1789 Jack Broughton, English bare knuckle boxer (Champion of England 1736-50; published first boxing code), dies at 85
1900 Billy Bates, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 5 x 50, 50 wickets, BB 7/28, hat-trick 1883; Yorkshire CCC), dies from pneumonia at 44
1919 Jim O'Rourke, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1880 Boston Red Caps; NY Giants) and manager (Buffalo Bisons 1881-84, Washington Sens 1893), dies at 68
1943 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league five eighth (RL pioneer; Hunslet 713 games), dies at 71
1950 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
1951 Samuel D. Riddle, American thoroughbred owner (Man 'o War, War Admiral), dies at 89
1958 Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (Olympic gold 1904, 06), dies at 74
1961 Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 50
1964 Martin Stixrud, Norwegian figure skater and coach (Olympic bronze 1920, coached Sonja Henie), dies at 87
1965 Albert Asher, New Zealand dual-code rugby union and rugby league winger (RU 11 caps; RL Australasia 2 Tests, NZ 1), dies at 85
1987 Nana Joshi, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (12 tests, 27 dismissals, 1 x 50; Maharashtra CC), dies at 60
1994 Harvey Haddix, American baseball pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
1995 Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (Undisputed world middleweight champion 1970-74, 76-77), dies in a car accident at 52
2000 Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)
2007 Ken Cranston, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/12; Lancashire CCC), dies at 89
2008 George Moore, Australian jockey (Epsom Derby 1967, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1959, Prix du Jockey Club 1960, Irish 1000 Guineas 1959, 5 x Doomben 10,000, 3 x Sydney Cup), dies at 84
2010 Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (b. 1963)
2015 Richard Meade, British equestrian (3 x Olympic gold eventing 1968, 72; World C'ship gold team 1970, 82), dies from cancer at 76
2016 Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing car driver (first woman to complete in Formula One), dies at 89
2021 Shirley Wilson, American football coach (Elon University 1967-76; Duke University 1979-82; 88–61–3), dies at 95
2022 Viktor Mazin, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR 60kg [5 x WR] 1980), dies at 67
2023 Roberto Dinamite, Brazilian soccer forward (38 caps; CR Vasco da Gama 753 games, 475 goals), dies of intestinal cancer at 68
2024 Frans Janssens, Belgian soccer forward (2 caps; Belgian Man of the Season 1973–74 Lierse SK), dies at 78
2024 J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union fullback (55 caps Wales, 8 British & Irish Lions; Grand Slam 1971, 76, 78), dies from bacterial meningitis at 74
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