Apr 17 Jack Hearne, English cricket spin bowler (12 Tests, 49 wickets; England's first hat-trick vs Australia 1899), dies at 76 Apr 25 Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player, dies at 85 Apr 26 Violette Morris, French athlete & spy for Nazi Germany, dies at 51 Feb 1944 Deaths in Sport by Year May 1944 Famous Sports Stars Baseball Players Basketball Stars Boxers Footballers NFL Stars Tennis Champions