- Jan 6 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
- Feb 5 Ross Barnes, American baseball infielder (3×NA/NL batting champion 1872, 73, 76; 4×NA/NL runs scored leader; 4×NA/NL hits leader; Boston Red Stockings), dies at 64
- Mar 31 Wyndham Halswelle, British athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1908), dies in WWI action at 32
- Apr 3 Andrew Stoddart, English cricket batsman and captain (16 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 173; Middlesex CCC) and rugby union centre & captain (10 Tests; first captain Barbarians RFC), dies by suicide at 52
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915)
May 7 American businessman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I at 37
Anthony Wilding (1883-1915)
May 9 New Zealand tennis player (Wimbledon 1910-13), killed in action on the Western Front at 31
François Faber (1887-1915)
May 9 Luxembourgian cyclist (Tour de France 1909), killed in action by gunshot wounds at 28
- May 19 Bob Ferguson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1880, 81, 82), dies at 69
Victor Trumper (1877-1915)
Jun 28 Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), dies of Bright's disease at 37
- Sep 9 A. G. Spalding, American Baseball HOF pitcher, manager and executive (NL wins leader 1871–76; President, co-owner Chicago White Stockings; co-founder of Spalding sporting goods company), dies at 66
W. G. Grace (1848-1915)
Oct 23 English cricket batsman and captain (22 Tests; 2 x 100, HS 170; 54,896 runs over record 44 FC seasons; Gloucestershire CCC), dies of a heart attack at 67
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