George Hainsworth (1895-1950)
Canadian ice hockey goaltender (first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season; Montreal Canadiens), dies in a car accident at 55
- 1972 Dave Bancroft, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1921, 22 NY Giants) and manager (Boston Braves), dies at 81
- 1988 Jackie Milburn, English soccer striker (13 caps; Newcastle United 353 games), dies from lung cancer at 64
- 1993 C. R. Rangachari, Indian cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies at 77
- 1993 Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26
- 1994 Fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer
- 1994 Raich Carter, English soccer forward (13 caps; Sunderland, Derby County, Hull C) and manager (Hull C, Leeds, Mansfield Town, Middlesborough), dies from a stroke at 80
- 1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
- 1998 Beth Bonner, American athlete (WR marathon 1971, 3:01:42; first winner women's division New York City Marathon 1971), dies in road accident at 46
- 1998 Ian Johnson, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), dies at 80
- 2002 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), dies at 82
- 2005 Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (Voice of the Toronto Blue Jays), dies at 66
- 2006 Paul Hunter, English snooker player (Masters 2001, 02, 04), dies from neuroendocrine tumours at 27
- 2008 Albert Hall, American hammer throw athlete, dies at 74
- 2011 Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
- 2016 Aaron Pryor, American welterweight boxing champion, dies of heart disease at 60
- 2019 Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (French Open 1972), dies from cancer at 82
- 2021 Keitaro Hoshino, Japanese boxer (WBA minimumweight title 2000-01, 02), dies at 52
- 2022 Margie Masters, Australian golfer (Western Open runner-up 1966), dies at 87
- 2022 Yuriy Dehteryov, Ukrainian soccer goalkeeper (17 caps USSR; Shakhtar Donetsk 321 games), dies at 74
- 2023 Gerhard Grimmer, German cross-country skier (World C'ship gold GDR 50km, 4×10km relay 1974), dies at 80
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