Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died on November 12

1941 Ernie Koob, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1917; St. Louis Browns), dies from a lung ailment at 49

'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien (1878-1942)

American boxer (World light heavyweight champion 1905), dies at 64

1955 Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m 1896), soccer forward (1 cap) and manager (Hungary 1906), dies at 77
1960 John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies at 45
1993 Bill Dickey, American Baseball HOF catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; 7 × World Series; NY Yankees) and manager (NY Yankees), dies at 86
1993 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), dies at 71

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)

American athlete (3 Olympic gold 100/200/4x100m 1960), dies of brain cancer at 54

1996 Don Kenyon, English cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 50; Worcestershire CCC), dies at 72
1999 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O' Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87
2001 Tony Miles, English chess player (first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title), dies from heaart failure at 46
2007 K C Ibrahim, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 85; Bombay CA), dies at 88
2011 Peter Roebuck, English cricketer and journalist, dies at 55
2015 Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer and goalkeeper, dies of cancer at 32
2016 Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (3 LPGA wins), dies of cancer at 56

David Pearson (1934-2018)

American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series C'ship 1966, 68, 69; NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1960; Daytona 500 1976), dies at 83

2020 Albert Quixall, English soccer inside-forward (5 caps; Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester United), dies at 87
2020 Krasnodar Rora, Croatian soccer midfielder (5 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb, Standard Liège) and manager (Šibenik), dies at 75
2021 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), dies at 77
2021 Bob Bondurant, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans GT +3.0 1964; Shelby American, Ferrari, Eagle teams), dies at 88
2021 Paul Gludovatz, Austrian football manager (Austria U-20; SV Ried, TSV Hartberg, SV Eberau), dies from COVID-19 at 75
2021 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), dies at 87
2021 Takeshi Koba, Japanese Baseball HOF infielder (Hiroshima Carp) and manager (Japan Series Champion 1979, 80, 84 Hiroshima Carp), dies at 85
2022 Cor van der Gijp, Dutch soccer striker (13 caps; SC Emma Dordrecht, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blauw Wit Amsterdam), dies at 91
2022 Steve Webber, American baseball college coach (University of Georgia 1981-96; NCAA C'ship 1990), dies at 74
2023 Aldo Bet, Italian soccer defender (2 caps; Roma, Verona, AC Milan), dies at 74
2023 Mustafa Hasanagić, Serbian soccer striker (5 caps Yugoslavia; Partizan, Servette FC, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds) and manager (MKE Ankaragücü), dies at 82
2023 Roman Čechmánek, Czech ice hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 1998; World C'ship gold 1996, 99, 2000; Philadelphia Flyers, LA Kings), dies at 52