Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died in January 1960

Fausto Coppi (1919-1960)

Jan 2 Italian cyclist (Giro d'Italia 1940, 47, 49, 52-53; Tour de France 1949, 52; World Championship gold Individual pursuit 1947, road race 1953), dies from malaria at 40

Jan 5 Donald Knight, English cricket batsman (2 Tests; Surrey CCC, Oxford University CC), dies at 65
Jan 7 Dorothea Lambert Chambers, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1903-04, 06, 10-11, 13-14), dies at 81
Jan 10 Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 80