- 1897 Marshall Newell, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Harvard; All-American 1890-93) and coach (Cornell, Tufts), dies in a railroad accident at 26
- 1999 Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, dies at 88
- 2003 Herman Keiser, American golfer (US Masters 1946), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 89
- 2004 Johnny Oates, American MLB baseball catcher, 1970-81 (Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and 3 other teams), and manager, 1991-2001 (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), dies of brain cancer at 58
- 2009 George Michael, American sportscaster (The George Michael Sports Machine) (b. 1939)
- 2019 Walter Horak, Austrian soccer striker (13 caps; Wiener Sport Club, Sochaux), dies at 88
- 2021 José Villegas, Mexican soccer defender (6 caps; CD Guadalajara), dies at 87
- 2021 Raúl Madero, Argentine soccer defender (5 caps; Estudiantes) and sports physician (Argentina national team), dies at 82
- 2021 Willibert Kremer, German soccer coach (MSV Duisburg, Bayer Leverkusen, 1860 Munich, Fortuna Düsseldorf), dies at 82
Kathy Whitworth (1939-2022)
American golfer (7 x LPGA Player of Year, 6 x major titles, record 88 LPGA Tour wins), dies at 83
- 2022 Vittorio Adorni, Italian road racing cyclist (Giro d'Italia general classification 1965), dies at 85
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