursday January 22nd 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

Don Bryant

American baseball player (Houston Astros)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2015

Ray Lumpp

American basketball player (New York Knicks)
Died on Friday January 16th 2015

Fritz Pott

German football player and coach
Died on Sunday January 11th 2015

Jim Burton

Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach
Died on Monday January 5th 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

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

Joy Ali

Fijian middleweight boxer
Died on Monday January 5th 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

Roger Wosahlo

English footballer (Peterborough)
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015

Tim Roberts

American professional wrestler (WWC
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015

Jack Parr

American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals)
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015

Reinaldo Oliver

Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952
Died on Monday January 19th 2015

Ray Nagel

American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes
Died on Thursday January 15th 2015

Denis Tsygurov

Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015

Stu Miller

American baseball player (San Francisco Giants
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015

Mark Marquess

Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins)
Died on Monday January 19th 2015

Jethro Pugh

American football player (Dallas Cowboys)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015

Earl Lloyd

American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals
Died on Thursday February 26th 2015

Mykhaylo Koman

Ukrainian football player and coach (Dynamo Kyiv)
Died on Saturday February 21st 2015

Geoff Morris

English footballer (Walsall)
Died on Monday February 16th 2015

Dean Smith

American Hall of Fame basketball coach (North Carolina)
Died on Saturday February 7th 2015

Oscar Díaz

American welterweight boxer
Died on Thursday February 26th 2015

Clyde Duncan

American football player (St. Louis Cardinals)
Died on Monday February 16th 2015

Tom McQueen

Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley
Died on Tuesday February 10th 2015

Brian Reynolds

English cricketer (Northamptonshire)
Died on Saturday February 7th 2015

Don Johnson

American baseball player (New York Yankees
Died on Tuesday February 10th 2015

Adam Grad

Polish footballer
Died on Saturday February 7th 2015

Roy Little

English footballer (Manchester City)
Died on Monday February 2nd 2015