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Athletes Who Died in August 2023

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  • Aug 2 Peter Dixon, English rugby union flanker (22 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Oxford University RFC, Harlequins RFC), dies at 79
  • Aug 3 Bob Murdoch, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1971, 73 Montreal Canadiens) and coach (Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets), dies at 76
  • Aug 3 Ijaz Butt, Pakistani cricket batsman and wicketkeeper (8 Tests, 5 dismissals, 1 x 50; Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Rawalpindi) and executive (President PCB 2008-11), dies at 85
  • Aug 4 Tane Norton, New Zealand rugby union hooker and captain (27 Tests; Mid Canterbury RFU, Canterbury RFU), dies at 81
  • Aug 7 Jim Price, American baseball catcher (World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (ESPN, Detroit Tigers Radio Network 1998-2023), dies at 81
  • Aug 7 Mirko Giansanti, Italian motorcycle road racer (140 x Grand Prix starts, 12 x podiuns) and executive (GYTR GRT Yamaha sporting director), dies at 46
  • Aug 8 Federico Bahamontes, Spanish road cyclist (Tour de France 1959; first to win mountain classification in all 3 Grand Tours), dies at 95
  • Aug 11 Alexandru Penciu, Romanian rugby union fullback, centre (34 caps; Locomotiva PTT, CSA Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo), dies at 90
  • Aug 12 Atanas Golomeev, Bulgarian basketball center (FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer 1973 Academic Sofia, 1975 Levski Sofia; FIBA European Selection 1971, 73, 75, 77), dies at 76
  • Aug 12 Jacques Rougerie, French rugby union front rower (1 Test; AS Montferrand), dies at 78
  • Aug 12 Joggie Viljoen, South African rugby union scrum half (6 Tests; Griqualand West RU, Eastern Province RU), dies at 78
  • Aug 14 Bobby Baun, Canadian NHL hockey defenseman, 1956-73 (Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2 other teams), dies at 86
  • Aug 14 Boris Dubrovsky, Russian rower (Olympic gold double sculls [Oleg Tyurin] 1964), dies at 83
  • Aug 16 Edgar Marín, Costa Rican soccer striker (32 caps; Saprissa, Oakland Clippers, Kansas City Spurs), dies at 80
  • Aug 17 Gabriella Kotsis, Hungarian Volleyball HOF coach (Hungary Olympics 1972, 76, 80), dies at 95
  • Aug 17 Gudrun Pflüger, Austrian mountain runner (World C'ship gold 1992, 94, 95, 96), dies at 50
  • Aug 17 Guillermo Timoner, Spanish cyclist (UCI Motor-paced World C'ships 1955, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65), dies at 97
  • Aug 17 John Devitt, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 1956, 100m freestyle 1960; silver 100m freestyle 1956; International Swimming HOF), dies at 86
  • Aug 17 Miroslav Bošković, Serbian soccer defender (6 caps Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split, FK Partizan, Angers SCO), dies at 76
  • Aug 17 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), dies from multiple organ failure at 81
  • Aug 18 Garry Adey, English rugby union number 8 (2 Tests; Leicester Tigers 381 games) and businessman (Executive Chairman The Adey Group), dies at 78
  • Aug 19 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), dies at 86
  • Aug 20 Bill Vukovich II, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1968; Indianapolis 500 1973 runner-up), dies at 79
  • Aug 20 Naushad Ali, Pakistan cricket wicket keeper (6 Tests, 9 dismissals; Karachi, Punjab) and match referee (5 Tests, 13 ODI), dies at 79
  • Aug 22 Tom Courtney, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 4x400m relay 1956), dies of amyloidosis at 90
  • Aug 23 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), dies in a traffic collision at 68
  • Aug 23 Vicente Lecaro, Ecuadorian soccer defender (8 caps; FC Barcelona, CS Emelec), dies at 87
  • Aug 24 George Montgomery, American drag racer (7 x NHRA national title gas class; Motorsports HOF of America), dies at 90
  • Aug 26 John Kezdy, American punk-rock guitarist and singer (The Effigies), and later prosecuting attorney, dies from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash at 64
  • Aug 26 Tony Roberts, American College Football HOF broadcaster (play-by-play announcer Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 1980-2006), dies at 94
  • Aug 26 Yvon Pedneault, Canadian Hockey HOF journalist and broadcaster (Montreal Canadiens: Réseau des sports, Télévision de Radio-Canada, TVA, TQS), dies from cancer at 77
  • Aug 27 Jonathan E. Sheppard, English HOF thoroughbred horse racing trainer (winningest trainer in American steeplechase racing history 1,242 victories), dies of lyme disease at 82
  • Aug 27 Jonathan Sheppard, English-born American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame horse racing trainer (4X Breeder's Cup Grand National Steeplechase; Steeplechase, record 1,242 steeplechase victories), ), dies at 82
  • Aug 27 Pat Corrales, American baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, SD Padres) and manager (Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians), dies at 82
  • Aug 29 Waldemar Victorino., Uruguayan soccer forward (33 caps; CA Cerro, Cagliari, Newell's Old Boys, Colón de Santa Fe, LDU Portoviejo), dies at 71
  • Aug 30 Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C'ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84
  • Aug 30 Jan Jongbloed, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; DWS 353 games, FC Amsterdam, Roda JC, Go Ahead Eagles), dies at 82
  • Aug 31 Anatoly Sass, Russian rower (Olympic gold USSR double sculls 1968), dies at 87
  • Aug 31 Bill Pinkney, American National Sailing HOF yachtsman (first African American to sail around the world solo via Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn), dies at 87
  • Aug 31 Gil Brandt, American Pro Football HOF executive (vice president player personnel Dallas Cowboys 1960-88; Super Bowl VI, XII), dies at 91


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