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