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Athletes Who Died on March 15

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  • 1938 Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
  • 1940 Alfred Marr, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies at 77
  • 1950 Ralph Greenleaf, American pocket billiards player (20-time world champion), dies from acute internal haemorrhage at 50
  • 1953 Arthur Berry, English football player (Olympic gold 1908, 12), dies at 65
  • 1966 Abe Saperstein, British-American sports entrepreneur (founder of Harlem Globetrotters), dies of a heart attack at 63
  • 1971 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
  • 1980 Gerald Abrahams, English author (Teach Yourself Chess), dies at 72
  • 1984 Ken Carpenter, American athlete (Olympic gold discus 1936), dies at 70
  • 1987 Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Tigers) and coach, dies at 89

Tom Harmon (1919-1990)

American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1940, Michigan; LA Rams) and broadcaster (CBS 1950-62), dies of a heart attack at 70

Tom Harmon

Florence Chadwick (1918-1995)

American swimmer who was the 1st woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, dies of leukemia at 76

Florence Chadwick
  • 1996 Bob Pearce, American wrestler (Olympic gold bantamweight freestyle 1932), dies at 88

Bowie Kuhn (1926-2007)

American Baseball HOF executive (MLB Commissioner 1969-1984), dies of pneumonia at 80

Bowie Kuhn
  • 2008 Ken Reardon, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman and executive (Stanley Cup 1946; NHL All-Star 1946-50; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 86
  • 2011 Marty Marion, American baseball shortstop and manager (MLB All-Star 1943–50; NL MVP 1944; St. Louis Cardinals), dies from a heart attack at 93
  • 2012 Dave Philley, American MLB baseball switch-hitting outfielder, 1941, 1946-62 (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies (MLB record 9 straight pinch hits), and 8 other teams), dies at 91
  • 2013 Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), dies at 77
  • 2017 Jackie Pung, American golfer (5 LPGA titles), dies at 95
  • 2018 Edwin "Ed" Charles, American MLB third baseman (Miracle Mets-1969), dies following long illness at 84
  • 2019 Lam Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1976) and NFL wide receiver (NY Jets 1980-86), dies of myeloma at 60
  • 2022 David Stephenson, English rugby league outside back (10 caps Great Britain; Wigan RLFC, Salford RLFC), dies at 63
  • 2022 Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer (British Open 1971 runner-up), dies at 85
  • 2023 Mimis Papaioannou, Greek soccer forward (61 caps; AEK Athens 480 games), dies at 80
  • 2023 Roman Lentner, Polish soccer winger (33 caps; Górnik Zabrze SA 241 games), dies at 85


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