Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Arturo López Bolivian footballer dead at age 90
Arturo López, a Bolivian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on March 9, 2026. He made 20 appearances for the Bolivia national team between 1957 and 1965 and was…
Pat Hyland Australian jockey and horse trainer dead at age 84
Pat Hyland, an Australian jockey and horse trainer, died on March 9, 2026. Born in Port Fairy in 1941, he rode from 1956 to 1990 and recorded 2,382 winners, including…
Rauno Lehtiö Finnish Olympic ice hockey player dead at age 84
Rauno Lehtiö, a Finnish ice hockey player and 1964 Olympic competitor, died on March 9, 2026, in Tampere at the age of 84. Born in Tampere on March 3, 1942,…
H. H. Hamid 85 dead at age 85
H. H. Hamid, an Indian footballer and forward, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 85. He played for India at the 1960 Summer Olympics and was a…
Ray Schoenke American football player
Ray Schoenke, an American football player who played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, died on March 8, 2026, at age 84. Born Raymond Frederick Schoenke on…
Vasile Constantin Mao Romanian rugby union player dead at age 88
Vasile Constantin Mao, a Romanian rugby union player, died on March 8, 2026. Better known as Mao, he was a Romanian rugby union coach and academic. Born in Plevna village,…
Fahad Al-Mejmed Kuwaiti footballer dead at age 33
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Mejmed was also a military officer in the General Directorate of Land Border…
Graham Sissons public figure dead at age 91
Graham Sissons, an English footballer who played as a defender, died on March 8, 2026. He made more than 250 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall.…
Fahad Al-Mejmed Kuwaiti footballer
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer and military officer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Al-Mejmed, a centre-back, played for Al Qadsia SC until 2019 and spent…
Sam Scarber American actor and football player dead at age 76
Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in…
David Wilde English cricketer dead at age 75
David Wilde, an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, died on March 7, 2026. Born in Glossop on 3 July 1950, he played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971 and…
Constantin Cojocariu Romanian rugby union player dead at age 60
Constantin Cojocariu, a Romanian rugby union player, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 60. He played as a lock and earned 40 caps for Romania between his…
Nick Ciancio Australian Olympic weightlifter dead at age 79
Nick Ciancio, an Australian Olympic weightlifter, died on March 7, 2026, in Melbourne at the age of 79. Born in Militello in Val di Catania, Italy, on February 21, 1947,…
Antonio Camps Spanish football player and manager dead at age 87
Antonio Camps, the Spanish football player and manager, died on March 7, 2026. Born on May 24, 1938, Camps played for FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, and won the Copa…
Ed Learn Canadian football player dead at age 90
Ed Learn, a Canadian football player for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 90. He played 12 seasons in the Canadian…
Holly Warlick American college basketball coach dead at age 67
Holly Warlick, the American college basketball coach who led the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, died on March 7, 2026. Warlick served as head coach of the Lady Volunteers from prior to…
Eddie Illingworth Australian cricketer dead at age 87
Eddie Illingworth, Australian cricketer for Victoria, died on March 7, 2026, aged 87. Born Edward Philip Illingworth in Fairfield, Victoria, on November 27, 1938, he played five first-class matches for…
Matt Salter English former rugby union and rugby league footballer dead at age 49
Matt Salter, an English former rugby union and rugby league footballer, died on March 7, 2026, aged 49. Born in Greenwich, London, and educated at St Dunstan's College in London,…
Troy Murray Canadian ice hockey player
Troy Murray, a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and former Chicago Blackhawks player, died on March 7, 2026, at age 63. Born in Calgary and raised in St. Albert, Alberta,…
Antonio Puddu
Italian boxerDied on Saturday March 7th 2026
Nathan Healey New Zealand runner dead at age 76
Nathan Henry Healey, a New Zealand runner, died on March 6, 2026. He specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross country, won three national titles, and represented New Zealand…
András Katona Hungarian water polo player dead at age 88
András Katona, a Hungarian water polo player, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Budapest on February 20, 1938, he competed in the 1960 Summer…
Reinaldo Aleluia Brazilian footballer
Reinaldo Aleluia, a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward, died on March 5, 2026, in Salvador at the age of 53 after cardiorespiratory arrest complicated by kidney disease. Reinaldo…
Jānis Streičs Latvian film director
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy…
Bob Harlan American football executive dead at age 89
Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the…
Pasquale Fiore Italian footballer dead at age 72
Pasquale Fiore, an Italian footballer who played for Napoli and Udinese, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 72. He was Napoli’s second goalkeeper from 1977 to 1984…
Corey Parker American actor
Corey Parker, an American actor and acting coach, died on March 5, 2026, in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 60. Born in New York City on July 8, 1965, he committed…
Lou Holtz American college football coach
Lou Holtz, the American college football coach who led Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, died on March 4, 2026, at age 89. Born in Follansbee, West Virginia, Holtz served…
Janusz Cegliński Polish basketball player dead at age 76
Janusz Cegliński, a Polish basketball player, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Gdańsk on April 6, 1949, he competed in the men's tournament at…
Dennis Cometti Sport commentator dead at age 76
Dennis Cometti, the Australian sports commentator and former Australian rules football player and coach, died on March 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, on March 26, 1949,…
Jacky Cupit American golfer dead at age 88
Jacky Cupit, an American professional golfer who played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour, died on March 4, 2026, at age 88. Born Jacky Douglas Cupit…
Boris Podkorytov Kyrgyzstani football player and manager dead at age 77
Boris Podkorytov, a Kyrgyzstani football player and manager, died on March 4, 2026. Born Boris Petrovich Podkorytov on May 3, 1948, he began his professional career with Lokomotiv Moscow in…
Ari Salin Finnish Olympic hurdler and sprinter dead at age 79
Ari Salin, a Finnish hurdler and sprinter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on March 4, 2026. Born on January 20, 1947, he set Finnish records in both…
Rosario Di Vincenzo Italian footballer
Rosario Di Vincenzo died on March 4, 2026. He was an Italian footballer with Inter Milan. Rosario Di Vincenzo (16 June 1941 – 4 March 2026) was an Italian professional…
Georg Koch German footballer
Georg Koch, a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on March 4, 2026. Born in Bergisch Gladbach, he began his career at amateur club SpVgg Erkenschwick before…
Gabriele Vianello Italian basketball player
Gabriele Vianello, an Italian professional basketball player, died on March 3, 2026, at age 87. Born in Mestre on May 6, 1938, he played for Olimpia Milano and was inducted…
Don Baird Australian Olympic pole vaulter dead at age 74
Don Baird, an Australian Olympic pole vaulter who competed in 1976, died on March 3, 2026. Born Donald George Baird on 29 May 1951, he was coached by Walter Chisholm…
Tim Gerresheim German fencer, Olympic bronze medalist dead at age 87
Tim Gerresheim, the German fencer and Olympic bronze medalist, died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Berlin on February 24, 1939, he represented the United…
Kevin Ashcroft English rugby player
Kevin Ashcroft, the English professional rugby league footballer and coach, died on March 2, 2026, aged 81. He played in the 1960s and 1970s and coached in the 1970s, 1980s…
Lynda Hale 71–72 dead at age 71
Lynda Hale, a footballer who played as a winger and represented England at senior international level, died on March 2, 2026, aged 71–72. She spent most of her career at…
John Markie Scottish footballer
John Markie, a Scottish footballer with Falkirk, died on March 2, 2026. John Markie (16 December 1944 – 27 February 2026) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a central…
Chase Pistone American racing driver dead at age 42
Chase Pistone, an American racing driver, died on March 2, 2026, at age 42. He competed in the NASCAR Xfinity, Truck and ARCA Series and was the grandson of two-time…
Billy Rafter American stock car driver dead at age 96
Billy Rafter, an American stock car driver, died on March 2, 2026, at age 96. Rafter, born William F. Rafter in Clarence Center, New York, was a champion stock car…
Terry Tobacco Canadian Olympic runner dead at age 90
Terry Tobacco, a Canadian Olympic runner who competed in the 1956 and 1960 Games, died on March 2, 2026, at age 90. Born Charles Terence Tobacco in Cumberland, British Columbia,…
Dominiq Ponder
American football player (University of Colorado) Automobile crashDied on Monday March 2nd 2026
José María Oleart
Spanish basketball player and coachDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Mike Smith Scottish cricketer dead at age 59
Michael Jonathon Smith, the Scottish cricketer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 59. Born in Edinburgh on March 30, 1966, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who…
Wong Kiew-kit Malaysian martial artist dead at age 81
Wong Kiew-kit, a Malaysian martial artist, died on March 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in…
Yuri Korolev State Committee for Sports and Physical Education, All-Union Council on Physical Cultu…
Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev, a Russian ice hockey administrator, coach and civil servant, died on March 1, 2026, at age 91. Born in Moscow on June 6, 1934, he worked for…
