- 1933 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
- 1952 Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), dies at 74
- 1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
- 1967 Barney Ross, American welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
- 1970 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), dies at 77
- 1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
- 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
- 1983 Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), dies at 70
- 1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
- 1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
- 1994 Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), dies at 75
- 1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
- 1996 F. Don Miller, American sports executive (executive director USOC 1973-85; President US Olympic Foundation 1985-96), dies at 75
- 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)
American chess player (world champion 1972-75), dies of renal failure at 64
- 2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
- 2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2012 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2020 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricket all-rounder (41 Tests; top score 122; 88 wickets), dies at 86
- 2020 Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78
- 2020 Pietro Anastasi, Italian soccer striker (25 caps; Juventus, Ascoli, Inter), dies from motor neurone disease at 71
- 2022 Kevin Flynn, Irish rugby union centre (22 caps; Leinster RFC), dies at 82
- 2023 Chris Ford, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1971 Detroit Pistons; Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers), dies from a heart attack at 74
- 2023 Jean-Claude Marty, French rugby league winger (13 Tests; FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII), dies at 79
- 2024 Bennie Muller, Dutch soccer midfielder (43 caps; AFC Ajax 341 games), dies at 85
- 2024 Shawn Barber, Canadian athlete (World C'ship gold pole vault 2019; World Indoor Tour 2016), dies after long illness at 29
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