- Aug 10 Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), dies at 51
- Aug 11 Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies at 67
- Aug 11 Ethel Larcombe, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1912), dies at 86
- Aug 25 Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, American MLB baseball outfielder (New York Giants - 1 game, 1905), medical doctor, and subject of "Field of Dreams" film, dies at 88
- Aug 27 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies at 56
- Aug 29 Paul Waner, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL MVP 1927; NL batting champion 1927, 34, 36; MLB All-Star 1933–35, 37; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 62
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