# 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
### 1

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| England | Clint Boulton | Association football | 72 | Unknown |
| Italy | Emanuele Chiapasco | Baseball | 90 | Unknown |
| Canada | Paul Delorey | Curling | 71 | Unknown |
| Iceland | Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson | Basketball | 53 | Motor neuron disease |
| France | Bernard Guignedoux | Association football | 73 | Unknown |
| Colombia | Pablo Hernández | Cycling | 80 | Unknown |
| United States | Floyd Little | American football | 78 | Cancer |
| Norway | Harald Maartmann | Cross-country skiing | 94 | Unknown |
| Netherlands | Paatje Phefferkorn | Martial arts | 98 | COVID-19 |

### 2

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Brazil | Cléber Eduardo Arado | Association football | 48 | COVID-19 |
| Indonesia | Alex Asmasoebrata | Auto racing | 69 | Unknown |
| Spain | Miquel Ferrer | Association football | 89 | Unknown |
| Canada | Rob Flockhart | Ice hockey | 64 | Heart attack |
| South Africa | Ryder Mofokeng | Association football | 68 | Unknown |
| United States | Don Salls | American football | 101 | Unknown |
| Russia | Yuri Saukh | Association football | 69 | Unknown |
| United States | Paul Westphal | Basketball | 70 | Glioblastoma |
| Wales | Brian Whitcombe | Rugby union | 86 | Unknown |

## November
### 1

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Scotland | Brian Adair | Cricket | 86 | Unknown |
| Pakistan | Gulraiz Akhtar | Field hockey | 78 | Unknown |
| Canada | Hugo Dittfach | Horse racing | 85 | Unknown |
| England | Alan Igglesden | Cricket | 57 | Brain cancer |
| Italy | Poerio Mascella | Association football | 71 | Unknown |
| Ireland | Maurice Price | Association football | 83 | Unknown |

### 2

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| United States | John Aiken | Ice hockey | 89 | Unknown |
| United States | Jane Brown Grimes | Tennis | 80 | Unknown |
| Ireland | Des Ferguson | Gaelic football | 91 | Unknown |
| Sweden | Tomas Leandersson | Ten-pin bowling | 55 | Unknown |
| United States | John Marshall | American football | 76 | Unknown |
| Canada | Alf Mayer | Shooting | 83 | Unknown |
| Ireland | John Joe O'Hagan | Gaelic football | 91 | Unknown |
| England | Alf Patrick | Association football | 100 | Unknown |
| Italy | Luciano Piquè | Association football | 86 | Unknown |
| Ukraine | Viktor Putyatin | Fencing | 80 | Unknown |
| Algeria | Mohamed Soukhane | Association football | 90 | Unknown |

### 3

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Switzerland | François Blank | Ice hockey | 90 | Unknown |
| Germany | Hermann Haverkamp | Water polo | 79 | Unknown |
| Japan | Yasuro Kikuchi | Go | 93 | Unknown |
| United States | Tom Matte | American football | 82 | Unknown |
| United States | Warren Powers | American football | 80 | Alzheimer's disease |
| Russia | Andrei Redkous | Association football | 64 | Unknown |
| Slovakia | Boris Sádecký | Ice hockey | 24 | Cardiac arrest |
| Denmark | Kurt Thyboe | Sports commentator | 81 | Pneumonia |

### 4

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Scotland | Walter Cameron | Association football | 78–79 | Unknown |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amela Fetahović | Association football | 35 | Unknown |
| Israel | Amatsia Levkovich | Association football | 83 | Unknown |
| Italy | Eugenio Pazzaglia | Association football | 72 | Unknown |
| United States | Mike Pitts | American football | 61 | Unknown |
| United States | Roger Zatkoff | American football | 90 | Unknown |

### 5

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Canada | Charlie Burns | Ice hockey | 85 | Unknown |
| Australia | Russell Ebert | Australian rules football | 72 | Leukaemia |
| Poland | Ryszard Grzegorczyk | Association football | 82 | Unknown |
| Italy | Luigi Maldera | Association football | 75 | Unknown |
| Slovakia | Dušan Pašek | Ice hockey | 36 | Suicide by hanging |
| Germany | Flip Stapper | Association football | 76 | Unknown |
| Belarus | Konstantin Wajgin | Biathlon | 57 | Unknown |

### 6

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Slovakia | Pavol Molnár | Association football | 85 | Unknown |
| United States | Angelo Mosca | Canadian football | 84 | Unknown |
| Jamaica | Shawn Rhoden | Professional bodybuilding | 46 | Heart attack |
| Brazil | Luíz Antônio dos Santos | Long-distance running | 57 | Cardiac arrest |
| India | Tarak Sinha | Cricket | 70 | Lung cancer |
| United States | Harvey White | American football | 83 | Unknown |

### 7

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Russia | Liudmila Belavenets | Chess | 81 | COVID-19 |
| India | Sunit Ghosh | Cricket | 87 | Unknown |
| United States | Robin Greiner | Pair skating | 89 | Unknown |
| England | Barry Jackson | Association football | 83 | Unknown |
| Russia | Aliya Khambikova | Volleyball | 21 | Unknown |
| Russia | Igor Nikulin | Hammer throw | 61 | Unknown |
| Australia | Brian Renwood | Australian rules football | 86 | Unknown |
| United States | Ronnie Williams | Basketball | 59 | Brain cancer |

### 8

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Netherlands | Rinus Bennaars | Association football | 90 | Unknown |
| Australia | Keith Bradshaw | Cricket | 58 | Multiple myeloma |
| United States | Medina Dixon | Basketball | 59 | Pancreatic cancer |
| Puerto Rico | Pedro Feliciano | Baseball | 45 | Unknown |
| South Africa | Mike Harris | Formula One | 82 | Unknown |
| Eritrea | Desiet Kidane | Road bicycle racing | 21 | Traffic collision |
| South Korea | Kim Kyeong-bo | Esports | 20 | Unknown |
| England | Cecilia Robinson | Cricket | 97 | Unknown |

### 9

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death |
| Germany | Erika Fisch | Long jump | 87 | Unknown |
| Liberia | Willis Forko | Association football | 37 | Unknown |
| Algeria | Loucif Hamani | Boxing | 71 | Unknown |
| Mexico | Memo Luna | Baseball | 91 | Unknown |
| Italy | Francesco Romani | Karate | 88 | Complications from a fall |
| Wales | Laurie Sheffield | Association football | 82 | Unknown |
| United States | Duane Wilson | Baseball | 87 | Unknown |

### 13

| Nationality | Person | Sport | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
| Bulgaria | Ivo Georgiev | Association football | 49 | Heart failure | |
| United States | Sam Huff | American football | 87 | Unknown | |