KNOWN DECEASED BASKETBALL INDIVIDUALS
as of 6/27/2012
compiled by John Grasso, Robert Bradley, Bill Hoover, David Bender and Frank Lawler
FORMER BAA/NBA PLAYERS
*Active player
Player Pro Career Born - Died Age Place of death - Circumstances
John Abramovic 1946-48 02/09/19 - 06/09/00 81 Ormond Beach, FL
Buddy Ackerman 1953-54 09/04/30 07/09/11 80 Long Beach, NY
Gary Alcorn 1959-61 10/08/36 - 11/29/06 70 Fresno, CA - cancer
Jerome Anderson 1975-77 10/09/53 - 08/01/09 55 Helsingborg, SWE - after a long illness
Wally Anderzunas 1969-70 01/11/46 - 05/28/89 43
Don Anielak 1954-55 11/01/30 - 11/19/95 65
Paul Arizin 1950-62 04/09/28 - 12/12/06 78 Philadelphia, PA - in his sleep
Paul Armstrong 1941-51 11/01/18 - 06/06/83 64 Fort Wayne, IN
Chet Aubuchon 1946-47 05/08/16 - 04/14/05 88
Jim Baechtold 1952-57 12/09/27 08/29/11 83 Richmond, KY
Gus Bailey 1974-80 02/18/51 - 11/28/88 37 New Orleans, LA - stabbed by girlfriend
after argument
Norm Baker 1946-47 02/17/23 - 04/23/89 66
Herschel Baltimore 1946-47 06/21/21 - 01/01/68 46
Cliff Barker 1949-52 01/15/21 - 03/17/98 77 Satsuma, FL - in his sleep
Don Barksdale 1951-55 03/31/23 - 03/08/93 69 Oakland, CA - throat cancer
Jim Barnes 1964-71 04/13/41 - 09/14/02 61 Silver Springs, MD - heart problems
Marvin Barnes 1974-80 07/27/52 09/08/14 62 Providence, RI
John Barnhill 1961-72 03/20/38 - 11/11/13 75 CA
Leo Barnhorst 1949-54 05/11/24 - 08/25/00 76
John Barr 1946-47 08/08/18 - 07/01/02 81
Ed Bartels 1949-51 10/08/25 - 11/04/07 82
Frank Baumholtz 1945-47 10/07/18 - 12/14/97 79 Oviendo, FL
Ed Beach 1950-51 01/25/29 - 03/14/96 67
Ralph Beard 1949-51 12/02/27 - 11/29/07 79 Louisville, KY - heart failure
Zelmo Beaty 1962-75 10/25/39 - 08/27/13 73 Bellevue, WA - cancer
Moe Becker 1945-47 02/24/17 - 01/09/96 80 Peoria, AZ - complications of Alzheimer's
Hank Beenders 1946-49 06/02/16 - 10/25/03 87 Somerville, NJ
Walt Bellamy 1961-75 07/24/39 - 11/02/13 74 Atlanta, GA
Irv Bemoras 1953-57 11/18/30 - 11/01/07 76 Buffalo Grove, IL - portal hypertension
Ricky Berry* 1988-89 10/06/64 - 08/14/89 24 Fair Oaks, CA - suicide (shotgun)
Hank Biasatti 1946-47 01/14/22 - 04/20/96 74
Gale Bishop 1948-49 06/04/22 - 12/26/03 81 Tacoma, WA
Charlie Black 1947-52 06/15/21 - 12/22/92 71
Leon Blevins 1950-51 06/25/26 - 09/02/87 61 Phoenix, AZ - after lengthy illness
Meyer Bloom 1947-49 01/14/15 - 06/05/93 78
Nelson Bobb 1949-53 02/25/24 - 12/08/03 79 Irvine, CA - cancer
Tom Boerwinkle 1968-78 08/23/45 - 03/26/13 67 Chicago, IL - after lengthy illness
Manute Bol 1985-95 10/16/62 - 06/19/10 47 Charlottesville, VA - kidney failure
Bill Bolger 1953-54 08/21/31 - 10/08/09 78
Bob Boozer 1960-71 04/26/37 - 05/19/12 70 Omaha, NE - brain aneurysm
Jake Bornheimer 1948-50 06/29/27 - 09/10/86 59
Costic Borsavage 1950-51 07/25/24 01/10/14 89 Langhorne, PA
Don Boven 1949-53 03/06/25 - 03/10/11 86 Kalamazoo, MI - heart disease
Nate Bowman 1966-72 03/19/43 - 12/11/84 41 New York, NY - cardiac arrest
Harry Boykoff 1947-50 07/24/22 - 02/20/01 78 Santa Monica, CA - lung cancer
Gary Bradds 1964-71 07/26/42 - 07/15/83 40 Greenview, OH - cancer
Joe Bradley 1949-50 09/24/28 - 06/05/87 58
Bob Brannum 1948-55 05/28/26 - 02/05/05 78 Marshfield, MA - pancreatic cancer
Carl Braun 1947-62 09/25/27 - 02/10/10 82 Stuart, FL - natural causes
Pete Brennan 1958-59 09/23/36 - 06/08/12 75 Durham, NC - cancer
Tom Brennan 1954-55 08/06/30 - 02/11/90 59
Al Brightman 1946-47 09/22/23 - 06/10/92 68 Seattle, WA - liver cancer
Audley Brindley 1946-47 12/31/23 - 11/19/57 33 Stamford, CT - after long illness
John Brisker 1969-75 06/15/47 - 04/ /78 30 UGA - believed shot to death
(declared legally dead 05/29/85)
Price Brookfield 1946-50 05/11/20 - 04/17/06 85
Darrel Brown 1948-49 03/14/23 10/07/90 67
Hal Brown 1946-47 10/02/23 - 09/ /80 56
Leon Brown 1946-47 10/12/19 - 10/14/90 71
Lewis Brown 1980-81 02/19/55 - 09/14/11 56 Los Angeles, CA - cancer
Stan Brown 1947-52 06/27/29 - 08/02/09 80 Dover, DE - heart attack
Bill Buntin 1965-66 05/05/42 - 05/09/68 26 Detroit, MI - heart attack while
playing basketball
John Burmaster 1948-50 12/23/26 - 09/27/05 78
Art Burris 1950-52 04/07/24 - 09/19/93 69
Donnis Butcher 1961-66 02/08/36 - 10/08/12 78 Milford, MI - kidney cancer
Al Butler 1961-65 07/09/38 - 07/17/00 62 cancer
Tommy Byrnes 1946-51 02/19/23 - 01/09/81 57 Branford, CT
Mike Bytzura 1944-47 06/18/22 - 01/24/89 66
Tom Callahan 1946-47 06/02/21 - 10/03/96 75
Ernie Calverley 1946-49 01/30/24 - 10/20/03 79
