- Jan 3 Jerry Quarry, American boxer (famous bouts v world champions Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 53
- Jan 4 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricket all-rounder who played 16 Tests, 2 x 50, 3 wickets; Karachi Blues, Rawalpindi; and broadcaster PTV, BBC, Radio Pakistan, dies at 73
Jim Peters (1918-1999)
Jan 9 English long-distance runner who was 1st to complete a marathon in under 2 hours 20 minutes, dies at 80
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