2016 sports deaths

January

January 7 - John Johnson, American basketball player
January 11 - Monte Irvin, American baseball player
January 23 - Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach
January 27 - Augusto Giomo, Italian basketball player

February

February 4 - Dave Mirra, American BMX rider and racecar driver
February 24 - Eddie Einhorn, American basketball television and radio executive
February 26 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player

March

March 3 - Sarah Tait, Australian rower
March 7 - Bobby Johns, American racecar driver
March 9 - Clyde Lovellette, basketball player
March 23 - Joe Garagiola Sr., American baseball player and announcer
March 24 - Johan Cruyff, Dutch football player and coach
March 27 - Antoine Demoitié, Belgian cyclist
March 28 - Daan Myngheer, Belgian cyclist

April

April 7 - Carlo Monti, Italian athlete
April 13 - Nera White, American basketball player
April 19 - Estelle Balet, Swiss snowboarder
April 23 - Attila Ferjáncz, Hungarian racecar driver
April 29 - Don White, American racecar driver

May

May 6 - Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian football player
May 14 - Christy O'Connor Snr, Irish golfer

June

June 3 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
June 3 - Sten Lundin, Swedish motorcycle rider
June 3 - Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle rider
June 10 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
June 11 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist
June 15 - Hiroshi Minatoya, Japanese judoka
June 22 - Roberto Lovera, Uruguayan basketball player
June 28 - Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach
June 28 - Buddy Ryan, NFL coach
June 29 - Jan Hettema, South African cyclist and racecar driver

July

July 9 - Fritzi Schwingl, Austrian canoeist
July 9 - Bill Guilfoile, American baseball executive
July 16 - Nate Thurmond, American basketball player

August

August 3 - Chris Amon, New Zealand racecar driver
August 6 - Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer
August 7 - Bryan Clauson, American racecar driver
August 9 - Bill Alsup, American racecar driver
August 14 - Yasumitsu Toyoda, Japanese baseball player
August 15 - Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach
August 16 - João Havelange, Brazilian football executive
August 24 – Nina Yeryomina, Russian basketball player
August 26 - Anton Pronk, Dutch football player
August 28 - Lennart Häggroth, Swedish ice hockey player

September

September 7 - Bobby Chacon, American boxer
September 8 - Hannes Arch, Austrian air racer
September 17 - Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian para-cyclist
September 23 - Frances Dafoe, Canadian figure skater
September 24 - Mel Charles, Welsh football player
September 25 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
September 25 - José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player
September 30 - Mike Towell, Scottish boxer

November

November 1 - Sverre Andersen, Norwegian footballer
November 28 - Chapecoense tragedy (over 60 players, executives and journalists)

December

December 2 - Sammy Lee, American diver
December 5 - Marcel Renaud, French kayaker
December 7 - Paul Bert Elvstrøm, Danish yachter
December 23 - Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian runner
December 29 - Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan football player and coach

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