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Athletes Who Died in 1943

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  • Jan 3 Bid McPhee, American Baseball HOF second baseman (AA HR leader 1886 Cincinnati Reds; last 2nd baseman to play without a glove), dies at 83
  • Jan 8 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league five eighth (RL pioneer; Hunslet 713 games), dies at 71
  • Jan 30 Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 38
  • Feb 1 Foy Draper, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1936 WR 39.8s), dies in action as a USAF pilot at 31
  • Feb 2 Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 1941), dies at 54
  • Feb 4 Frank Calder, British-Canadian 1st NHL president, dies at 65
  • Feb 24 Fred Tate, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Sussex CCC) and coach (Derbyshire CCC), dies at 75
  • Mar 9 Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner and anti-fascist, murdered in the gas chamber of Auschwitz extermination camp at 35
  • Apr 6 Jimmy Collins, American Baseball HOF 3rd baseman (World Series 1903 Boston Americans; NL HR leader 1898 Boston Beaneaters) and manager (Boston Americans 1901–06), dies at 73

Richard Sears (1861-1943)

Apr 8 American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1881-87), dies at 81

Richard Sears
  • May 5 Andy Minder, American jockey (Kentucky Derby 1907), dies from a heart attack at 62
  • Jun 2 Nile Kinnick Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1939; University of Iowa), dies during a WWII training flight at 24
  • Jun 15 Cecil "Cec" Parkin, British cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), and author (Cricket Reminiscences: Humorous and Otherwise), dies at 57
  • Jul 21 Charles Paddock, American 100m runner (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 42
  • Jul 27 Harold Austin, Barbadian cricketer and captain of 1923 West Indies team to England, dies at 66
  • Jul 27 Herbert Roper Barrett, British tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1909, 12, 13; Wimbledon singles 1908, 11 runner-up; Olympic gold indoor doubles 1908), dies at 69
  • Jul 31 Hedley Verity, English cricket spin bowler (40 Tests, 144 wickets @ 24.37), dies in POW camp in Italy at 38
  • Aug 6 Tom Garrett, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, TS 51no, 34 wickets; NSW CA), dies at 85
  • Aug 14 Joe Kelley, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL stolen base leader 1896 Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves), dies at 71
  • Aug 26 Ted Ray, British golfer (British Open 1912, US Open 1920), dies at 66
  • Sep 17 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), dies at 46
  • Sep 27 Willoughby Hamilton, Irish tennis, soccer player (Wimbledon 1890; Ireland 1 cap), dies at 78
  • Sep 28 Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies at 77
  • Oct 14 Jimmy Matthews, Australian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 16 wickets; Victoria; only player to take 2 hat-tricks in same Test 1912), dies at 59
  • Nov 23 Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74


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