- Jan 10 Charlie McGahey, Australian cricketer (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
Teddy Flack (1873-1935)
Jan 10 Australian athlete, (Olympic gold 800m, 1500m 1896), dies at 61
- Jan 22 Horace Rawlins, English golfer (US Open 1895), dies at 60
- Mar 3 Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies
- Mar 16 Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
- May 1 Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (Tour de France 1923), dies of a gunshot wound at 46
- Jun 29 Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
- Jun 30 Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
- Jul 2 Hank O'Day, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, umpire, manager (umpire 10 World Series), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 75
- Jul 10 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80
- Aug 21 John Hartley, English tennis player (Wimbledon 1879-80), dies at 86
- Sep 21 Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), dies at 65
- Oct 4 Barbados Joe Walcott, Barbadian boxer (World Welterweight champion 1901-06; first Black to hold that title), dies in a car accident at 62
- Oct 11 Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for South Africa), dies
- Oct 27 Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
- Nov 2 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals, 10 x 50; Eastern Province, Transvaal, Western Province), dies of typhoid fever at 30
- Nov 19 Freddie Calthorpe, English cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies of cancer at 43
- Dec 4 Hylton Philipson, English cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 69
- Dec 13 John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
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