Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Evgeny Sveshnikov
Russian chess player and writer · 17 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 17
Charlie Johnson
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Gary Woollard
New Zealand rugby league player (Wellington · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Bobby Stein
Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Paulão
Angolan footballer (Benfica · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Rafael Romero
Venezuelan track and field athlete · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Nathalie Maillet
French architect and racecar driver · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15 · French
John Pease
American football coach · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15 · Other
Dick Schafrath
American football player (Cleveland Browns) and politician · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Rich Milot
American football player (Washington Redskins) · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Joe Walton
American football player (Washington Redskins · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Greg Rowlands
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14
Gerd Müller
German footballer (1861 Nördlingen · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14 · Muller
Johnny Groth
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Sheham Siddik
Sri Lankan rugby union player (Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club) · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Gord Cruickshank
Canadian ice hockey player (Maine Mariners) · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Haydée Coloso-Espino
Filipino Olympic swimmer (1960) · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12 · Filipino · Haydeé
Colum McKinstry
Irish Gaelic football player (Clan na Gael · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12
Paul Brewster
American college football coach (Austin Peay) · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12 · Other
Roger Harring
American football coach · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12 · Other
Dominic DeNucci
Italian-American professional wrestler (WWWF) · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12
Alfonso Sepúlveda
Chilean football player (Club Universidad de Chile) · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12
Bo Scott
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 11 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 11
Russ Washington
American football player (San Diego Chargers) · 11 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 11
Tommy Curtis
American college basketball player (UCLA Bruins) · 11 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 11
Dick Huddart
English rugby league footballer · 11 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 11
Neal Craig
American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) · 10 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 10 · Other
John Dickinson
English rugby league player (St Helens) · 09 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 9
Vito Valentinetti
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs · 09 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 9
Colm McKinstry
Gaelic football manager and player from Northern Ireland · 09 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 9
Craig Ogletree
American football player (Cincinnati Bengals) · 08 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 8
Mark Weedon
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty · 08 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 8
Salvador Escrihuela
Spanish footballer (Sabadell · 07 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 7
Eddie Presland
English footballer (West Ham United · 07 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 7
Bobby Bowden
American Hall of Fame college football coach (Florida State · 07 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 7 · Other
Mike De Palmer
American tennis player and coach (Boris Becker) · 07 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 7 · Palmer
José Gómez del Moral
Spanish road racing cyclist · 07 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 7 · Moral
Robbie Cooke
English footballer (Peterborough United · 06 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 6
Julio César Anderson
Guatemalan footballer (C.S.D. Municipal · 06 August 2021 · August 2021 · Anderson · August 6
Alireza Azizi
Iranian footballer (Homa · 06 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 6
Graeme Whitnall
Australian rules footballer · 05 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 5
Yūsuke Kinoshita
Japanese baseball player · 05 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 5
S. S. Narayan
Indian Olympic footballer (1956 · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4 · Narayan
Terry Davies
Welsh rugby union player (Swansea · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4 · Welsh
J. R. Richard
American baseball player (Houston Astros) · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4 · Richard
Bert Prentice
American wrestler and wrestling promoter · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4
Bobby Eaton
American professional wrestler (Jim Crockett Promotions · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4
June Daugherty
American college basketball coach (Boise State Broncos · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3 · Other
Kazem Mohammadi
Iranian futsal player (Tam Iran Khodro · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Luigi Paleari
Italian footballer (Como 1907 · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Graham McRae
New Zealand former race car driver · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Joe Taffoni
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Jody Hamilton
American professional wrestler · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
David A. Gall
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2 · Gall
Ged Dunn
English rugby league footballer (Hull Kingston Rovers · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
Ian Thomson
English cricketer (national team) · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
Godfred Yeboah
Ghanaian footballer (Asante Kotoko · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
Doug Falconer
Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
John Zulberti
American college lacrosse player (Syracuse University) · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Thor Helland
Norwegian Olympic long-distance runner (1964) · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Antonio de la Torre Villalpando
Mexican footballer (América · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · Villalpando · August 1
Angela Bailey
Canadian Olympic sprinter · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Hideki Hosaka
Japanese professional wrestler · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Geoffrey Hutchinson
Barbadian cricketer · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Fiorentino Palmiotto
Italian chess player · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Tim Talton
American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Valerij Zhuravliov
Latvian chess player · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Italo Vassallo
Ethiopian footballer (Cotton Factory Club · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Terry Cooper
English football player and manager · 30 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 30
Yeo Hyo-jin
South Korean footballer (Gimcheon Sangmu · 30 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 30
Noah Gesser
Dutch football player (Ajax Amsterdam) · 30 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 30 · Dutch
Paco Cabanes Pastor
Spanish Valencian pilota player · 30 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 30 · Pastor
Lin-J Shell
American football player (Orlando Predators · 29 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 29
Roald Paulsen
Norwegian footballer (Brann · 29 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 29