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This is a list of sports people who have died either during their respective careers or due to career-ending injury or disease at an age when they could still have been active. It includes both on-duty and off-duty deaths, although there are separate lists for the former in sports which have an especially high number. People who had announced their retirement from sport despite still being at an age when they could still have been active are not listed.

Air sport

Does not include those who died in aircraft sport crashes such as aerobatics and air racing. Those names go in a separate article.

Further information: List of people who died in aviation-related incidents

American football

Pro Football

Arena Football League

National Football League

This list includes players who left the NFL for active military service. Each player is listed with his last team, even if it is not the team with which he is typically associated.

NFL Europe

XFL

College football

NCAA football

Association football (Soccer)

Does not include footballers who died on the pitch during a game or training, or because of injuries or other health issues suffered on the pitch. Those names go in a separate article. Please refer to the article List of footballers who died while playing.

Athletics

  • Abebe Bikila, 41, Ethiopian long distance runner and two-time Olympic gold medalist, complications from spinal cord injury suffered in a car accident (1973)
  • Lillian Board, 22, British sprinter, 400m and middle distance runner and Olympic silver medallist, cancer (1970)
  • Richard Chelimo, 29, Kenyan long distance runner and Olympic silver medalist, brain tumour (2001)
  • Maria Cioncan, 29, Romanian middle distance runner, car accident (2007)
  • Ivo Van Damme, 22, Belgian middle distance runner and two-time Olympic silver medalist, car accident (1976)
  • Foy Draper, 31, American sprinter, military actions during World War II (Battle of Kasserine Pass) (1943)
  • James Duffy, 24, Irish marathon runner, KIA during Second Battle of Ypres (1915)
  • Pål Arne Fagernes, 29, Norwegian javelin thrower, car accident (2003)
  • Piotr Gładki, 33, Polish long distance runner, car accident (2005)
  • Nils Uhlin Hansen, 25, Norwegian long jumper, killed as a resistance fighter during World War II (1945)
  • Rudolf Harbig, 30, German middle distance runner, military actions during World War II (1944)
  • René Herms, 26, German middle distance runner, myocarditis caused by a viral infection (2009)
  • Kinue Hitomi, 24, Japanese sprinter and jumper and Olympic silver medallist, tuberculosis (1931)
  • Owe Jonsson, 21, Swedish sprinter and European gold medalist, car accident. (1962)
  • Yutaka Kanai, 30, Japanese long distance runner, car accident (1990)
  • Janusz Kusociński, 33, Polish long distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, executed by the Gestapo in 1940 during Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland. (1940)
  • Francisco Lázaro, 21, Portuguese marathon runner, dehydration due to high temperature (1912)
  • Wilhelm Leichum, 30, German jumper and sprinter, military actions during World War II (1941)
  • Luz Long, 30, German jumper and Olympic silver medalist who is most famous for befriending Jesse Owens during the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, military actions during World War II (1943)
  • Bronisław Malinowski, 30, Polish Olympic champion 3000m steeplechaser, car accident (1981)
  • Wesly Ngetich, 30, Kenyan long distance runner, murdered in the Kenyan political crisis' riots (2008)
  • Sueo Ōe, 27, Japanese pole vaulter, military actions during World War II[5] (1941)
  • Steve Prefontaine, 24, American long distance runner, car accident (1975)
  • Bob Roggy, 30, American javelin thrower, car accident (1986)
  • Ryan Shay, 28, American long distance runner, collapsed during the 2007 US Olympic Marathon Trials (2007)
  • Kamila Skolimowska, 26, Polish hammer thrower, pulmonary embolism (2009)
  • Ian Syster, 28, South African long distance runner, drowned in car accident, died a few months after the 2004 Olympics[6] (2004)
  • Tomoyuki Taniguchi, 29, Japanese long distance runner, car accident (1990)
  • Kokichi Tsuburaya, 27, Japanese long distance runner, suicide (1968)
  • Geoff Watt, Australian long distance runner. First to run up and down Mount Kilimanjaro. Died of exposure in snow. (1969)
  • Hans Woellke, 32, German shot putter, military actions during World War II.[7] (1943)

Australian rules football

Baseball

Major League Baseball

Players/umpires with an asterisk (*) are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Minor-league players are listed with their major-league affiliations.

