Tim Keefe (1857-1933)
American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown 1888; MLB record 0.86 ERA, single season 1880; NY Giants), dies at 76
- 1974 Cy Williams, American baseball outfielder (4 x NL HR leader; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 86
- 1976 Karl Schäfer, Austrian figure skater (Olympic gold 1932, 36), dies at 66
- 1983 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 1986 Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), dies from complications of gall bladder surgery at 64
- 1995 Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
- 1995 John Stennis, American politician (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
- 1997 Dennis Compton, England cricket batsman and footballer (5,807 Test runs, Arsenal 1950 FA Cup), dies at 78
- 1999 Tullio Pandolfini, Italian water polo athlete (Olympic gold, 1948), dies at 84
- 2005 Earl Wilson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1959-70, (Boston Red Sox (no-hitter 1962), Detroit Tigers (AL wins co-leader, 1967), dies from a heart attack at 70
- 2006 Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports executive (owner Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors) and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder (Knob Hill Stable, Newmarket Ontario), dies at
- 2012 LeRoy T. Walker, American sports executive (first black president US Olympic Committee 1992-96), dies at 93
- 2017 Johnny Roe, Irish jockey (9 x Irish flat racing Champion Jockey; National Stakes 1971; 1000 Guineas Stakes 1975), dies at 79
- 2017 Kenny Sears, American NBA player (NY Knicks), dies at 83
- 2018 Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseman nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning "Iron Man", dies of colon cancer at 71
- 2020 Bernardino Lombao, Spanish handballer (Atlético de Madrid 1967-69), coach (Nat basketball teams) and TV presenter (De Olimpia a Los Ángeles, Objetivo 92), dies at 81
- 2021 Bill Whittington, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1979), dies in a plane crash at 71
- 2022 Dawie de Villiers, South African rugby union captain and halfback (25 Tests; Western Province), dies at 81
- 2023 Dick Towers, American college football coach (Southern Illinois University 1967-73) and executive (AD Kansas State University 1981-85), dies from multiple myeloma at 92
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