# 1994 #

  • Igor Platonov (1934-1994) - Ukrainian chess player - murdered by thieves in his apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • Manuel Serra (1935-1994) - Portuguese footballer - shot by his cousin in Agualva-Cacém, Portugal.
  • Andrés Escobar (1967-1994) - Colombian footballer - shot outside the El Indio nightclub in Medellín, Colombia.
  • James Zachery (1958-1994) - American gridiron football player - died after being attacked by a gang in Midland, Texas, USA.
  • Sam Parrilla (1943-1994) - Puerto Rican baseball player - shot following a traffic collision in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • Alex Scott (1960-1994) - British racehorse trainer - shot by a co-worker in Newmarket, England.
  • Mikhail Linge (1958-1994) - Russian sprinter - killed in Moscow, Russia.

# 1993 #

  • Raúl Esnal (1956-1993) - Uruguayan footballer - killed on a road in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
  • Omar Cañas (1969-1993) - Colombian footballer - killed in Bello, Colombia.
  • Dino Bravo (1948-1993) - Canadian pro wrestler - shot in his home in Laval, Canada.
  • Colin Ridgway (1937-1993) - Australian gridiron football player and high jumper - murdered at home in University Park, Texas, USA.
  • Robert Hawkins (1954-1993) - American basketball player - shot in a crack house in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • Juan Carlos Castillo (1964-1993) - Colombian racing cyclist - shot in his car in Chinchiná, Colombia.
  • José Antonio Santamariá (1946-1993) - Spanish footballer - killed in a ETA terrorist attack in San Sebastián, Spain.

# 1992 #

  • Edward Jancarz (1946-1992) - Polish speedway rider - stabbed by his wife during a domestic dispute in Gorzów, Poland.
  • Alfonso Flórez Ortiz (1952-1992) - Colombian racing cyclist - killed in Medellín, Colombia.
  • Shane Curry (1968-1992) - American gridiron football player - shot outside a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
  • Win Williams (1923-1992) - American gridiron football player - shot at a robbery at his home in Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Vernon Smith (1958-1992) - American basketball player - shot in his car in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • José Ruíz Matos (1966-1992) - Puerto Rican boxer - shot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Fikret Hodzic (1953-1992) - Bosnian bodybuilder - shot near his home in Trnopolje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

# 1991 #

  • Heinz Bonn (1941-1991) - German footballer - stabbed in his apartment in Hannover, Germany.
  • Robert Turner (1971-1991) - American gridiron football player - shot outside a nightclub in Port Gibson, Mississippi, USA.

# 1990 #

  • Haseeb-ul-Hasan (1964-1990) - Pakistani cricketer - shot in Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Muni Lal (1913-1990) - Indian cricketer - murdered during a burglary of his home in Noida, India.
  • Lü Wei (1966-1990) - Chinese diver - murdered at her friend's home in Beijing, China.
  • Jeff Modesitt (1964-1990) - American gridiron football player - shot outside a Waffle House restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Tony Solaita (1947-1990) - American baseball player - shot in Tafuna, American Samoa.
  • Darryl Usher (1965-1990) - American gridiron football player - shot in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

# 1989 #

  • Jeff Stollmeyer (1921-1989) - Trinidadian cricketer - died in Melbourne, Florida after being wounded by home invaders in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Carlos Yates (1962-1989) - American basketball player - shot near the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington D.C., USA.
  • Don Bass (1956-1989) - American gridiron football player - shot in Waxahachie, Texas, USA.

# 1988 #

  • Syed Modi (1962-1988) - Indian badminton player - shot outside the KD Singh Badu stadium in Lucknow, India.
  • Brian Spencer (1949-1988) - Canadian ice hockey player - shot during a robbery in Riviera Beach, Florida, USA.
  • Ricky Lawless (1959-1988) - American pro wrestler - shot in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Luis Márquez (1925-1988) - Puerto Rican baseball player - shot during a domestic dispute in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
  • Peter Dix (1953-1988) - Irish sailor - killed in a terrorist plane explosion in Lockerbie, Scotland.
  • Mickey Thompson (1928-1988) - American racing driver - shot outside his home in Bradbury, California, USA.
  • Gus Bailey (1951-1988) - American basketball player - stabbed in his apartment in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

# 1987 #

  • Francis Adams (1953-1987) - Trinidadian sprinter - shot in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Donald Aronow (1927-1987) - American boat racer - shot in his car in Miami, Florida, USA.
  • Isaac Barrientos (1966-1987) - Puerto Rican boxer - shot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

# 1986 #

  • Ljubomir Magas (1948-1986) - Yugoslav-Serbian boxer - shot by gangster Goran Vukovic outside the courthouse in Frankfurt, West Germany.
  • Galo Miño (1953-1986) - Ecuadorian sport shooter - shot by bank robbers in Quito, Ecuador.
  • Sid Tanenbaum (1925-1986) - American basketball player - stabbed in his shop in Queens, New York, USA.

