Sport
Athletes, coaches and commentators, and the moments they gave us. 66 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Franco Baresi1960 – 2026 · Italian footballer (central defender and sweeper)Baresi is forever. Number 6, forever Rossoneri.
273 candles · 16 tributes
Kevin Keegan1951 – 2026 · Footballer (attacking midfielder / forward)Two-time Ballon d'Or. King Kev. The heartbeat of Newcastle's Entertainers.
259 candles · 20 tributes
Ayrton Senna1960 – 1994 · Formula One driverIf you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.
189 candles · 15 tributes
Babe Ruth1895 – 1948 · Baseball playerNever let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
162 candles · 14 tributes
Jesse Owens1913 – 1980 · Track and field athleteWe all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination.
153 candles · 15 tributes
Zheng Fengrong1937 – 2026 · High jumper and multi-event athleteThe swallow who announced China's sports spring: 1.77 m that changed a nation.
100 candles · 6 tributes
Cal Nichols1942 – 2026 · BusinessmanBusinessman who led the Edmonton Investors Group and kept the Oilers in Edmonton when relocation loomed.
99 candles · 5 tributes- JJorge Ramírez Gallego1940 – 2026 · Footballer (centre-forward / striker)
Deportivo Cali's all-time scorer who made the Azucareros champions.
99 candles · 5 tributes - MMonito Rodríguez1946 – 2026 · Footballer (forward / right winger)
América 1970-71 champion who spent decades teaching Coapa what the badge meant.
98 candles · 7 tributes - JJimmy Rimmer1948 – 2026 · Professional football goalkeeper
Two European Cups, one England cap; the keeper who put the team first.
96 candles · 6 tributes 
Monty Roberts1935 – 2026 · Horse trainerTaught the world to listen to horses; Join-Up pioneer and friend of Queen Elizabeth II.
94 candles · 10 tributes
Jerry Oates1947 – 2026 · Professional wrestlerColumbus territorial wrestler. Titles with Ted, Ventura, and Garvin. Gym owner, trainer, deputy.
93 candles · 9 tributes
Jerry Stovall1941 – 2026 · College and NFL football playerLSU's Mr. Everything: Heisman runner-up, Hall of Famer, Pro Bowler, and Tiger coach of faith and class.
93 candles · 6 tributes
Jacques Doucet1940 – 2026 · French-language baseball play-by-play sportscasterVoice of the Expos. Over 5,500 games in French. Canada's Vin Scully.
92 candles · 8 tributes
Larry Christenson1953 – 2026 · MLB pitcher (Phillies 1973-1983)LC: smile on, teammates kept close.
91 candles · 10 tributes
Eric Pearce1931 – 2026 · Field hockey player (centre-forward)Four-time Olympian, first Australian hockey player at four Games; bronze Tokyo, silver Mexico, forever Kookaburra #148.
90 candles · 8 tributes
O.J. Brigance1969 – 2026 · Professional American and Canadian football linebacker and special-teams playerSuper Bowl Raven. Grey Cup Stallion. 19 years fighting ALS with grace.
90 candles · 8 tributes
Tommy John1943 – 2026 · MLB pitcherThe Bionic Man: 288 wins, 26 seasons, and the elbow surgery that gave pitchers second lives.
90 candles · 8 tributes
Prichard Colón1992 – 2026 · Professional boxer (super welterweight / junior middleweight)Eleven years of fighting like a true champion.
89 candles · 7 tributes
Mike Detillier1960 – 2026 · Sports radio hostLouisiana's Football Guy who made the draft make sense.
88 candles · 10 tributes
Joe Morgan (manager)1930 – 2026 · Baseball managerWalpole Joe of Morgan Magic: the snowplow skipper who made Fenway believe again.
86 candles · 9 tributes
Silvia Ederra1983 – 2026 · Handball player (pivotPivot of Estella who made the six-metre line a life's work, and came back when her body said she could.
