- Feb 28 Bill Storer, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
- Jun 27 George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
- Jul 2 Tom Richardson, England cricket fast bowler (88 Test wickets), dies of a heart attack at 41
- Jul 15 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
- Oct 19 E. B. Dwyer, Austalian-born cricketer (Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies at 36