Howie Carl 1961-62 06/07/38 - 10/24/05 67
Don Carlson 1946-51 03/22/19 10/16/04 85 North Oaks, MN
Chet Carlisle 1946-47 11/02/16 - 08/03/88 71
Bob Carney 1954-55 08/03/32 - 11/09/11 79
Bob Carpenter 1940-51 11/06/17 - 04/18/97 79
Reggie Carter 1980-82 10/10/57 - 12/24/99 42 New York, NY - heart attack
Al Cervi 1937-53 02/02/17 - 11/09/09 92 Rochester, NY
Wilt Chamberlain 1959-73 08/21/36 - 10/12/99 63 Bel Air, CA - heart attack
John Chaney 1946-50 02/29/20 - 08/09/04 84 Baton Rouge, LA
Lorenzo Charles 1985-86 11/25/63 06/27/11 47 Raleigh, NC driver of tour bus that crashed
Leroy Chollet 1949-51 03/05/24 - 06/10/98 74
Cal Christensen 1950-55 06/06/27 08/31/11 84 Waterville, OH congestive heart failure
Nat Clifton 1950-58 10/13/22 - 08/31/90 67 Chicago, Il - heart attack
Bill Closs 1946-52 01/08/22 06/20/11 89 Palo Alto, CA natural causes
Paul Cloyd 1947-51 06/13/20 - 12/28/05 85 Beaver Dam, WI
Bob Cluggish 1946-47 09/18/17 - 09/05/08 90
Jack Coleman 1949-58 05/23/24 - 12/08/97 74 Burgin, KY - heart attack
Jason Collier* 2000-05 09/08/77 - 10/15/05 28
Joe Colone 1948-49 01/23/26 - 07/01/09 83 Woodbury, NJ after many years of various
illnesses
Larry Comley 1961-64 08/17/39 - 01/21/06 66
Ed Conlin 1956-62 09/02/33 - 09/21/12 79 Montclair, NJ - Alzheimer's disease
Chuck Connors 1945-48 04/10/21 - 11/10/92 71 Los Angeles, CA - lung cancer
Bert Cook 1954-55 04/26/29 - 11/24/98 69
Bobby Cook 1948-51 04/01/23 - 10/11/04 81
Norm Cook 1976-78 03/02/55 - 12/22/08 53 Springfield, IL
Joe Cooke 1970-71 08/14/48 - 11/12/06 58 Dallas, TX
Chuck Cooper 1950-56 09/29/26 - 02/05/84 57 Pittsburgh, PA - liver cancer
Ray Corley 1949-53 01/14/28 - 02/05/07 79
Larry Costello 1954-68 07/02/31 - 12/11/01 70 Fort Myers, FL - cancer
Hal Crisler 1946-47 12/31/23 - 11/02/87 63
Dillard Crocker 1948-53 01/19/25 09/01/14 89 Niles, MI - after brief illness
Geoff Crompton 1978-84 07/04/55 - 01/07/02 46
Pete Cross 1970-73 03/28/48 - 01/02/77 28 Redmond, WA - epileptic seizure
Francis Crossin 1947-50 07/04/24 - 01/10/81 56 Danville, PA
Pat Cummings 1979-91 07/11/56 - 06/26/12 55 New York, NY
Armand Cure 1946-47 08/07/19 - 11/28/03 84
Quintin Dailey 1982-92 01/22/61 - 11/08/10 49 Las Vegas, NV - hypertensive cardiovascular
disease
Howie Dallmar 1946-47 05/24/22 - 12/19/91 69 Menlo Park, CA - congestive heart failure
Pete Darcey 1952-53 03/03/30 - 08/31/09 79 Edmond, OK - cancer
Jimmy Darden 1948-50 06/19/22 - 04/29/94 72
Yinka Dare 1994-98 10/10/72 - 01/09/04 31
Jimmy Darrow 1961-62 09/25/37 - 06/08/87 49
Bob Davies 1945-55 01/15/20 - 04/22/90 70 Hilton Head, SC - cancer
Aubrey Davis 1946-49 03/28/21 - 11/23/96 75
Dave DeBusschere 1962-74 10/16/40 - 05/14/03 62 New York, NY - heart attack
Bison Dele 1991-99 04/06/69 - 07/ /02 33 near Tahiti - probably murdered
Nate DeLong 1950-52 01/05/26 - 05/05/10 84 Duluth, MN
Corky Devlin 1955-58 12/21/31 - 04/28/95 63
Hank DeZonie 1950-51 02/12/22 - 01/02/09 86 New York, NY - emphysema and asthma
Derrek Dickey 1973-78 03/20/51 - 06/25/02 51 Sacramento, CA - heart failure
Dick Dickey 1951-52 10/26/26 - 07/30/06 79 Indianapolis, IN - complications after surgery
Connie Dierking 1958-71 10/02/36 - 12/29/13 77 Cincinnati, OH
Bob Dille 1940-47 07/02/17 - 12/10/98 81
John Dillon 1949-50 01/08/24 - 01/18/04 80 Winston-Salem, NC
Jackie Dinkins 1971-72 01/22/50 - 03/ /83 33 Liege, BEL - brain tumor
Fred Diute 1954-55 06/09/29 - 07/19/04 75
Earl Dodd 1949-50 11/01/24 - 10/30/04 79
Joe Dolhon 1949-51 07/09/27 - 01/05/81 53 New York, NY - auto accident
Bob Doll 1946-50 08/10/19 - 09/08/59 40 Steamboat Springs, CO - apparent suicide
Bob Donham 1950-54 10/11/26 - 09/21/83 56 Seattle, WA - stroke
Sonny Dove 1967-72 08/16/45 - 02/14/83 37 Brooklyn, NY - auto accident
Kevin Duckworth 1986-97 04/01/64 - 08/25/08 44 Glendenen Beach, OR - congestive heart failure
Walter Dukes 1955-63 06/23/30 - 02/ /01 70 Detroit, MI - natural causes, found dead on
3/13/01
Andy Duncan 1947-51 04/17/22 - 04/12/06 83
Pat Dunn 1957-58 03/17/31 - 11/11/75 44 Chicago, IL - leukemia
Ken Durrett 1971-75 12/08/48 - 01/07/01 52 Wilkinsburg, PA - heart attack
Jack Dwan 1947-49 05/03/21 - 08/04/93 72
Gene Dyker 1953-54 02/17/30 - 01/ /66 36
Ed Earle 1953-54 04/28/27 - 03/26/09 81
Dwight Eddleman 1949-53 12/27/22 - 08/01/01 78 Champaign, IL - heart ailment
Lonnie Eggleston 1948-49 06/08/18 - 07/10/98 80
Ed Ehlers 1947-49 03/10/23 - 06/17/13 90 South Bend, IN
Don Eliason 1946-47 07/24/18 - 08/18/03 85
