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Athletes Who Died on May 4

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  • 1938 Kanō Jigorō, Japanese educator and the founder of Judo, dies at 77
  • 1971 Seamus Elliott, Irish road bicycle racer (first English speaker to win stages in all the Grand Tours), dies at 36
  • 2010 Ernie Harwell, American baseball broadcaster (Detroit Tigers, 1960-2002), dies at 92
  • 2018 Larry Hunter, American college basketball coach (Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts), dies at 68
  • 2020 Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby union number 8 (10 caps; Marlborough), dies at 76

Don Shula (1930-2020)

American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Super Bowl 1972, 73; Miami Dolphins; Baltimore Colts; NFL Coach of the Year 1964, 67, 68, 72), dies at 90

Don Shula
  • 2021 Alan McLoughlin, Irish soccer midfielder (42 caps Rep of Ireland; Swindon Town, Portsmouth), dies from cancer at 54
  • 2021 Bertil Johansson, Swedish soccer striker (5 caps; IFK Göteborg 267 games) and manager (IFK Göteborg), dies at 86
  • 2021 Margaret Forsyth, New Zealand netball goal attack (NZ 1979-87; World Cup gold 1979, 87) and coach (Waikato BOP Magic), dies from cancer at 59
  • 2021 Ray Miller, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles), dies at 76
  • 2022 Gerhard Mans, Namibian rugby union utility back (27 Tests; Orange Free State RFU, South West Africa RFU), dies at 60
  • 2022 Harm Ottenbros, Dutch bicycle racer (World C'ships gold men's road race 1969), dies at 78
  • 2023 Petr Klíma, Czech NHL right wing, 1985-99 (Detroit Red Wings; Edmonton Oilers, and 3 other teams), dies at 58


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