Athletes Who Died on January 25
- 1907 René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), dies of suicide at 27
- 1917 Ted Tyler, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 4 wickets; Somerset CCC), dies at 52
- 1963 Wilson Kettle, of Newfoundland, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendants
- 1973 Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion 1970-73), dies in a car accident at 23
- 1986 Dennis Smith, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; lone wicket off first ball; Otago, Canterbury), dies at 73
- 1991 Walter "Hoot" Evers, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1948, 50 Detroit Tigers), dies from heart disease at 69
- 1997 Jim Boyd, American boxer (Olympic gold light-heavyweight 1956), dies at 66
- 2001 Margaret Scriven, English tennis player (French C'ships 1933-34), dies at 88
- 2002 Winston Place, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; Lancashire CCC, MCC), dies at 87
- 2004 Francina "Fanny" Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles, 4x100m relay 1948), dies at 85
- 2004 Miklós Fehér, Hungarian soccer striker (25 caps; Győri ETO, Porto, Benfica), dies of cardiac arrest at 24
- 2005 Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 4×100m relay 1948), dies at 81
- 2015 Bill Monbouquette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960, 60², 62, 63; no-hitter 1962 Boston Red Sox), dies of myeloid leukemia at 78
- 2020 Gene Corrigan, American lacrosse player, coach and college athletics administrator (President of the NCAA 1995-97), dies at 91
- 2021 Maryan Synakowski, French soccer defender (16 caps; UA Sedan Torcy 241 games), dies at 84
- 2022 Wim Jansen, Dutch soccer utility (65 caps; Feyenoord 415 games) and manager (SC Lokeren, Feyenoord, Celtic), dies from dementia at 75
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