Negro League Baseball

Basketball

International (men)

International (women)

USA

NBA

NCAA (men)

WNBA

NCAA (women)

Bobsleigh

Bodybuilding

Boxing

Deaths in the ring

Name Nationality Death Year Championship Class Opponent Source
Pedro Alcázar Panamanian 2002 WBO super flyweight Fernando Montiel
Simon Byrne Ireland 1833 heavyweight James Burke
Frankie Campbell American 1930 Heavyweight Max Baer
Yo-Sam Choi Korean 2008 Light-flyweight Heri Amol
Leavander Johnson American 2005 IBF lightweight Jesús Chávez
Duk Koo Kim Korean 1982 lightweight Ray Mancini
Alexander McKay Scottish 1830 heavyweight Simon Byrne
Davey Moore American 1963 featherweight Sugar Ramos
James Murray British 1995 bantamweight Drew Docherty
Johnny Owen British 1980 bantamweight Lupe Pintor
Kevin Payne American 2006 welterweight Ryan Maraldo
Benny Paret Cuban 1962 welterweight Emile Griffith
Tosh Powell British 1928 bantamweight Billy Housego
Martín Sánchez Mexican 2005 super featherweight Rustam Nugaev
Ed Sanders American 1954 heavyweight Willie James
Angelito Sisnorio Filipino 2007 lightweight Chatchai Sasakul
Robert Wangila Kenyan 1994 welterweight David Gonzales

Deaths outside the ring

Bullfighting

  • Juanito Apinani, 22-23, Spanish bullfighter, broken neck (1850)
  • José Falcón, 29, Portuguese bullfighter, injuries sustained after being gored by a bull named Cucharero (1974)
  • José Gómez Ortega, 25, Spanish bullfighter, gored to death by a bull (1920)
  • Felix Guzman, Spanish bullfighter, injuries sustained when gored by a bull named "Reventón" during a bullfight (1943)
  • Manolete, 30, Spanish bullfighter, injuries sustained when gored in the right upper leg by a bull named "Islero" during a bullfight in Linares, Jaén (1947)
  • Nimeño II, 37, French bullfighter, suicide (1991)
  • Paquirri, 36, Spanish bullfighter, injuries sustained after being gored by a bull named "Avispado" in Pozoblanco (1984)
  • Ernesto Pastor, 28-29, Puerto Rican bullfighter, injuries sustained by a bull during a bullfight (1921)
  • Jean-Pierre Rachou, French bull leaper, injuries sustained a bull's horn, when it tore his femoral artery (2003)
  • Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, 43, Spanish bullfighter, gored to death by a bull (1934)

Canadian Football League

Canoeing

Chess

  • Alexander Alekhine, 53, Russian world chess champion. The circumstances of his death (1946) are still a matter of debate.
  • Karen Asrian, 28, Armenian chess grandmaster. Died in 2008 of a suspected heart attack while driving.
  • Vladimir Bagirov, 65, Soviet-Armenian grandmaster of chess. Died of a heart attack while playing a tournament game (2000).
  • Tony Miles, 46, English chess grandmaster. Died of a heart failure in 2001.
  • Lembit Oll, 33, Estonian chess grandmaster. He jumped out of the window of his house on the 5th floor (1999).

Cricket

Curling

Cycling

Does not include those who died in wheeled sports such as cycling accident, as there is a separate list for such, please refer to List of professional cyclists who died during a race. All are road cyclists unless stated.

Diving

Fencing

Figure skating

Golf

Gymnastics

Handball

Horse racing

Does not include those who died in riding accident such as equestrian or horse racing, as there is a separate list for such, please refer to List of horse accidents.

