October1936

Athletes Who Died in October 1936

Oct 1 Oscar Da Costa, West Indian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), dies at 29
Oct 2 George Simpson-Hayward, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 23 wickets @ 18.26; last great underarm bowler; Cambridge University CC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 61

John Heisman (1869-1936)

Oct 3 American football coach (legalised forward pass, originated the center-snap; Heisman Trophy named after him), dies from pneumonia at 66

John Heisman

Oct 12 Bernard Bosanquet, English cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies at 58
Oct 26 Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1905, 10), dies of stomach cancer at 52
Oct 30 Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies

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