Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Tommy Finn
English footballer (Hull) · 27 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 27
Vincent Daly
Irish Gaelic footballer · 27 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 27
Don Parrish
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26
Spas Natov
Bulgarian basketball player (BC Cherno More · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26
Eugene Marve
American football player (Buffalo Bills · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26
Adrián Babič
Slovak cyclist · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · Adrian · May 26 · Babić
Sergio Agnoli
Italian middle-distance runner and marathoner · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26
Dmitry Mindiashvili
Russian sports coach · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26 · Other
Amichai Shoham
Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
Connie Zelencik
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
Juan Máximo Martínez
Mexican long-distance runner · 25 May 2021 · Martínez · May 2021 · May 25
Tarcisio Burgnich
Italian football player (Inter Milan · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
Arturo Gentili
Italian footballer (Atalanta B.C · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
Phil Lombardi
American baseball player (New York Yankees · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
Zsuzsanna Kézi
Hungarian Olympic handball player · 25 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 25
J. D. Roberts
American football player and coach (New Orleans Saints) · 24 May 2021 · May 2021 · Roberts · May 24
Paul Christy
American professional wrestler (NWA · 24 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 24
Liang Jing
Chinese ultramarathon runner · 23 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 23
André Ribeiro
Brazilian racing driver (CART) · 22 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 22
Bob Fulton
Australian professional rugby league footballer and commentator · 22 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 22
Benjamin Ayimba
Kenyan rugby union player (Nondescripts RFC · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 21
Richie Scheinblum
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 21
John Powless
88. American college basketball coach (Wisconsin Badgers) · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 21 · Other
Harold Lambert
Australian rules footballer (Essendon) · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 21
Anna Maria Cecchi
Italian Olympic swimmer (1960 · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · Cecchi · May 21
Robert Marchand
French racing cyclist · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · French · May 21
Anna Cechi
Italian Olympic swimmer (1964 · 21 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 21
Ton Pansier
Dutch footballer (XerxesDZB · 20 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 20 · Dutch
Sakti Mazumdar
Indian Olympic boxer (1952) · 20 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 20
Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Indian boxing coach · 20 May 2021 · Bhardwaj · May 2021 · May 20 · Other
Josep Franch
Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona · 19 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 19
Guillermo Aguirre
Argentine disc jockey · 19 May 2021 · Argentine · May 2021 · May 19
Prasanta Mohapatra
Indian cricketer (Odisha) · 19 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 19
Chris Chilton
English footballer (Hull City · 19 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 19
Neville Myton
Jamaican Olympic middle distance runner (1964 · 19 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 19
Gwen Inglis
American racing cyclist · 19 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 19
Josep Franch Xargay
Spanish football player (FC Barcelona · 18 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 18 · Xargay
Piet van Eijsden
Dutch tennis player (Roland Garos and Wimbeldon player) · 18 May 2021 · May 2021 · Eijsden · May 18 · Dutch
Gilles Lupien
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens · 18 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 18
Terry O’Dea
Australian darts player · 17 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 17 · O'Dea
Lembit Teesalu
Estonian auto racer and motorcyclist · 17 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 17
Rennie Stennett
Panamanian baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 17 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 17
Rildo da Costa Menezes
Brazilian football player (Botafogo · 17 May 2021 · May 2021 · Menezes · May 17
Don Kernodle
American professional wrestler · 17 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 17
Jan van ‘t Hek
Dutch footballer (VVV-Venlo · 16 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 16 · Dutch · Hek
Samir Hadjaoui
Algerian footballer (ASO Chlef · 16 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 16
Lim Heng Chek
Malaysian Olympic swimmer (1956) · 15 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 15 · Chek
Nooresh Juglall
Mauritius jockey · 15 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 15
Fred Martinelli
American Hall of Fame college football coach (Bryan HS · 15 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 15 · Other
Bobby Jones
American college basketball coach (Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers) · 14 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 14 · Other
Torkild Brakstad
Norwegian footballer and manager (Molde · 14 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 14
Olga Domouladzhanova
Russian olympic boxer · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13
Olga Domuladzhanova
Russian olympic boxer · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13
Haziq Kamaruddin
Malaysian Olympic archer (2012) · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13
Néstor Montelongo
Uruguayan footballer (national team) · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13 · Nestor
Jiří Feureisl
Czechoslovak footballer and ice hockey player · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13
Higinio Vélez
Cuban baseball coach (Santiago de Cuba · 13 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 13 · Other
Ivanildo Rozenblad
Surinames footballer S.V. Robinhood · 12 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 12
Miguel Arellano
Mexican Olympic basketball player (1964 · 12 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 12
Frank Brazier
Australian Olympic cyclist · 12 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 12
Jerry Burns
American football player (Michigan) and coach (Minnesota Vikings) · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 11
Jean-Luc Phaneuf
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Toros · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 11
Fred Buttsworth
Australian rules footballer (West Perth · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 11
Adrián Mouras
Spanish soccer player; car accident · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · Adrian · May 11
Wilfried Peffgen
German Olympic cyclist (1964) · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 11
Hal Breeden
American baseball player (Montreal Expos · 11 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 11
Alan Keely
Irish footballer (Shelbourne) · 10 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 10