Other Sports
- Harry Chamberlin, 56–57, American show jumping rider, unknown illness (1944)
- Jill Costello, 22, American rowing coxswain, University of California, lung cancer (2010)
- Patrick Dinsmore, 16, Irish Gaelic football, undetected heart condition (2010)
- Shane Drury, 27, American rodeo performer, cancer (2006)
- Lane Frost, 25, American rodeo performer, gored by bull after completing a ride (1989)
- Kurt Hasse, 36, German show jumping rider, KIA during World War II (1944)
- Tommy Hitchcock, Jr., 44, American polo player, test plane crash (1944)
- Michael Hogan, 23–24, shot by British forces in the Croke Park massacre on Bloody Sunday (1920)
- Paul Hunter, 27, English snooker player, cancer (2006)
- Zdzisław Kawecki, 37, Polish show jumping rider, Katyn Massacre (1940)
- Yeardley Love, 22, American lacrosse defender, University of Virginia, murdered (2010)
- Jesse Marunde, 27, American strongman, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2007)
- Cormac McAnallen, 24, Irish gaelic football player, undetected heart condition (2004)
- Takeichi Nishi, 42, Japanese show jumping rider, KIA during Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
- Svend Pri, 38, Danish badminton player, suicide, 1983
- Todd Skinner, 47, American free climber, fell from cliff (2006)
- Jón Páll Sigmarsson, 32, Icelandic strongman, heart failure (1993)
- Jannes van der Wal, 39, Dutch Draughts (or Checkers) player, leukemia (1996)
Read more about this topic: List Of Sportspeople Who Died During Their Careers
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