Elizabeth Ryan
1979 Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
Ted Williams
2002 Ted Williams, baseball hall of famer and last player to bat over.400 in a single season (Boston Red Sox) dies at 84
- 2003 Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player, dies at 24
- 2004 Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
- 2006 Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoeist (6 Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56, 60), dies at 86
- 2008 Hasan Doğan, 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
- 2009 Lou Creekmur, American football player (Detroit Lions) and hall of famer, dies at 82
- 2010 Bob Probert, Canadian NHL right wing, 1985-2002 (Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings), dies of a heart attack while boating at 45
- 2011 Armon Gilliam, American NBA forward, 1987-2000 (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets, and 3 other teams), and college coach, 2001-05 (Penn State), dies of a heart attack at 47
- 2019 John McCririck, English horse racing broadcaster, dies at 79
- 2020 Volodymyr Troshkin, Ukrainian soccer defender (31 caps, USSR; Dynamo Kiev 205 games), dies at 72
- 2020 Willi Holdorf, German athlete (Olympic gold, United Team of Germany, decathlon 1964), dies at 80
- 2020 Bob Reade, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (NCAA Div III C'ship 1983-86; AFCA Div III Coach of the Year 1983–86; Augustana Vikings), dies at 87
- 2021 Gillian Sheen, British fencer (Olympic gold individual foil 1956), dies at 92
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