Athletes Who Died on August 19
- 1971 Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-14), dies at 80
- 1975 Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler, dies at 81
- 1975 Mark Donohue, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1972), dies from injuries suffered in a crash during a practice run in Graz, Austria at 38
- 1976 Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (33 Tests, 96 dismissals, 5 x 50s; Central Districts CA), dies from cancer at 29
- 1982 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1992 Norvel Lee, American boxer (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67
- 2016 Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR discus 1952, 60; bronze 1956), dies at 87
- 2021 Bill Freehan, American baseball catcher (11 x All Star; World Series 1968; 5 x Gold Glove; Detroit Tigers), dies from dementia at 79
- 2022 Egon Pajenk, Austrian soccer defender (3 caps; SK Rapid Wien 266 games), dies at 72
- 2023 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), dies at 86
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