# 1985 #

  • Jee Yong-ju (1948-1985) - South Korean boxer - stabbed by a neighbor at his home in Wonju, South Korea.
  • Barry Crane (1927-1985) - American bridge player - beaten at home in Studio City, California, USA.

# 1984 #

  • Christopher Braithwaite (1948-1984) - Trinidadian sprinter - shot by a sniper while running in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
  • Olli Kanervisto (1958-1984) - Finnish shot putter - shot by an off-duty police officer outside a night club in Playa del Ingles, Spain.
  • Leon Burns (1942-1984) - American gridiron football player - shot in Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Ted Page (1903-1984) - American baseball player - beaten with a baseball bat in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Ben Wilson (1967-1984) - American basketball player - shot outside a diner in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Valery Voronin (1939-1984) - Soviet/Russian footballer - beaten in Moscow, Russia.

# 1983 #

  • Prithipal Singh (1932-1983) - Indian field hockey player - shot by students at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Indian.
  • Lutz Eigendorf (1956-1983) - German footballer - died in a suspicious car crash in Braunschweig, West Germany.
  • Fred Swift (1938-1983) - Australian Aussie rules footballer - shot during a robbery at his home in Lockwood, Australia.
  • Dave Short (1917-1983) - American baseball player - murdered in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
  • Jim Cook (1921-1983) - American racing driver - beaten with a racing trophy by a burglar in his home in Oceanside, California, USA.
  • Bob Hogsett (1941-1984) - American basketball player - shot at work in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

# 1982 #

  • André Kamperveen (1924-1982) - Surinamese footballer - tortured and shot by the military regime in Paramaribo, Suriname.
  • Jim Bradley (1952-1982) - American basketball player - shot during a drug deal in Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • Andrea Buchanan (1955-1982) - American tennis player - shot at a fish market in Culver City, California, USA.
  • Henry Callahan (1957-1982) - American ultimate player - murdered during a robbery in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • Gary Suiter (1944-1982) - American basketball player - shot over gambling debt in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA.

# 1981 #

  • Connie Kunzmann (1956-1981) - American basketball player - beaten in Dodge Park in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
  • Bruce Rhodes (1952-1981) - American gridiron football player - shot in San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Dele Udo (1957-1981) - Nigerian sprinter - shot in Lagos, Nigeria.

# 1980 #

  • Ismael Díaz (?-1980) - Salvadorean footballer - murdered while working as a taxi driver in San Miguel, El Salvador.
  • Stanislawa Walasiewicz/Stella Walsh (1911-1980) - Polish-American track and field athlete - killed during an armed robbery in a parking lot in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Seamus Quaid (1937-1980) - Irish hurler - shot by an IRA member in Ballyconnick, Ireland.
  • Kola Kwariani (1903-1980) - American-Georgian pro wrestler and chess player - beaten by a group of teenagers at the Chess and Checker Club in New York City, New York, USA.
  • John Morley (1942-1980) - Irish Gaelic footballer - killed by bank robbers in Loughglynn, Ireland.