  • Chris Antley, 34, American jockey, drug overdose (2000)
  • Fred Archer, 29, English jockey, suicide (1886)
  • Silvio Coucci, 27, American jockey, suicide (1942)
  • Ron Hansen, 33, American jockey, car accident (1994)
  • Frank Hayes, 34-35, American jockey, died from a heart attack while riding his horse Sweet Kiss to victory at Belmont Park (1923)
  • Don MacBeth, 37, Canadian jockey, cancer (1987)
  • Jamie Kyne, 18, Irish jockey, arson (2009)
  • Jan Wilson, 19, Scottish jockey, arson (2009)
  • Kim Hyung-chil, 47, Korean jockey, died in Dec 2006 while attending the equestrian race in 2006 Asian Games (2006)
  • Stathi Katsidis, 31, Australian jockey, cause of death unknown (2010)

Ice hockey

Main article: List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

Luge

Martial arts

Motorsport

Auto racing

Does not include race car drivers who died in race or practice crashes. Those names go in a separate article. Please refer to List of racing drivers who died in racing crashes.

Motorboat racing

Main article: List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
  • Donald Aronow, 59, boat builder, murdered (1987)
  • Mike Thomas, hydroplane driver, construction accident (1967)[49]
  • Dwight Bale, drag boat driver, drowned whilst riding in a rubber raft through a rapid (1973)[50]
  • Brian McCosker, 61, Unlimited Displacement Driver, 3 April 2010 during powerboat racing.>[1]

Motorcycle sport

Does not include motorcycle riders who died in race or practice crashes. Those names go in a separate article. Please refer to List of deaths by motorcycle accidents.

Rowing

Rugby

  • Sam Doble, 33, English rugby union player, cancer (1977)
  • Yves du Manoir, 23, French rugby union player, plane crash (1928)
  • Nick Duncombe, 21, English rugby union player, meningitis (2003)
  • Sonny Fai, 20, New Zealand National Rugby League (NRL) player, disappeared off Te Henga (Bethells Beach) in Auckland while swimming with family. His body has never been found. (2009)
  • Aaron Hopa, 27, New Zealand rugby union player, death as a result of a heart defect, while diving (1998)
  • Hudson Irving, English rugby league player, heart attack (1947)
  • Frederick Kelsall, 24-25, English rugby league player, motorcycle accident (1931)
  • Roy Muir Kinnear, 38, Scottish rugby union/league player, heart attack (1942)
  • Shawn Mackay, 26, Australian rugby union player, spinal cord and other injuries suffered when struck by a motor vehicle (2009)
  • Harry Myers, 31, English rugby league player, injuries sustained in a collision while playing for Keighley (1906)
  • Terry Newton, 31, English rugby league player, suicide (2010)
  • Alexander Obolensky, 24, Russia-born English rugby union player, plane crash during military training (1940)
  • Leon Walker, 20, English rugby league player, death was the result of a rare undiagnosed heart defect, and the coroner ruled that he died of natural causes. (2009)
  • Adam Watene, 31, Cook Islands rugby league player, heart attack (2008)

Sailing

Skateboarding

  • Tim Brauch, 25, American professional skateboarder, cardiac arrest (1999)
  • Shane Cross, 20, Australian skateboarder, motorcycle accident (2007)
  • Harold Hunter, 31, American professional skateboarder and actor, accidental cocaine overdose (2006)
  • Keenan Milton, 26, American professional skateboarder, drowned (2001)
  • Jeff Phillips, 33, American professional skateboarder, suicide (1993)
  • Dave Vanderspek, 24, American skateboarder, suicide (disputed as some believed it to be autoerotic asphyxiation) (1988)[60]
  • Van Wastell, 24, American professional skateboarder, fell from a hotel balcony (2008)[61]

Skiing/Snowboarding

Does not include skiers and snowboarders who died in competition or practice crashes. Those names go in a separate article. Please refer to List of skiing deaths.

Ski jumping

Speed skiing

Surfing

Swimming

Wrestling

Freestyle wrestling

Professional wrestling

The list includes wrestlers who were still active, or at least were of an age when they could reasonably be assumed to still be active if they had been fully healthy. Wrestlers who were semi-retired at the time of their deaths, or who had fully retired while healthy, are not included.[66]

The best-known ring name of each wrestler, which may be his or her birth name, is indicated in bold type.

