1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (1912 Olympics), dies of electrolyte imbalance after smearing his body with suet during Olympic marathon in Stockholm at 24
1942 Denis "Sonny" Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Otago, Wellington, Canterbury), dies in WWII action at El Alamein at 31
1946 Razor Smith, English cricket spin bowler (245 first class matches, Surry CCC), dies at 68
1982 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1986 Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
1987 Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
1989 Laurie Cunningham, English soccer left winger (6 caps; Orient, West Bromwich Albion, Real Madrid, Marseille, Rayo Vallecano), dies in a car crash at 33
1992 Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (NSW & Australian bowler), dies at 60
1995 Paula Myers-Pope, American platform diver, (2 silver, 1 bronze Olympics 1952-60), dies at 60
1998 Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player (Olympic gold 1972), dies at 68
2003 Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2013 Earl Gros, American NFL running back (Green Bay), dies at 72
2017 Babe Parilli, American football player, dies at 87
2020 Travell Mazion, American boxer (WBC-NABF super welterweight title 2020), dies in a car accident at 24
2021 Andy Fordham, English darts player (BDO World Champion 2004), dies from organ failure at 59
2021 Dennis Murphy, American sports entrepreneur (co-founder American Basketball Ass'n, World Hockey Ass'n, original World Team Tennis, Roller Hockey International), dies at 94
2022 Georgi Yartsev, Russian soccer forward (5 caps USSR; FC Spartak Moscow) and manager (Russia; Spartak, Dynamo, Torpedo Moscow), dies at 74
2023 Billy MacMillan, Canadian NHL hockey right wing, 1970-77 (Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames, NY Islanders), and coach, 1980-84 (Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils). dies at 80
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