# 1970s #

  • Lawrence Ogwang (1932-1970s) - Ugandan long jumper - killed during the reign of Idi Amin in Uganda.
  • Octavio Muciño (1950-1974) - Mexican footballer - shot by a fan of a rival team outside Carlos O'Willys restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Vladimir Durkovic (1937-1972) - Yugoslav-Serbian footballer - shot by a drunk policeman at a nightclub in Sion, Switzerland.
  • Artem Teryan (1930-1970) - Soviet-Armenian wrestler - killed during a domestic dispute in Baku, Soviet Union/Azerbaijan.
  • Clemente Sánchez (1947-1978) - Mexican boxer - shot during a traffic dispute in Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Andris Andreiko (1942-1976) - Soviet-Latvian draughts player - beaten with a clothes iron by an acquaintance who robbed him in Riga, Soviet Union/Latvia.
  • Clarice Benini (1905-1976) - Italian chess player - murdered by her neighbour in Rufina, Italy.
  • David Berger (1944-1972) - American-Israeli weightlifter - killed by a detonated hand grenade during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Ze'ev Friedman (1944-1972) - Israeli weightlifter - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Yossef Gutfreund (1931-1972) - Israeli wrestling judge - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Eliezer Halfin (1948-1972) - Latvian-Israeli wrestler - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Yossef Romano (1940-1972) - Libyan-Israeli weightlifter - tortured and shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Amitzur Shapira (1932-1972) - Israeli sprinter, long jumper and track coach - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Kehat Shorr (1919-1972) - Romanian-Israeli shooting coach - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Mark Slavin (1954-1972) - Israeli wrestler - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Andre Spitzer (1945-1972) - Romanian-Israeli fencing coach - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Yakov Springer (1921-1972) - Polish-Israeli wrestling and weightlifting coach - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Moshe Weinberg (1939-1972) - Israeli wrestler - shot during a terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany.
  • Robert Mensah (1939-1971) - Ghanaian footballer - stabbed with a broken bottle at the Credo bar in Tema, Ghana.
  • Nancy Uranga (1954-1976) - Cuban fencer - killed by a bomb in a terrorist attack on a passenger plane in Bridgetown, Barbados.
  • Isoup Ganthy (1929-1976) - Cambodian equestrian - died while incarcerated by the Khmer Rouge regime in the Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • José da Conceicão (1931-1974) - Brazilian high jumper and sprinter - shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Charles Bracht (1915-1978) - Belgian alpine skier - kidnapped and killed in Oelegem, Belgium.
  • Oscar Bonavena (1942-1976) - Argentine boxer - shot by a security guard at the Mustang Ranch in Reno, Nevada, USA.
  • Lyman Bostock (1950-1978) - American baseball player - shot in his uncle's car in Gary, Indiana, USA.
  • David "Stringbean" Akeman (1915-1973) - American baseball player - shot during a robbery at his home in Ridgetop, Tennessee, USA.
  • Rich Parks (1943-1978) - American basketball player - shot in a bar in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Bob Schultz (1923-1979) - American baseball player - shot at a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Wallace Smith (1924-1973) - American boxer - shot while breaking up a fight in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
  • Lorenzo Wright (1926-1972) - American sprinter - stabbed by his wife in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • Blenda Gay (1950-1976) - American gridiron football player - got his throat slit by his wife at home in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
  • Luke Easter (1915-1979) - American baseball player - shot during a robbery outside a bank in Euclid, Ohio, USA.
  • Jack Molinas (1931-1975) - American basketball player - shot in the backyard of his home in Hollywood, California, USA.
  • Miguel Fuentes (1946-1970) - Puerto Rican baseball player - shot outside a bar in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico.
  • Adriana Acosta (1956-1978) - Argentine field hockey player - kidnapped by the military dictatorship and likely killed in prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Jorge Cáceres (1917-1975) - Argentine modern pentathlete - assassinated by a guerilla group in Paraná, Argentina.
  • Bob Lane (1946-1979) - Australian Aussie rules footballer - shot at a caravan site in Kyalite, Australia.
  • Owen Davies (1914-1978) - Jamaican cricket umpire - shot at his home in St. Mary, Jamaica.
  • Ion Covaci (1945-1973) - Romanian boxer - stabbed in Braila, Romania.
  • Petar Loncarevic (1907-1978) - Serbian footballer - beaten by rival football supporters in Kranj, Slovenia.
  • Jack Edwards (1924-1978) - English footballer - killed in a street mugging in Nottingham, England.
  • Ernie Pitts (1935-1970) - American gridiron football player - shot by his wife outside his home in Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Joe Fulks (1921-1976) - American basketball player - shot by his girlfriend's son in Eddyville, Kentucky, USA.
  • Andrew Puopolo (?-1976) - American gridiron football player - stabbed in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Reggie Harding (1942-1972) - American basketball player - shot in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • Frankie DePaula (1939-1970) - American boxer - shot at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
  • Tyrone Everett (1953-1977) - American boxer - shot by his girlfriend in his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Bob Baird (1940-1974) - American baseball player - shot in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
  • Francois Bonlieu (1937-1973) - French alpine skier - died after a fight at the Croisette in Cannes, France.
  • Odd Frantzen (1913-1977) - Norwegian footballer - kicked by a burglar in his home in Bergen, Norway.
  • James Hewson (1918-1978) - American racewalker and rower - murdered during a robbery in Buffalo, New York, USA.

