Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Roald Paulsen
Norwegian footballer (Brann · 29 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 29
David Sampson
English rugby league footballer · 28 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 28
Porfirio Armando Betancourt
Honduran footballer (Strasbourg · 27 July 2021 · Betancourt · July 2021 · July 27
Jack Carlisle
American college football coach (East Tennessee State) · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27 · Other
Louie Ehrensbeck
American Olympic skier · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Einar Larsen
Norwegian footballer (Vålerenga · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
George De Peana
Guyanese Olympic long-distance runner and trade union leader · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27 · Peana
Rawle Brancker
Barbadian cricketer · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Zenji Okuzawa
Japanese Olympic runner · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Tommy Connolly
Irish football player (Dundalk) and manager · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Keith Bambridge
English footballer (Rotherham United · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Viktor Zheliandinov
Ukrainian chess player and coach · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Stan McKenzie
American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Brazo de Plata
Mexican professional wrestler (WWE) · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26 · Plata
Ivan Toplak
Yugoslav football player and manager · 25 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 25 · Iván
Yevgeni Pupkov
Kazakhstani ice hockey player and coach · 23 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 23
Tito Lupini
South African-born Italian rugby union player (Rovigo · 23 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 23
Greg Knapp
American football coach (New York Jets · 21 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 21 · Other
Ian Palmer
South African football player (Orlando Pirates) and manager (Chippa United) · 21 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 21
Jim Shofner
American football player (Cleveland Browns) and coach · 21 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 21
Chuck McMann
Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes) and coach (BC Lions) · 20 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 20
Fred Goemans
Dutch footballer (FC Den Haag) · 20 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 20 · Dutch
Billy Reid
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 19 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 19
Henrique Evaristo da Efigénia
Portuguese footballer (Olhanense) · 19 July 2021 · July 2021 · Efigénia · July 19
Bruce Watt
New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury · 19 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 19
Layne Flack
American poker player · 19 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 19
Serghei Kuznetsov
Moldovan footballer (FC Zimbru Chișinău) · 18 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 18
David Snell
English professional golfer · 18 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 18
Jeff Barmby
English footballer (York City · 17 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 17
Williams Martínez
Uruguayan footballer (Defensor Sporting · 17 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 17
José Jaime Galeano
Colombian Olympic cyclist (1968 · 16 July 2021 · July 2021 · Galeano · July 16
Yves Boutet
French footballer (Stade Rennais · 15 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 15 · French
Andy Fordham
English darts player · 14 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 14
Antonio Gómez del Moral
Spanish racing cyclist · 14 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 14 · Moral
Sergio Silvagni
Australian footballer (Carlton) · 14 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 14
Dave Dunmore
English footballer (Leyton Orient · 13 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 13
Attilio Prior
Italian footballer (Vicenza) · 13 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 13
Galina Kostenko
Soviet Olympian · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Antonio Barrutia
Spanish racing cyclist · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Mahmoud Shakibi
Iranian football player · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
John L. Rotz
American horse jockey · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12 · Rotz
Abdul Dyer
Pakistani cricketer · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Cha Gi-suk
South Korean footballer (Gyeongju Citizen · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Naveed Alam
Pakistani Olympic field hockey player (1996) · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Yashpal Sharma
Indian cricketer (Punjab · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Józef Gałeczka
Polish footballer (Piast Gliwice · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Vladimir Karasev
Russian chess player · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Wilson Jones
Spanish footballer (Real Madrid · 11 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 11
Alex Gibbs
American football coach · 11 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 11 · Other
Paul Orndorff
American professional wrestler (WWF · 11 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 11
Jerry Steele
American basketball player and college coach (Guilford Quakers · 11 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 11
Sonny Jackson
American college football coach (Nicholls Colonels · 10 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 10 · Other
Travis Fulton
American mixed martial artist · 10 July 2021 · July 2021 · Artists · July 10
Charlie Gallagher
Scottish footballer (Celtic · 10 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 10
Natale Nobili
Italian footballer and coach · 10 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 10
Des Schonegevel
South African cricketer (Orange Free State · 10 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 10
Jimmy Gabriel
Scottish football player (Dundee · 09 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 9
Paul Mariner
English footballer (Ipswich Town · 09 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 9
Greg Clark
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 09 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 9
Mike Delanty
Australian footballer (Collingwood · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
Herman Willemse
Dutch long-distance swimmer · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8 · Dutch
Bryan Watson
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
Pentti Isotalo
Finnish Olympic ice hockey player and referee. · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
Ngaire Galloway
New Zealand Olympic swimmer (1948) · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
Nino Escalera
Puerto Rican baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
Michael Soles
Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes) · 07 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 7
Smaïn Ibrir
Algerian footballer (Le Havre AC · 07 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 7
Asela de Armas Pérez
Cuban chess player · 07 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 7 · Pérez
Adrian Metcalfe
British Olympic athlete (1964) · 07 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 7