- Jan 1 Mabel Cahill, Irish tennis player (US National C'ship 1891-92), dies at 41
- Jun 27 Harold Mahony, Scottish tennis player (Wimbledon 1896), dies in a bicycling accident at 38
- Aug 16 Jamie Anderson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79), dies at 63
- Sep 10 Pete Browning, American baseball player, dies at 44
- Oct 29 Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)