1884 John Wisden, English cricket all-rounder (launched Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864; Sussex CCC, Kent CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 57
1910 Charles Follis "The Black Cyclone", American football halfback (1st black pro player Shelby Blues 1902-06), dies of pneumonia at 31
1928 Roy Kilner, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at 38
1939 William Cooper, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 9 wickets, BB 6/120; Victoria), dies at 89
1966 Slats Gill, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (36 seasons Oregon State 1928-64), dies of stroke at 64
1984 Theo Koomen, Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54
1985 Tyrell Johnson, West Indian cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies at 68
1986 Colin McCool, Australian cricket all-rounder (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 104no, 36 wickets, BB 5/41; NSW, Queensland, Somerset CCC), dies at 69
2000 Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
2007 Darryl Stingley, American NFL football wide receiver, 1973-77 (New England Patriots), dies from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia at 55
2009 George Tribe, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests; Northamptonshire; 66 VFL games Footscray), dies at 88
2018 Eric Bristow MBE ['The Crafty Cockney'], English darts player (BDO World Champion 1980-81, 84-86), dies of a heart attack at 60
2020 Bobby Mitchell, American Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Pro Bowl 1960, 62–64; First-team All-Pro 1962–64; Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins), dies at 84
2020 Dougie Morgan, Scottish rugby union halfback (21 caps Scotland, 2 British & Irish Lions; Stewart's Melville FP), dies at 73
2020 Ed Biles, American football coach (College: Xavier 1962-68; NFL: Houston Oilers 1981-83), dies from leukemia at 88
2020 Peter Walker, English cricket batsman (3 Tests; Glamorgan CCC), dies after a stroke at 84
2022 Joaquim Carvalho, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (6 caps; Sporting CP), dies at 84
2022 Josef Panáček, Czech sport shooter (Olympic gold skeet 1976), dies at 84
2023 Ian McIntosh, Zimbabwean rugby union coach (South Africa 1993-94; Natal), dies at 84
2023 Sergio "Bobo" Gori, Italian soccer midfielder, forward (3 caps; Vicenza, Cagliari 166 games, Juventus), dies at 77
2023 Sudhir Naik, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Bombay), dies at 78
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