Deaths of notable sports officials and players in 2021.
In each table, the names are listed in alphabetical order
January
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Clint Boulton | Association football | 72 | Unknown | [1] |
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Emanuele Chiapasco | Baseball | 90 | Unknown | [2] |
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Paul Delorey | Curling | 71 | Unknown | [3] |
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Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson | Basketball | 53 | Motor neuron disease | [4] |
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Bernard Guignedoux | Association football | 73 | Unknown | [5] |
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Pablo Hernández | Cycling | 80 | Unknown | [6] |
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Floyd Little | American football | 78 | Cancer | [7] |
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Harald Maartmann | Cross-country skiing | 94 | Unknown | [8] |
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Paatje Phefferkorn | Martial arts | 98 | COVID-19 | [9] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Cléber Eduardo Arado | Association football | 48 | COVID-19 | [10] |
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Alex Asmasoebrata | Auto racing | 69 | Unknown | [11] |
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Miquel Ferrer | Association football | 89 | Unknown | [12] |
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Rob Flockhart | Ice hockey | 64 | Heart attack | [13] |
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Ryder Mofokeng | Association football | 68 | Unknown | [14] |
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Don Salls | American football | 101 | Unknown | [15] |
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Yuri Saukh | Association football | 69 | Unknown | [16] |
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Paul Westphal | Basketball | 70 | Glioblastoma | [17] |
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Brian Whitcombe | Rugby union | 86 | Unknown | [18] |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Brian Adair | Cricket | 86 | Unknown | [19] |
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Gulraiz Akhtar | Field hockey | 78 | Unknown | [20] |
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Hugo Dittfach | Horse racing | 85 | Unknown | [21] |
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Alan Igglesden | Cricket | 57 | Brain cancer | [22] |
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Poerio Mascella | Association football | 71 | Unknown | [23] |
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Maurice Price | Association football | 83 | Unknown | [24] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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John Aiken | Ice hockey | 89 | Unknown | [25] |
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Jane Brown Grimes | Tennis | 80 | Unknown | [26] |
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Des Ferguson | Gaelic football | 91 | Unknown | [27] |
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Tomas Leandersson | Ten-pin bowling | 55 | Unknown | [28] |
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John Marshall | American football | 76 | Unknown | [29] |
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Alf Mayer | Shooting | 83 | Unknown | [30] |
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John Joe O'Hagan | Gaelic football | 91 | Unknown | [31] |
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Alf Patrick | Association football | 100 | Unknown | [32] |
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Luciano Piquè | Association football | 86 | Unknown | [33] |
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Viktor Putyatin | Fencing | 80 | Unknown | [34] |
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Mohamed Soukhane | Association football | 90 | Unknown | [35] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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François Blank | Ice hockey | 90 | Unknown | [36] |
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Hermann Haverkamp | Water polo | 79 | Unknown | [37] |
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Yasuro Kikuchi | Go | 93 | Unknown | [38] |
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Tom Matte | American football | 82 | Unknown | [39] |
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Warren Powers | American football | 80 | Alzheimer's disease | [40] |
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Andrei Redkous | Association football | 64 | Unknown | [41] |
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Boris Sádecký | Ice hockey | 24 | Cardiac arrest | [42] |
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Kurt Thyboe | Sports commentator | 81 | Pneumonia | [43] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Walter Cameron | Association football | 78–79[lower-alpha 1] | Unknown | [44] |
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Amela Fetahović | Association football | 35 | Unknown | [45] |
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Amatsia Levkovich | Association football | 83 | Unknown | [46] |
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Eugenio Pazzaglia | Association football | 72 | Unknown | [47] |
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Mike Pitts | American football | 61 | Unknown | [48] |
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Roger Zatkoff | American football | 90 | Unknown | [49] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Charlie Burns | Ice hockey | 85 | Unknown | [50] |
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Russell Ebert | Australian rules football | 72 | Leukaemia | [51] |
