- 1904 Tom Emmett, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, famous roundarm action), dies at 62
- 1935 Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
- 1946 Frank Hadow, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1878; first exponent of the lob), dies at 91
- 1949 Walter Giffen, Australian cricketer "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies at 87
- 1956 Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (Olympic gold, triathlon 1904), dies at 77
- 1957 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), dies at 58
- 1958 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79
- 1960 Frank Patrick, Canadian Hockey HOF pioneer (Stanley Cup 1915 Vancouver Millionaires; introduced uniform numbers, blue line, penalty shots) and coach (Boston Bruins 1934-36), dies at 74
Primo Carnera (1906-1967)
Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), dies of alcohol-related liver disease at 60
- 1968 Paddy Driscoll, American NFL quarterback and coach (Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears), dies at 73
- 1979 Ben Barnett, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies at 71
- 1986 Jack Christiansen, American NFL football player. 1951-58 (Detroit Lions - 3 x Champion, 5 X Pro Bowl), NFL and college coach (San Francisco 49ers, Stanford University), dies after surgical complications at 57
- 1996 Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
- 1998 Louis Hostin, French weightlifter (Olympic gold 1932, 36), dies at 90
- 2000 Arnie Weinmeister, Canadian Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53; NY Yankees, NY Giants; BC Lions), dies at 77
- 2006 Randy Walker, American football fullback (Miami University) and coach (Miami University 1990-98, Northwestern University 1999-2005), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 2015 Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), dies at 85
- 2018 Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), dies of cancer at 72
- 2020 Ernesto Marcel, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight title 1972-74), dies at 72
- 2021 Goolam Rajah, South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011), dies from COVID-19 at 74
- 2021 Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz, Israeli soccer striker (40 caps; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Strasbourg, Rennes), dies at 68
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