1918 Jake Beckley, American Baseball HOF first baseman (23,767 putouts MLB record; career .308 hitter; Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates; NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds; St. Louis Cardinals), dies of heart disease at 50
1939 Richard Seaman, British auto racer (German GP 1938), dies in a race accident in Belgian Grand Prix at 26
1949 Buck Freeman, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1903; HR leader 1899, 1903; AL RBI leader 1902, 03; Boston Americans), dies at 77
1952 Alec Ross, Scottish golfer (US Open 1907), dies at 72
1953 Algy Gehrs, Australian cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies at 72
1960 Tommy Corcoran, American baseball shortstop (MLB shortstop game assist record 14), dies at 91
1972 Nat Fleischer, American boxing writer (established Ring Magazine), dies at 84
1983 Oddbjørn Hagen, Norwegian nordic skier (Olympic gold cross country individual 1936; World C'ship gold 1934, 35), dies at 75
1992 Jerome Brown, American defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
2007 J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer (Houston Astros, Rice University, US Track & Field) and teacher, dies from leukemia at 74
2016 Jim Hickman, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1970 Chicago Cubs; 1st NY Met to hit for cycle), dies at 79
2019 Ken Behring, American real estate developer, NFL team owner (Seattle Seahawks, 1988-97), and philanthropist dies at 91
2021 Jack Ingram, American auto racer (NASCAR Busch Series champion 1982, 1985), dies at 84
2021 Marcos Ferrufino, Bolivian soccer defender (9 caps; Bolívar 252 games) and manager (San José, Real Potosí), dies from COVID-19 at 58
2022 Bill Woolsey, American swimmer (Olympic gold men's 4×200m freestyle relay 1952, silver 1956), dies at 87
2022 Javier Cárdenas, Mexican soccer midfielder (12 caps; CD Guadalajara 215 games), dies at 69
2022 Russell Watt, New Zealand rugby union wing (9 Tests; Otago, Southland, Wellington), dies at 86
2023 Wilhelm Büsing, German equestrian (Olympic silver team eventing, bronze Individual eventing 1952) and coach (Olympics 1956, 60, 64), dies at 102
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