# 1960s #

  • Rikidozan (1924-1963) - Korean-Japanese sumo and pro wrestler - stabbed by a member of a yakuza organisation in Tokyo, Japan. Rikidozan initially survived, but developed peritonitis which killed him.
  • Joe Gaetjens (1924-1964) - Haitian-American footballer/soccer player - arrested by the Papa Doc Duvalier regime and presumably killed in the Fort Dimanche prison in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His body has never been found.
  • Grigoris Lambrakis (1912-1963) - Greek long and triple jumper - beaten with a club by right wing extremists during a political speech in Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Sonja McCaskie (1939-1963) - British alpine skier - raped, strangled and dismembered in Reno, Nevada, USA.
  • Redvers Sangoe (1936-1964) - Welsh boxer - stabbed in a street quarrel in Cardiff, Wales.
  • George Piper (1941-1968) - Australian rugby player - beaten outside a nightclub in Balmain, Australia.
  • Lee Robbins (1922-1968) - American basketball player - shot during a car theft in Billings, Montana, USA.
  • Abe Turner (1924-1962) - American chess player - stabbed at work in New York City, New York, USA.
  • Anthony Veranis (1938-1966) - American boxer - beaten and shot by a mob hitman in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Edward McLaughlin (1917-1965) - American boxer - shot in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Inga Artamonova (1936-1966) - Soviet speed skater - stabbed by her husband in Moscow, Soviet Union.
  • Wilbur Moore (1916-1965) - American gridiron football player - shot by his wife in front of her house in Takoma Park, Maryland, USA.
  • Tim McKeithan (1906-1969) - American baseball player - shot in Forest City, North Carolina, USA.
  • William Bartholomae Jr. (1893-1964) - American sailor - stabbed in Newport Beach, California, USA.

# 1950s #

  • Hiram Bithorn (1916-1951) - Puerto Rican baseball player - shot by a police officer in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.
  • David Blakeley (1929-1955) - British racing driver - shot by his partner Ruth Ellis outside The Magdala pub in London, England.
  • Jorge Agostini (1910-1955) - Cuban fencer and pistol shooter - shot by representatives of the Naval Intelligence Service in Havana, Cuba.
  • Howie Fox (1921-1955) - American baseball player - stabbed at his bar in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • Sol Butler (1895-1954) - American gridiron football player and long jumper - shot at his workplace, the tavern Paddy's Liquors in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Tom Sullivan (1919-1957) - American boxer - shot in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Boughera El Ouafi (1898-1959) - Algerian long distance runner - killed in a café in Saint-Denis, France.
  • Perry Ten Eyck (1907-1959) - American basketball player - beaten in Ukiah, California, USA.
  • Phil Cockrell (1895-1951) - American baseball player - shot outside a bar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Sándor Szucs (1921-1951) - Hungarian footballer - executed by the Hungarian regime in Budapest, Hungary.

