Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Kawa Leauma
New Zealand-born Spanish rugby union player (Ordizia · 21 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 21
Roy Sawyer
English footballer (Barnsley) · 20 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 20
Goran Sobin
Croatian basketball player (Jugoplastika) · 20 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 20 · Göran
Kimera Bartee
American baseball player and coach (Detroit Tigers · 20 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 20
Jiří Čadek
Czech football player (Dukla Prague) · 20 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 20 · Czech
Carie Graves
American Olympic rower · 20 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 20
Curt Ridley
Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks · 19 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 19
Juan Norat
Spanish footballer (Pontevedra CF · 19 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 19
Saad Al-Waleed
Kuwaiti footballer (Al-Jahra SC · 19 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 19
Spartak Elmazi
Albanian footballer · 19 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 19
Peter Mulholland
Australian rugby league coach · 19 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 19 · Other
Ron Anderson
American vocal coach (Axl Rose · 18 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 18 · Other
Jan Fransz
Dutch footballer (Ajax · 18 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 18 · Dutch
Harry Jacobs
American football player (Boston Patriots · 18 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 18
Ramón Regueira
Spanish footballer (Caudal Deportivo · 18 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 18
Ramón Regueira Ramos
Spanish footballer (Caudal Deportivo · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17 · Ramos
André Souvré
French basketball player (France men's national team) · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17 · French
Spyros Kapernekas
Greek footballer (Olympiacos F.C · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17 · Greek
Osagi Bascome
Bermudian footballer · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17
Marilee Stepan
American Olympic swimmer · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17
Bagrat Oghanian
Armenian boxer · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17
Bill Mahoney
Canadian ice hockey coach (Minnesota North Stars) · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17 · Other
Dimitrios Stefanakos
Greek footballer (Asteras Exarchion · 16 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 16 · Greek
Lillian Luckey
American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox) · 16 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 16
Trevor Thompson
English football player (Lincoln City · 16 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 16
Willie McSeveney
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 15 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 15
Lionel Antoine
American football player (Chicago Bears) · 15 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 15
Taniela Moa
Tongan rugby player (Auckland · 15 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 15
Bob Peters
Canadian ice hockey coach (Bemidji State) · 15 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 15 · Other
Len Hauss
American football center (Washington Redskins · 14 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 14 · Other
Herb Jones
American basketball player (Cincinnati Bearcats · 14 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 14
Henry Orenstein
Polish-American Hall of Fame poker player and toymaker · 14 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 14
Byron LaBeach
Jamaican Olympic sprinter · 14 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 14
Muamer Abdulrab
Qatari footballer (Al-Sailiya · 13 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 13
Jimmy Robson
English football player (Burnley · 13 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 13
Len Thornson
Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets · 13 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 13
Felice Salis
Italian Olympic field hockey player · 12 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 12
Jimmy Rave
American professional wrestler (TNA · 12 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 12
Gerry Foley
American-Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers · 12 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 12
Christian Laskawiec
French rugby league player (Racing Club Albi XIII · 12 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 12 · French
Constantin Năsturescu
Romanian footballer (Rapid București · 11 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 11
Mohamed Selim Zaki
Egyptian Olympian (death reported on this date) · 11 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 11 · Zaki
Nirmal Nanan
Trinidadian cricketer (Nottinghamshire) · 10 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 10
Peter Nagy
Slovakian Olympic slam canoeist · 09 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 9
Demaryius Thomas
American football player (Denver Broncos · 09 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 9
Speedy Duncan
American football player (San Diego Chargers · 09 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 9
Matt Scherer
American track and field athlete · 09 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 9
Alfredo Moreno
Argentine footballer (Celaya · 08 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 8 · Argentine
George Fleming
American football player (Oakland Raiders · 08 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 8
Jacques Zimako
French footballer (Bastia · 08 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 8 · French
Blackjack Lanza
American professional wrestler (WWE · 07 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 7
Mark Pike
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 07 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 7
Glenn Foster
American football player (New Orleans Saints) · 06 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 6
Manolo Jiménez
Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona · 06 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 6
Xavier Ziani
French volleyball player (Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5 · French
Adrie Andriessen
Dutch footballer (Sparta Rotterdam) · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5 · Dutch
Aleksander Ciążyński
Polish Olympic field hockey player (1972) · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5
Sławomir Majusiak
Polish long-distance runner · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5
Leonardo McNish
Guatemalan footballer · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5
Alex Orban
Hungarian-American Olympic sabre fencer · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5
Bill Glass
American Hall of Fame football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders · 05 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 5
Eileen Ash
English cricketer (Middlesex · 03 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 3
Percy Johnson
Australian rules footballer and coach · 03 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 3
Wout Holverda
Dutch footballer (Sparta · 02 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 2 · Dutch
Momčilo Vukotić
Serbian footballer (FK Partizan · 02 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 2
Horst Eckel
German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern · 02 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 2
Jonathan Penrose
English chess player · 01 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 1
Barney Carr
British footballer (Warrenpoint) · 01 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 1