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Athletes Who Died on March 12

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  • 1883 Murrumgunarriman [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies
  • 1934 Harry Green, English athlete (WR marathon 2:38:16.2 1913), dies from pneumonia at 37
  • 1954 Bob Quinn, American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1923–33; part owner Boston Braves 1936–45; President National Baseball Hall of Fame 1948–51), dies at 84
  • 1957 Harry Dean, English cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies at 72

Frankie Frisch (1898-1973)

American Baseball HOF infielder (3 x MLB All-Star; 4 x World Series; NL MVP 1931; NY Giants, St.L Cardinals) and manager (St.L Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), dies at 74

Frankie Frisch
  • 1978 Theresa Weld Blanchard, American figure skater (US Singles C'ship 1914, 20-24; Pairs C'ship 1920-27; Olympic bronze 1920), dies at 84
  • 1980 Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
  • 1983 Ki Aldrich, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker (TCU; Pro Bowl 1939, 42; Chicago Cardinals, Washington Redskins), dies at 66
  • 1987 Woody Hayes, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1954, 57, 61, 68, 70; Ohio State), dies of a heart attack at 74
  • 1993 Mac Speedie, American Pro Football HOF end (AAFC C'ship 1946-1949; NFL C'ship 1950; 6 × First-Team All-Pro; Pro Bowl 1950, 52; Cleveland Browns), dies at 73
  • 2000 Mack Robinson, American 200m dash (Olympic silver 1932), dies at 85
  • 2003 Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
  • 2004 Sylvi Saimo, Finnish kayaker (Olympic gold 1952, 1st female summer Olympic champion), dies at 89
  • 2018 Ken Flach, American professional tennis player (4 Grand Slam titles, 2 mixed doubles), dies of pneumonia at 54
  • 2019 Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), dies at 88
  • 2021 Ivo Trumbić, Croatian water polo player (Olympic gold 1968 Yugoslavia) and coach (Olympic bronze Netherlands 1976), dies at 85
  • 2023 Dick Fosbury, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1968, "Fosbury Flop"), dies of lymphoma at 76
  • 2023 Susan Cunliffe-Lister [Lady Marsham of Ilton], British disability campaigner and paralympic athlete (longest-serving female member of UK House of Lords), dies at 87 [1]


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