Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892)
American Baseball HOF pioneer (recognised as inventor of modern baseball, "father of baseball"), dies at 72
- 1964 William Solomon, South African cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies
- 1975 Carl Snavely, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell 180–96–16), dies at 80
- 1990 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (Brazil 1969-70), dies at 73
- 1994 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio and TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
- 1996 Nazar Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 100 Pakistan's 1st centurion), dies at 75
- 2008 Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (5-time MLB All Star), dies of brain cancer at 62
- 2012 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
- 2017 (Charles) "Chuck" Blazer, American soccer administrator, dies from colorectal cancer at 72
- 2017 Tommy Carberry, Irish jockey (Grand National 1975, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1970, 71 [L'Escargot]) and trainer (Grand National 1999 [Bobbyjo]), dies from a stroke at 75
- 2018 Len Chappell, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1964 NY Knicks; All-American 1962 Wake Forest Uni), dies of stroke & pneumonia at 77
- 2020 Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), dies at 76
- 2020 Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75
- 2021 John L. Rotz, American thoroughbred jockey (Preakness Stakes 1962; Belmont Stakes 1970; Racing Hall of Fame 1983), dies at 86
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