- Jan 6 Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), dies of complications from an appendectomy at 59
Wilfred Baddeley (1872-1929)
Jan 24 British tennis player (Wimbledon 1891-2, 95), dies at 57
- Feb 12 Lillie Langtry (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton), British-American artists' model, stage actress (His Neighbor's Wife), theatrical producer, thoroughbred owner, and socialite, dies at 75
- Feb 14 Tom Burke, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 400m 1896), dies at 53
- Feb 17 Maurice Read, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 2 x 50; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1890; Surrey CCC), dies at 70
- May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
- Jun 2 Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
- Jun 4 Harry Frazee, American MLB team owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of kidney failure at 48
- Jul 11 Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
- Aug 1 Syd Gregory, Australian cricket batsman and captain (58 Tests, 4 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 201; NSW CA), dies at 59
- Aug 25 Frederick Burton, Australian cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies at 63
- Sep 25 Miller Huggins, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1923, 27, 28; 6 x AL pennants NY Yankees), dies of pyaemia at 51
- Oct 1 Lee Richmond, American baseball pitcher (first ever MLB perfect game, 1880), dies at 72
- Oct 21 Owen Dunell, South African cricket batsman (South Africa's 1st Test captain; 2 Tests), dies at 73
- Oct 25 James Lillywhite, English cricket slow bowler (1st England Test captain; 2 Tests, 8 wickets; Sussex CCC) and umpire (6 Tests 1881–99), dies at 87
- Nov 9 Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
- Nov 14 Joe McGinnity, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905; 5 × NL wins leader; NL ERA leader 1904; Baltimore Orioles, NY Giants), dies at 58
- Nov 17 Dick Lilley, English cricket wicket-keepe (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies at 62
- Dec 9 Willis Cuttell, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 66
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