Athletes Who Died in 1905

  • Jan 1 Mabel Cahill, Irish tennis player (US National C'ship 1891-92), dies at 41
  • Jun 27 Harold Mahony, Scottish tennis player (Wimbledon 1896), dies in a bicycling accident at 38

Jamie Anderson (1842-1905)

Aug 16 Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79), dies at 63

  • Sep 10 Pete Browning, American baseball outfielder (AA batting champion 1882, 85 Louisville Eclipse/Colonels; Player's League batting champion 1890 Cleveland Infants), dies of asthenia at 44
  • Oct 29 Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)