- Dec 2 Ron Santo, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (9 x MLB All Star; 5 x Gold Glove; Chicago Cubs), dies from bladder cancer at 70
- Dec 5 Don Meredith, American NFL quarterback. 1960-68 (Dallas Cowboys, 3 x Pro Bowl), broadcaster (Monday Night Football), and actor, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 72
- Dec 8 Murray Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings; coach University of Denver 1956-77, 5 NCAA C'ships), dies at 94
- Dec 10 Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver, dies at 84
- Dec 10 MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
- Dec 11 Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)
- Dec 12 Peter Pagel, German footballer (b. 1956)
- Dec 12 Tom Walkinshaw, former racing driver and Formula 1 team owner (b. 1946)
Bob Feller (1918-2010)
Dec 15 American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star; AL Triple Crown of pitching (wins/strike-outs/ERA), 1940; 3 x no-hit games; Cleveland Indians), dies from leukemia at 92
- Dec 17 Dick Gibson, British racing driver, dies at 92
- Dec 17 Walt Dropo, American MLB baseball first baseman, 1949-61, AL Rookie of the Year (Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and 3 other teams), dies at 87
- Dec 18 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1944, 45, 46, 47; NL MVP 1945; Chicago Cubs), dies at 94
- Dec 21 Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927)
- Dec 25 Bud Greenspan, American documentary maker (Olympic Games; IOC Olympic Order award 1985), dies of Parkinson's disease at 84
- Dec 27 Keith Andrew, English cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 81
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