Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died in 1958

Chuck Klein (1904-1958)

Mar 28 American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (Triple Crown 1933; MLB All-Star 1933, 34; NL MVP 1932; Philadelphia Phillies), dies of a stroke at 53

Apr 25 Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), dies at 46
Apr 26 Joe Small, West Indian cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies at 65
May 3 Frank Foster, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 3 x 50, 45 wickets, BB 6/91; Warwickshire CCC), dies at 69
May 19 Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
May 25 Rolland Beaumont, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 74
Jun 7 Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies

Clarence DeMar (1888-1958)

Jun 11 American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, dies of cancer at 70

Jun 18 Douglas Jardine, English cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 127; England's Bodyline Series captain; Oxford Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 57
Jun 26 George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
Jun 29 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79
Jul 2 Joe Jeannette, American boxer (world coloured champion 1909), dies at 78
Jul 5 Frank Burge, Australian rugby league forward (13 Tests, 26 games NSW; Glebe, St. George; RL "Immortal") and coach (St. George, North Sydney, Western Suburbs, Newtown), dies of a heart attack at 63
Jul 22 Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
Aug 3 Peter Collins, English auto racer (British GP 1958), dies in race accident at German GP at 26
Aug 10 Frank Demaree, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1936, 37; Chicago Cubs, NY Giants), dies of internal haemorrhage at 48
Sep 9 Charles Macartney, Australian cricket all-rounder (35 Tests, 2,131 runs at 41.78, 7 x 100s, 45 wickets), dies at 72
Sep 15 (George) "Snuffy" Stirnweiss, American MLB baseball second baseman, 1943-52, 2X All-Star. AL Batting Title, 3X World Series (New York Yankees and 2 other teams), dies in a train wreck in Bayonne, New Jersey at 39
Oct 15 Jack Mason, English cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies at 84
Oct 17 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies at 81
Nov 17 Mort Cooper, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1942, 43, 45, 46; World Series 1942, 44; NL MVP 1942), dies of cirrhosis and a staphylococcal infection at 45
Nov 18 Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies

Mel Ott (1909-1958)

Nov 21 American Baseball HOF right fielder and manager (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; 6 × NL home run leader; NY Giants), dies of injuries sustained in an auto accident at 49

Dec 4 Red Murray, American baseball outfielder (NL home run leader 1909 NY Giants), dies of acute leukemia at 74

Tris Speaker (1888-1958)

Dec 8 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1912, 15, 20; AL MVP 1912; career batting average .345 [6th all-time]; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland Indians 1919-26), dies at 70