- Dec 9 Carl Barger, American baseball executive (President of Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
- Dec 10 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
- Dec 12 Jasu Patel, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 9-69 v Aust 1959; Gujarat), dies at 68
- Dec 16 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
- Dec 23 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies at 87
- Dec 25 Ted Croker, English football administrator (Secretary English Football Association 1973-89), dies at 68
- Dec 28 Sal Maglie, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954; MLB All Star 1951, 52; NY Giants; no-hitter 1956 Cleveland Indians), dies from bronchial pneumonia at 75
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