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February 1, 2012: Angelo Dundee, 90, US professional boxing coach who guided the careers of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Link: NY Times

January 22, 2012: Joe Paterno, 85, American football coach who held the major-colleges all-time wins record, but whose career ended in scandal when it was revealed that he failed to act when one of his staff, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of sexual assaulting boys.
Link: WSJ

December 2, 2011: Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer who was a member of the famed "Invincibles" national team captained by Don Bradman.
Link: Australian

November 19, 2011: Basil D'Oliveira, 80, South African-born cricketer who was classified as "coloured" under the apathedi regims. His selection to play for England in South Africa in 1968 led to the cancellation of the tour and was a watershed moment in the sporting boycott of South Africa.
Link: Wikipedia

November 8, 2011: Joe Frazier, US boxer who became undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970 and defeated Muhammad Ali in the 1971 "Fight of the Century". Known as "Smokin' Joe", he died of liver cancer.
Link: USA Today

October 16, 2011: Dan Wheldon, 33, British-born US Indycar champion, killed in a track accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Link: Wikipedia.

October 5, 2011: Graham Dilley, 52, English cricketer, who bowled in 41 test matches and is regarded as the unsung hero of the team's victory in the 1981 Ashes series.
Link: Wikipedia

August 3, 2001: Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith, 66, former US National Football Leagues star who became a Hollywood actor in films including the Police Academy series and the TV shows Good Times and Charlie's Angels.
Link: WSJ; Wikipedia

June 17, 2011: Rex Mossop, 83, Australian rugby league and rugby union player who became an iconic television commentator of league.
Link: SMH

May 25, 2011: Terry Jenner, 66, Australian test cricketer and commentator who was a mentor to spin bowler Shane Warne.
Link: BBC

May 17, 2011: Harmon Killebrew, 74, US baseballer who played with lthe Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, and Kansas City Royals.
Link: Wikipedia

May 15, 2001: Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic champion athlete, in a fall from a balcony.
Link: Daily Mail

May 8, 2011: Lionel Rose, 62, Australian boxer who became world bantamweight champion in 1968. He was also the first indigenous Australian of the Year.
Link: news.com.au

May 7, 2011: Severiano Ballesteros, 54, champion Spanish golfer, from a cancerous brain tumour.
Link: Telegraph

May 1, 2001: Henry Cooper, 76, British heavyweight boxing champ best known for knocking down Muhammad Ali.
Link: wikipedia

April 20, 2011: Tim Hetherington, 41, British Oscar-nominated documentary maker and photojournalist, killed along with photographer Chris Hondros on assignment in Libya.
Link: Wikipedia

March 19, 2011: Kym Bonython, 90, Adelaide-based Australian racing-car driver who was also a music promoter and supporter of the visual arts.
Link: ABC

February 14, 2011: Tommy Burns, 88, Australian boxer, who was the sport's biggest drawcard in his hey-day in the late 1940s, and had a starring role in the 1949 Charles Chauvel film Sons of Matthew.
Links: Courier-Mail

December 12, 2010: Tom Walkinshaw, 64, Scottish motor racing and rugby star who was also credited with discovering the band Simple Minds.
Link: Wikipedia

December 6, 2010: Norman Hetherington, 89, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer who created the popular and enduring ABC children's television character Mr Squiggle.
Link: Courier-Mail

December 5, 2010: Joseph Don Meredith, 72, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and longtime on-air foil to NFL broadcasting legend Howard Cosell on ABC's Monday Night Football.
Link: NY Times

December 3, 2010: Ron Santo, 70, Chicago Cubs baseball legend and radio announcer for news station WGN.
Link: Freep

October 19, 2010: Stathi Katsidis, 31, Brisbane-based Australian jockey, of a suspected drug overdose. He was the brother of world-rated boxer Michael Katsidis.
Link: news.com.au

September 27, 2010: George Blanda, 83, US professional footballer who played a record 26 seasons and was the game's highest scorer at the time of his retirement.
Link: Wikipedia

July 24, 2010: Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, 61, Northern Ireland snooker legend, of throat cancer. He was world champion in 1972 and 1982.
Link: BBC

July 13, 2010: George Steinbrenner, 80, US businessman who owned the New York Yankees and was a dominant figure in the sport of baseball for four decades.
Link: NY Daily News

April 21, 2010: Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, former International Olympics Committee president, credited with modernising and popularising the event over his long tenure.
Link: CNN

April 4, 2010: Sir Alec Bedser, 91, England cricket great who bowled out Australian captain Don Bradman six times, the first for a duck.
Link: Times

December 4, 2009: Eddie "Umga" Fatu, 36, US professional wrestler, of a heart attack.
Links: Fox Sports

July 30, 2009: Bobby Robson, British football great.
Links: Guardian