Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died on October 6

1918 Arthur O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1914), dies in action WWI at 28
1964 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies

Walter Hagen (1892-1969)

American golfer (11 major titles, US Open 1914, 19), dies of throat cancer at 76

1974 Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver killed in a race accident at Watkins Glen, New York at 25
1980 Jean Robic, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1947; World C'ship gold cyclo-cross 1950), dies in a road accident at 59
1992 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer, slow-medium leg-spin bowler (144 test wickets at 22.59) and newspaper columnist, dies at 86
1997 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1938-39, 42-43; World Series 1940; Cincinnati Reds), dies of an abdominal aneurysm at 82
1998 Mark Belanger, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1976; 8 x Gold Glove winner; Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 54
2001 Arne Harris, American television sports director, dies at 67
2002 Chuck Rayner, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1950; NHL All-Star 1949, 50, 51; New York Americans, New York Rangers), dies from a heart attack at 82

American Baseball HOF coach (1st African-American coach in MLB) and first baseman (NgL World Series 1942; 2 x NgL All Star; KC Monarchs), dies at 94

2006 Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2006 Valentin Muratov, Russian gymnast (4 gold, 1 silver medals 1952, 1956 Olympics), dies at 78
2015 Sandra Spuzich, American golfer (US Open 1966), dies of leukemia at 78
2016 Mick Harvey, Australian cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire), dies at 95
2017 Connie Hawkins, American professional basketball player, 1961-76 ABA MVP-1968 (Harlem Globetrotters, 1963-66; Phoenix Suns, L.A. Lakers), dies of cancer at 75
2017 Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), dies at 81
2019 Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (only Japanese pitcher to win 400 games; perfect game 1957), dies at 86
2022 Gian Piero Ventrone, Italian athletic trainer (Juventus FC, Italy 2004-06, SSC Bari, Atalanta BC, Tottenham Hotspur FC), dies from a brain haemorrhage at 62
2022 Phil Read, English motorcycle racer (World C'ship 125cc 1968, 250cc 1964-65, 68, 71 & 500 cc 1973-74; Formula TT 1977), dies at 83