Ray Ellefson 1948-51 11/18/27 - 10/07/94 66
Alex "Boo" Ellis 1958-60 02/11/36 - 05/06/10 74 Indianapolis, IN - after heart-bypass
surgery for heart attack
Leroy Ellis 1962-76 03/10/40 - 06/02/12 72 Portland, OR - prostate cancer
Ned Endress 1943-47 03/02/18 - 06/19/10 92
Gene Englund 1941-50 10/21/17 - 11/05/95 78
Bo Erias 1957-58 07/30/32 - 01/25/07 74
Jack Eskridge 1948-49 01/24/24 - 02/11/13 89 Independence, MO
Bob Evans 1949-50 05/31/25 - 09/27/97 72
Joe Fabel 1938-47 09/04/13 - 01/31/67 53
Phil Farbman 1948-49 04/03/24 - 09/15/96 72
Dick Farley 1954-59 04/13/32 - 10/01/69 37 Fort Wayne, IN - after a long illness
Bob Faught 1946-47 09/02/21 - 04/23/02 80
Bob Feerick 1945-50 01/02/20 - 06/08/76 56 Oakland, CA - heart attack
Ron Feiereisel 1955-56 08/06/31 - 01/28/00 68
George Feigenbaum 1949-53 07/02/28 - 12/25/00 72
Ray Felix 1953-62 12/10/30 - 07/28/91 60 East Elmhurst, NY - heart attack
Jake Fendley 1951-53 06/12/29 - 08/09/02 73
Warren Fenley 1946-47 02/08/22 - 01/18/09 86
Ron Filipek 1967-68 02/05/44 - 12/09/05 61 Cookeville, TN
Danny Finn 1952-55 05/27/28 - 02/18/07 78 Coconut Creek, FL pulmonary fibrosis
Dick Fitzgerald 1946-48 11/18/20 - 04/13/68 47 Montauk, NY
Bob Fitzgerald 1945-49 03/14/23 - 07/23/83 60
Jerry Fleishman 1946-53 02/14/22 - 06/20/07 85
Al Fleming 1977-78 04/05/54 - 05/14/03 49
Ed Fleming 1955-60 07/25/33 - 04/10/02 68
Alphonso Ford 1993-95 10/31/71 - 09/04/04 32 Memphis, TN - leukemia
Jake Ford 1970-72 04/29/45 - 05/19/96 51
Fred Foster 1968-77 03/18/46 - 10/04/85 39
Larry Foust 1950-62 06/04/28 - 10/27/84 56 Pittsburgh, PA
Jerry Fowler 1950-52 06/20/27 - 06/15/08 80 Marshall, MO
Nat Frankel 1939-47 11/03/13 - 03/14/06 92
Frido Frey 1946-47 10/26/21 - 05/16/00 78
Larry Friend 1957-58 04/14/35 - 02/27/98 62 Newport Beach, CA - prostate cancer
Pat Frink 1968-69 02/18/45 - 05/06/12 67 Tucson, AZ - auto accident
Frank Fucarino 1946-47 07/24/20 - 04/03/12 91
Herman Fuetsch 1945-48 07/06/18 09/29/10 92
Joe Fulks 1946-54 10/26/21 - 03/21/76 54 Eddyville, KY - shot during an argument
Terry Furlow 1976-80 10/18/54 - 05/23/80 25 Linndale, OH - auto accident
Bob Gantt 1946-47 06/22/22 - 10/25/94 72
Earl Gardner 1948-49 09/18/23 - 10/15/05 82
Vern Gardner 1949-52 05/14/25 - 08/26/87 62
Jack Garfinkel 1945-49 06/13/18 - 08/14/13 95 Brooklyn, NY
Frank Gates 1946-50 04/12/20 - 07/26/78 58
Jack George 1953-61 11/13/28 - 01/30/89 60
Gorham Getchell 1946-47 08/14/20 - 07/07/80 59 Manhattan Beach, CA
Dee Gibson 1948-50 08/25/23 - 04/08/03 79
Ward Gibson 1948-50 12/05/21 - 02/01/58 36 Des Moines, IA - auto accident
Armen Gilliam 1987-00 05/28/64 07/05/11 47 Pittsburgh, PA while playing basketball
Herm Gilliam 1969-77 04/05/47 - 04/16/05 58 Salem, OR - heart attack
Chuck Gilmur 1946-51 08/13/22 - 01/14/11 88 Tacoma, WA
George Glamack 1941-49 06/07/19 - 03/10/87 67 Rochester, NY
Norm Glick 1949-50 11/10/27 - 03/19/89 61
Tom Gola 1955-66 01/13/33 - 01/26/14 81 Meadowbrook, PA
Ben Goldfaden 1946-47 09/06/13 - 03/25/13 99 Tavares, FL - congestive heart failure
Glen Gondrezick 1977-83 08/30/55 - 04/27/09 53 Henderson, NV - complications after heart
transplant
Wilfred Goodwin 1945-48 12/22/20 - 05/17/05 84
Paul Gordon 1949-50 04/08/27 - 11/02/02 75
Leo Gottlieb 1946-48 11/28/20 - 08/ /72 51
Bato Govedarica 1953-54 04/17/28 - 03/13/06 77 Itasca, IL
Joe Graboski 1948-62 01/15/30 - 07/02/98 68 Columbus, OH
Leonard Gray 1974-77 12/19/51 - 06/13/06 54 Browns Mills, NJ - while in surgery to
install a pacemaker
Wyndol Gray 1946-48 03/20/22 - 01/30/94 71
Luther Green 1969-73 11/13/46 - 01/25/06 59 Brooklyn, NY - lung cancer
Sihugo Green 1956-65 08/20/33 - 10/04/80 47 Pittsburgh, PA - cancer
Norm Grekin 1953-54 06/22/30 - 09/29/81 51 Bryn Mawr, PA - heart attack
Eddie Griffin* 2001-07 05/30/82 - 08/17/07 25 Houston, TX - his car hit a moving train
Chuck Grigsby 1954-55 08/15/28 - 07/15/03 74
Woody Grimshaw 1946-47 09/24/19 - 10/ /74 55
Alex Groza 1949-51 10/07/26 - 01/21/95 68 San Diego, CA - cancer
Coulby Gunther 1946-49 02/03/23 - 07/14/05 82 Delray Beach, FL
Al Guokas 1948-50 08/07/25 - 08/02/90 64
Matt Guokas, Sr. 1946-47 11/11/15 - 12/09/93 78 Flourtown, PA - illness following a broken
hip
Bob Hahn 1949-50 08/25/25 - 07/28/09 83
Happy Hairston 1964-75 05/31/42 - 05/01/01 58 Los Angeles, CA - prostate cancer
Chick Halbert 1946-51 02/27/19 - 03/04/13 94 Coupeville, WA
Wade Halbrook 1960-62 01/30/33 - 04/05/88 55 Portland, OR - heart attack while riding bus.
