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Athletes Who Died on September 14

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  • 1965 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74
  • 1971 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies
  • 1989 Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies at 88
  • 1992 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
  • 2002 Jim Barnes, American basketball center (Olympic gold 1964; #1 overall pick 1964 NBA draft NY Knicks; NBA C'ship 1969 Boston Celtics), dies of a stroke at 61
  • 2002 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 87
  • 2009 Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
  • 2013 Rock Casares, American football player, dies at 82
  • 2019 John Ralston, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker, coach and executive (Cal, Stanford, Denver Broncos), dies at 92
  • 2020 André Guesdon, French soccer defender (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Viry-Châtillon, Angers, Brest), dies at 71
  • 2021 Yuriy Sedykh, Russian athlete (Olympic gold hammer throw 1976, 80 Soviet Union; WR 86.74m), dies at 66
  • 2022 Géza Csapó, Hungarian sprint canoeist (6 x World C'ship gold; Olympic silver K-1 1000m 1976, bronze 1972), dies at 71
  • 2023 Bjarni Felixson, Icelandic soccer defender (6 caps; Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur) and broadcaster (RÚV), dies at 86
  • 2023 Roy Roper, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (5 Tests; Taranaki RU), dies at 100


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