- Jan 6 Herbert Chapman, Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
- Feb 17 Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player, chess writer, and chess teacher, dies at 71
- Feb 25 John McGraw, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder/manager (manager NY Giants World Series champions 1905, 21-22), dies of uremic poisoning at 60
- Mar 12 Harry Green, English athlete (WR marathon 2:38:16.2 1913), dies from pneumonia at 37
- Mar 24 William Donne, English cricket batsman, (Olympic gold 1900) and administrator (President England Rugby Football Union), dies at 58
- Jul 7 Doodles Tapscott, cricketer (South African batsman 1922-23), dies
- Jul 28 Louis Tancred, South African cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2 x 50; Transvaal), dies at 57
- Jul 29 Didier Pitre, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Montreal Canadiens), dies of acute indigestion at 50
- Aug 3 Carl Friedrich von Langen, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1928), dies after a fall from his horse at 47
- Aug 5 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), dies of heart failure at 26
- Aug 8 Wilbert Robinson, American Baseball HOF catcher (Philadelphia A's, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Robins), dies at 71
- Sep 2 (Alcide) "Yellow" Nunez, American New Orleans jazz clarinetist, dies of a heart attack at 50 [1]
- Sep 2 James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player All Black, dies at 73
- Oct 4 Jimmy 'Nixey' Callahan, American baseball pitcher, outfielder and manager (Chicago White Sox; first AL no-hitter 1902), dies at 60
- Nov 23 Giovanni Brunero, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia General classification 1921, 22, 26), dies at 39
- Dec 12 Thorleif Haug, Norwegian Nordic skier (b. 1894)
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