Bruce Hale 1946-51 08/30/18 - 12/30/80 62 Orinda, CA - heart attack
Dale Hamilton 1939-50 08/16/19 - 08/12/94 74
Dennis Hamilton 1967-71 05/08/44 - 06/18/12 68 Chandler, AZ - cancer
Ralph Hamilton 1947-49 06/10/21 - 06/03/93 71
Steve Hamilton 1958-60 11/30/35 - 12/02/97 62 Morehead, KY - colon cancer
Cecil Hankins 1946-48 01/06/22 - 06/03/02 80
Phil Hankinson 1973-74 07/26/51 - 11/19/96 45 Shelby County, KY - apparent suicide
Alex Hannum 1948-57 07/19/23 - 01/18/02 78 San Diego, CA
Don Hanrahan 1952-53 02/06/29 02/08/10 81 Chicago, IL - cancer
Reggie Harding 1963-68 05/04/42 - 09/02/72 30 Detroit, MI - shot during argument
John Hargis 1947-51 08/20/20 - 01/02/86 65
Art Harris 1968-72 01/13/47 - 10/13/07 60
Billy Hassett 1946-51 10/21/21 - 11/15/92 71
Marshall Hawkins 1948-50 08/03/24 10/28/10 86 Huntington, WV
Robert Hawkins 1975-79 06/30/54 - 11/28/93 39 Detroit, MI - found shot to death
Nate Hawthorne 1973-76 01/15/50 - 11/23/05 55 Tempe, AZ - heart attack
John Hazen 1948-49 03/02/27 - 10/21/98 71
Walt Hazzard 1964-74 04/15/42 - 11/18/11 69 Los Angeles,CA-complications from heart surgery
Larry Hennessy 1955-57 05/20/29 - 08/20/08 79 Williamsburg, VA
Don Henriksen 1952-55 10/10/29 - 05/14/08 78 San Marino, CA
Bill Henry 1948-50 12/27/24 - 12/ /85 60
Bill Herman 1949-51 05/17/24 06/13/10 86
Kleggie Hermsen 1943-53 03/12/23 - 03/02/94 70
Sonny Hertzberg 1946-51 07/29/22 - 07/25/05 82 Woodmere, NY - heart failure
Jack Hewson 1947-48 09/07/24 - 06/26/12 87 Knoxville, TN
Art Heyman 1963-70 06/24/41 - 08/27/12 71 Florida
Nat Hickey 1944-48 01/30/02 - 09/ /79 77
Johnny High 1979-84 04/25/57 - 06/13/87 30 Phoenix, AZ - auto accident
Wayne Hightower 1962-72 01/14/40 - 04/18/02 62 West Philadelphia, PA - heart attack
Gary Hill 1963-65 10/07/41 - 01/17/09 67
Art Hillhouse 1946-48 06/12/16 - 10/27/80 64
Mel Hirsch 1946-47 07/31/21 - 12/ /68 47 leukemia
Lew Hitch 1951-57 07/16/29 - 02/08/12 82 Wamego, KS
Paul Hoffman 1947-55 04/12/22 - 11/12/98 76 Baltimore, MD - brain tumor
Bob Hogsett 1966-68 01/29/41 - 12/05/84 43 Blacksburg, VA - shot to death
Paul Hogue 1962-64 04/28/40 - 08/17/09 69 Cincinnati, OH - heart & kidney failure
Doug Holcomb 1948-49 02/09/21 - 02/03/08 86 Scranton, PA - after long illness
Joe Holland 1949-52 09/26/25 - 09/18/10 84
Jim Holstein 1952-56 09/24/30 - 12/16/07 77 Bradenton, FL
Dick Holub 1947-48 10/29/21 - 07/27/09 87 Sun City West, AZ
Joe Holup 1956-59 02/26/34 - 01/28/98 63
Red Holzman 1945-54 08/10/20 - 11/13/98 78 Manhasset, NY - leukemia
Johnny Horan 1955-56 11/24/32 - 11/14/80 47
Ron Horn 1961-68 05/24/38 - 10/05/02 64
Bob Houbregs 1953-58 03/12/32 05/28/14 82 Seattle, WA
Bob Hubbard 1947-49 12/27/22 08/27/11 88 Holyoke, MA
Lou Hudson 1966-79 07/11/44 - 04/11/14 69 Atlanta, GA - after a stroke
Roy Hurley 1945-48 08/12/22 - 10/14/93 71
Paul Huston 1947-48 06/02/25 - 02/02/92 66
Joe Hutton 1950-52 10/06/28 - 10/20/09 81 Bloomington, MN - heart attack
Greg Jackson 1974-75 08/02/52 - 05/01/12 59 Brooklyn, NY - heart attack
Fred Jacobs 1946-47 12/02/22 - 10/19/08 85
Gene James 1948-51 02/15/25 - 07/06/97 72
John Janisch 1946-48 03/15/20 - 08/25/92 72
Howie Janotta 1949-50 10/19/24 - 11/22/10 86 San Antonio, TX
Tony Jaros 1946-51 02/21/20 - 04/22/95 75
Buddy Jeannette 1938-50 09/05/17 - 03/11/98 80 Nashua, NH - stroke
Andy Johnson 1958-62 11/08/32 - 08/30/02 69
Arnie Johnson 1946-53 05/16/20 - 06/06/00 80 Rochester, NY
Charles Johnson 1972-79 03/31/49 - 06/01/07 58 Oakland, CA - cancer
Dave "Boag" Johnson 1947-53 12/06/21 - 07/11/05 83 Cleveland, OH - complications during surgery
Dennis Johnson 1976-90 09/18/54 - 02/22/07 52 Austin, TX - heart attack after team practice
Gus Johnson 1963-73 12/13/35 - 04/28/87 51 Akron, OH - brain cancer
Harold Johnson 1946-47 01/30/20 - 09/17/99 79
Rich Johnson 1968-71 12/18/46 - 06/15/94 47
Neil Johnston 1951-59 02/04/29 - 09/28/78 49 Irving, TX - heart attack
Caldwell Jones 1973-90 08/04/50 09/21/14 64 Decatur, GA heart attack
Ozell Jones 1984-86 11/20/60 - 09/07/06 45 Lancaster, CA - gunshot wound
Wah Wah Jones 1949-52 07/14/26 07/27/14 88
Phil Jordon 1956-63 09/12/33 - 06/07/65 31 Sumner, WA - drowned
John Jorgensen 1947-49 12/28/21 - 01/19/73 51 Charlotte, NC - heart attack
Noble Jorgensen 1946-53 05/18/25 - 11/02/82 57 - aortic aneurysm
Roger Jorgensen 1946-47 09/02/20 - 10/03/10 90 Robinson Township, PA - after long illness
Whitey Kachan 1948-49 09/15/25 - 03/07/93 67 Glenview, IL
