1927 Albert Griffiths ("Young Griffo"), Australian boxer (World Featherweight champion 1890-92), dies of apoplexy at 56
1938 Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
1969 Lefty O'Doul, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star, World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1929, 32 NY Yankees), dies at 72
1975 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), dies at 75
1977 Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies
1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer player, 1937-57 (Bordeaux), and manager (1957-64), dies at 62
1984 Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver, dies of head injury from a fall at 46
1994 J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup x 5 Montreal Canadiens; 7 x NHL All Star), dies of kidney cancer at 55
1997 Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (Leeds United), dies at 54 from a suspected heart attack
2005 Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2012 Art Larsen, American tennis player (US Open 1950), dies at 87
2013 Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (WBO, WBU, IBA flyweight champion; shortest world champion ever at 1.47m [4-foot-10]), dies from pneumonia at 51
2016 Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman (4 Olympic gold, Finn class 1948, 52, 56, 60), dies at 88
2017 Peter Walwyn, British thoroughbred trainer (champion trainer 1974-75), dies at 84
2019 Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (U of Michigan) and college athletics administrator (Iowa), dies at 94
2019 Denis Lalanne, French sports journalist ('Le grand combat du XV de France'; 'Rugbymania: French flair attitude'), dies at 93
2019 Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), dies at 87
2020 Dick Allen, American baseball infielder (7 × MLB All-Star; NL Rookie of the Year 1964, Philadelphia Phillies; AL MVP 1972, Chicago White Sox), dies at 78 [1]
2020 Fred Akers, American football coach (University of Wyoming; University of Texas, Austin; Purdue; career college record 108–75–3), dies at 82
2022 Karim Bavi, Iranian soccer striker (23 caps; Shahin FC, Persepolis FC), dies at 57
2023 Aleksandr Dronov, Russian Chess Grandmaster (3 x World Correspondence Champion), dies at 77
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