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Ryszard Grzegorczyk | Association football | 82 | Unknown | [52] |
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Luigi Maldera | Association football | 75 | Unknown | [53] |
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Dušan Pašek | Ice hockey | 36 | Suicide by hanging | [54] |
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Flip Stapper | Association football | 76 | Unknown | [55] |
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Konstantin Wajgin | Biathlon | 57 | Unknown | [56] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Pavol Molnár | Association football | 85 | Unknown | [57] |
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Angelo Mosca | Canadian football | 84 | Unknown | [58] |
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Shawn Rhoden | Professional bodybuilding | 46 | Heart attack | [59] |
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Luíz Antônio dos Santos | Long-distance running | 57 | Cardiac arrest | [60] |
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Tarak Sinha | Cricket | 70 | Lung cancer | [61] |
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Harvey White | American football | 83 | Unknown | [62] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Liudmila Belavenets | Chess | 81 | COVID-19 | [63] |
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Sunit Ghosh | Cricket | 87 | Unknown | [64] |
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Robin Greiner | Pair skating | 89 | Unknown | [65] |
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Barry Jackson | Association football | 83 | Unknown | [66] |
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Aliya Khambikova | Volleyball | 21 | Unknown | [67] |
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Igor Nikulin | Hammer throw | 61 | Unknown | [68] |
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Brian Renwood | Australian rules football | 86 | Unknown | [69] |
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Ronnie Williams | Basketball | 59 | Brain cancer | [70] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Rinus Bennaars | Association football | 90 | Unknown | [71] |
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Keith Bradshaw | Cricket | 58 | Multiple myeloma | [72] |
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Medina Dixon | Basketball | 59 | Pancreatic cancer | [73] |
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Pedro Feliciano | Baseball | 45 | Unknown | [74] |
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Mike Harris | Formula One | 82 | Unknown | [75] |
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Desiet Kidane | Road bicycle racing | 21 | Traffic collision | [76] |
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Kim Kyeong-bo | Esports | 20 | Unknown | [77] |
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Cecilia Robinson | Cricket | 97 | Unknown | [78] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Erika Fisch | Long jump | 87 | Unknown | [79] |
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Willis Forko | Association football | 37 | Unknown | [80] |
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Loucif Hamani | Boxing | 71 | Unknown | [81] |
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Memo Luna | Baseball | 91 | Unknown | [82] |
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Francesco Romani | Karate | 88 | Complications from a fall | [83] |
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Laurie Sheffield | Association football | 82 | Unknown | [84] |
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Duane Wilson | Baseball | 87 | Unknown | [85] |
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Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
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Ivo Georgiev | Association football | 49 | Heart failure | [86] |
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Sam Huff | American football | 87 | Unknown | [87] |
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Notes
- ↑ Since the birth month of Walter Cameron is unknown, his age could have been 78 or 79.
References
- ↑ "Shock death of Torquay United legend Clint Boulton". Archived from the original on 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ Baseball: addio a Emanuele Chiapasco, ultimo italiano pioniere del diamante (in Italian)
- ↑ In the house and on the ice, former Speaker Paul Delorey remembered
- ↑ Ágúst H. Guðmundsson er látinn (in Icelandic)
- ↑ Bernard Guignedoux nous a quittés (in French)
- ↑ Falleció el excampeón Pablo Hernández (in Spanish)
- ↑ Denver Broncos Hall of Fame RB Floyd Little dies at 78
- ↑ Harald Maartmann
- ↑ Verdi Phefferkorn von Offenbach (98 jaar) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Morre aos 47 anos, o ex-jogador do Coritiba Cleber Arado, vítima da Covid-19 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Legenda Balap Indonesia Alex Asmasoebrata Meninggal Dunia (in Indonesian)
- ↑ Fallece el exjugador Miquel Ferrer (in Spanish)
- ↑ Former Kamloops Chiefs/Vancouver Canucks player Rob Flockhart dies at age 64
- ↑ Ryder Mofokeng, legendary Chiefs skipper, dies
- ↑ Don Salls, World War II veteran & former Alabama football player, dies at 101
- ↑ Бывший футболист ЦСКА и "Локомотива" Саух скончался на 70-м году жизни (in Russian)
- ↑ Paul Westphal, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, dies at age 70
- ↑ Brian Whitcombe passes away
- ↑ Watsonians pay tribute after Adair dies at 86
- ↑ 1968 Olympics gold medallist Gulraiz Akhtar passes away
- ↑ Hall of Fame Jockey Hugo Dittfach Passes Away
- ↑ Kent and England cricketer Alan Igglesden has died aged 57
- ↑ Ex Pistoiese: a 71 anni ci lascia Poerio Mascella, portiere arancione in Serie A (in Italian)
- ↑ The death has occurred of Maurice (Morrie) Price
- ↑ John J. Aiken Sr.
