Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Francisc Balla
Romanian freestyle wrestler · 16 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 16
Eric Tweedale
Australian rugby union player (Parramatta Two Blues · 16 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 16 · Éric
Mohamed Kabil
Egyptian footballer (national team) · 15 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 15
Toon Greebe
Dutch darts player · 15 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 15 · Dutch
Fred Boyd
American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers · 15 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 15
Howard Murphy
American football coach · 15 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 15 · Other
Eric Griffin
American Olympic boxer · 14 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 14 · Éric
Jeff Peterek
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers) · 14 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 14
Gerry Ryan
Irish footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion · 14 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 14
Gwyn Richards
Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan) · 14 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 14 · Welsh
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
footballer (Maccabi Herzliya · 14 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 14 · Flood
Andy Bean
American professional golfer · 13 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 13
Toshio Naka
Japanese Professional Baseball Player · 13 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 13
Felice De Nicolò
Italian Olympic alpine skier · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12 · Nicolò
Hugh Russell
Northern Irish boxer · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12
Peter Antoine
Swedish football player (Bayern Munich) and manager (Mjällby · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12
Virginia Lovo
Nicaraguan footballer · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12
Gord Wilson
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12
2023 Israel-Hamas War
footballer (Maccabi Herzliya · 12 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 12 · war
Dónal O’Neill
Irish Gaelic footballer · 11 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 11 · O'Neill · Donal
Walt Garrison
American football player (Dallas Cowboys) · 11 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 11
Arnfinn Helgesen
Norwegian footballer (Bodø/Glimt) · 10 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 10
D. J. Gokulakrishnan
Indian cricketer (Tamil Nadu · 10 October 2023 · Gokulakrishnan · October 2023 · October 10
Pauline Jani
Zimbabwean netball player (national team) · 10 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 10
Wilf Billington
English footballer (Workington · 10 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 10
Louise Meriwether
American author (Daddy Was a Number Runner) and activist · 10 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 10
Casey Cox
American baseball player (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9
Terry Dischinger
American basketball player (Chicago Zephyrs · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9
Brendan Malone
American basketball coach (Rhode Island Rams · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9 · Other
Peter Akatsa
Kenyan field hockey player · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9
Gerhard Grimmer
East German cross-country skier · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9
Eleni Potari
Greek Olympic handball player (2004) · 09 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 9 · Greek
Ellen Tittel
German Olympic runner · 08 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 8
Tommy Hoyland
English footballer (Sheffield United · 08 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 8
Aldo Cosentino
French Olympic boxer (1968 · 08 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 8 · French
Maude Jacques
Canadian 2.5 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player (2012) · 08 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 8
Petar Porobić
Montenegrin water polo player and coach · 08 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 8
Alcides Báez
Paraguayan footballer (Libertad · 07 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 7
Jim Poole
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 06 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 6
Rupert Hoilette
Jamaican Olympic sprinter · 06 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 6
Romano Voltolina
Italian footballer (Juventus · 06 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 6
Ibrahim Amin
Egyptian squash player · 05 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 5
Vilém Mandlík
Czech Olympic sprinter (1956 · 05 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 5 · Czech
Bill Munro
Scottish football player (Barrow) and manager (Clydebank · 05 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 5
Panos Theodorou
Cypriot footballer · 05 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 5
Thor Nilsen
Norwegian competition rower · 05 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 5
Dick Butkus
American football player (Chicago Bears) · 04 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 4
Kevin Coombs
Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete · 04 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 4
Bob Wagner
American football coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors) · 04 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 4 · Other
Giannis Ioannidis
Greek basketball player and coach (Aris · 03 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 3 · Greek
Wayne Comer
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 03 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 3
Yosef Mahalal
Israeli footballer (Bnei Yehuda · 03 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 3
Guido Soldani
Italian football player (Monza · 03 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 3
Joe Christopher
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 03 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 3
Kurt Schumacher
American football player (New Orleans Saints · 02 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 2
John Waring
English cricketer (Yorkshire · 02 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 2
Patrice Lecornu
French foootball player (Angers · 02 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 2 · French
Hampton Smith
American football coach (Albany State Golden Rams) · 02 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 2 · Other
Donna Becker
American baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies) · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Bengt Nåjde
Swedish Olympic runner · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Francis Lee
79 English footballer and chairman (Manchester City and England) · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Gary Simpson
English footballer (Chesterfield · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Lars Arnesson
Swedish former professional football player and manager · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Russ Francis
American football player (New England Patriots · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
George Reed
American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders) · 01 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 1
Tim Wakefield
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 30 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 30
Nikolai Bulgakov
Russian football player and coach (Iskra Smolensk · 30 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 30
Frank McDougall
Scottish footballer (Clydebank · 30 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 30
Galip Haktanır
Turkish footballer (national team) · 29 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 29
Viliami Moala
American football player (California Golden Bears · 29 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 29
Joyce Grable
American professional wrestler (NWA) · 29 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 29
Donal Smith
New Zealand Olympic athlete (1960) and academic of English literature · 29 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 29
Glenn Bujnoch
American football player (Cincinnati Bengals · 28 September 2023 · September 2023 · September 28