1925 Walter Camp, American, father of American football, dies at 65
1954 Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (US Open 1898), dies at 80
1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80
1965 Marion Jones, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1899, 1902), dies at 85
1969 Heinie Zimmerman, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, NY Giants,1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs), dies at 82
1972 Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), dies following a hear attack at 46
1974 Alex Pompez, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Cuban Stars [East] 1923-28; NY Cubans 1935-51), dies at 83
1981 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies of a heart attack at 50
1996 Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union winger (34 Tests Wales, 8 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC) and journalist, dies at 57
2008 Taslim Arif, Pakistan cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests; top score 210no v Aust 1980), dies of lung infection at 53
2019 Charles Whiting, English Formula 1 Race Director (Safety Delegate, Starter, head F1 Technical Dep't), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 66
2019 Jake Phelps, American skateboarder, journalist (editor Thrasher magazine), dies at 56
2023 Jim Ferree, American golfer (1 x PGA Tour win; 2 x Senior PGA Tour wins), dies at 91
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