Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
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
Dmytro Karyaka
Ukrainian footballer (Metalurh Zaporizhzhia · 27 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 27
Modesto Sandoval
Paraguayan footballer (Sportivo Luqueño · 27 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 27
Ulf Högberg
Swedish Olympic runner · 26 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 26
László Hódi
Hungarian-Australian Olympic basketball player (1952 · 26 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 26
James Kerr
American Olympic fencer · 25 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 25
Denny Stolz
American football coach (Michigan State Spartans · 25 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 25 · Other
Utz Aichinger
German Olympic field hockey player · 24 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 24
Aida Khasanova
Uzbekistani fencer and international fencing referee · 24 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 24
Bill Kelly
American college football coach (West Texas A&M Buffaloes · 24 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 24 · Other
Xandy Negrão
Brazilian racecar driver (Stock Car Brasil) · 23 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 23
Ildar Garifullin
Russian nordic combined skier · 23 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 23
Marv Edwards
Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins · 22 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 22
Claude Noel
Trinidadian boxer · 22 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 22
Arturo Grávalos
Spanish road racing cyclist · 22 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 22
Peggy Lee Leather
American professional wrestler · 21 May 2023 · May 2023 · Leather · May 21
Hugh Strachan
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 21 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 21
Vágner Benazzi
Brazilian football coach and player · 21 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 21
Algy Ward
English heavy metal bass player (Tank · 21 May 2023 · Athletes · May 2023 · May 21
John Loveday
New Zealand rugby union player (Manawatu · 21 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 21
Sante Ranucci
Italian racing cyclist · 20 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 20
Graham Gipson
Australian Olympic sprinter · 19 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 19
Jan Lundin
Swedish Olympic swimmer · 19 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 19
Brian Booth
Australian cricketer and Olympic field hockey player (1956). Death announced on this date · 19 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 19
Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev
Kazakh cyclist · 19 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 19
Jan Olsson
Swedish footballer (GAIS · 18 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 18
Jim Brown
American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns) and actor · 18 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 18
Craig Puki
American football player (San Francisco 49ers · 18 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 18
Seán McCormack
Irish Gaelic footballer (Meath) · 18 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 18 · Sean
Rodrigo Barnes
American football player (Dallas Cowboys · 18 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 18
Jovo Mišeljić
Bosnian-Serb footballer · 17 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 17
Marco Warren
Bermudan footballer · 17 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 17
Futoshi Nakanishi
Japanese baseball player and manager (Nishitetsu Lions) · 17 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 17
Superstar Billy Graham
American professional wrestler · 17 May 2023 · May 2023 · Graham · May 17
Ray Fortin
Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) · 16 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 16
Jerry Armstrong
American Olympic boxer · 16 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 16
Nelsinho Rosa
Brazilian football coach and player · 16 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 16
Marlene Hagge
American Hall of Fame golfer · 16 May 2023 · May 2023 · Marlène · May 16
Tadayoshi Yokota
Japanese volleyball player · 15 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 15
John Flood
English footballer (Southampton · 15 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 15
Iñaki Alkiza
Spanish politician and footballer · 15 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 15
Marty Lynch
Northern Irish athlete · 15 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 15