Frank Chance (1877-1924)
American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47
- 1958 (George) "Snuffy" Stirnweiss, American MLB baseball second baseman, 1943-52, 2X All-Star. AL Batting Title, 3X World Series (New York Yankees and 2 other teams), dies in a train wreck in Bayonne, New Jersey at 39
- 1964 Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9), dies at 88
- 1984 Jack Ikin, English cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies at 66
- 1989 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies at 66
- 1993 Ethan Allen, American baseball center fielder (inventor Cadaco-Ellis board game All Star Baseball; Yale University), dies at 89
- 1995 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 73
- 2007 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1995), dies following a helicopter crash at 39
- 2019 Mike Stefanik, American auto racer (9 NASCAR Modified Championships), dies in a plane crash at 61
- 2020 Sadashiv Patil, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Maharashtra), dies at 86
- 2020 Wang Zhiliang, Chinese table tennis player and coach (World Table Tennis C'ships gold, doubles 1963), dies from a stroke at 79
- 2021 Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 83
- 2022 Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 65
- 2022 John Stearns, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1977, 79, 80, 82; New York Mets), dies from prostate cancer at 71
- 2023 Burhan Sargun, Turkish soccer forward (8 caps, 7 goals; Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 94
- 2023 Tony Kreft, New Zealand rugby union prop (1 Test; Otago RFU 60 games), dies at 78
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