Deaths in Sport on 31st August

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1969 - Rocky Marciano, former Heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1973 - Stan Worthington, English Cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1979 - E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
1981 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies
1990 - Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
1990 - Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
2006 - Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
2006 - Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2007 - Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

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