Sportspeople who died during their careers
Ed Sanders (right) won Olympic gold in 1952, died of a brain injury in 1954
Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location.
Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers[]
- List of American football players who died during their careers
- List of association footballers who died while playing
- List of Australian rules footballers who died during their careers
- List of basketball players who died during their careers
- List of baseball players who died during their careers
- List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
- List of fatal accidents in cricket
- List of professional cyclists who died during a race
- List of ice hockey players who died during their careers
- List of marathon fatalities
- List of triathlon fatalities
- List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
- Rider deaths in motorcycle racing
- Driver deaths in motorsport
- List of Billown Course fatal accidents
- List of Brands Hatch Circuit fatal accidents
- List of fatal Champ Car accidents
- List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
- List of Dundrod Circuit fatal accidents
- List of fatal Formula One accidents
- List of Hockenheimring fatal accidents
- List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- List of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit fatal accidents
- List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
- List of Autodromo Nazionale Monza fatal accidents
- List of NASCAR fatal accidents
- List of Nürburgring fatal accidents
- Driver and co-driver deaths in rallying events
- List of Snaefell Mountain Course fatal accidents
- List of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps fatal accidents
- List of Suzuka Circuit fatal accidents
- List of Watkins Glen International fatalities
- List of deaths on eight-thousanders
- List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing
- List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.)
- Sudden cardiac death of athletes
Other sports[]
- Frank Hayes (1901-1923), Horse jockey, died of a heart attack while riding in a race.
- (1997–2020), Dutch judoka, suicide.[1]
- Lara van Ruijven (1992–2020), Dutch short track speed skater, auto immune disease.[2]
See also[]
- List of cricketers who were killed during military service
- List of footballers killed during World War II
- List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
References[]
- ^ Judoka Ilona Lucassen (23) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ "Shorttrackster Lara van Ruijven (27) overleden". NOS. July 10, 2020.
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