- 1960 Bobby Wallace, Baseball HOF shortstop, pitcher (Temple Cup 1895 Cleveland Spiders) and manager (St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds), dies at 86
- 1968 Vern Stephens, American baseball shortstop (8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1945; 3×AL RBI leader; St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox), dies of a heart attack at 48
- 1969 Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish soccer striker (16 caps; Fenerbahçe), dies at 71
- 1971 Étienne Gailly, Belgian long distance runner (famous Olympic bronze finish 1948), dies at 48
- 1982 Jack Westland, American politician (US House of Representatives 1953-65) and golfer (US Amateur C'ship 1952), dies at 77
- 2006 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian soccer forward (11 caps; 5 caps Uruguay; most goals in Copa Libertadores [54] 1960-72), dies of heart failure at 68
- 2008 Alan Ford, American swimmer (world 100m freestyle record 55.4; Olympic silver 1948), dies of emphysema at 84
Bob Forsch (1950-2011)
American MLB baseball pitcher, 1974-1989 (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros), dies of a thoracic aortic aneurysm at 61
- 2011 Matty Alou, Dominican baseball outfielder (NL batting champion 1966; MLB All-Star 1968-69; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies of diabetes complications at 72
- 2012 Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), dies at 91
- 2013 Gerard Cieślik, Polish soccer striker (45 caps, 27 goals; Ruch Chorzów 237 games) and manager (Ruch Chorzów), dies at 86
- 2015 Tom Graveney, England cricket batsman (79 Tests; top score 258; 732 first class games), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88
- 2020 Don Talbot, Australian swimming coach and sport administrator (coach national swim teams - Canada, United States, Australia), dies from dementia complications at 87
- 2021 Warren Powers, American football running back (Oakland Raiders) and coach (Washington State University 1977, University of Missouri 1978-84), dies from Alzheimers at 80
- 2022 Benoît Dauga, French rugby union lock, #8 (63 caps; Stade Montois), dies at 80
- 2022 Igor Sypniewski, Polish soccer forward (2 caps; ŁKS Łódź, Panathinaikos FC, Halmstads BK), dies from depression, alcoholism issues at 47
- 2022 Siegfried Stritzl, American soccer midfielder (11 caps; NY Cosmos; NASL Rookie of the Year 1969), dies at 78
- 2022 Wang Tao, Chinese soccer striker (2 caps; Dalian Wanda FC) and executive (founder BSU FC), dies at 52
- 2023 Gary Colson, American college basketball coach (Valdosta State Uni, Pepperdine Uni, Uni of New Mexico, Fresno State University), dies at 89