1910 Harry Staley, American baseball pitcher (MLB record 9 RBI 1893; record lasts 70+ years), dies at 43
1942 George Francis, West Indian cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies at 44
1944 Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1895, 97-98), dies at 70
1964 Snuffy Browne, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; British Guiana, Barbados), dies at 73
1973 Glen "Turk" Edwards, American College-Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington State Uni; NFL C'ship 1937; 3 × First-team All-Pro; NFL All-Star 1939; Washington Redskins) and coach (Washington Redskins 1946-48), dies at 65
1999 Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
2000 Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2001 Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper (Olympic golds 1952, 56), dies at 73
2001 Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
2003 Paul Pender, American boxer (World Middleweight Champion 1960–61; The Ring Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired; Lineal Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired), dies at 72
2014 Gyula Torok, Hungarian Olympic Champion Boxer, dies at 75
2018 Keith Jackson, American sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football, college football), dies at 89
2019 Bob Kuechenberg, American football guard (6 x Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1972, 73 Miami Dolphins; First-team All-Pro 1975, 78), dies of a heart attack at 71
2021 Álvaro Mejía, Colombian athlete (Boston Marathon 1971 2:18:45), dies at 80
2021 Frank Arok, Yugoslavian-Australian soccer coach (Australia 1983-89), dies at 88
2021 John Ward, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests; 17 dismissals), dies at 83
2021 Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi thoroughbred racing owner and breeder (Juddmonte Farms; Dancing Brave, Enable, Frankel, Arrogate), dies at 84
2022 Stjepan Lamza, Croatian soccer midfielder (7 caps Yugoslavia; GNK Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 81
2022 Taffy Thomas, Welsh thoroughbred jockey (Singapore Gold Cup 1977, Vernons Sprint Cup 1978, King's Stand Stakes 1983), dies at 76
2023 Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer (WBA heavyweight title 1983-84), dies from cancer at 67
2024 Bev Dovey, English rugby union prop (2 Tests; Bristol RFC 184 games; Western Counties, Gloucestershire), dies at 85
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