- 1919 Ted Wainwright, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 54
- 1957 Tony Morabito, American football executive who founded and co-owned the San Francisco 49ers, dies of a heart attack at 47
- 1959 Abe Waddington, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 66
- 1975 Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion 1920-22; 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1984 Knut Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder (26 caps; AS Roma; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 64
- 1989 Darel Dieringer, American auto racer (181 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races for 7 wins and 79 top 10 finishes), dies at 63
- 1991 George Treweeke, Australian Rugby League second rower (7 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 86
- 1998 Ghulam Ahmed, Indian cricket spin bowler (22 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 7/49, 1 x 50; Hyderabad), dies at 76
- 2004 Jimmy McLarnin, Irish boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring welterweight world champion 1933-35; International Boxing HOF), dies at 96
- 2005 Bob Broeg, American sportswriter (St. Louis Cardinals for St. Louis Post-Dispatch; National Sportscasters and Sportswriters HOF), dies at 87
Red Auerbach (1917-2006)
American Basketball HOF coach (9xNBA C'ship; NBA Coach of the Year 1965 Boston Celtics; 11×NBA All-Star Game HC) and executive (President Boston Celtics 7× NBA C'ship), dies of a heart attack at 89
Trevor Berbick (1954-2006)
Jamaican boxer (WBC heavyweight champion 1986), dies from blows to the head by his nephew at 52
- 2013 Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese Baseball HOF first baseman (JBL MVP 1941, 51, 55 Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants) and manager (11×Japan Series C'ship; Yomiuri Giants), dies at 93
- 2019 Al Bianchi, American basketball guard with Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers; ABA Coach of the Year 1971 Virginia Squires; and general manager New York Knicks 1987-91, dies from heart failure at 87
- 2020 Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73
- 2021 Dick Szymanski, American football center (Pro Bowl 1955, 62, 64; Baltimore Colts) and executive (GM Baltimore Colts 1977-82), dies at 89
- 2022 Vince Dooley, American College Football HOF coach (NCAA C'ship, AFCA Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson COY; AD University of Georgia 1979-2004), dies at 90
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