Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Rocky Gattellari
Italian-Australian boxer and businessman · 23 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 23
Dave Wilkes
English footballer (Barnsley · 22 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 22
Ben Heaton
English rugby league footballer · 22 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 22
Bev Risman
English rugby player and coach · 22 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 22
Della Pascoe
British Olympic sprinter (1968) · 22 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 22
Gabriella Csapó-Fekete
Hungarian Olympic volleyball player · 21 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 21
Ronnie Nolan
Irish International footballer · 21 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 21
Brison Manor
American football player (Denver Broncos · 21 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 21
Charley Scales
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 20 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 20
Zain Safar-ud-Din
Malaysian Olympic cyclist · 20 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 20
Clark Haggans
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 20 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 20
Ray Wheatley
Australian Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and boxer · 19 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 19
Jim McCourt
Irish Olympic boxer · 19 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 19
Jim Brandenburg
American college basketball coach (Wisconsin Cowboys · 19 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 19 · Other
Roger Boon
New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki · 19 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 19
Krzysztof Olesiński
Polish bass player (Maanam) · 19 June 2023 · June 2023 · Athletes · June 19
George Frazier
American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals · 18 June 2023 · June 2023 · Frazier, · June 18
Liviu Hodorcă
Romanian rugby union football player · 18 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 18
Dick Hall
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 18 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 18
Karolis Chvedukas
Lithuanian footballer · 18 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 18
Gaetano Troja
Italian footballer (Palermo · 18 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 18
Don Hood
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 15
Alfredo Rojas
Argentine footballer (Lanús · 15 June 2023 · Argentine · June 2023 · June 15
Gino Mäder
Swiss road and track cyclist · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 15 · Mader · Swiss
Shigeru Sugishita
Japanese baseball player and coach · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 15
Sir Ben Helfgott
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter (1956) · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · Helfgott · June 15
Manabu Kitabeppu
Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 15
Reggie Moore
American-born Angolan basketball player (Maccabi Givat Shmuel · 14 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 14
Gordon McQueen
Scottish football player (Leeds United · 14 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 14
Antonio Jiménez Quiles
Spanish road cyclist · 14 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 14 · Quiles
Homer Jones
American football player (New York Giants · 14 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 14
André Simon
Antiguan road racing cyclist · 13 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 13 · Simón
Danny Young
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) · 13 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 13
John Hollins
English football player (Arsenal · 13 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 13
Nikolay Sviridov
Russian long-distance runner · 13 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 13
Titus Okere
Nigerian footballer (Swindon Town · 13 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 13
János Söre
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1960) · 12 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 12
Paul Rendall
English rugby union player (Wasps · 12 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 12
Virgil Luken
American Olympic swimmer (1964) · 11 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 11
Jim Turner
American football player (New York Jets · 11 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 11
Kyle Brown
American baseball player (Ohio State Buckeyes) and network director (ESPN) · 10 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 10
Jari Niinimäki
Finnish international footballer · 10 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 10
Ethna Rouse
New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury · 10 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 10
Adrian Sprott
Scottish footballer (Hamilton Academical) · 09 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 9
Craig Stewart
Australian football player (Collingwood Football Club · 09 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 9
Clive Barker
South African association football coach · 09 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 9 · Other
Floyd Martin
Canadian Olympic ice hockey player · 08 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 8
Jack Baldschun
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies · 08 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 8
Véronique Jardin
French Olympic swimmer (1984 · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · French · June 7
Domingo Perurena
Spanish road racing cyclist · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 7
Jorge Roldán
Guatemalan football player (Aurora · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 7
The Gambler
American professional wrestler (WCW · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 7
Germán Chaves
Colombian racing cyclist · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 7
Rale Rasic
Yugoslav-Australian football player and manager · 07 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 7
Gerhart Hecker
Hungarian Olympic runner · 06 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 6
The Iron Sheik
Iranian-born American professional wrestler · 06 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 6 · Sheik
Teddy McCarthy
Irish hurler (Cork) and Gaelic footballer · 05 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 5
Linda Burdette
American gymnastics coach (West Virginia University) · 05 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 5 · Other
Bob Bolin
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants · 05 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 5
Beverly Shade
American professional wrestler · 05 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 5
Harald Jährling
German Olympic rower · 04 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 4
John Sullivan
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 04 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 4
Roger Craig
American baseball player (Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers · 04 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 4
Jacques Mouilleron
French footballer (Angers · 03 June 2023 · June 2023 · French · June 3
Josser Watling
English footballer (Bristol Rovers) · 03 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 3
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei
Ugandan-born American long-distance runner · 02 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 2 · Kosgei
Willie Marshall
Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears · 01 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 1
Evgeny Khatsei
Russian ice hockey player (Avangard Omsk · 01 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 1
Roy Taylor
Irish singer and bass player (Jump the Gun) · 01 June 2023 · June 2023 · Athletes · June 1
Lou Marcon
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) · 01 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 1
Billy Ray Adams
American football player (Ole Miss Rebels) · 31 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 31 · Adams
Pierre Gaudot
French racing cyclist · 31 May 2023 · May 2023 · French · May 31
David Mitogo
Equatorial Guinean footballer (national team) · 31 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 31
Bill McGovern
American football coach (UCLA Bruins) · 29 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 29 · Other
Mike de la Hoz
Cuban baseball player (Cleveland Indians · 29 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 29 · Hoz
Piet de Zoete
Dutch footballer (ADO Den Haag · 29 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 29 · Dutch · Zoete
Mike Young
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) · 28 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 28
Javier Yacuzzi
Argentine footballer (Tigre · 28 May 2023 · Argentine · May 2023 · May 28