Athletes Who Died in November 2012

  • Nov 1 Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta Braves), dies during apparent home robbery at 55
  • Nov 2 Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78
  • Nov 3 Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), dies at 91
  • Nov 6 M-16 [Ernest Mateen], American cruiserweight boxing champion, dies at 46
  • Nov 7 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), dies from pneumonia at 85
  • Nov 8 Lee MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (AL President 1974-83; Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), dies at 95
  • Nov 14 Brian Davies, Australian rugby league forward (27 Tests, 6 World Cup; Queensland 31 games; Brothers, Canterbury-Bankstown), dies at 82
  • Nov 16 Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby union fullback (17 Tests; Auckland RU), dies at 91
  • Nov 18 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55
  • Nov 20 William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98
  • Nov 24 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (WBC super featherweight 1983-84, WBC lightweight 1985-87, WBO Jr. welterweight twice 1989-1992), dies from gunshot wounds at 50
  • Nov 25 David Sexton, English football manager, dies at 82
  • Nov 27 Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF executive (Executive Director MLB Players Association 1966-82), dies at 95
  • Nov 29 Merv Pregulman, American NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers), dies at 90
  • Nov 30 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), dies at 78