- 1907 Bob McLeod, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 5/53; Victoria), dies at 39
- 1927 Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (the first Italian winner of the Tour de France), dies at 32
- 1946 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete (Olympic bronze 1,500m 1906) and executive (first Secretary-General International Association of Athletics Federations 1913-14), dies at 65
Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)
American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920) and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team,1932), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1987 Les Favell, Australian cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies at 57
- 1988 Johnny Farrell, American golfer (US Open 1928), dies of a stroke at 87
- 1999 Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian professional football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), dies at 66
- 2014 Rodney Thomas, American NFL running back, dies at 41
- 2020 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican soccer striker (55 caps; Pumas, Atlante, Veracruz), dies at 77
- 2020 Noel Kelly, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests; Queensland, NSW, Western Suburbs) and coach (Western Suburbs, North Sydney), dies from a stroke at 84
- 2021 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World C'ships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), dies from a heart attack at 36
- 2022 Bill Ashurst, English rugby league second rower (3 Tests GB; Wigan, Penrith RLFC, Wakefield Trinity), dies at 74
- 2022 Davie Wilson, Scottish soccer forward (22 caps; Rangers, Dundee United) and manager (Dumbarton), dies at 83
- 2022 Gene Kenney, American soccer coach (Michigan State Spartans 1956-69; NCAA C'ship 1967, 68), dies at 94
- 2023 Homer Jones, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1967, 68; NFL record: career yards per reception: 22.3; NY Giants, Cleveland Browns), dies at 82
- 2023 John Hollins, English soccer midfielder (1 cap; Chelsea 465 games, QPR, Arsenal) and manager (Chelsea, Swansea City AFC, Rochdale AFC), dies at 76
- 2023 Vladimir Shmelyov, Russian modern pentathlete (Olympic gold USSR, team [with Boris Onishchenko & Pavel Lednyov] 1972), dies at 76
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