Deaths Famous Dead Athletes
Hamid Jasemian
Iranian football player · 24 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 24
Jiří Lopata
Czech football player and manager · 23 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 23 · Czech
Roy Strandbakke
Norwegian footballer (Raufoss · 23 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 23
Walter Borthwick
Scottish football player (East Fife · 23 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 23
Dennis Johnson
Jamaica Olympic sprinter · 23 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 23
Ashwin Yadav
Indian cricketer (Hyderabad) · 23 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 23
Adrian Garrett
American baseball player (Atlanta Braves · 22 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 22
Robb van Winden
Dutch fencer and fencing coach · 22 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 22 · Winden · Dutch
Rosario Martínez
Uruguayan soccer player; heart attack · 22 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 22
Bill Thieben
American basketball player (Detroit Pistons) · 22 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 22
Håkon Brusveen
Norwegian cross-country skier · 21 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 21
Frank McCabe
American Olympic basketball player · 21 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 21
Marian Kosiński
Polish professional football player and coach · 21 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 21
Alfredo Graciani
Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors · 20 April 2021 · April 2021 · Argentine · April 20
Tom Robson
American baseball player (Texas Rangers) and coach (New York Mets) · 20 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 20
Shaler Halimon
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers · 19 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 19
Claude Jamet
French footballer (LB Châteauroux) · 19 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 19 · French
Monica Bandini
Italian racing cyclist · 19 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 19
Albert Papilaya
Indonesian Olympic boxer (1992) · 19 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 19
Jorge Fitch
Mexican professional baseball player · 18 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 18
Lew Lewis
English harmonica player (Eddie and the Hot Rods) · 18 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 18
Willy van der Kuijlen
Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven · 18 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 18 · Kuijlen · Dutch
Ian Legorreta
Mexican soccer player; car crash · 18 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 18
Tremaine Stewart
Jamaican footballer · 17 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 17
Wayne Talkes
English footballer (Southampton · 17 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 17
Jack Smith
American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers · 17 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 17
Fred Arbanas
American football player (Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs) · 17 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 17
Johnny Peirson
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) and broadcaster · 16 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 16
Zafar Ali Zafari
Pakistani field hockey player · 16 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 16 · Zafari
Fereydoun Ghanbari
Iranian weightlifter · 16 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 16
Nicholas Springer
American wheelchair rugby player · 16 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 16
Nelson Haggerty
American basketball coach · 16 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 16 · Other
Hussain Ahmed
Indian Olympic footballer (1956) · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
John Dawes
Welsh rugby union player (Barbarian · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15 · Welsh
Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer
German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Mike Olton
Trinidadian-born English cricketer (Kent · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Cliff Hill
English rugby league player (Wigan · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Manfred Buder
German ice hockey player (SG Dynamo Weißwasser) · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Nader Dastneshan
Iranian football player and coach · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Terry Gunn
English cricketer (Sussex) · 15 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 15
Bruce Larson
American college basketball coach (Arizona Wildcats) · 14 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 14 · Other
John da Silva
New Zealand boxer and wrestler · 14 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 14 · Silva
Lynn Thomas
American football player (San Francisco 49ers · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13
Bobby “Slick” Leonard
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13 · Leonard
Maryan Bakalarczyk
Polish-Belgian footballer (R. Charleroi S.C · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13
Jamal Al-Qabendi
Kuwaiti footballer (Kazma Sporting Club · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13
Leo Nosworthy
Australian rugby league player (Balmain) and coach · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13
Alan Pastrana
American football player (Denver Broncos) · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13
Tim F. Hayes
Irish Gaelic footballer (Clonakilty) · 13 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 13 · Hayes
Bobby Leonard
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers · 12 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 12
Ruth Roberta de Souza
Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1992) · 12 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 12 · Souza
Paul Popovici
Romanian football player (Bihor Oradea · 12 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 12
Ko Zieleman
Dutch cyclist and cyling frame builder · 12 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 12 · Dutch
Red Mack
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers · 12 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 12
Carles Trullols
Spanish roller hockey player and coach · 11 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 11
Colin Baker
Welsh footballer (Cardiff City · 11 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 11 · Welsh
Marco Bollesan
Italian rugby union player (national team) and manager (national team) · 11 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 11
Enric Piquet
Spanish basketball player and sports executive · 11 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 11
Guillermo Berrío
Colombian soccer player technical editor; heart attack · 11 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 11 · Berrio
Ton Blok
Dutch athlete · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10 · Dutch
Massimo Cuttitta
Italian rugby union player (national team) and manager · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10
Martin Hyman
British Olympic long-distance runner (1960) · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10
Mattie Hetherton
Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan) · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10
Füzuli Javadov
Azerbaijani footballer (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10
Füzuli Cavadov
Azerbaijani footballer · 10 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 10
Conn Findlay
American Olympic rower and sailor · 09 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 9
Daniel Benítez
Venezuelan footballer · 09 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 9
Roman Kanafotskyi
Ukrainian footballer (FC Dnipro · 09 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 9
Roman Kanafotzkiy
Ukrainian footballer (FC Dnipro · 09 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 9