- ↑ Jane Brown Grimes
- ↑ Des Ferguson 1930-2021 R.I.P
- ↑ Tomas Leandersson har gått bort (in Swedish)
- ↑ Longtime assistant John Marshall, who won two Super Bowls with San Francisco 49ers, dies at age 76
- ↑ Alfons Mayer
- ↑ John Joe (JJ) O'Hagan
- ↑ York City legend Alf Patrick dies aged 100
- ↑ E' morto Luciano Piquè, mediano del Genoa a cavallo degli anni '50 e '60 (in Italian)
- ↑ Не стало легенды украинского спорта (in Russian)
- ↑ Décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Mohamed Soukhane
- ↑ Le légendaire Francis Blank est décédé (in French)
- ↑ Trauer um früheren Rekordnationalspieler (in German)
- ↑ 菊池康郎氏が死去 緑星囲碁学園代表 (in Japanese)
- ↑ Former Baltimore Colts RB Tom Matte Dies At 82
- ↑ Former Mizzou football coach Warren Powers passes away at 80
- ↑ Скончался обладатель Кубка СССР в составе «Торпедо» Редкоус (in Russian)
- ↑ Slovak Player Boris Sádecký Passes Away
- ↑ Kurt Thyboe er død (in Danish)
- ↑ Remembering Walter Cameron
- ↑ Bivša reprezentativka BiH Amela Fetahović nastradala u saobraćajnoj nesreći (in Bosnian)
- ↑ אבל בכדורגל: אמציה לבקוביץ' הלך לעולמו (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Lutto nel calcio: è scomparso Eugenio Pazzaglia, storico attaccante del Siena (in Italian)
- ↑ Eagles mourn the passing of former DT Mike Pitts
- ↑ Roger Zatkoff
- ↑ Charles F. Burns
- ↑ Football great and Port Adelaide veteran Russell Ebert dies from leukemia at age 72
- ↑ Zmarł Ryszard Grzegorczyk - były piłkarz reprezentacji Polski (in Polish)
- ↑ E' morto Luigi Maldera, il Milan: "Sarà sempre nel nostro cuore" (in Italian)
- ↑ Умер вице-президент «Братиславы». Несколько дней назад во время матча погиб хоккеист клуба (in Russian)
- ↑ Flip Stapper: bon vivant en uitblinker bij Heracles - FC Twente in 1966 (in Dutch)
- ↑ Умер известный тренер по биатлону Константин Вайгин (in Russian)
- ↑ SFZ - Smútok zahalil náš futbal, zomrel Pavol Molnár (in Slovak)
- ↑ Football great and Port Adelaide veteran Russell Ebert dies from leukemia at age 72
- ↑ Former Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden Reportedly Dead At 46 Years Old
- ↑ Luiz Antônio dos Santos, duas vezes campeão da maratona de Chicago, morre aos 57 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Tarak Sinha, legendary cricket coach and Dronacharya Awardee, dies aged 71
- ↑ Harvey White Passes Away
- ↑ Ушла из жизни Людмила Белавенец Archived 2021-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Former international umpire Sunit Kumar Ghosh passes away
- ↑ Robin Greiner Jr.
- ↑ York City's record appearance-maker Barry Jackson dies
- ↑ Умерла 21-летняя волейболистка клуба «Уфимочка-УГНТУ» Алия Хамбикова (in Russian)
- ↑ Скончался известный метатель молота Игорь Никулин (in Russian)
- ↑ Brian Renwood
- ↑ Ronnie Williams (1962-2021) – Florida Gators
- ↑ Rinus Bennaars (90) uit Bergen op Zoom overleden: de oud-speler van Dosko en Feyenoord die Pelé tot een wissel dwong (in Dutch)
- ↑ Former MCC and SACA chief executive Keith Bradshaw dies aged 58
- ↑ Boston women’s basketball legend Medina Dixon dies at 59 (registration required)
- ↑ Former Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano dies at 45
- ↑ Mike Harris biography
- ↑ Promising World Cycling Centre rider Desiet Kidane dies in training crash
- ↑ Overwatch esports star Kim 'Alarm' Kyeong-Bo dies at 20
- ↑ Former England cricketer Cecilia Robinson dies at 97
- ↑ Erika Fisch Verstorben (in German)
- ↑ Tidligere Glimt-spiller (37) er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Carnet : Décès de la légende de la boxe algérienne Loucif Hamani (in French)
- ↑ LMB: Falleció Memo Luna, primer zurdo mexicano en Grandes Ligas (in Spanish)
- ↑ Lo sport piange Francesco Romani, una vita divisa fra tatami e montagna (in Italian)
- ↑ Tributes pour in as Doncaster Rovers legend Laurie Sheffield dies at 82
- ↑ Duane Lewis Wilson
- ↑ Тъжна вест: Иво Георгиев си отиде от този свят на 49-годишна възраст (in Bulgarian)
- ↑ "Pro Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff dies at age of 87". NFL.com. November 13, 2021.
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