# 1940s #

  • Lorenzo Vitria (1908-1941) - Spanish boxer - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Józef Broel-Plater (1890-1941) - Polish bobsledder - died while incarcerated in Dachau concentration camp, Germany.
  • Adolf Zimmer (1908-1940) - Polish footballer - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Stanislaw Urban (1907-1940) - Polish rower - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Zbigniew Babinski (1896-1940) - Polish sports aviator - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Józef Baran-Bilewski (1899-1940) - Polish discus thrower - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Wojciech Bursa (1895-1940) - Polish sports shooter - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Zdzislaw Kawecki (1902-1940) - Polish equestrian - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Adam Kogut (1895-1940) - Polish footballer - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Aleksander Kowalski (1902-1940) - Polish ice hockey player - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Tadeusz Kowalski (1804-1940) - Polish figure skater and footballer - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Adam Obrubanski (1892-1940) - Polish footballer - executed during the Katyn massacre in Katyn, Soviet Union/Russia.
  • Isakas Anolikas (1903-1943) - Lithuanian cyclist - shot by Nazis at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Tsutomu Yukawa (1911-1942) - Japanese aikidoka - stabbed by a soldier in Osaka, Japan.
  • Leone Efrati (1916-1944) - Italian boxer - died incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Gino Ravenna (1889-1940s) - Italian gymnast - died incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Carlo Castellani (1909-1944) - Italian footballer - died of dysentery while incarcerated in Gusen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Paolo Salvi (1891-1945) - Italian gymnast - died incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Vittorio Staccione (1904-1945) - Italian footballer - died incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Olivér Halassy (1909-1946) - Hungarian water polo player and swimmer - shot by Soviet soldier who confiscated his car.
  • Árpád Weisz (1896-1944) - Hungarian footballer - gassed by Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Poland.
  • Ferenc Weisz (1885-1944) - Hungarian footballer - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • László Bartók (1904-1945) - Hungarian rower - died while incarcerated in Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany.
  • Henrik Nádler (1901-1944) - Hungarian footballer - died while incarcerated in Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany.
  • János Garay (1889-1945) - Hungarian fencer - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Oszkár Gerde (1883-1944) - Hungarian fencer - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Nicolae Hönigsberg (1901-1944) - Romanian-Hungarian footballer - died while inracerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Violette Morris (1893-1944) - French javelin thrower, shot putter and auto racer - shot by French resistance members while driving in her car in Épaignes, France.
  • Victor Perez (1911-1945) - French-Tunisian boxer - shot by a guard at Gleiwitz concentration camp in Gliwice, Poland.
  • Leon Schwartzmann (1887-1942) - Polish-French chess player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Rémy Weil (1899-1943) - French swimmer and diver - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Pierre Hirsch (1900-1942) - French tennis player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Léon Monosson (1892-1943) - Belarusian-French chess player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Robert Benoist (1895-1944) - French racing driver - executed by hanging in Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany.
  • Maurice Thédié (1896-1944) - French footballer - died on a train bound for Dachau concentration camp, Germany.
  • Charles Berty (1911-1944) - French racing cyclist - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Alfred Louchet (1902-1944) - French racing cyclist - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Charles Marion (1887-1944) - French equestrian - assassinated by French partisans in Annecy, France.
  • Elias Katz (1901-1947) - Finnish steeplechase runner - shot by an Arab sniper during in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine.
  • Eduard Seren (1900-1941) - Estonian sport shooter - executed by Soviet forces in Saare, Estonia.
  • Simon Okker (1881-1944) - Dutch fencer - killed while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Jonas Slier (1886-1942) - Dutch gymnast - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Hans Smalhout (1920-1942) - Dutch ice hockey player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Israel Wijnschenk (1895-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Elias Melkman (1903-1942) - Dutch gymnast - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Lion van Minden (1880-1944) - Dutch fencer - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Abraham Mok (1888-1944) - Dutch gymnast - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Isidore Goudeket (1883-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Abraham de Oliveira (1880-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Estella Agsteribbe (1909-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Gerardus van der Wel (1895-1945) - Dutch long distance runner - died while incarcerated in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.
  • Jud Simons (1904-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Mozes Jacobs (1905-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897-1943) - Dutch gymnastics coach - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Jacob van Moppes (1876-1943) - Dutch wrestler - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Helena Nordheim (1903-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Anna Dresden-Polak (1906-1943) - Dutch gymnast - died in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Josef Charous (1894-1943) - Czech equestrian - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Karel Hartmann (1885-1944) - Czechoslovak ice hockey player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Oskar Heks (1908-1944) - Czechoslovak long distance runner - gassed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Frantisek Fiser (1900-1942) - Czechoslovak weightlifter - died while incarcerated in Dachau concentration camp, Germany.
