- Jan 1 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78
Bronko Nagurski (1908-1990)
Jan 7 Canadian-American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback (Chicago Bears), dies at 81
- Jan 7 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (owner New York / San Francisco Giants 1936-76), dies at 86
- Jan 7 Joseph Robbie, American lawyer and NFL owner and founder of the Miami Dolphins, dies at 73
- Jan 9 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), dies at 82
- Jan 26 Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
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