Athletes Who Died on October 8

  • 1952 Joe Adams, American baseball player known as "Old Wagon Tongue" (St. Louis Cardinals - 1 game in 1904, 4 innings, 9.0 ERA), minor league manager, and restaurateur, dies at 74
  • 1978 Jim Gilliam, American MLB player and coach (LA Dodgers), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 49
  • 1986 Walter Burkemo, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1953), dies at 67
  • 1997 Robin Lee, American figure skater, dies at 77
  • 1999 John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
  • 2002 Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)

Al Davis (1929-2011)

American businessman and NFL executive (owner Oakland Raiders), dies of heart failure at 82

  • 2013 Andy Pafko, American baseball player, dies at 92
  • 2017 Y. A. Tittle, American NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, NY Giants, MVP 1963), dies at 90
  • 2020 Charles Moore, American 400m hurdler (Olympic gold & silver 1952), dies at 91

Whitey Ford (1928-2020)

American Baseball HOF pitcher (10 x MLB All Star; World Series 1950, 53, 56, 58, 61 [MVP], 62; AL Cy Young Award 1961; NY Yankees), dies from dementia at 91

  • 2022 Gerben Karstens, Dutch road cyclist (Olympic gold 100km team trial 1964; 6 x stages Tour de France, 14 x stages Vuelta a España, 1 x stage Giro d'Italia), dies of stroke complications at 80
  • 2023 Agneta Andersson, Swedish sprint canoer (Olympic gold K-1 500 1984, K-2 500 1984, 96; World C'ship gold K-2 500 1993), dies from cancer at 62
  • 2023 Alcides Báez, Paraguayan soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; FC Cerro Porteño, FC Libertad), dies at 76