Ralph Kaplowitz 1946-48 05/18/19 - 02/02/09 89 Floral Park, NY - kidney failure
Tony Kappen 1946-47 04/13/19 - 12/18/93 74
Ed Kasid 1946-47 08/13/23 - 11/03/89 66
Leo Katkaveck 1948-50 04/17/23 - 05/06/06 83 Greenville, NC
Wibs Kautz 1939-47 09/07/15 - 05/ /79 63
Mike Kearns 1954-55 06/18/29 - 01/31/09 79
Ken Keller 1946-47 07/30/25 - 02/24/83 58 New York, NY
Jerry Kelly 1946-48 06/14/18 - 07/23/96 78
Tom Kelly 1948-49 03/05/24 - 03/20/08 84 Santa Barbara, CA
Bill"Pickles"Kennedy1960-61 05/17/38 - 08/31/06 68 West Palm Beach, FL - auto accident
Johnny Kerr 1954-66 08/17/32 - 02/26/09 76 Chicago, IL - prostate cancer
Jack Kerris 1949-53 01/30/25 - 12/04/83 58
Alex Kessler 1990-94 01/13/67 - 10/13/07 40 Pensacola, FL - heart attack while playing
basketball
Jack Kiley 1951-53 01/05/29 - 02/16/82 53
Chad Kinch 1980-81 05/22/58 - 04/03/94 35 Carteret, NJ - AIDS
George King 1951-58 08/16/28 - 10/05/06 77 Naples, FL
Maurice King 1959-63 03/12/35 - 09/17/07 72 Kansas City, MO - cancer
Bob Kinney 1945-50 09/16/20 - 09/02/85 64
Walt Kirk 1947-52 09/03/24 - 12/12/12 88 Dubuque, IA - Parkinson's disease
Doug Kistler 1961-62 03/21/38 - 02/29/80 41 Charlotte, NC - auto accident
Leo Klier 1946-50 05/21/23 - 06/04/05 82 Naperville, IL - heart failure
Herman Red Klotz 1947-48 10/21/20 07/12/14 93 Margate, NJ - cancer
Bob Knight 1954-55 04/30/29 - 05/23/08 79 Springfield, MA
Lee Knorek 1946-50 07/15/21 - 07/22/03 82
Rodney Knowles 1968-69 02/27/46 - 10/25/08 62
Milo Komenich 1946-50 06/22/20 - 05/25/77 56
Howard Komives 1964-74 05/09/41 - 03/22/09 67 Toledo, OH - after surgery for head trauma
after a fall at home
Andy Kostecka 1948-49 02/10/21 - 01/17/07 85 Bethesda, MD - congestive heart failure
Hal Kottman 1946-48 08/22/22 - 11/30/04 82
Dan Kraus 1948-49 02/13/22 - 12/28/12 89 Columbia, MD - cancer
Herb Krautblatt 1948-49 11/19/26 - 02/10/99 72
Jim Krebs 1957-64 09/08/35 - 05/06/65 29 Woodland Hills, CA - killed by fallen tree
Tommy Kron 1966-70 02/20/44 - 11/29/07 63 Louisville, KY - cancer
Frank Kudelka 1949-53 06/25/25 - 05/04/93 67
Ray Kuka 1947-49 02/17/22 - 03/27/90 68 Havre, MT - heart attack
Sam Lacey 1970-83 03/08/48 - 03/14/14 66 Kansas City, MO
Fred LaCour 1960-63 02/07/38 - 08/05/72 34 San Francisco, CA - cancer
Pete Lalich 1942-47 06/03/20 - 02/01/08 87 St. Petersburg, FL - kidney failure
Rudy LaRusso 1959-69 11/11/37 - 07/09/04 66 Los Angeles, CA - Parkinson's disease
Walt Lautenbach 1947-50 11/17/22 - 09/09/97 74
Tony Lavelli 1949-51 07/11/26 - 01/08/98 71 Laconia, NH - heart attack
Bob Lavoy 1950-54 06/29/26 - 12/18/10 84 Tampa, FL
Hank Lefkowitz 1946-47 08/31/23 - 04/21/07 83
Andrew"Fuzzy"Levane 1945-53 04/11/20 - 04/30/12 92 Irmo, SC - heart failure
Fred Lewis 1946-50 01/06/21 - 12/27/94 73
Grady Lewis 1946-49 03/25/17 - 03/11/09 91 Peoria, AZ
Reggie Lewis* 1987-93 11/21/65 - 07/27/93 27 Waltham, MA - cardiac arrest
Ron Livingstone 1949-51 10/09/25 - 08/26/91 65
Don Lofgran 1950-54 11/18/28 - 06/17/76 47 Salt Lake City, UT - acute alcoholism
Johnny Logan 1946-51 01/01/21 - 09/02/77 56 Charlotte, NC - found dead of stab wound
Al Lucas 1944-49 07/04/22 - 04/26/95 72
Maurice Lucas 1974-88 02/18/52 - 10/31/10 58 Portland, OR - bladder cancer
Ted Luckenbill 1961-63 07/27/39 - 06/24/12 72 Dallas, TX - cancer
Jim Luisi 1953-54 11/02/28 - 06/07/02 73 Los Angeles, CA - cancer
Al Lujack 1946-47 10/05/20 - 12/26/02 82
Phil Lumpkin 1974-76 12/20/51 - 11/02/09 57 Seattle, WA - pneumonia
Ed Macauley 1949-59 03/22/28 - 11/08/11 83 St. Louis, MO
Jack Maddox 1946-49 12/10/21 - 07/09/06 84
Norm Mager 1950-51 03/23/26 - 03/17/05 78 Boynton Beach, FL - cancer
John Mahnken 1945-53 06/16/22 - 12/14/00 78
Fran Mahoney 1952-54 11/20/27 - 04/29/08 80 Pittsfield, MA
Lionel Malamed 1948-49 11/15/24 - 09/17/89 64 Long Island City, NY - heart attack while
playing tennis
Steve Malovic 1979-80 07/21/56 - 04/13/07 50 - heart attack
John Mandic 1947-50 10/03/19 - 06/22/03 83
Frank Mangiapane 1946-47 08/21/25 - 07/31/05 79 Long Beach, NY - ruptured abdominal aorta
Ed Manning 1967-76 01/02/43 03/04/11 68 Fort Worth, TX heart problem
Pete Maravich 1970-80 06/22/47 - 01/05/88 40 Pasadena, CA - heart attack while
playing basketball
Press Maravich 1945-47 08/29/14 - 04/15/87 72 Covington, LA - cancer
Saul Mariaschin 1947-48 08/10/24 - 12/10/90 66 Utah
Don "Dino" Martin 1946-48 05/25/20 - 07/24/99 79 Bonita Springs, FL
James "Don" Martin 1946-49 02/07/20 - 09/30/97 77
Fernando Martin* 1986-87 03/25/62 - 12/03/89 27 Madrid, ESP - auto accident
