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Deaths of sportspeople in 2021

Deaths of notable sports officials and players in 2021.

In each table, the names are listed in alphabetical order

January

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1
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  England Clint Boulton Association football 72 Unknown [1]
  Italy Emanuele Chiapasco Baseball 90 Unknown [2]
  Canada Paul Delorey Curling 71 Unknown [3]
  Iceland Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson Basketball 53 Motor neuron disease [4]
  France Bernard Guignedoux Association football 73 Unknown [5]
  Colombia Pablo Hernández Cycling 80 Unknown [6]
  United States Floyd Little American football 78 Cancer [7]
  Norway Harald Maartmann Cross-country skiing 94 Unknown [8]
  Netherlands Paatje Phefferkorn Martial arts 98 COVID-19 [9]
2
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Brazil Cléber Eduardo Arado Association football 48 COVID-19 [10]
  Indonesia Alex Asmasoebrata Auto racing 69 Unknown [11]
  Spain Miquel Ferrer Association football 89 Unknown [12]
  Canada Rob Flockhart Ice hockey 64 Heart attack [13]
  South Africa Ryder Mofokeng Association football 68 Unknown [14]
  United States Don Salls American football 101 Unknown [15]
  Russia Yuri Saukh Association football 69 Unknown [16]
  United States Paul Westphal Basketball 70 Glioblastoma [17]
  Wales Brian Whitcombe Rugby union 86 Unknown [18]

February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Scotland Brian Adair Cricket 86 Unknown [19]
  Pakistan Gulraiz Akhtar Field hockey 78 Unknown [20]
  Canada Hugo Dittfach Horse racing 85 Unknown [21]
  England Alan Igglesden Cricket 57 Brain cancer [22]
  Italy Poerio Mascella Association football 71 Unknown [23]
  Ireland Maurice Price Association football 83 Unknown [24]
2
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  United States John Aiken Ice hockey 89 Unknown [25]
  United States Jane Brown Grimes Tennis 80 Unknown [26]
  Ireland Des Ferguson Gaelic football 91 Unknown [27]
  Sweden Tomas Leandersson Ten-pin bowling 55 Unknown [28]
  United States John Marshall American football 76 Unknown [29]
  Canada Alf Mayer Shooting 83 Unknown [30]
  Ireland John Joe O'Hagan Gaelic football 91 Unknown [31]
  England Alf Patrick Association football 100 Unknown [32]
  Italy Luciano Piquè Association football 86 Unknown [33]
  Ukraine Viktor Putyatin Fencing 80 Unknown [34]
  Algeria Mohamed Soukhane Association football 90 Unknown [35]
3
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Switzerland François Blank Ice hockey 90 Unknown [36]
  Germany Hermann Haverkamp Water polo 79 Unknown [37]
  Japan Yasuro Kikuchi Go 93 Unknown [38]
  United States Tom Matte American football 82 Unknown [39]
  United States Warren Powers American football 80 Alzheimer's disease [40]
  Russia Andrei Redkous Association football 64 Unknown [41]
  Slovakia Boris Sádecký Ice hockey 24 Cardiac arrest [42]
  Denmark Kurt Thyboe Sports commentator 81 Pneumonia [43]
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Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Scotland Walter Cameron Association football 78–79[a] Unknown [44]
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amela Fetahović Association football 35 Unknown [45]
  Israel Amatsia Levkovich Association football 83 Unknown [46]
  Italy Eugenio Pazzaglia Association football 72 Unknown [47]
  United States Mike Pitts American football 61 Unknown [48]
  United States Roger Zatkoff American football 90 Unknown [49]
5
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Canada Charlie Burns Ice hockey 85 Unknown [50]
  Australia Russell Ebert Australian rules football 72 Leukaemia [51]
  Poland Ryszard Grzegorczyk Association football 82 Unknown [52]
  Italy Luigi Maldera Association football 75 Unknown [53]
  Slovakia Dušan Pašek Ice hockey 36 Suicide by hanging [54]
  Germany Flip Stapper Association football 76 Unknown [55]
  Belarus Konstantin Wajgin Biathlon 57 Unknown [56]
6
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Slovakia Pavol Molnár Association football 85 Unknown [57]
  United States Angelo Mosca Canadian football 84 Unknown [58]
  Jamaica Shawn Rhoden Professional bodybuilding 46 Heart attack [59]
  Brazil Luíz Antônio dos Santos Long-distance running 57 Cardiac arrest [60]
  India Tarak Sinha Cricket 70 Lung cancer [61]
  United States Harvey White American football 83 Unknown [62]
7
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Russia Liudmila Belavenets Chess 81 COVID-19 [63]
  India Sunit Ghosh Cricket 87 Unknown [64]
  United States Robin Greiner Pair skating 89 Unknown [65]
  England Barry Jackson Association football 83 Unknown [66]
  Russia Aliya Khambikova Volleyball 21 Unknown [67]
  Russia Igor Nikulin Hammer throw 61 Unknown [68]
  Australia Brian Renwood Australian rules football 86 Unknown [69]
  United States Ronnie Williams Basketball 59 Brain cancer [70]
8
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Netherlands Rinus Bennaars Association football 90 Unknown [71]
  Australia Keith Bradshaw Cricket 58 Multiple myeloma [72]
  United States Medina Dixon Basketball 59 Pancreatic cancer [73]
  Puerto Rico Pedro Feliciano Baseball 45 Unknown [74]
  South Africa Mike Harris Formula One 82 Unknown [75]
  Eritrea Desiet Kidane Road bicycle racing 21 Traffic collision [76]
  South Korea Kim Kyeong-bo Esports 20 Unknown [77]
  England Cecilia Robinson Cricket 97 Unknown [78]
9
Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Germany Erika Fisch Long jump 87 Unknown [79]
  Liberia Willis Forko Association football 37 Unknown [80]
  Algeria Loucif Hamani Boxing 71 Unknown [81]
  Mexico Memo Luna Baseball 91 Unknown [82]
  Italy Francesco Romani Karate 88 Complications from a fall [83]
  Wales Laurie Sheffield Association football 82 Unknown [84]
  United States Duane Wilson Baseball 87 Unknown [85]
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Nationality Person Sport Age Cause of death Ref.
  Bulgaria Ivo Georgiev Association football 49 Heart failure [86]
  United States Sam Huff American football 87 Unknown [87]
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  1. ^ Since the birth month of Walter Cameron is unknown, his age could have been 78 or 79.

References

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