Athletes Who Died on March 6

  • 1878 Julius Caesar, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia & NZ 1864-5; Surrey CCC), dies from dropsy at 47
  • 1930 William Milton, British cricket all-rounder (3 Tests South Africa, 2 wickets) and rugby union centre (2 Tests England), dies at 75
  • 1965 Jules Goux, French auto racer (first European to win Indianapolis 500 1913), dies at 79
  • 1968 Frans Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920; aged 14 years 163 days), dies at 62
  • 1975 Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), dies at 64
  • 1976 Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer, actor (world light heavyweight champion 1932-34), dies of Paget's disease of bone at 68
  • 1981 George Geary, English cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 46 wickets), dies at 87
  • 1984 Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 8 wickets; Canterbury), dies in a car accident at 78
  • 1986 István Pelle, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold pommel horse & floor exercise 1932), dies at 78
  • 1988 Dick Ricketts Jr., American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), dies from leukemia at 54
  • 1990 Joe Sewell, American Baseball HOF infielder (World Series 1920, 32; Cleveland Indians, NY Yankees; MLB record 167.7 at-bats per strikeout 1932), dies at 91
  • 1997 Ed Furgol, American golfer (US Open 1954), dies at 79
  • 1998 Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
  • 1999 Dennis Viollet, English soccer inside forward (2 caps; Manchester United 293 games, Stoke City), dies at 65
  • 2000 Chris Balderstone, English cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976), dies at 59
  • 2002 Alice Bauer, American golfer (co-founder LPGA), dies of colon cancer at 74
  • 2002 Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)

Kirby Puckett (1960-2006)

American Baseball HOF centerfielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1987, 91; ALCS MVP 1991; 6 × Gold Glove Award; Minnesota Twins), dies of a stroke at 45

  • 2010 Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
  • 2013 Sabine Bischoff, German fencer (Olympic gold 1984), dies at 54
  • 2014 Ron Murphy, Canadian NHL player, dies at 80

Henri Richard (1936-2020)

Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (record 11 Stanley Cups; 9 x NHL All Star; Montreal Canadiens), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84

  • 2021 Bengt Åberg, Swedish motocross racer (World 500cc Motocross Champion 1969, 70; Motocross des Nations gold 1970, 71, 74), dies at 76
  • 2021 Chi Shangbin, Chinese soccer midfielder (58 caps; Liaoning) and coach (Dalian Wanda: Chinese Jia-A League champions & Coach of the Year 1996, 97), dies from a heart attack at 71
  • 2021 Miguel Miranda, Peruvian soccer goalkeeper (47 caps; Sporting Cristal) and coach (Alianza Atlético), dies at 54
  • 2023 Josef Vojta, Czech soccer midfielder (7 caps; AC Sparta Prague 351 games; Olympic silver 1964), dies at 87
  • 2023 Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), dies at 95