Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Angelo Rossetto
Italian Olympic rower (1972) · 26 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 26
Armido Torri
Italian Olympic rower (1960) · 25 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 25
Tim Van Galder
American football player (St. Louis Cardinals · 25 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 25 · Galder
Werner Delmes
German Olympic field hockey player (1956 · 25 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 25
Joseph Zangerle
Luxembourgish footballer (Union Luxembourg · 24 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 24
Wim Jansen
Dutch football player (Ajax · 24 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 24 · Dutch
Sverre Stensheim
Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (1960 · 24 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 24
Antonio Fernández
Spanish football player and coach (Málaga) · 24 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 24
Giorgos Tromaras
Greek wrestler and actor · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · Greek
Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols
American women's field hockey player · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · Nuckols
Valentine Palmer
English voice coach · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · Other
Billy Taylor
British Olympic boxer (1972) · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23
Aftab Baloch
Pakistani Test cricketer (national team) · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23
Howard Radford
Welsh footballer (Bristol Rovers) · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · Welsh
Robbie Moore
Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22
Heidi Biebl
German alpine skier · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22
Marc Crousillat
French Olympic water polo player (1988) · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22 · French
Keto Losaberidze
Georgian archer · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22
Jouni Seistamo
Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1960 · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22
Lima Pereira
Portuguese footballer (Porto · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Axel Nikulásson
Icelandic former basketball player and coach · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Subhash Bhowmick
Indian football player (East Bengal · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Clark Gillies
Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Islanders · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Eduardo Flores
Argentine footballer (Estudiantes de La Plata) · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21 · Argentine
Benjamin Kogo
Kenyan Olympic steeplechase runner · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Keith Goullet
Australian footballer (North Melbourne) · 20 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 20
Claire Tomlinson
British polo player and coach · 20 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 20
Randy Boyd
Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins · 20 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 20
Kay McNamee
Canadian Olympic swimmer · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19
Keiji Nishikawa
Japanese shogi player · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19
Mino De Rossi
Italian road bicycle and track cyclist · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19 · Rossi
Vladimir Dorofeev
Russian footballer (PFC CSKA Moscow) · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19
Badal Roy
American tabla player · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
German football player (Dynamo Dresden · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18
Nils Arne Eggen
Norwegian football player (Vålerenga · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18 · Eggen
Bill Belisle
American ice hockey coach · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18 · Other
Gale Wade
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18
Jordan Michallet
French rugby union player (FC Grenoble · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17 · French
Jamie Vincent
English footballer (Bournemouth · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17
Francisco Gento
Spanish football player (Real Madrid · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17
Guillaume Domingue
Mauritian radio jockey · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17
Alberto Michelotti
Italian Hall of Fame football player (Fidenza) and referee · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17
Paco Gento
Spanish football player (Real Madrid · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17
Rocco J. Carzo
American football and lacrosse coach · 17 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 17 · Carzo · Other
Brian DeLunas
American baseball coach (Seattle Mariners · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16 · Other
Kevin Flynn
Irish rugby union player (national team) · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16
Don Dillard
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16
Jackie Fisher
English footballer (Millwall · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16
Jacob Azafrani Beliti
Moroccan-born Spanish footballer · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16 · Beliti
Ed Cheff
American college baseball coach (Lewis–Clark State College) · 16 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 16 · Other
Cholly Naranjo
Cuban baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) · 15 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 15
Ramazan Rragami
Albanian national football player and coach · 15 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 15
Paul Hinshelwood
English footballer (Crystal Palace) and manager · 15 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 15
Ralph Emery
American disc jockey and television host · 14 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 14
Joe B. Hall
American head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky (1972–1985) · 14 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 14 · Other · Hall
Greg Webster
American drummer (Ohio Players) · 14 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 14
Junior Siavii
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs · 13 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 13
Lol Morgan
English footballer (Rotherham United · 13 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 13
Jim Bakhtiar
Iranian-born American college football player (Virginia) · 12 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 12
Phil Samis
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Valeriy Gorbach
Tajikistani football player · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Shebby Singh
Malaysian footballer (Johor · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Edward Bozek
American Olympic fencer (1972 · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Don Sutherin
American Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Bill Boomer
American swim coach · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10 · Other
Olavi Rinteenpää
Finnish Olympic steeplechase runner (1952 · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim
Bangladeshi footballer (Brothers Union · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10 · Selim
Marian Coveny
Canadian ice hockey player (national team) · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Keith Todd
Welsh footballer (Swansea Town · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10 · Welsh
Deon Lendore
Trinidad & Tobago sprinter · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Vladimir Dolgov
Russian Olympic swimmer · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Bob Falkenburg
American tennis player and businessman · 09 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 9