1907 Alfred Shaw, English cricket medium/spin bowler (7 Tests; bowled first ball in Test cricket; first to take 5 wickets in a Test innings; Nottinghamshire CCC, MCC), dies at 64
1971 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
1993 Freddie Cochrane, American boxer (World Welterweight champion 1941-1946), dies at 77
1993 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1996 Harry Potts, English soccer forward (Burnley, Everton) and manager (Burnley, Shrewsbury Town, Blackpool), dies at 75
1997 Jim Kensil, American NFL executive (New York Jets president), dies of heart failure at 66
1998 Lionel Birkett, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 92
2002 (Carl) "Bobo" Olson, American boxer World Middleweight Champion, 1953-55), dies at 73
2007 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
2009 Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
2013 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 81
2018 Jo Jo White, American basketballer (Olympic gold - 1968), dies of complications of dementia at 71
2020 Efraín Sánchez, Colombian soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; San Lorenzo) and manager (Columbia), dies at 93
2021 Jon Arnett, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (USC; 5 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), dies from heart failure at 85
2023 Bjarne Hansen, Norwegian soccer centre-back (3 caps; Vålerenga FC), dies at 93
2023 Frank Thomas, American baseball outfielder (3 x MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 93
2023 Pierre Danos, French rugby union halfback (17 Tests; RC Toulon, AS Béziers), dies at 93
2023 Vladislovas Česiūnas, Lithuanian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 1000 1972; 4 x World C'ship gold), dies at 82
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