1907 Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1908 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 & 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), dies of liver failure at 37
1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1928 Alvin Kraenzlein, American track and field athlete (4 Olympic gold 1900), dies at 51
1929 Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), dies of complications from an appendectomy at 59
1934 Herbert Chapman, Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1936 Charles Stoneham, American owner of the NY Giants), dies at 59
1939 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1941 Charley O'Leary, American baseball shortstop (Detroit Tigers; oldest MLB player to collect a hit and score a run [58] St. Louis Browns 1934), dies at 65
1954 Rabbit Maranville, American Baseball HOF infielder (World Series 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs), dies at 62
1967 Johnny Keane, American baseball manager (World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 55
1978 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer, and subject of the film 'The World's Fastest Indian", dies at 78
2002 Fred Taylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster (Ohio State University 1959-76; MLB Washington Senators 1950-52), dies at 77
2005 Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle road racer (2-time world champion 1957-58), dies at 71
2007 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2013 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), dies from bowel cancer at 81
2018 Horace Ashenfelter, American athlete (Olympic gold 3000m steeplechase 1952), dies at 94
2022 Bob Falkenburg, American tennis player (Wimbledon singles 1948, doubles, 1947; US Open doubles 1944), dies at 95
2023 Bill Campbell, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star, AL saves leader 1977; AL Rolaids Relief Man Award 1976, 77; Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox), dies from cancer at 74
2023 Dick Savitt, American tennis player (Wimbledon, Australian C'ships 1951), dies at 95
2023 Gianluca Vialli, Italian soccer striker (59 caps; Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus, Chelsea), manager (Chelsea, Watford) and broadcaster (Sky Italia), dies from pancreatic cancer at 58
2024 Malcolm Price, Welsh rugby union centre (9 Tests Wales, 5 British & Irish Lions; Pontypool RFC) and rugby league centre (2 Tests GB; Oldham RLFC, Rochdale Hornets), dies at 86
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