1765 Lord John Sackville, English politician (MP Tamworth 1734-47) and cricketer (Kent CCC), dies at 52
1890 Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests Australia, 4 England), dies of insanity at 39
1961 Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1920, 23), dies at 70
1964 George Brown, English cricket wicketkeeper/batsman (7 Tests; Hampshire), dies at 77
1972 Mike Brady, American golfer (US Open 1911, 19 runner-up; 9 PGA Tour titles), dies at 85
1979 Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (Olympic gold 1928, 1932, 1936; birthday 29/8 celebrated as India's National Sports Day), dies at 74
1982 Dutch Meyer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1935, 38; TCU), dies at 84
1983 Al Watrous, American golfer (British Open 1926 runner-up), dies at 84
1989 Fernando Martín, Spanish basketball center (first Spaniard in NBA 1986, Portland Trail Blazers; FIBA Club World Cup 1981, Real Madrid), dies in a car accident at 27
1998 Ed Widseth, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (University of Minnesota; Pro Bowl 1938; NY Giants), dies at 88
1999 Horst Mahseli, Polish soccer striker (9 caps; Legia Warsaw), dies at 65
2006 Len Sutton, American auto racer and broadcaster (Indianapolis 500, 1962 runner-up), dies from cancer at 81
2007 Art Arfons, auto racer/designer (3 x world land speed record; "Green Monster"), dies at 81
2011 Sam Loxton, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; Victoria; National team selector 1970-81), dies at 90
2013 Khalid Hasan, Pakistani cricket leg-spin bowler (1 Test; 16 years, 352 days, then youngest Test player), dies at 76
2015 Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (8 World C'ship gold 1951-59), dies at 93
2020 Bill Fitsell, Canadian journalist, writer and historian (International Hockey Hall of Fame curator, historian 1969-2005), dies at 97
2021 Claude Humphrey, American Pro Football HOF defensive end (6 × Pro Bowl, 5 × First-team All-Pro Atlanta Falcons; Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 77
2021 Horst Eckel, German soccer wing half (32 caps West Germany, 1954 FIFA World Cup; 1. FC Kaiserslautern, SV Röchling Völklingen), dies at 89
2021 Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian soccer midfielder (14 caps, Yugoslavia; FC Partizan, FC Bordeaux) and manager (Cyprus, PAOK, Partizan), dies from throat cancer at 71
2022 Sonny Holland, American college football coach (Montana State University 1971-77; Big Sky C'ship 1972, 76), dies from Parkinson's disease at 84
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