  • Frantisek Getreuer (1906-1945) - Czechoslovak water polo player and swimmer - died while incarcerated in Dachau concentration camp, Germany.
  • Charles Orton (1910-1940) - English cricketer - killed by German soldiers in the Wormhoudt massacre in Wormhoudt, France.
  • Charles de Ligne (1895-1944) - Belgian speed skater - killed by hitmen hired by his wife.
  • Thierry de Briey (1895-1945) - Belgian equestrian - died while incarcerated in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.
  • Max Scheuer (1895-1941) - Austrian footballer - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Fritz Dünmann (1884-1942) - Austrian footballer - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Ernst Königsgarten (1880-1942) - Austrian fencer - died while incarcerated in Theresienstadt concentration camp in Terezin, Czechoslovakia.
  • Otto Herschmann (1877-1942) - Austrian swimmer and fencer - gassed in Sobibor extermination camp, Poland.
  • Bill Lewis (1909-1949) - Australian Aussie rules footballer - killed in a fight in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Marion Miley (1914-1941) - American golfer - shot during a robbery at the Lexington Country Club in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
  • Joseph Lazarus (1903-1943) - American boxer - beaten after trying to stop a street brawl.
  • Elmer Schwartz (1906-1949) - American gridiron football player - beaten by a security guard at a construction site in Pulga, California, USA.
  • Lloyd Seay (1919-1941) - American racing driver - shot at a relative's house in Burlsboro, Georgia, USA.
  • Eddy Hamel (1902-1943) - American soccer player - gassed by Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Alex Albritton (1892-1940) - American baseball player - beaten at the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Porter Moss (1910-1944) - American baseball player - shot on board a train in Jackson, Tennessee, USA.
  • Al Davis (1920-1945) - American boxer - shot outside the bar Dudy's in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • Frantisek Pechácek (1896-1944) - Czech gymnast - died while incarcerated in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Jiri Jesenský (1905-1942) - Czech fencer - shot in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Gyözö Halmos (1889-1945) - Hungarian gymnast - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Cornelis Compter (1894-1945) - Dutch weightlifter - died while incarcerated in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.
  • Julien Lehouck (1896-1944) - Belgian sprinter - executed in Breendonk concentration camp, Belgium.
  • Martial van Schelle (1899-1943) - Belgian bobsledder and swimmer - shot in Breendonk concentration camp, Belgium.
  • Izidor Gross (1860-1942) - Croatian chess player - died while incarcerated in Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia.
  • Svetozar Danic (1917-1941) - Croatian/Yugoslav footballer - executed by gunshot in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Alfred Flatow (1869-1942) - German gymnast - starved in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Czechoslovakia.
  • Gustav Flatow (1875-1945) - German gymnast - starved in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Czechoslovakia.
  • Per Jacobsen (1911-1944) - Norwegian figure skater - died while incarcerated in Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Bas-Rhin, France.
  • Edmond Vanwaes (1892-1944) - Belgian rower - died while incarcerated in Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Bas-Rhin, France.
  • Eugène Maës (1890-1945) - French footballer - died while incarcerated in Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp in Nordhausen, Germany.
  • Rein Boomsma (1879-1943) - Dutch footballer - died while incarcerated in Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Johann Trollmann (1907-1944) - German boxer - beaten with a shovel in Wittenberge concentration camp, Germany.
  • Hans van Walsem (1916-1943) - Dutch rower - died while incarcerated in Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Richard Schoemaker (1886-1942) - Dutch fencer - executed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany.
  • Pierre Versteegh (1888-1942) - Dutch equestrian - executed by gunshot in Sachsenhausen concentraion camp, Germany.
  • Kazimierz Zebrowski (1891-1940s) - Polish ice hockey player - died while incarcerated in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany.
  • William Grover-Williams (1903-1945) - British racing driver - executed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany.
  • Jur Haak (1890-1945) - Dutch footballer - died while incarcerated in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany.
  • Virgilio Lobregat (1901-1944) - Filipino footballer - beheaded in Manila, Philippines.
  • Leon Sperling (1900-1941) - Polish footballer - shot by Nazis in the Lwów Ghetto, Poland.
  • Józef Klotz (1900-1941) - Polish footballer - killed by Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland.
  • Wilhelm Orbach (1894-1944) - German chess player - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Julius Hirsch (1892-1940s) - German footballer - died while incarcerated in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Abram Szpiro (1912-1943) - Polish chess player - killed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Adam Kniola (1911-1942) - Polish footballer - killed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Antoni Lyko (1907-1941) - Polish footballer - shot in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Józef Noji (1909-1943) - Polish long distance runner - killed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Bronislaw Czech (1908-1944) - Polish skier - killed in Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Marian Einbacher (1900-1943) - Polish footballer - killed in Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Ilia Szrajbman (1907-1943) - Polish swimmer - killed in the Majdanek concentration camp, Poland.
  • Emil Zinner (1909-1942) - Czech chess player - killed in the Majdanek concentration camp, Poland.
  • Roman Kantor (1912-1943) - Polish fencer - killed in the Majdanek concentration camp, Poland.
  • Eugène Greau (1904-1943) - French racing cyclist - died while incarcerated in Sonnenburg concentration camp, Poland.
