Deaths in Sport for Year 2002
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Months in Year 2002: January February March April May June July August September October December
Results 1 - 45 of 45
Jan 15th - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
Jan 16th - Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
Jan 23rd - Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
Jan 29th - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
Feb 7th - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
Feb 11th - Frank Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)
Feb 14th - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
Mar 4th - Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
Mar 6th - Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
Mar 23rd - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
Apr 9th - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
Apr 13th - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928)
Apr 15th - Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
Apr 18th - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
Apr 28th - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
Apr 29th - Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936)
May 7th - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974)
May 9th - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
May 12th - Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit)
May 13th - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
May 17th - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
May 23rd - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
Jun 1st - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
Jun 17th - Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
Jun 18th - Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924)
Jun 22nd - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
Jun 23rd - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
Jun 26th - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
Jul 5th - Ted Williams, baseball hall of famer and last player to bat over.400 in a single season (Boston Red Sox) dies at 84
Jul 7th - Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
Aug 5th - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916)
Aug 12th - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)
Aug 16th - John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
Aug 23rd - Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922)
Sep 8th - Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
Sep 11th - Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
Sep 18th - Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
Sep 28th - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens) (b. 1907)
Oct 5th - Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
Oct 8th - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
Oct 12th - Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
Oct 24th - Herman Gaviria, Colombian football player (b. 1969)
Dec 1st - Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
Dec 5th - Roone Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer (b. 1931)
Dec 19th - Arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)
