Walter Johnson (1887-1946)
American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (3 x Triple Crown of Pitching; World Series 1924; AL MVP 1913, 24; Washington Senators), dies from a brain tumour at 59
Maurice McLoughlin (1890-1957)
American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-13), dies at 67
- 1959 Charles Jones, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests), dies at 57
- 1960 Ernie Quigley, Canadian Basketball HOF official (St. Mary's College, Kansas Uni), basketball umpire (1936 Olympics), MLB umpire (6xWorld Series) & football referee, dies at 80
- 1977 Adolph Rupp, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Div I Tournament 1948, 49, 51, 58; Uni of Kentucky; 5 × National Coach of the Year), dies of spinal cancer at 76
- 1992 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
- 1994 Alexander Wilson, Canadian athlete (b. 1905)
- 2010 Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver, dies at 84
- 2010 MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
Dolph Schayes (1928-2015)
American basketball Hall of Famer (Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, 1948-63) and coach (76ers, 1963-66; Buffalo Braves, 1970-72) and coach, dies of cancer at 87
- 2017 Zarley Zalapski, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1987-2000 (Pittsburgh Penguins; Calgary Flames, and 3 other teams), dies of a viral infection at 49
- 2019 Jim Smith, English soccer midfielder and manager (Birmingham City, QPR, Portsmouth, Derby County), dies at 79
- 2022 Paul Silas, American College Basketball HOF forward (NBA C'ship 1974, 76 Boston Celtics, 1979 Seattle SuperSonics; 2 x NBA All-Star) and coach (Charlotte/NO Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats), dies from a heart attack at 79
- 2023 Syd Millar, Irish rugby union prop (37 Tests Ireland; 9 British & Irish Lions; Ballymena RFC, Ulster), coach (Ireland, B&I Lions 1974) and executive (IRFU President 1995-96), dies at 89
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