1944 Jack Hearne, English cricket spin bowler (12 Tests, 49 wickets; England's first hat-trick vs Australia 1899), dies at 76
1946 John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
1948 Percy Sherwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (13 Tests, 1 x 100, 36 dismissals; Transvaal), dies at 67
1967 Giorgio Cesana, Italian coxswain (Olympic gold 1906), dies at 75
1983 Dutch Leonard, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1940, 43, 44, 45, 51; Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
1984 Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
1986 Paul Costello, American rower (Olympic gold double sculls 1920, 24, 28), dies at 86
1995 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), dies at 72
2020 Bobby Winkles, American College Baseball Hall of Fame coach (Arizona State University) and manager (California Angels, Oakland A's), dies at 90
2020 Carlos Contreras, Chilean soccer defender (30 caps; Universidad de Chile), dies at 81
2020 Norman Hunter, English soccer defender (28 caps; Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley; FIFA World Cup 1966), dies from COVID-19 at 76
2020 Raymond Van Gestel, Belgian soccer winger (5 caps; Lyra) and athlete (Belgian long jump champion), dies at 90
2021 Fred Arbanas, American football tight end (All-AFL 1962–67; Super Bowl 1970; Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 82
2022 Kevin Meates, New Zealand rugby union flanker (2 Tests; Canterbury), dies at 92
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