Historical Archives & Public Figures

Italy

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Enzo Benedetti was an Italian football midfielder and manager.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Rome, Italy

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Augusto Barreto

Switzerland

c. 1924 – 2017 (93 years old)

Augusto Cassiano Neves de Mascarenhas de Andrade Barreto was a Portuguese fencer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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István Tatár

Switzerland

c. 1959 – 2017 (58 years old)

István Tatár was a Hungarian sprinter. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Daryl Spencer

United States

c. 1929 – 2017 (88 years old)

Daryl Dean Spencer was an American professional baseball player and infielder who played shortstop, second base and third base in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1952 and 1963 for the New York / San Francisco Giants, St. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Ian Davison

Great Britain

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Ian Joseph Davison was an English cricketer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Jean Vuarnet

Tunisia

1933 – 2017 (83 years old)

French alpine ski racer who won the downhill gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics, revolutionized speed skiing with the 'egg' tuck and metal skis.

Morzine, France

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Talat Tunçalp

Turkey

c. 1916 – 2017 (101 years old)

Talat Tunçalp was a Turkish cyclist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Ankara, Turkey

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Aleksander Tšutšelov

Switzerland

c. 1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

Aleksander Tšutšelov was an Estonian sailor who started with sailing at 1946. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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George Miller

Great Britain

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

George Miller was a Scottish cricketer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Lorne Loomer

Canada

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Lorne Kenneth Loomer was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Ottawa, Canada

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Jean Le Lan

France

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Jean Le Lan was a French racing cyclist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Paris, France

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Bill Craig

United States

c. 1946 – 2017 (71 years old)

William Norval Craig was an American competition swimmer, for the University of Southern California, an Olympic champion, and a world record-holder.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Steve Browne

Great Britain

c. 1965 – 2017 (52 years old)

Stephen Logan Browne was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the English Football League for Charlton Athletic and in non-League football for Maidstone United, Wealdstone, Yeovil Town and Slough Town.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazil

1944 – 2016 (72 years old)

Brazilian football captain 'O Capita' who led Brazil's legendary 1970 World Cup winning team and scored the fourth goal in the final against Italy, universally hailed as the greatest team goal in World Cup history.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Arnold Daniel Palmer

United States

1929 – 2016 (87 years old)

American professional golfer universally known as 'The King', won seven major championships and popularized golf for the television era with 'Arnie's Army'.

Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States

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Pat Summitt

Patricia Sue Head Summitt

United States

14 June 1952 – 28 June 2016 (64 years old)

Patricia Sue Head Summitt was a monumental American basketball coach who transformed women's sports during her 38-year reign at the University of Tennessee (1974–2012). Winning eight NCAA national championships and 1,098 games—the most in NCAA Division I basketball history at her retirement—her ferocious 'death glare', 100% player graduation rate, and courage against early-onset Alzheimer's made her a national hero.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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Gordon Howe

Canada

1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

Canadian professional ice hockey player universally revered as 'Mr. Hockey', played 32 professional seasons across five decades and won four Stanley Cups.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Muhammad Ali

Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.

United States

17 January 1942 – 3 June 2016 (74 years old)

Muhammad Ali is universally acclaimed as the most celebrated boxer in sports history and a titanic twentieth-century cultural icon. The only three-time lineal world heavyweight champion, his lightning footwork, lyrical poetry ('float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'), and moral courage in refusing military induction during the Vietnam War made him a global champion of freedom and human dignity.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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