Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Ernest Aljančič, jr
Slovenian ice hockey player (Yugoslavia national team) · 24 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 24
Larry Swider
American football player (Detroit Lions · 24 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 24
Jerry Harkness
American professional basketball player · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Wilfried van Moer
Belgian footballer (Standard Liège · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23 · Moer
O. Chandrashekar
Indian Olympic footballer (1960 · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Giovanni Pretorius
South African Olympic boxer (1992) · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Kyle Anderson
Australian darts player · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Brick Bronsky
American professional wrestler (Stampede) and actor (The Quest) · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Nick Volpe
Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
Jimmy Hayes
American ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
José Yudica
Argentine football player (Boca Juniors · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · Argentine · August 22
Edin Šaranović
Bosnian football player (Sarajevo · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
Rod Gilbert
Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Rangers) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
Alberto Bica
Uruguayan footballer (national team) · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Bill Emerson
American five-string banjo player · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Clifford Barry
Canadian Olympic water polo player (1972 · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Ernest Aljančič
Slovene ice hockey player · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · Aljančič, · August 21
Syed Shahid Hakim
Indian Olympic football player (1960) · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21 · Hakim
Jeanne Robertson
American athlete and teacher · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Eduardo Mojica
Nicaraguan boxer; heart attack · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Eduardo “Ratón” Mojica
Nicaraguan boxer; heart attack · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21 · Mojica
Jack Lamb
Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos · 21 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 21
Floyd Reese
American football player (Montreal Alouettes) · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20
Joe Grech
Maltese snooker player · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20
Oswaldo Johnston
91Guatemalan Olympian · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20
Michel Le Flochmoan
French football player and manager (Sedan · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19 · Flochmoan · French
Keith Webb
Australian footballer (Fitzroy) · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19
Solly Drake
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19
Jaxon Brigman
American golfer (Korn Ferry Tour) · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19
Zaki Anwari
Afghan soccer player; drop · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19
Bill Freehan
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) · 18 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 18
O. M. Nambiar
Indian athletics coach · 18 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 18 · Nambiar · Other
Leonard Thompson
American football player (Detroit Lions) · 18 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 18
Michel Le Floachmoan
French footballer and manager (Sedan · 18 August 2021 · August 2021 · Floachmoan · August 18 · French
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