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Athletes Who Died on January 9

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  • 1933 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
  • 1946 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
  • 1949 Tom Longboat, Canadian athlete (Boston Marathon 1907 record time 2:24:24), dies at 61
  • 1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympic bronze 1964), commits suicide
  • 1971 Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), dies at 94
  • 1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
  • 1983 Stan Spence, American baseball center fielder (MLB All-Star 1942, 44, 46, 47; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns), dies from emphysema at 67
  • 1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies

Bill Terry (1898-1989)

American Baseball HOF first baseman (MLB All-Star 1933–35; World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1930; NY Giants) and manager (NY Giants 1932-41), dies at 90

Bill Terry
  • 1990 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), dies at 82
  • 1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
  • 1995 Gisela Mauermeyer, German discus thrower (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 81

Jim Peters (1918-1999)

English long-distance runner who was 1st to complete a marathon in under 2 hours 20 minutes, dies at 80

Jim Peters
  • 2003 Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
  • 2004 Yinka Dare, Nigerian NBA center (NJ Nets), dies at 31
  • 2006 Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
  • 2007 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
  • 2010 Vimcy, Sports writer (b. 1925)
  • 2012 Brian Curvis, British boxer and 1960 welterweight champion, dies from leukemia at 74
  • 2018 Tommy Lawrence, Scottish football player and goalkeeper (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers), dies at 77
  • 2020 Pete Dye, American golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass, Crooked Stick, Oakwood CC), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 94
  • 2021 Vivalyn Latty-Scott, West Indian women's cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 25 wickets; Jamaica), dies at 82
  • 2022 Bob Shearer, Australian golfer, course designer (4 x PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit), dies from a heart attack at 73
  • 2023 David Duckham, English rugby union outside back (36 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Coventry RFC), dies from a heart condition at 76
  • 2023 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), dies at 72
  • 2023 Max Chantal, French rugby league forward (27 Tests; US Villeneuve XIII), dies at 64
  • 2023 Norma Whiteman. Australian cricket fast bowler (7 WTests, 22 wickets, BB 4/33; NSWCA), dies at 95
  • 2023 Virginia Kraft Payson American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated) and thoroughbred owner & breeder, dies from Parkinson's disease at 92


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