- 1911 Bob Caruthers, American baseball pitcher/outfielder (American Association wins & ERA leader 1885, wins leader 1880; St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Bridegrooms), dies at 47
- 1922 Tommy McCarthy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers, St. Louis Browns), dies from cancer at 59
- 1927 Thomas Groube, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; Victoria CA), dies at 69
- 1934 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), dies of heart failure at 26
- 1944 Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer (England) rugby player (Wales), dies fighting in WWII at 38
- 1964 Art Ross, Canadian-American hockey player (Montreal Wanderers), coach (Boston Bruins, 1924-45), and namesake of NHL's scoring champion trophy, dies at 79
- 1966 Austin Diamond, Australian cricketer (Australian captain to America 1913), dies at 92
- 1978 Dutch Clark, American Pro/College Football HOF back (Colorado College; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × NFL rushing TD leader & NFL scoring leader; Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions), dies at 71
- 1978 Jesse Haines, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1926, 31, 34; pitched no-hitter 1924; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 85
Paul Brown (1908-1991)
American NFL Hall of Fame coach (Cleveland Browns, 1946-62, 1968-69; Cincinnati Bengals, 1970-75), dies of pneumonia at 82
- 1994 Amy Sacks, American TV producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
- 1994 Terry Hibbitt, English footballer, dies at 47
- 2000 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 118, 45 wickets; Gujarat CC, Hindus CC), dies at 88
- 2002 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
- 2002 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), dies of heart failure at 50
- 2005 Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
- 2005 Polina Astakhova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (5 Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64), dies at 68
- 2005 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), dies at 88
- 2014 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
- 2017 Doug Insole, English cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests), dies at 91
- 2021 Terry Davies, Welsh rugby union full back (21 Tests Wales, 2 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC, Llanelli RFC), dies at 88
- 2022 Luciano Macías, Ecuadorian soccer defender (21 caps; Barcelona de Ecuador), dies at 87
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