Athletes Who Died in June 1967

  • 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

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

  • 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