Athletes Who Died on September 22

  • 1880 Fred Grace, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; first time 3 bros play a Test [with WG & EM Grace]; Gloucestershire CCC), dies of pneumonia at 29
  • 1953 William Brann, South African cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 54
  • 1965 Biz Mackey, American Baseball HOF catcher (5 × East-West All-Star Game; NgL World Series 1925 Hilldale Daisies, 1946 Newark Eagles), dies at 68
  • 1992 Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
  • 2006 Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player (b. 1950)
  • 2007 Bodinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)

Yogi Berra (1925-2015)

American Baseball HOF catcher, coach and manager (18 x MLB All-Star; 13 x World Series; NY Yankees; AL MVP 1951, 54, 55), and Purple Heart recipient, dies at 90

  • 2020 Agne Simonsson, Swedish soccer striker (51 caps; Örgryte IS, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad) and manager (Örgryte IS, BK Häcken), dies from pneumonia at 84
  • 2021 Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold bantamweight 1972), dies at 77
  • 2022 Tim Hankinson, American soccer coach (Alabama A&M, Syracuse University; Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids), dies from cancer at 67
  • 2023 Américo Lopes, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (15 caps; Porto, Boavista), dies at 90
  • 2023 Giovanni Lodetti, Italian soccer midfielder (17 caps; AC Milan, Sampdoria, Foggia, Novara), dies at 81