Blanche Bingley (1863-1946)
British tennis player (Wimbledon 1886, 89, 94, 97, 99-1900), dies at 82
Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946)
American Baseball HOF second baseman (World Series x 5; only player to complete natural cycle with grand slam; NY Yankees), dies from a fall caused by a heart attack at 42
- 1948 Cyril Walker, English golfer (US Open 1924), dies of pleural pneumonia at 55
- 1970 Ingolf Dahl [Marcus], German-American pianist and composer (Allegro and Arioso), dies at 56
- 1980 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
- 1996 Gerry Gomez, West Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101, 58 wickets, BB 7/55; Trinidad), dies from a heart attack at 76
- 1996 Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63
- 1999 Ilse Pausin, Austrian figure skater (Olympic silver pairs 1936; World C'ship silver x 5 [with brother Erik Pausin]), dies at 80
- 2012 Dan Roundfield, American basketball forward (3-time NBA All Star), dies from drowning at 59
- 2014 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 86
Louise Suggs (1923-2015)
American golfer and co-founder of LPGA (11 major titles, US Open 1949, 52), dies of natural causes at 91
Betty Cuthbert (1938-2017)
Australian athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m 1956; 400m 1964), dies from dementia at 79
- 2017 Darren Daulton, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1992, 93, 95; World Series 1997; Silver Slugger Award 1992; Philadelphia Phillies), dies of brain cancer at 55
- 2020 Wilbert McClure, American boxer (Olympic gold light middleweight 1960), dies at 81
- 2022 Gene Visscher, American college basketball coach (Weber State University 1971-74; Northern Arizona University 1981-83), dies at 81
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