- Jan 28 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
- Jan 28 John Sharp, English cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer intl), dies ay 69 or 70
- Mar 4 Jack Taylor, American baseball pitcher (MLB record 187 consecutive complete games; World Series 1907, NL ERA leader 1902 Chicago Cubs), dies at 68
- Mar 15 Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
- Apr 4 Cyril Christiani, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests; British Guiana), dies of malaria at 24
- Apr 8 Harold Baumgartner, South African cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for South Africa), dies at 54
- Apr 11 Cristóbal Torriente, Cuban Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL NL batting champion 1920; NgL NL pennant 1920–22; Chicago American Giants; career batting average: .352), dies from alcoholism & tuberculosis at 44
- Apr 14 Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater (Olympic gold 1920, 24, 28), dies of blood poisoning at 44
- Apr 16 Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)
- May 4 Kanō Jigorō, Japanese educator and the founder of Judo, dies at 77
- May 10 Percy McAlister, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests; Big Six cricket dispute 1912), dies at 68
- Jun 2 Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American yacht designer (6 x undefeated America's Cup campaigns 1893-1920) and naval architect (built first torpedo boat for US Navy), dies at 90
- Jun 17 Ranji Hordern, Australian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 46 wickets, BB 7/90; NSW CA), dies at 55
- Jun 24 "Digger" Robertson, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, played in California), dies at 76
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Jul 4 French tennis player (French C'ships 1925-26, Wimbledon 1919-23, 25), dies of anemia at 39
- Jul 5 John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
- Jul 14 Robert Poore, British cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies at 72
- Jul 18 Fernando Canon, Filipino revolutionary general, poet, and the Philippines 1st National Chess Champion, dies at 77
- Aug 14 Hugh Trumble, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (32 Tests, 141 wickets; 2 x Test hat-tricks), dies of a heart attack at 71
- Aug 14 Jim Kelly, Australian cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies at 71
- Sep 6 John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
- Oct 10 Lord Hawke [Martin Hawke], English cricket batsman (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC, Cambridge Uni CC, MCC), dies at 78
- Oct 12 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), dies at 84
- Nov 15 George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
- Dec 4 Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler (32nd yokozuna; winner 9 top division yūshō), dies following a delayed appendectomy at 34
- Dec 7 Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
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