1916 Claude Newberry, South African cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
1918 John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy, dies at 64
1929 Syd Gregory, Australian cricket batsman and captain (58 Tests, 4 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 201; NSW CA), dies at 59
1932 Arnold Fothergill, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 8 wickets. BB 4/19; Somerset CCC, MCC), dies at 77
1959 Jean Behra, French Formula One driver, dies in a car race at 38
1971 John McDermott, American golfer (US Open, 1911-12), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
1980 Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
1992 Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
2001 Korey Stringer, American NFL football tackle, 1995-2000 (Minnesota Vikings), dies of complications from heat stroke at 27
2008 Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), dies at 61
2010 Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby union halfback (1 cap; Wellington RFU), cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 7 dismissals) and international umpire (1 Test), dies at 99
2013 Dick Kazmaier, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1951; Unanimous All-American 1951; Princeton), dies from heart and lung disease at 82
2020 Rickey Dixon, American College Football Hall of Fame cornerback (Jim Thorpe Award 1987; Oklahoma Sooners; Cincinnati Bengals, LA Raiders), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 53
2020 Stan Mellor MBE, British National Hunt jockey and trainer (first jumps jockey to ride 1,000 winners; Champion Jockey 1960-62), dies at 83
2020 Vitold Kreyer, Russian athlete (Olympic bronze, triple jump 1956, 60) and coach (Soviet athletics team 1967–80; head Russian team 2000 Olympics), dies at 87
2021 David A. Gall, Canadian thoroughbred Hall of Fame jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1979, 81; first to ride 8 winners on single US race card), dies at 79
2021 Ian Thomson, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 9 wickets; Sussex CCC), dies at 92
2022 Hans Weilbächer, German soccer midfielder (1 cap West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V 241 games), dies at 88
2022 John Hughes, Scottish soccer striker (8 caps; Celtic 255 games), dies from cancer at 79
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