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List of sports people who have died during their career

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This is a list of sports people who have died either during their career 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.

Contents

[edit] 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. Please refer to List of people who died in aviation-related incidents.

[edit] American football

[edit] Pro Football

[edit] Arena Football League

[edit] Arenafootball 2

[edit] National Football League

Includes players who left the NFL for active military service .

[edit] NFL Europa

[edit] XFL

[edit] College football

[edit] NCAA football

[edit] Association football

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.

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Australian rules football

[edit] Baseball

[edit] 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.

[edit] NCAA

  • Wally Pontiff, LSU, heart defect

[edit] Basketball

[edit] USA

[edit] NBA

[edit] NCAA (men)

[edit] WNBA

[edit] NCAA (women)

[edit] International

[edit] Bodybuilding

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Deaths in the Ring

[edit] Deaths outside the Ring

[edit] Bullfighting

[edit] Canadian football

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse Racing (Jockey)

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.

[edit] Ice hockey

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

[edit] Martial arts

[edit] Motorsport

[edit] 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.

[edit] Motorboat racing

Main article: List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
  • Donald Aronow, boat builder, murdered
  • Mike Thomas, hydroplane driver, construction accident[14]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Freestyle wrestling

[edit] Professional wrestling

[edit] Sumo wrestling

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Watersports

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Surfing

[edit] Winter sports

[edit] Bobsleigh

[edit] 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 below.

[edit] Others

[edit] Other sports

Does not include those who died in wheeled sports such as cycling accident, as there is a separate list for such, please refer to "See also" below.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oe/sueo-oe-1.html
  2. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/hans-woellke-1.html
  3. ^ The Independent: Basketball: Davide Ancilotto dies from brain haemorrhage (Aug 26, 1997)
  4. ^ USA Today/Associated Press: Kenyon Jones, former West Coast Conference MVP, dies in Atlanta
  5. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_12_23/ai_n16034008/pg_2/?tag=content;col1
  6. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_12_23/ai_n16034008/pg_3/?tag=content;col1
  7. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/michael-murach-1.html
  8. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/mma/09/09/tanner.obit/
  9. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/27/sports/MMA-Eilers-Killed.php
  10. ^ Historic Motor Racing - historicracing.com
  11. ^ a b c d e http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/db.htm
  12. ^ http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/dl.htm
  13. ^ http://forix.autosport.com/8w/brauchitsch-hasse.html
  14. ^ Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser - A 40-Year Timeline
  15. ^ http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=6
  16. ^ http://www.racerxblog.com/article.php?article_id=1254
  17. ^ http://nationalprivateer.com/Randy_Renfrow.html
  18. ^ http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=180
  19. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/rallying/4175380/Dakar-rider-Pascal-Terry-could-have-been-saved.html
  20. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/herbert-adamski-1.html
  21. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/shigeo-arai-1.html
  22. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/hugo-strauss-1.html
  23. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/georg-dascher-1.html
  24. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/heinz-korvers-1.html
  25. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/arthur-knautz-1.html
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