Name Ring name(s) Birth Death Cause Notes Source
Chris Adkisson Chris Von Erich 1969 1991 Suicide (gunshot)
David Adkisson David Von Erich 1958 1984 Heart attack triggered by acute enteritis Rumors persist that his death was drug-related, despite considerable evidence supporting the official cause.
Kerry Adkisson Kerry Von Erich 1960 1993 Suicide (gunshot)
Michael Adkisson Mike Von Erich 1964 1987 Suicide (drug overdose plus alcohol)
Gary Albright 1963 2000 Heart attack Died during World Xtreme Wrestling show
Mike Alfonso Mike Awesome 1965 2007 Suicide (hanging)
Rodney Anoa'i Yokozuna 1966 2000 Pulmonary edema Died during independent wrestling tour in Liverpool, England
Joseph Carl Bailey Jr. J.C. Bailey 1983 2010 Brain aneurysm from multiple concussions
Art Barr Beetlejuice,
"The Love Machine"		 1966 1994 Unknown The circumstances of Barr's death are contested to this day. Initial reports stated that Barr died of an aneurysm, but later reports stated that he died under unknown circumstances. A mixture of drugs and alcohol were found in his bloodstream at the time of his death.
Chris Benoit Pegasus Kid, Wild Pegasus (both during 1989–94 NJPW run) 1967 2007 Suicide (hanging) See Chris Benoit double murder and suicide for further details on his death.
Scott Bigelow Bam Bam Bigelow 1961 2007 Drug overdose Wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in 1987-1988 and in the 1990s.
Adolfo Bresciano Dino Bravo 1948 1993 Homicide (shot) Billed as "The World's Strongest Man" during late-1980s WWF run.
Christopher Candito Chris Candido, Bodydonna Skip (late 1990s WWF run) 1972 2005 Blood clot The blood clot that caused his death was a complication of a major leg fracture suffered during the TNA Lockdown pay-per-view.
Michael DiBiase "Iron" Mike DiBiase 1923 1969 Heart attack Became ill during wrestling match
Bobby Duncum, Jr. 1965 2000 Accidental prescription drug overdose Member of the West Texas Rednecks stable during WCW run.
Mike Durham Johnny Grunge 1966 2006 Complications of sleep apnea
Edward Fatu Jamal (2002–03 WWE run), Jamaal (AJPW), Ekmo, Umaga (2006–09 WWE run) 1973 2009 Heart attack triggered by drug overdose
Keith Franke "Adorable" Adrian Adonis 1954 1988 Car accident Two other professional wrestlers who were traveling with Franke - Victor "Pat Kelly" Arko, and Dave "Wildman" McKigney - died in the accident. The driver of the vehicle they were traveling in was injured but survived.
Andrés González Abismo Negro 1971 2009 Drowning
Jorge González Giant González 1966 2010 Diabetes
Frank Goodish Bruiser Brody 1946 1988 Stabbing Details of his death are contested.
Eduardo Guerrero Eddie Guerrero, Black Tiger II (1990s NJPW run) 1967 2005 Acute heart failure
Ray Gunkel 1924 1972 Blood clot due to heart trauma Fatal injury was suffered during a match with Ox Baker.
Owen Hart The Blue Blazer 1965 1999 Internal bleeding from severed aorta Fatal injury resulted from a stunt accident during a live pay-per-view event at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
Shinya Hashimoto 1965 2005 Brain aneurysm
Michael Hegstrand Hawk 1957 2003 Heart attack One-half of the Road Warriors (WCW) or Legion of Doom (WWF), along with Animal.
Curt Hennig Mr. Perfect (1988–1996 and 2002 WWF runs) 1958 2003 Acute cocaine intoxication (allergic reaction)
Brian Howser Shane Shamrock 1975 1998 Shot in an altercation with police
Elizabeth Ann Hulette Miss Elizabeth 1960 2003 Accidental overdose of alcohol and tranquilizers
Ignacio Jiménez Ibarra El Hijo de Cien Caras 1978 2010 Homicide (shot)
Kim Sin-rak Rikidōzan 1924 1963 Homicide (stabbed, resulting in peritonitis) Adopted the Japanese name Mitsuhiro Momota before beginning his wrestling career.
Malcolm Kirk King Kong Kirk 1936 1987 Heart failure Died during a match with Big Daddy
