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Switzerland

c. 1949 – 2018 (69 years old)

Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi , 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Durahim Jamaluddin

Switzerland

c. 1982 – 2018 (36 years old)

Durahim Jamaluddin was a Malaysian footballer who last played for Perlis FA. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Marian Donat

Poland

c. 1961 – 2018 (57 years old)

Marian Donat was a Polish judoka. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Warsaw, Poland

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Alan Deakin

Great Britain

c. 1942 – 2018 (76 years old)

Alan Roy Deakin was an English footballer during the 1960s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Dee Ayuba

Great Britain

c. 1987 – 2018 (31 years old)

Oladapo Kanyinsola "Dee" Ayuba was a British Nigerian basketball player (forward).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Llew Owens

Australia

c. 1928 – 2018 (90 years old)

Llewellyn James Owens was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Canberra, Australia

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Karel Matoušek

Switzerland

c. 1929 – 2018 (89 years old)

Karel Matoušek a Czech wrestler. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Régis Manon

Switzerland

c. 1966 – 2018 (52 years old)

Régis Manon was a Gabonese professional football player and coach.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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František Brož

Switzerland

c. 1930 – 2018 (88 years old)

František Brož was a Czechoslovak sprinter. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Gert Brauer

Germany

c. 1956 – 2018 (62 years old)

Gert Brauer (1956–2018) was a distinguished Germany public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in sports.

Berlin, Germany

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Johnny Bower

The China Wall

Canada

8 November 1924 – 26 December 2017 (93 years old)

Beloved Hall of Fame goaltender who lied about his age to serve in WWII, perfected the poke check, and backstopped the Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in his forties.

Toronto, Canada

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Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta

United States

10 July 1922 – 19 September 2017 (95 years old)

Giacobbe 'Jake' LaMotta, 'The Raging Bull', was a legendary American middleweight champion renowned for possessing one of the most indestructible chins in sports history and a savage, swarming inside-fighting style. Reining as world middleweight champion from 1949 to 1951, his brutal six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson and turbulent life inspired Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece Raging Bull.

Aventura, Florida, United States

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Sir Colin Earl Meads

New Zealand

1936 – 2017 (81 years old)

New Zealand rugby union lock for the All Blacks, voted New Zealand's Rugby Player of the Century, the definitive symbol of Kiwi rugby grit and toughness.

Te Kuiti, New Zealand

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Angel Nieto

Angel Nieto Roldan

Spain

1947 – 2017 (70 years old)

Spanish motorcycle racing legend who won thirteen Grand Prix World Championships (which he superstition-guarded as '12+1') and ninety Grands Prix, igniting Spain's rise as the world capital of motorcycle racing.

Ibiza, Spain

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Abdelmajid Dolmy

عبد المجيد الظلمي

Morocco

1953 – 2017 (64 years old)

Legendary Moroccan midfielder who represented the Atlas Lions at the historic 1986 World Cup, celebrated for his peerless elegance on the pitch and receiving the UNESCO Fair Play Trophy for never receiving a red card in 20 years.

Casablanca, Morocco

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John Surtees

Great Britain

1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

British racing icon, the only person in history to win Grand Prix World Championships on both two and four wheels.

London, Great Britain

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Raymond Kopa

Raymond Kopaszewski

France

13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017 (85 years old)

Raymond Kopa was the premier playmaker of postwar French football and the first French player to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or (1958). The grandson of Polish immigrants who worked in the coal mines, he became a global sensation with Stade de Reims and Real Madrid, winning three consecutive European Cups (1957–1959) alongside Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Rosemary Stevenson

United States

c. 1937 – 2017 (80 years old)

Rosemary Stevenson was an American outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in its final season of operation (1954). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Washington, D.C., United States

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