Vadim Zelichenok Russian track and field coach dead at age 70
Vadim Zelichenok, a Russian track and field coach and athletics administrator, died on March 1, 2026. Born Vadim Borisovich Zelichenok on January 14, 1956, he graduated from SCOLIPE in 1977.…
Rino Marchesi Italian footballer dead at age 88
Rino Marchesi, an Italian footballer and manager, died on March 1, 2026. Born on June 11, 1937, he played as a midfielder and was from San Giuliano Milanese. He began…
Georgi Velinov Bulgarian footballer
Georgi Velinov, a Bulgarian footballer and manager, died on March 1, 2026. Nicknamed Johnny, he was a goalkeeper who was named Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1981. Velinov played…
José Luis Álvarez Chilean footballer, complications from liver cancer dead at age 65
José Luis Álvarez Núñez, a Chilean professional footballer who played as a forward, died on March 1, 2026, from complications from liver cancer. Born on 8 December 1960, he came…
Giuseppe Stefanelli
Italian basketball playerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Rosario Pecoraro
Italian jockeyDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Conchita Bustinduy
Spanish racquet playerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Michalis Voutsaras
Greek footballerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Wayne Granger American baseball player dead at age 81
Wayne Granger, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, died on February 28, 2026. He was a major league relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati…
Roberto Castrillo Cuban Olympic sport shooter
Roberto Castrillo, a Cuban sport shooter and Olympic medalist, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Guanajay, Cuba, on June 30, 1941, he won a…
Denis Wilson English footballer dead at age 89
Denis Wilson, the English footballer who played as a full-back for Stoke City in the Football League, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Bebington,…
Claude Lacaze French rugby union player dead at age 85
Claude Lacaze, a French rugby union player, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Pontacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on March 5, 1940, he played as a fullback.…
Ray Glastonbury Welsh rugby union and league player
Ray Glastonbury, the Welsh rugby union and rugby league player who represented Cardiff RFC and Workington Town, died on February 28, 2026, aged 87. Born in the Bedwellty district of…
Marco Tolama
Mexican racing driver and sportscasterDied on Saturday February 28th 2026
Sandro Munari Italian rally driver dead at age 86
Sandro Munari, the Italian rally driver nicknamed Il Drago, died on February 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Alessandro Munari on March 27, 1940, in Cavarzere, Italy, he began rallying in…
Sonny Gibbs American football player
Sonny Gibbs, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions, died on February 27, 2026, at age 86. Born Guy Gilbert Gibbs Jr.…
Candan Dumanlı Turkish football player
Candan Dumanlı died on February 27, 2026. Dumanlı was a Turkish football player associated with Ankaragücü. No further details about his life or career were provided in the available information.…
John H. Caldwell Promotion of cross-country skiing in the United States dead at age 97
John H. Caldwell, an American Olympic skier and author, died on February 27, 2026, at age 97. Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing and later became…
Ken Smith Scottish rugby union player
George Kenneth Smith CBE, a Scottish international rugby union player and former president of the Scottish Rugby Union, died on February 26, 2026, aged 96. Born in Edinburgh on June…
Robin Jefferson New Zealand cricketer dead at age 84
Robin Jefferson, a New Zealand cricketer and lawn bowls player, died on February 26, 2026, aged 84. Born in Christchurch in 1941, he made his representative debut for Southland in…
Giampiero Branduardi Italian Olympic ice hockey player dead at age 89
Giampiero Branduardi, an Italian ice hockey player who competed at the 1956 and 1964 Winter Olympics, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Milan on…
Vladimir Veber Moldovan footballer and manager dead at age -1
Vladimir Veber, a Moldovan footballer and manager, died on February 26, 2026. Born on July 20, 1941, he was a goalkeeper who played for several teams, including Moldova Chișinău. After…
Devonta Lee American football player dead at age 27
Devonta Lee, an American football player, died on February 26, 2026, at age 27. Lee was an American college football player who played wide receiver for the LSU Tigers and…
Loredana Simonetti Italian athlete dead at age 95
Loredana Simonetti, the Italian middle-distance runner who won nine national championships at the senior level between 1949 and 1954, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 95. She…
Ilhan Mustafa
Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța)Died on Wednesday February 25th 2026
Horst Schnoor German footballer dead at age 91
Horst Schnoor, the German football goalkeeper who played for Hamburger SV, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Hamburg on April 11, 1934, he was Hamburger SV's first-choice goalkeeper for…
