- Jan 9 Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
- Mar 28 Ban Johnson, American baseball executive, founder and President of the American League, dies after a long illness at 67
- Mar 31 Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43
- Apr 25 Bert Hopkins, Australian cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies at 56
- Apr 30 Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
- May 5 Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)
- Jul 7 Johannes "Kodgee" Kotze, South African cricketer (South Africa 1902-07), dies at 51
- Jul 16 Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies
- Sep 5 John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
- Sep 20 Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
- Oct 2 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
- Oct 24 Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies
- Oct 26 Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
- Nov 2 Harry Musgrove, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
- Nov 6 Jack Chesbro, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NY Highlanders - won 41 games 1904), dies of heart attack at 57