84 candles · 10 tributes
Ivan Gudelj1960 – 2026 · Professional footballer (defensive midfielder / versatile midfielder-defender)Hajduk legend and Yugoslavia's youngest captain, who turned a broken career into a life of faith and teaching.
82 candles · 6 tributes
Paddy Payne1936 – 2026 · Jumps jockeyHawera-born trainer who raised a racing family and a Melbourne Cup winner.
80 candles · 7 tributes
Pierfranco Vianelli1946 – 2026 · Amateur then professional road cyclist (1969 to 1973)Brescian amateur who won Olympic road gold in Mexico City in 1968, then built bicycles at home.
79 candles · 8 tributes
André Pronovost1936 – 2026 · Professional ice hockey left wingFour Cups with Montreal. Forever a proud Shawiniganais.
79 candles · 5 tributes
Garry Sobers1936 – 2026 · CricketerBarbados National Hero and cricket's complete all-rounder: 365 not out, six sixes, and a life played for the game.
78 candles · 10 tributes
George Chuvalo1937 – 2026 · Professional boxerCanadian heavyweight who never hit the canvas, and kept fighting after the bell.
76 candles · 9 tributes
Ismael Laguna1943 – 2026 · Professional boxerThe Tiger of Colón. Twice world lightweight champion, never stopped, never forgotten.
74 candles · 6 tributes- HHugh Curran1943 – 2026 · Professional football striker
Fast, airborne striker. Scotland's Wembley goal. Wolves and Norwich great.
74 candles · 5 tributes 
Carlos Horacio Salinas1956 – 2026 · Professional footballer (attacking midfielder / forward)Boca's Intercontinental hero who scored the Karlsruhe goal.
68 candles · 7 tributes
Sir Billy Boston1934 – 2026 · Professional rugby league footballer (wingRugby league's first knight: Tiger Bay powerhouse who became Everybody's Hero in Wigan.
68 candles · 10 tributes
Otto Jelinek1940 – 2026 · Pair figure skater (OlympianWorld pairs champion who fled Prague, then returned as gold medallist, minister, and ambassador.
65 candles · 5 tributes
Jorge Messi1958 – 2026 · Sports agent / businessmanFather, first coach and agent who walked Lionel Messi from Rosario youth pitches to world football.
64 candles · 5 tributes
Joe McDonald1929 – 2026 · Baseball executiveFrom Ebbets Field turnstiles to six World Series rings, a baseball lifer.
63 candles · 8 tributes- WWilfried Wesemael1950 – 2026 · Professional road cyclist (1973-1982)
Tour de Suisse winner who became Aalst's WilFrit, serving fries as hard as he rode.
61 candles · 8 tributes 
Archibald "Archie" MacKinnon1937 – 2026 · Olympic rowerBow of the Cinderella Four. Canada's first Olympic rowing gold.
61 candles · 5 tributes
Matt Suhey1958 – 2026 · American football fullbackLead blocker. Loyal friend. Super Bowl XX champion.
59 candles · 9 tributes
Arthur Marshall1969 – 2026 · American football wide receiver (NFL)Undrafted Georgia star who threw an 81-yard NFL touchdown and never forgot Hephzibah.
58 candles · 5 tributes
Kippy Brown1955 – 2026 · American football QBGreat man, great mentor: Memphis pioneer QB and Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII WR coach.
54 candles · 8 tributes
Iwan Setiawan† 2026 · Association football coachCharismatic local coach who spent nearly thirty years teaching Indonesian football, sharp-tongued on the touchline and remembered by peers as a mentor.
53 candles · 5 tributes
Alphonso Smith1985 – 2026 · American football cornerback (NFL)Wake Forest ballhawk who set the ACC interceptions record and never stopped smiling.
53 candles · 5 tributes
Tadeusz Kasyanov1938 – 2026 · BoxerBoatswain Matveich and a pioneer of Soviet karate, who taught the fight and staged the stunts.
51 candles · 9 tributes
Barry Melrose1956 – 2026 · Ice hockey defensemanMulleted Kings Cup Final coach and ESPN's unmistakable hockey voice for nearly three decades.
49 candles · 6 tributes