Harry Vardon (1870-1937)
Jersey golfer (6 time British Open champion, US Open 1900), dies of lung cancer at 66
- 1984 Stan Coveleski, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1920; AL ERA leader 1923, 25; AL strikeout leader 1920; Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators), dies at 94
- 1990 Lev Yashin, Russian soccer goalkeeper (74 caps USSR; Dynamo Moscow 326 games; namesake FIFA award for best World Cup Finals GK), dies of stomach cancer at 60
- 1995 Merv Harvey, Australian cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies at 76
- 1997 Tony Zale, American boxer (World Middleweight Champion 1940-47, 48), dies at 83
- 2001 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
- 2008 Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935)
- 2012 Mel Parnell, American MLB pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1947-56), coach, and broadcaster, dies from cancer at 89
- 2014 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), dies from complications from a heart attack at 83
- 2015 Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican wrestler (CMLL), dies of cardiac arrest in the ring at 35
- 2018 Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 2019 Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1950-59, 2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), dies of pneumonia at 93
- 2020 Borislav Stanković, Serbian Basketball Hall of Fame administrator (International Basketball Federation secretary general 1976-2002), dies at 94
- 2021 Peter Lorimer, Scottish soccer midfielder (21 caps; Leeds United 526 games), dies at 74
- 2023 John Sattler, Australian rugby league prop (4 Tests; NSWRL Premiership 1967, 68, 70, 71 South Sydney), dies from dementia at 80
- 2023 Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Argentine soccer forward (22 caps; Independiente 235 games), dies at 91
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