Dick Absher American football player
Dick Absher, an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1944, he played…
Claudio González Argentine footballer
Claudio Daniel González, an Argentine professional footballer, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 49. He played as a forward for clubs in Argentina and Chile. González was…
Burnie Payne Australian footballer dead at age 86
Burnie Payne, an Australian footballer who played for Hobart and St Kilda, died on February 25, 2026, aged 86. Born Burnet Thomas Payne on 8 May 1939, he made his…
Boško Đorđević Serbian footballer dead at age 72
Boško Đorđević, a Serbian footballer who played as a forward, died on February 25, 2026. Born on August 22, 1953, he was best known for his five and a half…
Jeff Galloway American Olympic runner dead at age 80
Jeff Galloway, an American Olympic runner and author, died on February 25, 2026. He was 80. Born John Franks Galloway in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 12, 1945, he competed…
Mansour Diagne Senegalese Olympic basketball player dead at age 93
Mansour Diagne, a Senegalese basketball player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Dakar…
Conchita Bustindui Spanish pelotari dead at age 98
Conchita Bustindui, a Spanish pelotari known for playing professional basque pelota in Spain and Mexico, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Conchita Bustindui Garate in…
Moustafa Reyadh Egyptian footballer
Moustafa Reyadh, the Egyptian footballer who played as a forward for Tersana and the Egypt national team, died on February 25, 2026. Born Ibrahim Mohammed Reyadh on April 5, 1941,…
Maria O’Brien American actress and acting coach dead at age 75
Maria O'Brien, an American actress and acting coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 75. Born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1950, she was the daughter of actors…
Carl Samuelson American swim coach dead at age 94
Carl Samuelson, an American swim coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 94. He coached Williams College from 1966 to 1999 after swimming freestyle at Springfield College. During his…
Jim Donnelly Scottish snooker player dead at age 79
Jim Donnelly, the Scottish snooker player and coach, died on February 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Edinburgh on June 13, 1946, he won the Scottish Amateur Snooker Championship in…
Daryl Cumming Australian footballer dead at age 74
Daryl Cumming, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond, died on February 24, 2026, aged 74. Born on 15 May 1951, he played in the VFL during the 1970s for…
Arthur Gooch Australian rules footballer dead at age 94
Arthur Gooch, an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL), died on February 24, 2026, aged 94. Gooch played for Collingwood between 1950 and 1956 and…
Gianluigi Jessi Italian Olympic basketball player dead at age 80
Gianluigi Jessi, an Italian basketball player, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Padua on July 7, 1945, he was part of the Italian team…
Ruben Castillo American boxer dead at age 68
Ruben Castillo, an American boxer who fought in the featherweight division, died on February 24, 2026. He was 68. Born in Billings, Montana, and raised largely in Bakersfield, California, Castillo…
Rab Nawaz Pakistani cricketer and umpire dead at age 85
Rab Nawaz, a Pakistani cricketer and umpire, died on February 23, 2026. He was 85. Born in Lahore on October 17, 1940, he stood in two One Day Internationals between…
Rupert Roopnaraine Author, politician, cricket player dead at age 83
Rupert Roopnaraine, a Guyanese politician, cricketer and writer, died on February 23, 2026, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the age of 83. Born in Kitty, Georgetown, British Guiana, on January 31,…
Lucien Ghellynck Belgian footballer
Lucien Ghellynck, a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder, died on February 23, 2026. He played almost his entire career with Gent and won the Belgian Cup with the…
Birte Christoffersen Danish-Swedish diver dead at age 101
Birte Christoffersen, the Danish-Swedish diver who won an Olympic bronze medal, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 101. Born in Copenhagen in 1924, she competed for Denmark…
Bobby Douglas American Olympic wrestler
Bobby Douglas, an American Olympic wrestler and coach, died on February 23, 2026. Born Robert Edward Douglas on March 27, 1942, in Bellaire, Ohio, he competed as a featherweight at…
Bill Glen Scottish rugby union player dead at age 93
Bill Glen, a Scottish international rugby union player, died on February 22, 2026, aged 93. Born William Sutherland Glen on 13 March 1932, he was educated at Merchiston Castle School…
Maurie Raper Australian footballer dead at age -1
Maurie Raper, an Australian rugby league footballer who played for Penrith and Cronulla-Sutherland, died on February 22, 2026. He played as a five-eighth in the 1960s and 1970s in the…
Serge Lajeunesse Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 75
Serge Lajeunesse, a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers, died on February 22, 2026, at age 75. Born in Montreal, Quebec,…