Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
John Jackson
English footballer (Crystal Palace · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
John Burnett
English rugby league player (Halifax) · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Ken Sidwell
American college basketball and baseball coach · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29 · Other
Yasuo Minagawa
Japanese baseball player · 28 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 28
Noël Dejonckheere
Belgian road cyclist · 28 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 28 · Noel
Al Smith
American basketball player (Denver Rockets · 28 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 28
René Deleris
French rugby union player (US Carmaux) · 28 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 28 · French
Charles Edwin Brown
American football player (Oakland Raiders) · 27 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 27 · Brown
Rodolfo Micheli
Argentine footballer (Independiente · 27 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 27 · Argentine
Fred Valentine
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 26 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 26
Arnie Ferrin
American basketball player (Utah Utes · 26 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 26
Imre Szöllősi
Hungarian sprint canoeist · 26 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 26
Dick Burrows
Australian footballer (Richmond) · 26 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 26
Bojan Jamina
Serbian and Bosnian football player (OFK Beograd) · 25 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 25
Dave Bolen
American Olympic sprinter (1948) and diplomat · 25 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 25
Ann Stephens
New Zealand squash and badminton player · 25 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 25
Sergey Dmitriyev
Russian football player (Zenit Leningrad · 25 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 25
Pele
Brazilian former football player · 25 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 25
Kathy Whitworth
American professional golfer · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24
Genaro Sermeño
Salvadoran football player (FAS · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24
Ed Updegraff
American golfer and urologist · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24
Fabián O’Neill
Uruguyan footballer (Cagliari · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24 · O'Neill · Fabian
Wang Wenjiao
Chinese badminton player and coach (national team) · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24
Stephan Bonnar
American professional wrestler (UFC) · 23 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 23
Cotton Davidson
American football player (Baltimore Colts · 23 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 23
Vittorio Adorni
Italian road racing cyclist · 23 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 23
József Fitos
Hungarian football player (Szombathelyi Haladás · 23 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 23
Barry Round
Australian footballer (Sydney · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Willie Sims
American-Israeli basketball player (Hapoel Tel Aviv · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Txetxu Rojo
Spanish football player (Athletic Bilbao · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Piet Visagie
South African rugby union player (national team) · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Ronnie Lamont
Northern Irish rugby union player (British & Irish Lions · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Ken Wilson
Australian rugby league footballer (Newtown · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Anton Šoltýs
Slovak Olympic alpine skier · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Anton Tkáč
Slovak Olympic cyclist · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21 · Tkaç
Clive Inman
Sri Lankan cricketer (Leicestershire · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Ronnie Hillman
American football player (Denver Broncos · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Peter Daly
Irish Gaelic footballer · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Peter Darby
Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Denny Doyle
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies · 21 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 21
Ed Goorjian
American college basketball coach · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20 · Other
Franco Harris
American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20
Laura Podestà
Italian Olympic swimmer (1972) · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20
Christopher Dowling
Maltese Olympic swimmer (1960) · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20
György Tumpek
Hungarian Olympic swimmer · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20
Chia Boon Leong
Singaporean-Chinese Olympic footballer (1948) · 20 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 20 · Leong
Max Brito
Ivorian rugby union player (national team) · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Per-Ola Lindberg
Swedish Olympic swimmer · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Jacky Jakoba
Dutch baseball player (Neptunus · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19 · Dutch
Gary Knafelc
American football player (Green Bay Packers) · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Dale Harrop
New Zealand ice hockey player (Canterbury Red Devils · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Rudolf Vraniak
Czechoslovak basketball player and coach (BK Iskra Svit) · 18 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 18
Tom Browning
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) · 18 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 18
Kurt Linder
German football manager and player · 18 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 18
Constantin Dinu
Romanian rugby union player (Știința Petroșani · 18 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 18
Shepherd Makunura
Zimbabwean cricket coach and former player · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17
Ivan Hamaliy
Ukrainian football player and manager · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17 · Iván
Idrio Bui
Italian racing cyclist · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17
Christian Saulsberry
American football player (Edmonton Elks) · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Abakar Kazbekov
Russian-Canadian hockey player (London Knights) · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Manuel Muñoz
Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Sinnayah Sabapathy
Malaysian Olympic sprinter · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Eero Tapio
Finnish Olympic wrestler (1964 · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Ernest Fernando
Sri Lankan wrestler · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16
Louis Orr
American basketball player (Indiana Pacers · 15 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 15
Barry West
English snooker player · 15 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 15
Alex Duchart
Scottish footballer (East Fife · 15 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 15
Billie Moore
American college basketball coach · 14 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 14 · Other
Eliyahu Offer
Israeli football player (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) and manager (Beitar Jerusalem · 14 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 14
Tom Flanigan
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox · 12 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 12
Curt Simmons
American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies · 12 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 12
Mike Leach
American college football coach · 12 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 12 · Other
John Gregory
American football coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers · 11 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 11 · Other
Paul Silas
American basketball player (St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks · 10 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 10
Walter Bénéteau
French racing cyclist · 10 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 10 · French
Kenneth Powell
Indian Olympic sprinter (1964) · 10 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 10
Mihály Huszka
Hungarian Olympic weightlifter (1960 · 09 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 9
René Snelders
Belgian footballer and businessman · 08 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 8