# 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, 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