- Jan 25 Ted Tyler, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 4 wickets; Somerset CCC), dies at 52
- Feb 9 Francis Allan, Australian cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies at 67
- Mar 18 William Shalders, South African cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
- Apr 2 Bryn Lewis, Welsh rugby union winger (2 caps; Newport, Cambridge University), dies on active duty in WWI at 26
- Apr 7 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (Olympic Hymn), dies at 53
- May 3 Norman Callaway, Australian cricket batsman (207 in only FC innings), dies on WWI battlefield at 21
- Jul 14 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
- Jul 31 Charlie Finlason, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies
- Sep 12 Eric Lundie, South African cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies at the Battle of Passchendaele at 29
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917)
Oct 22 English boxer (first 3-division world champion; Middleweight 1981-96, Light Heavyweight 1903, Heavyweight 1897-99), dies from pneumonia at 54
- Oct 31 Tibby Cotter, Australian cricket fast bowler and soldier (21 Tests, 49 wickets), dies in world's last successful cavalry charge, 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba at 33
- Nov 8 Colyn Blythe, English cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies at 38 fighting during WW I
- Nov 10 Harry Trott, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 143, 29 wickets; Victoria CA), dies for cancer at 51
- Nov 19 Basil Grieve, English cricket batsman (2 Tests), dies at 53
- Dec 20 Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), dies in a road accident at 35
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