1917 Harry Trott, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 143, 29 wickets; Victoria CA), dies for cancer at 51
1966 Evelyn Sears, American tennis player (US National 1907), dies at 91
1972 Charlie Hallows, English cricketer who scored 1000 runs in a single month in May 1928, dies at 77
1986 Francis "King" Clancy, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1921-36, 3X Stanley Cup (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), referee (1938-49), coach, 1953-56 (Toronto), executive, and trophy namesake, dies of septic shock at 84
1986 Gordon Richards, British jockey (26 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 4,870 race wins), dies of a heart attack at 82
1992 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
1995 Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), dies at 67
1998 Hal Newhouser, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1945; AL MVP 1944, 45; Triple Crown 1945; Detroit Tigers), dies at 77
2003 June Beebe, American golfer (Western Open 1931, 33), dies at 90
2009 Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper, dies at 32
2010 Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 Tiger Lance, South African cricketer (South African batting all-rounder 1961-67), dies at 70
2015 Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (11 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 3 x Epsom Derby), dies from a heart attack at 63
2017 A. G. Milkha Singh, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, HS 35; Madras), dies at 75
2020 Juan Sol, Spanish soccer defender (28 caps; Valencia, Real Madrid), dies at 73
2020 Tony Waiters, English soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Blackpool) and manager (Canada, Plymouth Argyle, Vancouver Whitecaps), dies at 83
2022 Henry Anglade, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1959 runner-up), dies at 89
2022 Juan Carlos Orellana, Chilean soccer left winger (11 caps; Deportes Temuco, CSD Colo-Colo, O'Higgins FC), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 67
2023 Miah Dennehy, Irish soccer winger (11 caps; Cork Hibernians FC, Nottingham Forest, Walsall FC, Bristol Rovers), dies at 73
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