Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Sören Boström
Swedish bandy player · 31 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 31 · Soren
Harrison Gray
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) · 31 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 31
Joel Baillargeon
Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets · 31 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 31
Nigel Paul
English cricketer (Warwickshire) · 31 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 31
Lee Thomas
American professional baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 30 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 30
Steve White
American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 30 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 30
Alexander Izmodenov
Russian bandy player and coach · 30 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 30
Orval Tessier
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins · 30 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 30
Gil Cawood
New Zealand Olympic rower (1968) · 30 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 30
Tony Nelson
English footballer (Newport County · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29
Ron de Roode
Dutch footballer (FC Den Haag) · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29 · Dutch · Roode
Tommy Carpenter
English footballer (Watford) · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29
Sammy Chung
English football player (Norwich City · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29
Vince McNeice
English footballer (Watford) · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29
Bill Ash
American professional wrestler. (death announced on this date) · 29 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 29
Paul Knox
Canadian Olympic ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Ernie Zampese
American football coach · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28 · Other
Rigoberto Riasco
Panamanian boxer · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Eino Kalpala
Finnish Olympic alpine skier (1952) · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Manzoor Hussain
Pakistani field hockey player · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Aytunç Topaloğlu
Turkish football player (Zonguldak Kömürspor) · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Suleiman Kangangi
Kenyan racing cyclist · 28 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 28
Ken Van Heekeren
Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs) · 27 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 27 · Heekeren
Bob Locker
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox · 27 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 27
Milutin Šoškić
Serbian professional footballer · 26 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 26
Charlene Curtis
American college basketball coach (Radford · 26 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 26 · Other
Kenneth Foulkes
English rugby league player (Castleford Tigers · 26 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 26
Lindenwood University
American football player (Lindenwood University) · 26 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 26
Goro Tsurumi
Japanese professional wrestler · 25 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 25
Ivan Letyago
Belorussian footballer and coach · 25 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 25 · Iván
Wayne Yates
American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers · 24 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 24
Orlando de la Torre
Peruvian footballer (Sporting Cristal · 24 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 24 · Torre
Lyle Bradley
Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals · 24 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 24
Len Dawson
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 23 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 23
Carlos Duarte
Portguese footballer (Porto · 23 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 23
Billy Hodgson
Scottish footballer (Sheffield United · 23 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 23
Domenico Pace
Italian Olympic fencer · 22 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 22
Gary Gaines
American football coach (Permian) · 22 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 22 · Other
György Pásztor
Hungarian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet · 21 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 21
Irvin Warrican
Vincentian cricketer · 21 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 21
John Wockenfuss
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 20 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 20
George Kernek
American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) · 20 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 20
Julian Klymkiw
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) · 20 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 20
Samar Banerjee
Indian Olympic footballer (1956) · 19 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 19
Riddick Parker
American football player (Seattle Seahawks · 18 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 18
David Marsh
British amateur golfer and football administrator · 18 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 18
István Liptay
Hungarian Olympic basketball player (1960) · 18 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 18
Charley Frazier
American football player (Houston Oilers · 18 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 18 · Frazier,
Thorleif Andresen
Norwegian Olympic cyclist · 18 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 18
Doug Ross
American college ice hockey player (Bowling Green) and coach (Kent State · 17 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 17
Aydın Yelken
Turkish footballer (Turkey national football team · 16 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 16
Hugo Lusardi
Paraguayan footballer · 15 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 15
Pete Carril
American college basketball coach (Reading HS · 14 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 14 · Other
Rajmund Zieliński
Polish Olympic cyclist (1964 · 14 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 14
Charlie Brandon
American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders · 13 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 13
Steve Worster
American football player (Texas Longhorns · 13 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 13
José Luis Pérez-Payá
Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid · 13 August 2022 · August 2022 · Pérez-Payá · August 13
Viacheslav Semenov
Ukrainian footballer (Zorya Voroshilovhrad · 12 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 12
Ricardo Perdomo
Uruguayan football player (Rayo Vallecano · 12 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 12
Motiullah Khan
Pakistani field hockey player · 11 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 11
Motiullah
Pakistani field hockey player · 11 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 11
Eino Oksanen
Finnish marathon runner · 11 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 11
Hana Mazi Jamnik
Slovenian cross-country skier · 10 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 10 · Jamnik
Billy Legg
English footballer (Huddersfield Town · 10 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 10
Ingemar Erlandsson
Swedish footballer (Malmö FF · 10 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 10
John Abdo
American health and fitness coach · 10 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 10 · Other
Kieran Denvir
Northern Irish Gaelic footballer · 10 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 10
Steve Courtin
American basketball player (Saint Joseph's Hawks · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Corky Palmer
American college baseball coach (Southern Miss) · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9 · Other
Brenda Fisher
English long-distance swimmer · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Lydia de Vega
Filipino Olympic athlete (1984 · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9 · Filipino · Vega
Dean Carlson
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Zoltán Halász
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1980) · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Kiril Dojčinovski
Macedonian footballer · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Fernando Chalana
Portuguese football player and manager (Benfica · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9
Gene LeBell
American martial artist and stunt performer · 09 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 9 · Artists