Christopher Klucsaritis Chris Kanyon, Kanyon, Mortis 1970 2010 Suicide (apparent overdose)
Mike Lockwood Crash Holly (WWE), Johnny Pearson, Erin O'Grady, The Green Ghost, Mad Mikey (TNA) 1971 2003 Suicide by apparent drug overdose
Lance McNaught Lance Cade, Garrison Cade (2003–04 WWE run), Cowboy Cade (2008–10, indies and Japan) 1981 2010 Heart failure
Mitsuharu Misawa Tiger Mask II (1984–90 AJPW run) 1962 2009 Cervical spine injury Died after taking a back body drop from Akitoshi Saito during a match. The cause of death is surmised; Misawa's family invoked a Japanese law allowing the next of kin of a deceased person to prevent disclosure of the official cause of death.
Ted Petty Rocco Rock, The Cheetah Kid, Colonel DeKlerk 1953 2002 Heart attack
Brian Pillman Flyin' Brian (1989–92 in NWA/WCW), Yellow Dog (briefly in WCW) 1962 1997 Atherosclerotic heart disease
Sylvester Ritter Junkyard Dog 1952 1998 Auto accident
Richard Rood "Ravishing" Rick Rude 1958 1999 Accidental drug overdose
André Roussimoff André the Giant 1946 1993 Congestive heart failure He suffered from acromegaly, a pituitary condition that led to his enormous size but ultimately incapacitated him and almost certainly contributed to his premature death.
Mike Shaw Bastion Booger, Norman The Lunatic 1957 2010 Heart attack
David Smith Davey Boy Smith, The British Bulldog 1962 2002 Heart attack Was training for a return to wrestling at the time of his death.
Jesús Solís Oro 1971 1993 Brain aneurysm Died as a result of an in-ring injury. Cause of death surmised from circumstances because no autopsy was performed at his family's request.
John Tenta Earthquake, Avalanche, The Shark, Golga 1963 2006 Bladder cancer Was forced to retire because of his ultimately fatal illness.
Raymond Traylor Big Boss Man, Big Bubba Rogers, Guardian Angel 1963 2004 Heart attack
Jerry Tuite The Wall (WCW), Malice (TNA) 1967 2003 Heart attack
Mariko Umeda Plum Mariko 1967 1997 Brain hemorrhage Died as a result of head injury received during a match. The cause of death is surmised from the circumstances of her injury and events leading to it; her father requested that no autopsy be performed.
Michael Verdi Trent Acid 1980 2010 Unknown
Steven Williams "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 1960 2009 Complications from throat cancer Williams had battled cancer for the last years of his life, wrestling while his disease was in remission. He retired at almost the same time as his cancer returned for the last time.
Charles Wolfe Gino Hernandez 1957 1986 Apparent cocaine overdose

Sumo wrestling

Tennis

Volleyball

Water polo

  • Iss Lajos, Romanian water polo player, massive stroke

Weightlifting

Other sports

See also

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    • Lillian Ellison, better known as The Fabulous Moolah, was sporadically active at the time of her death in 2007, but was age 84, and had largely retired from active wrestling for over 20 years.
    • Andrew Martin, best known as Test, died at age 33 in 2009, but had announced his retirement from professional wrestling the previous year while healthy, and had not performed since. Similarly, Luna Vachon died at age 48 in 2010, but had retired in 2007 while in reasonable health.
    • John Minton, better known as Big John Studd, died at age 47 of liver cancer in 1995, but had retired in 1990, long before his illness had been diagnosed. (Contrast with John Tenta, who is included because he was forced to retire from wrestling due to the bladder cancer that ultimately caused his death, and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, who retired at almost the same time that the throat cancer he had been battling during his last years returned for the final time.)
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