- 1897 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, American HOF pitcher, 1880-91 (won MLB record 60 games & Triple Crown 1884; no-hitter 1883; Providence Grays, Boston Beaneaters, and 3 other teams), dies at 42
- 1915 Ross Barnes, American baseball infielder (3×NA/NL batting champion 1872, 73, 76; 4×NA/NL runs scored leader; 4×NA/NL hits leader; Boston Red Stockings), dies at 64
- 1932 Barney Dreyfuss, American Baseball HOF executive (owner Pittsburgh Pirates 1900-32; World Series 1909, 25), dies at 66
- 1955 Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), dies at 82
- 1956 Savielly Tartakower, Austrian Polish French chess player, dies at 74
- 1960 Louis Stricker, South African cricketer (South African open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies at 75
- 1970 Rudy York, American baseball player (b. 1913)
- 1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
- 1979 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies at 77
- 1981 Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele), dies at 73
- 1987 E. Michael Burke, sports executive (President New York Yankees, New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden), dies at 70
- 1993 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
- 1994 Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
- 2018 Jeremy Nunley, American NFL defensive tackle and defensive end (Houston Oilers), dies at 46
- 2021 Charlie Krueger, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Texas A&M; Pro Bowl 1960, 64; San Francisco 49ers), dies from heart and kidney failure at 84
- 2021 John Pullin, English rugby union hooker (42 caps; British Lions 7 caps; Bristol RFC), dies at 79
- 2021 Joseph Benz, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold 2-man 1980; World C'ship gold 4-man 1975; 2-man 1978, 79), dies from COVID-19 at 76
- 2021 Julio Canani, Peruvian thoroughbred horse racing trainer (Breeders' Cup Mile 1999, 2001; Juvenile Fillies 2004), dies at 82
Leon Spinks (1953-2021)
American boxer (WBC, WBA heavyweight champion 1978; Olympic gold light heavyweight 1976), dies from prostate cancer at 67
- 2021 Sam Gannon, Australian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 11 wickets; Western Australia; Chairman WACA), dies at 73
- 2024 Tsutomu Hanahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1964), dies at 84
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