Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Elton Veals
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) · 25 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 25
Ralph Smith
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 25 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 25
Bertrand Marchand
French football player and manager · 25 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 25 · French
Merv Cross
Australian rugby league player (South Sydney · 25 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 25
Armando Pellegrini
Italian racing cyclist · 25 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 25
Kalman Gerencseri
French footballer (Lens · 24 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 24 · French
Martin Laciga
Swiss Olympic beach volleyball player (2000 · 24 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 24 · Swiss
Shahriyar Rahimov
Azerbaijani footballer (Kapaz PFK · 24 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 24
Bray Wyatt
American professional wrestler · 23 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 23
Steve Sidwell
American football coach (Colorado Buffaloes · 23 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 23 · Other
Hugh Murney
Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton · 23 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 23
Vicente Lecaro
Ecuadorian footballer (Barcelona · 23 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 23
Eric Prescott
English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer · 23 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 23 · Éric
Mickey Rupp
American racecar driver · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Terry Funk
American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (AJPW · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Abe Jacobs
New Zealand professional wrestler (NWA) · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Theuns Stofberg
South African rugby union player (Orange Free State · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Austin Robertson Jr.
Australian Hall of Fame footballer (Subiaco · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Bobby Noble
English footballer (Manchester United) · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Heath Streak
Zimbabwean cricketer (Matabeleland · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Tom Courtney
American Olympic sprinter · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Herlander Ribeiro
Portuguese freestyle swimmer · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Gudrun Pflüger
Austrian mountain runner · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Andy Rankin
English footballer (Watford · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Carl Crennel
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 20 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 20
Rusi Petrov
Bulgarian Olympic wrestler (1972) · 20 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 20
Randy Minniear
American football player (New York Giants · 20 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 20
Luigi Farci
Italian Olympic field hockey player · 19 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 19
Maxie Baughan
American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles · 19 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 19
Jeff Hilton
Australian footballer (Melbourne · 19 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 19
Bill McKim
British Olympic middle-distance runner (1964) · 19 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 19
Naushad Ali
Pakistani Army officer and cricketer (national team) · 19 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 19
Alex Cole
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Francesco Scorsa
Italian football player and manager · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Carlo Mazzone
Italian football player and manager · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Gianni Ferlenghi
Italian racing cyclist · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Garry Adey
English rugby union player (Leicester Tigers · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Dick Tomanek
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Kyle Turner
Australian rugby league footballer (South Sydney Rabbitohs) · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18
Gabriella Kotsis
Hungarian Olympic volleyball player · 17 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 17
John Devitt
Australian Olympic swimmer · 17 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 17
Bill Schlesinger
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 16 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 16
Aimo Vartiainen
Finnish Olympic alpine skier · 16 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 16
Guillermo Timoner
Spanish racing cyclist · 16 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 16
John Barrett
Australian footballer (Footscray · 15 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 15
Teresita Abundo
Philippine educator and athlete · 15 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 15
Owe Adamson
Swedish Olympic cyclist (1960) · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Rudy Schlesinger
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Mohammed Habib
Indian football player and captain · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Shane McNally
Australian rugby league player (Brisbane Tigers · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Joe Caven
Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Alex Collins
American football player (Seattle Seahawks · 14 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 14
Jessica Cash
British soprano and voice coach · 13 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 13
Brian Snowdon
English footballer (Millwall · 13 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 13
Helen Don-Duncan
English Olympic swimmer · 13 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 13
Norman Drew
Northern Irish golfer · 12 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 12
Nikolay Marincheshki
Bulgarian Olympic fencer (1980 · 11 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 11
Joggie Viljoen
South African rugby union player (national team) · 11 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 11
Henry Dickerson
American basketball player and college basketball coach · 11 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 11
Klaus Rost
German Olympic wrestler · 10 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 10
Sean Dawkins
American football player (Indianapolis Colts · 10 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 10
Leigh Verstraete
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 09 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 9
Cesare Cipollini
Italian Olympic cyclist · 09 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 9
Mike Santiago
American football coach (Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks · 09 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 9 · Other
John Coddington
English footballer (Huddersfield Town · 08 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 8
Zenon Andrusyshyn
German-Canadian gridiron football player (Toronto Argonauts · 07 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 7 · Zenón
Jim Price
American baseball player and sportscaster (Detroit Tigers) · 07 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 7
Federico Bahamontes
Spanish cyclist (winner 1959 Tour de France) · 07 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 7
Gilles Gilbert
Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars · 05 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 5
Ahmed Anarbayev
Soviet Olympic swimmer (1968) · 05 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 5