Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Gary Pearson
English football manager and former player (York City · 30 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 30
Bill Squires
American track and field coach · 30 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 30 · Other
Pedro Gallina
Argentine footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste · 30 June 2022 · Argentine · June 2022 · June 30
Manikavagasam Harichandra
Malaysian middle-distance runner · 30 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 30
Miklós Szabó
Hungarian Olympic long-distance runner (1956 · 29 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 29
Jim Pappin
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs · 29 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 29
Neil Kerley
Australian footballer (West Adelaide · 29 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 29
Lexie Tynan
Irish Olympic athlete · 28 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 28
Leo Posada
Cuban baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 28 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 28
Dietmar Streitler
Austrian Olympic wrestler · 28 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 28
Bill Woolsey
American Olympic swimmer · 28 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 28
Jean-Hervé Stiévenart
French track athlete · 27 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 27 · French
Joe Staton
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) · 27 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 27
Varinder Singh
Indian field hockey player · 27 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 27
Moss O’Connell
Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler · 27 June 2022 · June 2022 · O'Connell · June 27
Peter Neale
English footballer (Oldham Athletic · 27 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 27
Louis Ken-Kwofie
Ghanaian football player (New York Red Bulls) and coach (Ramapo College) · 26 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 26
Marlin Briscoe
American football player (Buffalo Bills · 26 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 26
Jerzy Kopa
Polish football player and manager (Stal Stalowa Wola · 26 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 26
Wu Jin-yun
Taiwanese Olympic athlete (1960) · 26 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 26
George Izo
American football player (Washington Redskins · 26 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 26
Russell Watt
New Zealand rugby player (Otago · 25 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 25
Javier Cárdenas
Mexican footballer (Deportivo Toluca · 25 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 25
Maureen Hiron
British games designer and bridge player · 24 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 24
Finn Døssing
Danish footballer (Viborg · 24 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 24
Neil Chandler
Australian footballer (Carlton · 23 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 23
Graham Tutt
English footballer (Charlton Athletic · 23 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 23
Volker Duschner
German Olympic fencer · 22 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 22
Henri Elendé
Congolese athlete · 22 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 22
Hugh McElhenny
American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers · 22 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 22
Sergio Lippi
Argentine football coach · 22 June 2022 · Argentine · June 2022 · June 22 · Other
Brig Owens
American football player (Dallas Cowboys · 21 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 21
Pedro Alfredo Gallina
Argentine footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste · 21 June 2022 · Argentine · June 2022 · Gallina · June 21
Birgit Pohl
German Paralympian athlete · 21 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 21
Caleb Swanigan
American basketball player (Purdue · 20 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 20
Thomas O’Riordan
Irish Olympic long-distance runner (1964) · 19 June 2022 · June 2022 · O'Riordan · June 19
Colin Grainger
English footballer (Sheffield United · 19 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 19
Dave Wickersham
American baseball player (Kansas City Royals) · 19 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 19
Ronnie Theseira
Malaysian Olympic fencer (1964) · 18 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 18
Thalis Tsirimokos
Greek football player (PAS Giannina · 18 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 18 · Greek
Lennie Rosenbluth
American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors) · 18 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 18
Mamadou Sarr
Senegalese sprinter · 17 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 17
Marie-Rose Gaillard
Belgian racing cyclist · 17 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 17
Ray Greene
American football coach · 17 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 17 · Other
John Rigby
Australian Olympic swimmer · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Steinar Amundsen
Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Mike Pratt
American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels ) and coach (Charlotte) · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Ari-Pekka Lattu
Finnish hurdle runner · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Enda McGowan
Irish Gaelic footballer · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Darwyn Encarnacion
Dominican professional baseball player · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16
Jan Klijnjan
Dutch footballer (Sparta Rotterdam · 15 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 15 · Dutch
Ladislav Olejník
Czech ice hockey player (HC Kometa Brno) and coach (EC Bad Neuheim) · 15 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 15 · Czech
Lukas Poklepović
Croatian footballer (HNK Hajduk Split · 15 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 15
Cho Min-ho
South Korean ice hockey player (Anyang Halla) · 14 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 14
Bill Ashurst
English rugby league footballer · 14 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 14
Gene Kenney
American soccer coach (Michigan State Spartans) · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13 · Other
Peter Ascherl
Canadian-German ice hockey player (Mannheim ERC · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13
Davie Wilson
Scottish football player (Rangers · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13
Franklin Anangonó
Ecuadorian football player (El Nacional · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13
Maxine Kline
American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies) · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13
Carlos Ortiz
Puerto Rican boxer · 12 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 12
Noel Campbell
Irish footballer (Fortuna Köln · 12 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 12
Akeem Omolade
Nigerian footballer (Treviso · 12 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 12
Hari Chand
Indian Olympic long-distance runner (1976 · 12 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 12
Phil Bennett
Welsh international rugby player · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11 · Welsh
Ron Farmer
Guernsey footballer (Nottingham Forest · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11
Bernd Bransch
German footballer (HFC Chemie · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11
Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul Wahab
Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1972) · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11 · Wahab
Aarno Turpeinen
Finnish football player (HJK). (death announced on this date) · 10 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 10
Jorge Spedaletti
Argentine-born Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile · 10 June 2022 · Argentine · June 2022 · June 10
Bobby Hope
Scottish football player (West Bromwich Albion · 10 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 10
Billel Benhammouda
Algerian footballer (USMM Hadjout · 09 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 9
Vladimir Kuzyutkin
Russian volleyball coach · 09 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 9 · Other
Los Angeles Rams
American football player (Los Angeles Rams) · 09 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 9