Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died in August 2002

Aug 5 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
Aug 5 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), dies of heart failure at 50

Enos Slaughter (1916-2002)

Aug 12 American Baseball HOF right fielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 46, 56, 58; St. Louis Cardinals), dies from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 86

Aug 15 Kyle Rote, American college football HOF halfback (SMU; 4 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (WNEW, NBC, WNBC New York), dies at 74
Aug 16 John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)

Hoyt Wilhelm (1922-2002)

Aug 23 American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1954 NY Giants; no-hitter 1958 Baltimore Orioles; Chicago WS), dies of heart failure at 80