1868 Andrew Strath, Scottish golfer (British Open 1865), dies at 30
1913 Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test South African career), dies
1937 Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1961 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies at 43
1970 Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1974 Dave Brown, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests, 19 games NSW; Eastern Suburbs, Warrington; RL "Immortal") and coach (Eastern Suburbs), dies from cancer at 60
1996 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
2000 Stanley Matthews, English soccer forward (54 caps; Stoke City, Blackpool; 1st British player to be knighted), dies at 85
2004 Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
2008 Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
2017 Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), dies at 84
2020 János Göröcs, Hungarian soccer midfielder (62 caps; Újpesti Dózsa, Tatabányai Bányász), dies at 80
2020 Stefan Florenski, Polish soccer defender (11 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 86
2021 Art Michalik, American football linebacker / guard (All-Pro 1953; Pro Bowl 1953; San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 91
2021 Fausto Gresini, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer (125cc World C'ship 1985, 87) and team manager (Aprilia Racing, Gresini MotoGP), dies from COVID-19 at 60
2021 Juan Carlos Masnik, Uruguayan soccer defender (26 caps; NY Skyliners, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Nacional, NY Cosmos), dies at 77
2021 Tormod Knutsen, Norwegian cross country skier (Olympic gold individual 1964, silver 1960), dies at 89
2022 Ion Adrian Zare, Romanian soccer defender (7 caps; FC Bihor, BFC Siófok), dies at 62
2022 Joeli Vidiri, Fijian rugby union winger (7 Tests Fiji, 2 New Zealand; Auckland RU, Barbarian FC), dies from COVID-19 at 48
2023 Tom Tierney, Irish rugby union scrum-half (8 Tests; Munster, Connacht, Leicester) and coach (Ireland women), dies at 46
2024 Irene Camber, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil individual 1952, bronze team foil 1960; World C'ship gold 1953 individual foil; team foil 1957), dies at 98
2024 Rui Rodrigues, Portuguese soccer centre-back (12 caps; Académica, Benfica, Vitória Guimarães), dies at 80
2024 Wilson Fittipaldi Jr, Brazilian auto racer (38 x F1 GP) and team owner (Fittipaldi F1 team), dies at 80
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