Athletes Who Died on April 8

  • 1889 Harry Jupp, English cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies at 47
  • 1938 Harold Baumgartner, South African cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for South Africa), dies at 54

Richard Sears (1861-1943)

American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1881-87), dies at 81

  • 1957 Frank Chester, English cricketer and distinguished 1-armed Test umpire, dies at 62
  • 1965 Jack Durston, English cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 5 wickets; Middlesex CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford), dies at 71

Sherwin Badger (1901-1972)

American figure skater (US singles championship 1920-24; Olympic silver pairs [with Beatrix Loughran] 1932), dies at 70

  • 1978 Ford C Frick, American Baseball HOF executive (NL President 1934-51; MLB Commissioner 1951-65), dies at 83
  • 1982 Katherine Rawls, American diver (Olympic silver 3m springboard 1932, 36) and swimmer (Olympic bronze 4×100m freestyle 1936), dies from cancer at 64
  • 1995 Maurice Allom, English cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies at 89
  • 2004 Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941)
  • 2004 Frank Chamberlain, English cricketer and CEO (Test & County Cricket Board), dies at 78
  • 2005 Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, dies at 78
  • 2020 Jackie Du Preez, Zimbabwe cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, South Africa; Zimbabwe Test selector), dies from heart failure at 77
  • 2021 Conn Findlay, American rower (Olympic gold coxed pair 1956, 64) and sailor (Olympic bronze Tempest 1976), dies at 90
  • 2021 Diána Igaly, Hungarian sport shooter (Olympic gold women's skeet 2004; bronze 2000), dies from COVID-19 at 56
  • 2022 Henri Depireux, Belgian soccer midfielder (2 caps; RFC Liège, Standard de Liège) and manager (Cameroon, Congo DR, FC Metz), dies at 78