Phil Martin 1954-55 04/02/28 - 06/24/08 80
Slater Martin 1949-60 10/22/25 - 10/18/12 76 Houston, TX
Al Masino 1952-54 02/05/28 08/16/06 78
Eddie Mast 1970-73 10/03/48 - 10/18/94 46 Easton, PA - heart attack while playing
basketball
Ariel Maughan 1946-51 02/23/23 - 08/04/97 74
Matt Mazza 1949-50 09/23/23 - 06/11/03 79 Lewiston, NY - after a brief illness
Ken McBride 1954-55 05/23/29 - 05/14/05 75 Centralia, IL
Bob McCann 1989-98 04/22/64 07/01/11 47 Knightdale, NC cancer
Mike McCarron 1946-50 03/02/22 - 10/02/91 69
Howie McCarty 1945-47 / /19 - / /73 54
Mel McGaha 1948-49 09/26/26 - 02/03/02 75
Bill McGill 1962-70 09/16/39 07/11/14 74 Salt Lake City, UT
Al McGuire 1951-54 09/07/28 - 01/25/01 72 Brookfield, WI - leukemia
Dick McGuire 1949-60 01/25/26 - 02/03/10 84 Huntington, NY - aortic aneurysm
Kennedy McIntosh 1971-75 01/21/49 - 03/06/09 60 Los Angeles, CA - stroke
Bones McKinney 1946-52 01/01/19 - 05/16/97 78 Raleigh, NC - stroke
McCoy McLemore 1964-72 04/03/42 - 04/29/09 67 Houston, TX - cancer
Jack McMahon 1952-60 12/03/28 - 06/11/89 60 Chicago, IL - heart attack
Shellie McMillon 1958-62 03/11/36 - 07/11/80 44 Chicago, IL - died in his sleep
Mal McMullen 1949-51 08/23/27 - 04/13/95 67 Kokomo, IN
Chet McNabb 1947-48 09/19/20 - 06/14/90 69
Joe McNamee 1950-52 09/04/26 - 07/16/11 84 Greenbrae, CA natural causes
Larry McNeill 1973-79 01/31/51 - 12/29/04 53
Thales McReynolds 1965-66 06/08/43 - 07/03/88 45
George Mearns 1946-48 04/18/22 - 12/27/97 75
Dick Mehen 1947-52 05/20/22 - 12/14/86 64
Don Meineke 1952-58 10/30/30 - 09/03/13 82
Ed Melvin 1946-47 02/13/16 - 07/30/04 88 Toledo, OH - long illness
Dean Meminger 1971-11 05/13/48 - 08/23/13 65 New York, NY
Ken Menke 1947-50 10/02/22 - 09/02/02 79
Joe C. Meriweather 1975-85 10/26/53 - 10/13/13 59 Columbus, GA
Porter Meriwether 1962-63 03/16/40 - 11/13/09 69 Chicago, IL
Stan Miasek 1946-53 08/08/24 - 10/18/89 65
Red Mihalik 1946-47 09/22/16 - 10/25/96 80 Ford City, PA - complications of Alzheimer's
Ed Mikan 1948-54 10/20/25 - 10/22/99 74
George Mikan 1946-56 06/18/24 - 06/01/05 80 Scottsdale, AZ - complications of diabetes
Vern Mikkelsen 1949-59 10/21/28 - 11/21/13 85 Wayzata, MN - prostate cancer
Al Miksis 1949-51 07/07/24 11/06/09 85 Eugene, OR - cancer
Nat Militzok 1946-47 05/03/23 - 05/14/09 86
Harry Miller 1946-47 07/08/23 - 04/18/07 83 Latrobe, PA - kidney failure
Dick Miller 1980-81 04/26/58 - 01/11/14 55 Wayne County, MI
Jay Miller 1967-71 07/19/43 - 04/05/01 57 Tempe, AZ - heart attack
Walt Miller 1937-47 07/30/15 - 01/21/01 85 Pittsburgh, PA - complications of stroke
John Mills 1944-47 09/07/19 - 08/25/95 75
Dave Minor 1951-53 02/23/22 - 03/14/98 76
Mike Mitchell 1978-90 01/01/56 06/09/11 55 San Antonio, TX - cancer
Murray Mitchell 1949-50 03/19/23 - 06/11/13 90 Portland, TX
Leo Mogus 1945-51 04/13/21 - / /75 54
Jack Molinas 1953-54 04/16/32 - 08/04/75 43 Hollywood, CA - shot to death (believed
to be mob-related)
Wayne Molis 1966-68 04/17/43 - 03/24/02 58
Jackie Moreland 1960-70 03/11/38 - 12/19/71 33 New Orleans, LA - cancer
Elmore Morgenthaler 1947-49 08/03/22 - 11/25/97 75
Max Morris 1946-50 03/14/25 - 01/08/98 72
Joe Mullaney 1949-50 11/17/25 - 03/08/00 74 Providence, RI - cancer
Bob Mullens 1946-47 11/01/22 - 07/15/89 66
George Munroe 1946-48 01/05/22 08/19/14 92 in his sleep
Dick Murphy 1946-47 03/10/21 - 10/22/73 52
John Murphy 1946-47 09/13/24 - 01/29/03 78
Ken Murray 1950-55 04/20/28 - 06/15/08 80 Montclair, NJ
Angelo Musi 1946-49 07/25/18 - 10/19/09 91 Bryn Mawr, PA
Bob Naber 1952-53 09/03/29 - 02/08/98 68
Jerry Nagel 1949-50 05/18/28 - 02/02/99 70
Fred Nagy 1947-49 01/03/24 - 06/05/89 65
Paul Napolitano 1947-49 02/03/23 - 06/22/97 74
Jim Neal 1953-55 05/21/30 - 10/03/11 81 Greer, SC
Al Negratti 1945-47 06/12/21 - 01/19/98 76 Green Bay, WI - cancer
Jack Nichols 1948-58 04/09/26 - 12/24/92 66 Palm Springs, CA - Heart Attack
John Niemiera 1946-50 05/26/21 - 12/27/03 82
Dyron Nix 1989-90 02/11/67 - 12/15/13 46 Atlanta, GA
Paul Noel 1947-52 08/17/24 - 11/16/05 81 Versailles, KY
Jim Nolan 1949-50 06/09/27 - 04/19/83 55
Paul Nolen 1953-54 09/03/29 - 05/07/09 79
John Norlander 1946-51 03/05/21 - 03/06/02 81
George Nostrand 1946-50 01/25/24 - 11/08/81 57
Stan Noszka 1945-49 09/19/20 - 11/15/91 71 Aspinwall, PA - heart attack
Mike Novak 1939-54 04/23/15 - 08/15/78 63 Red Creek, NY - heart attack
Bob O'Brien 1947-49 01/26/27 - 09/19/08 81 Castle Pines, CO