  • Ebbo Bastard (1912-1949) - South African rugby player - shot by his wife's ex-husband outside his home in Cedarville, South Africa.
  • Walter Hempel (1876-1949) - American gridiron football coach - killed during a robbery in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
  • John Levi (1898-1946) - American gridiron football player - stabbed in Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Gordon McNaughton (1910-1942) - American baseball player - shot by an ex-girlfriend in a hotel lobby in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Alabama Pitts (1909-1941) - American baseball player - stabbed in a tavern in Valdese, North Carolina, USA.
  • Win Charles (1903-1949) - American gridiron football player - shot by his wife in Virginia, USA.
  • Attila Petschauer (1904-1943) - Hungarian fencer - died while incarcerated in Davidovka concentration camp, Belarus.
  • Bogdan Tosovic (1918-1941) - Croatian/Yugoslav water polo player - died while incarcerated in Jadovno concentration camp, Croatia.
  • Simon Rubinstein (1910-1942) - Austrian chess player - died while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Nelly Fiserová (?-1941) - Czech chess player - died while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Karel Fleischner (?-1940s) - Czechoslovak table tennis player - died while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Mikulás Fried (1906-1944) - Czechoslovak table tennis player - died while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Ernst de Jonge (1914-1944) - Dutch rower - died while incarcerated in a Nazi prison in Rawicz, Poland.
  • Salo Landau (1903-1944) - Dutch chess player - gassed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
  • Francois Marits (1884-1945) - Dutch sports shooter - died while incarcerated in the Gestapo HQ in Hannover, Germany.
  • William Fiskar (1890-1943) - Estonian footballer - executed in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Imre Mándi (1916-1943) - Hungarian boxer - died in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Endre Steiner (1901-1944) - Hungarian chess player - died in a Nazi concentration camp in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Ernest Toussaint (1908-1942) - Luxembourgian boxer - shot in Hinzert concentration camp, Germany.
  • Moishe Lowtzky (1881-1940) - Ukrainian-Polish chess player - shot in the Palmiry massacre in Palmiry, Poland.
  • Henryk Friedman (1903-1942) - Polish chess player - died while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Milutin Ivkovic (1906-1943) - Yugoslav footballer - shot by Nazis in Jajinci, Serbia.
  • Mirko Bröder (1911-1943) - Hungarian-Yugoslav chess player - killed by Nazis in Yugoslavia.
  • Heinrich Wolf (1875-1943) - Austrian chess player - murdered in the Riga ghetto, Latvia.
  • Otto Fischer (1901-1941) - Austrian footballer - shot in the Liepaja massacres in Liepaja, Latvia.
  • Alexander Bárta (1892-1945) - Slovak fencer - executed by Nazis in Hrabusice, Slovakia.
  • Frantisek Schubert (1894-1942) - Czech chess player - murdered by Nazis in Lódz, Poland.
  • Marie Jeanne Frigard (1904-1940s) - French chess player - died during the Holocaust.
  • Lilli Henoch (1899-1943) - German track and field athlete - shot by Nazis in the Riga ghetto, Latvia.
  • Imre Taussig (1894-1945) - Hungarian footballer - killed in Bruck an der Leitha concentration camp, Austria.
  • András Székely (1910-1943) - Hungarian swimmer - killed by Nazis in a forced labor camp in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
  • Kornél Havasi (1892-1945) - Hungarian chess player - killed by Nazis in Bruck an der Leitha concentration camp, Austria.
  • Sándor Bródy (1884-1944) - Hungarian footballer - murdered by Nazis.
  • József Braun (1901-1943) - Hungarian footballer - killed by Nazis in a forced labor camp in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  • István Grósz (1895-1944) - Hungarian middle-distance runner - executed by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Géza Kertész (1894-1945) - Hungarian footballer - executed by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest, Hungary.
  • István Tóth (1891-1945) - Hungarian footballer - executed by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Antal Vágó (1891-1944) - Hungarian footballer - executed by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Aron Zabludowski (1909-1941) - Polish chess player - killed by Nazis in a burning synagogue in Bialystok, Poland.
  • Salomon Szapiro (1882-1944) - Polish chess player - died in the Lódz ghetto, Poland.
  • Zygmunt Steuermann (1899-1941) - Polish footballer - died in the Lemberg ghetto in Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Stanislaw Kohn (1895-1940) - Polish chess player - shot in the Palmiry massacre in Palmiry, Poland.
  • Dawid Przepiórka (1880-1940) - Polish chess player - shot in the Palmiry massacre in Palmiry, Poland.
  • Achilles Frydman (1904-1940) - Polish chess player - shot in the Palmiry massacre in Palmiry, Poland.
  • Rafal Feinmesser (1895-1940s) - Polish chess player - died during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Dawid Daniuszewski (1885-1944) - Polish chess player - died in the Lódz ghetto, Poland.
  • Izaak Towbin (1899-1941) - Polish chess player - died in the Warsaw ghetto, Poland.
  • Henryk Pogoriely (1908-1943) - Polish chess player - murdered in the Pawiak prison in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Jakub Kolski (1899-1941) - Polish chess player - starved in the Warsaw ghetto, Poland.
  • Stefan Fryc (1894-1943) - Polish footballer - executed in the Warsaw ghetto, Poland.
  • Moshe Hirschbein (1894-1940) - Polish chess player - died in the Lódz ghetto, Poland.
  • Heinrich Belohlavek (1889-1943) - Austrian footballer - beheaded by Nazis in a prison in Berlin, Germany.
  • Vojtech Neményi (1899-1945) - Slovak water polo player - killed while trying to escape a concentration camp in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
  • Rubin Teitelbaum (1907-1941) - Estonian weightlifter - killed by Nazis in Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Marijan Dragman (1910-1945) - Croatian boxer - killed in a wagon on his way to Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia.
  • August Kop (1904-1945) - Dutch field hockey player - died in a Japanese concentration camp in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
  • Karel Treybal (1885-1941) - Czech chess player - executed by Nazis in Prague, Czechia

