Red Grange
Jan 28 Harold "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies of Parkinson's disease at 87
- Feb 1 Phil Watson, Canadian NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1940 [NYR], 1944 [Montreal Canadiens]) & coach (NY Rangers), dies at 76
- Feb 8 Miran Bakhsh, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 2 wickets; Punjab), dies at 47
- Feb 13 Ronald "Ron" Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
- Feb 15 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
- Feb 24 Héctor Rial, Spanish soccer striker (Real Madrid, 5 straight Euro Cup C'ships 1956-60), dies at 62
- Mar 3 Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), dies at 79
Cool Papa Bell
Mar 7 James "Cool Papa" Bell, American Baseball HOF center fielder (NgL WorLd Series 1943, 44 Homestead Grays; 8 x NgL All Star; career BA .337), dies at 87
- Mar 9 Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
- Mar 19 John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies
- Apr 1 Frankie Gustine, American Major baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 47, 48; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71
- Apr 4 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
- Apr 4 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German soccer forward (2 caps; Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt), dies at 70
- Apr 6 Bill Ponsford, Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 48 22, 7 x 100s; 1st-class 13,819 runs @ 65.18; Victoria), dies at 90
- Apr 9 Forrest Towns, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1936), dies at 77
- Apr 11 Walker Cooper, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1942–44, 46–50; World Series 1942, 44; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 76
- Apr 25 Theo Laseroms [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
- Apr 26 Lars Hall, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 63
- May 3 Don Whitmire, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Alabama, Navy - All American at both), dies at 68
- May 6 Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
- May 14 Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (7 Olympic gold 1932, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60), dies at 81
- Jun 3 Thomas C. "Spunky" Lasorda, American artist and son of Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
- Jun 8 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
- Jun 15 Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. 1898)
- Jun 28 Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies
- Jul 3 Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), dies at 88
- Jul 6 Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- Jul 18 Harold Butler, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 12 wickets; Nottinghamshire), dies at 78
- Jul 21 Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
- Jul 24 Freddie Brown, cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies
- Jul 27 Pierre Brunet, French figure skater pair (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 89
Paul Brown
Aug 5 Paul Brown, American NFL Hall of Fame coach (Cleveland Browns, 1946-62, 1968-69; Cincinnati Bengals, 1970-75), dies of pneumonia at 82
- Aug 7 Schottzie Schott, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9
- Aug 8 Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- Aug 11 J. D. McDuffie, American NASCAR driver (b. 1939)
- Aug 14 Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
- Aug 24 Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic silver 1912), dies at 99
- Sep 2 Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies
- Sep 6 Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
- Sep 10 Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), dies at 83
- Sep 13 Metin Oktay, Turkish football player (b. 1936)
- Sep 13 Paul Thompson, Canadian ice hockey forward and coach (Stanley Cup 1928 [NY Rangers], 1934, 38 Chicago Black Hawks), dies at 84
Leo Durocher
Oct 7 Leo Durocher, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (MLB All Star 1936, 38, 40; World Series 1928, 34 (NY Yankees, St.Louis Cardinals, and 2 other teams), manager (World Series 1954 NY Giants), and coach (World Series 1963 LA Dodgers), dies at 86
Adrian Quist
Nov 17 Adrian Quist, Australian tennis player, analyst (Australian C'ship 1936, 40, 48), dies at 78
- Nov 21 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
- Nov 21 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), dies at 74
- Nov 21 Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
- Nov 26 Bob Johnson, collegiate and NHL ice hockey coach (University of Wisconsin Badgers, 1966-82; US Olympic team, 1976; Calgary Flames, 1982-87; Pittsburgh Penguins, 1990-91), dies of brain cancer at 60
- Nov 30 Zin [Parke Gerald Zinzan] Harris, New Zealand cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies at 64
- Dec 2 George Lott, American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 85
- Dec 5 Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
- Dec 12 Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50 (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Dec 14 John Arlott, British cricket commentator & writer (BBC), dies of emphysema at 77
- Dec 15 Horatio Luro, American horse trainer (43 x stakes winners; Decidedly, Northern Dancer), dies from pancreatic cancer at 90
- Dec 18 George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
- Dec 20 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
- Dec 25 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistan cricket swing bowler (27 Tests, 68 wickets; Karachi, Pakistan Universities), dies from diabetes mellitus at 59