1920 Ray Chapman, American baseball shortstop (Cleveland Indians), dies after being hit in the head by a pitch from NY Yankees Carl Mays at 29
1924 Tom Kendall, Australian cricket slow bowler (2 Tests, 14 wickets in Australia's 1st 2 Tests, BB 7/55), dies at 72
1944 John Trumble, Australian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 10 wickets; brother of Hugh), dies at 80
1966 Archibald Palm, South African cricketer (Test South Africa v England 1927-28), dies at 65
1966Ken Miles, British-American auto racer and engineer (USAC Road Racing C'ship 1961; 24 Hours of Daytona 1966), dies in practice accident at 47
1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic gold 1956), dies at 48
1994 Jack Sharkey, American boxer (NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight champion 1932-33), dies at 91
1998 Tadeusz Slusarski, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1950)
1998 Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor, dies in a car crash at 58
1999 Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1984), dies of a heart attack at 63
2020 Boyd Grant, American college basketball coach (PCAA Coach of the Year 1978, 81, 82; Fresno State, Colorado State), dies from a stroke at 87
2020 Savvas Theodoridis, Greek soccer goalkeeper (12 caps; Olympiacos), dies at 85
2023 Gabriella Kotsis, Hungarian Volleyball HOF coach (Hungary Olympics 1972, 76, 80), dies at 95
2023 Gudrun Pflüger, Austrian mountain runner (World C'ship gold 1992, 94, 95, 96), dies at 50
2023 Guillermo Timoner, Spanish cyclist (UCI Motor-paced World C'ships 1955, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65), dies at 97
2023 John Devitt, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 1956, 100m freestyle 1960; silver 100m freestyle 1956; International Swimming HOF), dies at 86
2023 Miroslav Bošković, Serbian soccer defender (6 caps Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split, FK Partizan, Angers SCO), dies at 76
2023 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), dies from multiple organ failure at 81
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