- Dec 1 Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1952), dies of stomach cancer at 78
- Dec 3 Art Arfons, auto racer/designer (3 x world land speed record; "Green Monster"), dies at 81
- Dec 20 Tommy Byrne, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1950; World Series 1949, 56; NY Yankees), dies at 87
- Dec 25 John Hayes, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 30 wickets; Auckland CA), dies at 80
- Dec 26 Stu Nahan, American Sportscaster (b. 1926)
- Dec 29 Phil O'Donnell, Scottish soccer midfielder (1 cap; Motherwell, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday; PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year 1992, 94), dies from cardiac arrest while playing at 35
- Dec 31 Tommy Dickson, British footballer (b. 1929)
- Dec 31 Tony Elliott, American football player (b. 1959)
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