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Athletes Who Died in 1967

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  • Jan 1 Maurice Leyland, English cricket batsman (41 Tests, 2764 runs @ 46.06; Yorkshire 1920-46, 1,000+ runs in 17 consecutive seasons), dies at 66
  • Jan 6 Johnny Keane, American baseball manager (World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 55
  • Jan 7 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
  • Jan 17 Barney Ross, American welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
  • Jan 18 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
  • Jan 23 Holcombe Ward, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1904; President USLTA 1937-47), dies at 88
  • Jan 28 Shunter Coen, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 41no, @ 50.50; Orange Free State), dies at 64
  • Jan 31 Eddie Tolan, American sprinter the "Midnight Express" (1932 Olympics), dies at 58
  • Feb 1 Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), dies at 54
  • Feb 6 Hans Jacob Nielsen, Danish boxer (Olympic gold lightweight 1924), dies at 67
  • Mar 4 Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan, American Baseball HOF pitcher, outfielder, manager (Kansas City Monarchs NgL, 1920-38), dies at 73
  • Mar 13 Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), dies from leukemia at 42
  • Apr 4 Guy Chamberlin, American College/Pro Football HOF end (Uni of Nebraska; 5×NFL C'ship; First-team All-Pro 1920), dies at 73
  • Apr 4 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan soccer forward (51 caps; Nacional, FC Barcelona, FC Inter Milan, Palermo FC), dies at 68
  • Apr 17 Giorgio Cesana, Italian coxswain (Olympic gold 1906), dies at 75
  • Apr 18 Karl Miller, German soccer defender (12 caps; Dresdner SC), dies at 53
  • May 10 Lorenzo Bandini, Italian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1963; 24 Hours of Daytona 1967), dies after a race accident in Monaco F1 GP at 31
  • Jun 12 Bombardier Billy Wells [William Thomas Wells], English heavyweight boxer (Lionsdale Belt, 1911), dies at 79

Gerald Patterson (1895-1967)

Jun 13 Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1919, 21; Australian C'ships 1927), dies at 71

Gerald Patterson

Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)

Jun 14 American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920) and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team,1932), dies of a heart attack at 69

Eddie Eagan
  • Jun 18 Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 23
  • Jun 18 Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 29
  • Jun 26 Errol Hunte, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies at 55

Primo Carnera (1906-1967)

Jun 29 Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), dies of alcohol-related liver disease at 60

Primo Carnera
  • Jul 7 Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
  • Jul 13 Tom Simpson, English road cyclist (World C'ship gold road race 1965; Olympic bronze 1956), dies of combination of alcohol & mixed amphetamines during Tour de France at 29

Jimmie Foxx (1907-1967)

Jul 21 American Baseball HOF first baseman (9 x MLB All Star; World Series 1929, 30; AL MVP 1932, 33, 38; Triple Crown 1933; Philadelphia A's, Boston RS), dies after choking on food at 59

Jimmie Foxx
  • Jul 30 Alfried Krupp [né von Bohlen und Halbach], German arms manufacturer, convicted war criminal, and Olympic yacht competitor (1936), dies at 59
  • Aug 4 Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
  • Aug 14 Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
  • Aug 23 Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver, dies at 48
  • Aug 26 Dilawar Hussain, Indian cricketer (Indian wicketkeeper in the 1930's), dies at 60
  • Aug 28 Bruce Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1941, U of Minnesota; NFL: Green Bay Packers), dies of cancer at 47
  • Sep 2 Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), dies at 74
  • Oct 12 Nathaniel "Nat" Pendleton, American wrestler (Olympics 1920, Silver) and actor (The Thin Man, Reckless), dies from a heart attack at 72
  • Nov 14 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies at 72
  • Nov 23 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
  • Dec 4 Harry Wismer, American sports broadcaster (NBC Blue Network, ABC, voice of Washington Redskins) and AFL team owner (New York Titans), dies after a fall at 54
  • Dec 14 Frank Moran, American heavyweight boxer & film actor, dies of a heart attack at 80
  • Dec 26 Sydney Barnes, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 189 wickets, BB 9/103); Warwickshire CCC, Lancashire CCC, Staffordshire CCC), dies at 94
  • Dec 31 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), dies at 81


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