Dermott O'Connell 1948-50 04/13/28 - 10/05/88 60
Alan Ogg 1990-93 07/05/67 - 11/01/09 42 Birmingham, AL - complications from Staph
infection
Buddy O'Grady 1945-49 01/19/20 - 02/29/92 72 Freehold, NJ - Alzheimer's disease
Dick O'Keefe 1947-51 09/29/23 - 12/17/06 83
Gene Ollrich 1949-50 06/30/22 - 06/16/08 85
Johnny Orr 1949-50 06/10/27 - 12/30/13 86 Ann Arbor, MI
Chuck Osborne 1961-62 01/21/39 - 04/17/79 40 Paintsville, KY - auto accident
Kevin OShea 1950-53 07/10/25 02/21/03 77 Sonoma Co., CA heart attack
Garland O'Shields 1946-48 05/23/21 - 01/17/01 79
Wally Osterkorn 1950-55 07/06/28 - 01/11/12 83 Phoenix, AZ - Alzheimer's disease
Don Otten 1946-53 04/18/21 - 09/18/85 64
Claudell Overton 1950-53 12/16/27 - 04/29/96 78 - following triple bypass surgery
Jim Owens 1949-52 09/02/25 - 10/11/88 63
Fred Paine 1948-49 12/07/25 - 10/26/04 78
John "Bud" Palmer 1946-49 09/14/21 - 03/19/13 91 West Palm Beach, FL - prostate cancer
Easy Parham 1948-51 12/27/21 - 10/ /82 60
Med Park 1955-60 04/11/33 - 07/23/98 65
Jack Parkinson 1949-50 03/04/24 - 05/29/97 73 Yorktown, IN - brain tumor
Doyle Parrack 1946-47 12/06/21 - 09/05/08 86 Perkins, OK
Charlie Parsley 1949-50 10/13/25 - 10/01/97 71 Las Vegas, NV cancer of the esophagus
Marty Passaglia 1946-49 04/22/19 - 07/18/04 85
George Pastushok 1946-47 07/13/22 - 12/12/03 80
Stan Patrick 1944-50 05/05/22 - 01/01/00 77
George Patterson 1962-68 11/26/39 - 12/22/03 64
Steve Patterson 1971-76 06/24/48 - 07/28/04 56 Phoenix, AZ - lung cancer
Tommie Patterson 1972-74 10/15/48 - 02/ /82 33
Jerry Paulson 1957-58 07/21/35 - 03/06/86 50
John Payak 1949-53 11/20/26 - 02/27/09 82 Toledo, OH
Mel Payton 1951-53 07/16/26 - 05/12/01 74
Henry Pearcy 1946-47 07/21/22 - 01/11/02 79
Jake Pelkington 1940-49 01/03/16 - 05/01/82 66
Bob Peterson 1953-56 01/25/32 07/30/11 79 San Jose, CA - cancer
Ed Peterson 1948-51 06/27/24 - 03/20/84 59 Syracuse, NY - after a long illness
Drazen Petrovic* 1989-93 10/22/64 - 06/07/93 28 Ingolstadt, GER - auto accident
Andy Phillip 1947-58 03/07/22 - 04/28/01 79 Rancho Mirage, CA - congestive heart failure
Bobby Phills* 1991-00 12/20/69 - 01/12/00 30 Charlotte, NC - auto accident
John Pilch 1950-52 08/11/25 - 06/14/91 65
Dave Piontek 1956-63 08/27/34 - 05/12/04 69
Jim Pollard 1947-55 07/09/22 - 01/22/93 70 Stockton, CA - natural causes
Howard Porter 1971-78 08/31/48 - 05/26/07 58 St. Paul, MN - from beating injuries
John Pritchard 1949-50 01/23/27 08/03/12 85 Fridley, MN
Roy Pugh 1947-49 10/16/22 - 08/03/06 84 Jacksonville, TX
Don Putnam 1946-50 11/13/22 - 06/26/06 83
Howie Rader 1946-49 03/29/21 - 02/02/91 69
George"Moe"Radovich 1952-53 05/05/29 - 06/18/04 75 Las Vegas, NV
Ray Ragelis 1951-52 12/10/28 - 09/19/83 54
Sherwin Raiken 1952-53 10/29/28 - 01/16/09 80
Ray Ramsey 1947-49 07/18/21 - 08/25/09 88 Springfield, IL - after lengthy illness
Sam Ranzino 1951-52 06/23/28 - 03/13/94 65
George Ratkovicz 1942-55 11/13/22 - 11/10/07 84 Webster, NY
Don Ray 1948-50 07/08/21 - 11/23/98 77
Richie Regan 1955-58 11/30/30 - 12/24/02 72 Neptune, NJ
Don Rehfeldt 1950-52 01/07/27 - 10/17/80 53 Wisconsin Rapids, WI - cancer
Chick Reiser 1943-50 12/17/14 - 07/29/96 81
John Rennicke 1951-52 08/11/29 - 12/09/07 78 Perham, MN
Bob Rensberger 1945-47 03/07/21 - 09/06/07 86
Kevin Restani 1974-82 12/23/51 - 04/25/10 58 San Francisco, CA - heart attack
John Richter 1959-60 03/12/37 - 03/ /83 46
Dick Ricketts 1955-58 12/04/33 - 03/06/88 54 Rochester, NY - leukemia
Jackie Ridgle 1971-72 02/13/48 - 08/26/98 50
Mel Riebe 1943-49 07/12/16 - 07/25/77 61 Youngstown, OH - heart attack
Arnie Risen 1945-58 10/09/24 - 08/04/12 87 Beachwood, OH - lung cancer
Goebel Ritter 1948-51 02/26/24 - 10/15/04 80
Lee Roy Robbins 1947-49 02/11/22 - 04/08/68 46 Billings, MT - shot in a holdup
Anthony Roberts 1977-84 04/15/55 - 03/29/98 42 Tulsa, OK - gun shot wounds
Flynn Robinson 1966-74 04/28/41 - 05/23/13 72 Los Angeles, CA - cancer
Bill Robinzine* 1975-82 01/20/53 - 09/16/82 29 Kansas City, MO - apparent suicide
Ephraim "Red" Rocha 1947-57 09/18/23 - 02/13/10 86 Corvallis, OR - cancer
Gene Rock 1947-48 11/04/21 - 10/31/02 80 San Diego, CA - cancer
Jack Rocker 1947-48 08/12/22 11/27/10 88 Bainbridge Island, WA
Guy Rodgers 1958-70 09/01/35 - 02/19/01 65 Los Angeles, CA - heart attack
Marshall Rogers 1976-77 08/27/53 06/15/11 57 Berkeley, MO complications from diabetes
Al Roges 1953-55 10/25/30 - 02/23/09 78
Kenny Rollins 1948-53 09/14/23 - 10/09/12 89 Greencastle, IN
