Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died in 2002

Mar 6 Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
Mar 17 Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
Mar 23 Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
Apr 9 Pat Flaherty, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1956), dies from cancer at 76
Apr 13 Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver, dies at 73
Apr 14 Buck Baker, American auto racer (Grand National Series Champion 1956. 57; NASCAR Speedway Div Champion 1952), dies at 83
Apr 15 Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
Apr 29 Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936)
May 6 Saleh Selim, Egyptian football midfielder (10 caps; Al-Ahly Cairo SC 354 games) and executive (President Al-Ahly SC 1980-88, 1992-2002), dies at 71

Seattle Slew (1974-2002)

May 7 American racehorse (American Triple Crown 1977), dies at 28

May 9 Dan Devine, American football coach, dies at 77
May 12 Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit), dies after surgery at 22
May 13 Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
May 17 Joe Black, American Negro League and MLB player, dies at 78
May 17 László Kubala, Hungarian soccer striker (3 caps Hungary, 6 Czechoslovakia, 19 Spain, 4 Catalonia; FC Barcelona 186 games) and manager (Spain 1969–80), dies at 74

Sam Snead (1912-2002)

May 23 American golfer (US Masters 1949, 52, 54; British Open 1946; PGA C'ship 1942, 49, 51; Vardon Trophy x 4), dies of a stroke at 89

May 26 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian marathoner (Olympic gold 1968), dies at 69
May 31 Subhash "Fergie" Gupte, Indian cricket leg-spin bowler (36 Tests, 149 wickets, BB 9/102; Bombay, Bengal), dies at 72

Hansie Cronje (1969-2002)

Jun 1 South African cricket batsman and captain (68 Tests, 3,714 runs, 43 wickets; 188 ODIs; life ban for match-fixing 2000), dies in a plane crash at 32

Jun 17 Fritz Walter, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern) and captain of West Germany, dies at 81
Jun 17 Willie Davenport, American bobsledder and track athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1968), dies from a heart attack at 59

Jack Buck (1924-2002)

Jun 18 American sports announcer (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 77

Jun 18 Walter Villa, Italian motorcycle road racer (250cc world champion 1974,-76; 350cc 1976; Harley-Davidson), dies from a heart attack at 58
Jun 20 Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
Jun 22 Darryl Kile, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 97, 2000; no-hitter 1993; Houston Astros), dies of coronary disease at 33
Jun 23 Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
Jun 26 Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), dies from lung cancer at 88
Jun 30 Pete Gray [Wyshner], American baseball one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns), dies at 87

Ted Williams (1918-2002)

Jul 5 American Baseball HOF outfielder (last player to bat over .400 in single season; 19 x MLB All Star; AL MVP 1946, 49; Triple Crown 1942, 47 Boston Red Sox), dies at 84

Jul 7 Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
Jul 19 Spec Shea, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star, World Series 1947; NY Yankees, Washington Sens), dies after heart surgery at 81
Jul 20 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek soccer striker (28 caps; Olympiacos), dies from cardiac arrest at 56
Jul 24 Gus Tinsley, American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935, 36; coach LSU 1948-55; NFL: Chicago Cardinals), dies at 87
Aug 5 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
Aug 5 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), dies of heart failure at 50

Enos Slaughter (1916-2002)

Aug 12 American Baseball HOF right fielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 46, 56, 58; St. Louis Cardinals), dies from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 86

Aug 15 Kyle Rote, American college football HOF halfback (SMU; 4 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (WNEW, NBC, WNBC New York), dies at 74
Aug 16 John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)

Hoyt Wilhelm (1922-2002)

Aug 23 American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1954 NY Giants; no-hitter 1958 Baltimore Orioles; Chicago WS), dies of heart failure at 80

Aug 26 Bea Barrett, American golfer (Western Open 1938), dies at 85
Sep 2 Abe Lemons, American basketball coach (Oklahoma City Uni, Pan American Uni; NABC Coach of the Year 1978 Uni of Texas Austin), dies from Parkinson's disease at 79
Sep 3 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 85
Sep 4 Jerome Biffle, American long jumper (Olympic gold, 1952), track coach, and jogging proponent, dies at 74
Sep 8 Laurie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (15 ODIs, 18 wickets; Jamaica), dies in a car accident at 33

Johnny Unitas (1933-2002)

Sep 11 American NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers); one of the greats, dies of a heart attack at 69

Sep 14 Jim Barnes, American basketball center (Olympic gold 1964; #1 overall pick 1964 NBA draft NY Knicks; NBA C'ship 1969 Boston Celtics), dies of a stroke at 61
Sep 14 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 87
Sep 18 Bob Hayes, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1964) and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver (3 x Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), dies of kidney failure at 59
Sep 18 Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
Sep 24 Leon Hart, American College Football Hall of Fame end and fullback (Heisman Trophy 1949, Notre Dame), dies at 73
Sep 24 Mike Webster, American NFL football center, 1974-90, 9X Pro Bowl, 4X Super Bowl champ (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of a heart attack at 50; 1st former NFL-er diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)player noted to suffer from
Sep 28 Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens), dies at 95
Sep 30 Arthur Hazlerigg, British peer and cricketer, dies at 92
Oct 6 Chuck Rayner, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1950; NHL All-Star 1949, 50, 51; New York Americans, New York Rangers), dies from a heart attack at 82
Oct 8 Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
Oct 9 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), dies at 82
Oct 12 Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
Oct 17 Aileen Riggin, American diver (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1920, 24), dies at 96
Oct 17 Fred Scolari, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1952, 53; Washington Capitols; Baltimore Bullets), dies at 80
Oct 24 Herman Gaviria, Colombian football player (b. 1969)

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

Oct 25 Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer ("MacArthur Park"), dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72

Nov 15 Sohn Kee-chung, Korean athlete and long-distance runner, dies at 90
Nov 18 Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), dies of colon cancer at 38
Nov 19 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), dies at 79
Nov 22 C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), dies at 88
Dec 1 Dave McNally, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1969-70, 72; World Series 1966, 70; Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 60

Roone Arledge (1931-2002)

Dec 5 American sports broadcasting executive (President ABC Sports - Monday Night Football; ABC News), dies of prostate cancer at 71 [1] [2]

Dec 17 Angelo "Hank" Luisetti, American collegiate basketball forward (Stanford, 1935-38), 1st to use a one-handed shot, dies at 86
Dec 19 Arthur Rowley, English soccer forward (most goals in English league football, 434 from 619 games; Leicester City, Shrewsbury Town), dies at 76
Dec 19 Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C'ship 1991), dies from a brain tumour at 50