Wally Grout (1927-1968)
Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), dies from a heart attack at 41
- 1969 Clifford Gray, American bobsledder (Olympic gold 5-man 1928, 4-man 1932), dies at 76
- 1977 Fred Haney, American MLB baseball player, 1922-29 (Detroit Tigers and 3 other teams), manager, 1939-41 and 1953-59 (Milwaukee Braves and 2 other teams), and executive, 1961-68 (Los Angeles Angels), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1988 David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), dies at 64
- 1997 Helenio Herrera, French football player and coach (b. 1910)
- 2001 Denis Atkinson, West Indian cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955), dies at 75
- 2008 Preacher Roe, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star Brooklyn Dodgers; NL strikeout leader 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 92
- 2011 Roger Christian, American ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1960; Christian Brother's Hockey Sticks), dies at 75
- 2013 Steve Prescott, English rugby league fullback (2 Tests England, 4 Ireland; St. Helens RLFC, Hull RLFC, Wakefield Trinity RLFC), dies of cancer at 39
- 2018 Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57
- 2020 Fernando Atzori, Italian boxer (Olympic gold flyweight 1964), dies at 78
- 2020 Tom Heinsohn, American NBA star, coach (Boston Celtics) and broadcaster, dies at 86
- 2022 Einārs Gņedojs, Latvian soccer defender (18 caps; FK Zvejnieks Liepāja, FC Skonto Rīga), dies at 57
- 2022 Roland Guillas, French soccer midfielder (9 caps; ASSE Saint-Étienne, FC Grenoble, FC Rouen, FC Bordeaux, FC Lorient), dies at 86
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