# 1930s #

  • Henri Pélissier (1889-1935) - French racing cyclist - shot by his girlfriend in his home in Dampierre, France.
  • Arthur Brennan (1881-1931) - Australian Aussie rules footballer - shot by a burglar outside his home in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Jimmy Melbourne (1876-1937) - Australian Aussie rules footballer, boxer and runner - murdered by his landlord at home in South Melbourne, Australia.
  • Len Koenecke (1904-1935) - American baseball player - hit with a fire extinguisher in an airplane above Ontario, Canada.
  • Ed Morris (1899-1932) - American baseball player - stabbed at a party in Century, Florida, USA.
  • Joseph Kahahawai (1909-1932) - Hawaiian boxer - shot in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
  • Ray Treadaway (1907-1935) - American baseball player - shot during a bar fight in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
  • John Brinck (1908-1934) - American rower - shot during a robbery in Falfurrias, Texas, USA.
  • Proc Randels (1900-1933) - American gridiron football player - shot by his father-in-law in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  • Fred Beell (1876-1933) - American pro wrestler - shot by robbers in Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.
  • Bebel García (1914-1936) - Spanish footballer - executed in A Coruña, Spain.

# 1920s #

  • Battling Siki (1897-1925) - French-Senegalese boxer - shot close to his home in in New York City, New York, USA.
  • Tommy Ball (1900-1923) - English footballer - shot by his landlord at home in Perry Barr, England.
  • Larry McLean (1881-1921) - Canadian baseball player - shot by a saloon manager in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • James Douglas Edgar (1884-1921) - English golfer - killed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Hugh Montgomery (1880-1920) - British cricketer - shot at his home on Bloody Sunday in Bray, Ireland.
  • Barney Dalton (1891-1929) - Australian rugby player - shot by a fellow criminal outside the Strand Hotel in Sydney, Australia.
  • Claude Tozer (1890-1920) - Australian cricketer - shot by one of his patients in Lindfield, Australia.
  • Chief Johnson (1886-1922) - American baseball player - shot during a dice game in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
  • Dolly Stark (1885-1924) - American baseball player - shot in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
  • Bill Wilson (1867-1924) - American baseball player - stabbed in an ice cream parlour in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
  • Bill Brennan (1893-1924) - American boxer - shot at his bar, the Club Tia Juana, in New York City, New York, USA.
  • Joseph Bowne Elwell (1873-1920) - American bridge player - shot in his home in New York City, New York, USA.
  • José Leblanc (1894-1922) - Cuban baseball player - beaten with a baseball bat during a match in Santiago, Cuba.
  • Andre Anderson (1890-1926) - American boxer - shot by the mafia.
  • Frank McManus (1875-1923) - American baseball player - murdered in Syracuse, New York, USA.
  • Zack Foreman (1893-1921) - American baseball player - killed in Foreman, Oklahoma, USA.
  • Steel Arm Dickey (1896-1923) - American baseball player - shot or stabbed in Etowah, Tennessee, USA.

# 1910s #

  • Belfort Duarte (1883-1918) - Brazilian footballer - murdered in a favela in Campo Belo, Brazil.
  • Jack Marsh (1874-1916) - Australian cricketer - died in a fight at the Royal Hotel in Orange, Australia.
  • George Craig (1887-1911) - American baseball player - shot by a burglar in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Floyd MacFarland (1878-1915) - American track cyclist - stabbed with a screwdriver in the Newark Velodrome in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
  • Al Palzer (1890-1917) - American boxer - shot by his father.
  • Bugs Raymond (1882-1912) - American baseball player - beaten with a baseball bat at a hotel in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Jerry Harrington (1868-1913) - American baseball player - stabbed while breaking up a bar fight in Keokuk, Iowa, USA.
  • Stanley Ketchel (1886-1910) - American boxer - shot at a ranch in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
  • John de Saulles (1878-1917) - American gridiron football player - shot by his ex-wife at his home in Westbury, New York, USA.

# 1900s #

  • Pat Hynes (1884-1907) - American baseball player - shot by the bartender in a bar in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Ed Irwin (1882-1916) - American baseball player - thrown through a saloon window in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Sam Y. Parker (1880-1906) - American gridiron football and baseball player - shot at a train station in Helenwood, Tennessee, USA.
  • Johnny Ryan (1853-1902) - American baseball player - died of being kicked in the stomach while performing an arrest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Harry Hewitt (1861-1907) - Australian cricketer and Aussie rules footballer - beaten probably with a hammer.
  • Edward Fortescue Wright (1858-1904) - English cricketer - beaten by a mob in Kingston, Jamaica.
  • Alonzo Tucker (?-1902) - American boxer - hanged and shot by a lynching mob in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA.
  • Mox McQuery (1861-1900) - American baseball player - shot while working as a policeman in Covington, Kentucky, USA.

# 1800s #

  • Arthur Powys (1842-1875) - New Zealand cricketer - killed by indigenous inhabitants in Alexandra Colony, Argentina.
  • Jimmy Elliott (1838-1883) - Irish-American boxer - shot by a gambler in a saloon in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Frank Bell (1863-1891) - American baseball player - shot in a sa
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