Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
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
Veniamin Mandrykin
Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow · 05 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 5
Tristan Honsinger
American cello player · 05 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 5
Ken Suarez
American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics · 04 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 4 · Suárez
Edrissa Sanneh
Senegalese disc jockey and football journalist · 03 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 3
Åge Maridal
Norwegian footballer (Start · 03 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 3
Tane Norton
New Zealand rugby union player (national team) · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Bruno Mealli
Italian road racing cyclist · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Peter Dixon
English rugby union player (British & Irish Lions · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Sunil Dev
Indian cricketer (Delhi) · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Ijaz Butt
Pakistani cricket player (national team) and administrator · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Charles Balentine
American basketball player (Arkansas Razorbacks) · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Mike Giddings
American football coach (San Francisco 49ers) · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2 · Other
Ewa Ambroziak
Polish Olympic rower · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1
Tony Brien
Irish footballer (Chesterfield · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1
Jan Przewoźnik
Polish chess player · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1
Tibor Lendvai
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1968) · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1
Frank Rodgers
Northern Irish Gaelic footballer · 31 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 31
Rune Richardsen
Norwegian footballer (Lillestrøm · 31 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 31
Ben Wilson
American football player (Los Angeles Rams · 31 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 31
Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz
German Olympic athlete (1956) · 31 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 31
Rolf Rustad
Norwegian handball player and TV editor · 30 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 30
Adrian Street
Welsh professional wrestler · 30 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 30 · Welsh
Rusi Cooper
Indian cricketer (Parsis · 30 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 30
Benny Rooney
Scottish football player (St Johnstone · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29
Clive Rowlands
Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29 · Welsh
Florin Bejinaru
Romanian footballer and coach (Pandurii Târgu Jiu) · 28 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 28
Raphick Jumadeen
Trinidadian cricketer · 28 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 28
Timo Hirvonen
Finnish ice hockey player (Kiekko-Espoo · 27 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 27
Emilio Ostorero
Italian motocross racer and rally driver · 27 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 27
Wayne Maxner
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26
Jacinto Santos
Portuguese footballer (Benfica · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26
Ján Polgár
Slovak association football player · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26 · Jan
Leo Richardson
American basketball and football coach · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26 · Other
Tommy Seigler
American professional wrestler · 25 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 25
Darrel Aschbacher
American football player (San Francisco 49ers · 25 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 25
Roy Swetman
English cricketer (Surrey · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24
Stanislav Neveselý
Czech hockey player and coach · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24 · Czech
Tony Priscott
English footballer (Portsmouth · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24
Chris Bart-Williams
English football player (Nottingham Forest · 23 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 23