- 1918 Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for South Africa in 1889 aged 19), dies
- 1953 Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- 1985 Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter (b. 1900)
- 1990 Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
- 2005 Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
- 2013 Grady Hatton, American baseball player and manager, dies from natural causes at 90
- 2014 Bill Henry, American baseball player, dies from a heart attack at 86