Petey Rosenberg 1946-47 04/17/18 - 06/29/97 79
Hank Rosenstein 1946-47 06/16/20 - 02/27/10 89 Boca Raton, FL - heart failure
Irv Rothenberg 1946-49 12/31/21 - 07/18/09 87
Mickey Rottner 1945-48 03/23/19 09/21/11 92 Chicago, IL
Dan Roundfield 1975-87 05/26/53 - 08/06/12 59 Aruba - drowned
Gifford Roux 1946-49 06/28/23 - 08/19/11 88 Alton, IL
Bob Royer 1949-50 10/15/27 - 05/30/73 45
Ed Sadowski 1940-50 07/11/15 - 09/18/90 75 Wall, NJ - cancer
Woody Sauldsberry 1957-66 07/11/35 - 09/03/07 72 Baltimore, MD - diabetes
Don Savage 1951-57 04/09/28 01/27/10 81 Basking Ridge, NJ
Alan Sawyer 1950-51 01/01/28 06/30/12 84 Sequim, WA
Herm Schaefer 1941-50 12/20/19 - 03/21/80 60
Bob Schafer 1955-57 03/29/33 - 02/15/05 71
Ben Scharnus 1946-49 12/11/17 - 03/19/82 64
Marv Schatzman 1949-50 02/18/27 - 09/19/06 79
Fred Schaus 1949-54 06/30/25 - 02/10/10 84 Morgantown, WV
Ossie Schechtman 1946-47 03/30/19 - 07/30/13 94
Herb Scherer 1950-52 12/21/28 06/28/12 83 Roswell, GA
Dwayne Schintzius 1990-99 10/14/68 - 04/15/12 44 Gainesville, FL - complications from leukemia
Otto Schnellbacher 1948-49 04/15/23 - 03/10/08 84 Topeka, KS - cancer
Howie Schultz 1946-53 07/03/22 - 10/30/09 87 Eden Prairie, MN - cancer
Dick Schulz 1942-50 01/03/17 - 06/26/98 81
Fred Scolari 1946-55 03/01/22 - 10/17/02 80 San Ramon, CA - injuries after a fall at home
Malik Sealy* 1992-00 02/01/70 - 05/20/00 30 Minneapolis, MN - auto accident
Glen Selbo 1947-51 03/29/26 - 05/29/95 69
Jim Seminoff 1946-50 09/01/22 - 06/12/01 78 Mission Viejo, CA - during emergency
heart surgery
George Senesky 1946-54 04/04/22 - 06/25/01 78 Mahanoy City, PA - during surgical procedure
Paul Seymour 1946-60 01/30/28 - 05/05/98 70 Jensen Beach, FL - heart disease
Carl Shaeffer 1949-51 10/25/24 - 10/25/74 50
Earl Shannon 1946-49 11/23/21 - 07/08/02 80 Warwick, RI heart attack while playing golf
Howie Shannon 1948-50 06/10/23 - 08/16/95 72 Plano, TX - lung cancer
Charlie Share 1950-60 03/14/27 - 06/07/12 85 Chesterfield, MO - after a brief illness
Bill Sharman 1950-62 05/25/26 - 10/25/13 87 Redondo Beach, CA - after a stroke
Ron Shavlik 1956-58 12/04/33 - 06/27/83 49 Raleigh, NC - cancer
Fred Sheffield 1946-47 11/05/23 12/08/09 86 Tustin, CA
Charley Shipp 1937-50 12/03/13 - 03/21/88 74
Dick Shrider 1948-49 02/07/23 01/21/14 90 Somerville, OH
Larry Siegfried 1961-72 05/22/39 - 10/14/10 71 Cleveland, OH - complications after heart
attack
Ralph Siewert 1946-47 12/31/23 - 11/21/90 66
Mike Silliman 1970-71 05/05/44 - 06/16/00 56 Louisville, KY - heart attack
Connie Simmons 1946-56 03/15/25 - 04/15/89 64
John Simmons 1946-48 07/07/24 - 08/01/08 84 Farmingdale, NY
Bob Sims 1961-68 10/09/38 - 03/21/06 67
EmilioZekeSinicola1951-54 01/25/29 06/06/11 82 New York, NY after a brief illness
Jeff Slade 1962-63 03/01/41 - 02/11/12 70 Toledo, OH
Jim Slaughter 1951-52 05/13/28 - 08/03/99 71 Central, SC - cancer
Belus Smawley 1946-52 03/20/18 - 04/24/03 85
Jack Smiley 1947-50 12/22/21 - 07/30/00 78 Des Moines, IA
Deb Smith 1946-47 01/07/20 - 02/25/09 89
Derek Smith 1982-91 11/01/61 - 08/10/96 34 aboard a cruise ship - respiratory arrest
Don Smith 1942-49 07/27/20 - 03/01/96 75
Don Smith 1974-75 10/10/51 - 03/09/04 52
Ed Smith 1953-54 07/05/29 - 11/25/98 69 Marietta, GA
Phil Smith 1974-83 04/22/52 - 07/29/02 50 San Francisco, CA - bone marrow cancer
Randy Smith 1971-83 12/12/48 - 06/04/09 60 Uncasville, CT - massive heart
attack while exercising
Joe Smyth 1953-54 05/22/29 - 06/10/99 70
George Sobek 1945-50 02/10/20 - 04/09/90 70
Ron Sobieszcyk 1956-63 09/21/34 - 10/23/09 75 - degenerative brain disease
Dave Sorenson 1970-73 07/08/48 - 07/09/02 54 Findlay, OH - cancer
Odie Spears 1948-57 06/26/25 - 03/28/85 59 Louisville, KY
Art Spector 1946-50 10/17/20 - 06/18/87 66
Lou Spicer 1946-47 11/12/22 - 06/23/81 58
Art Spoelstra 1954-58 09/11/32 - 04/09/08 75 Evansville, IN
Jim Spruill 1948-49 02/26/23 - 01/08/06 82
Ed Stanczak 1946-51 08/15/21 - 05/30/04 82
Larry Staverman 1958-64 10/11/36 - 07/12/07 70 Newport, KY - after a long illness
Jack Stephens 1955-56 05/18/33 08/31/11 78 Peoria, IL
Barry Stevens 1992-93 01/17/63 - 02/21/07 43 Gary, IN - heart attack while working out
Tom Stith 1962-63 01/21/39 - 06/13/10 71 Melville, NY - cancer
Maurice Stokes 1955-58 06/17/33 - 04/06/70 36 Cincinnati, OH - heart ailment
Art Stolkey 1946-48 10/23/20 12/31/13 93 Scottsdale, AZ
Paul Stovall 1972-74 08/16/48 - 01/09/78 29 San Diego, CA - motorcycle accident
Joe Strawder 1965-68 09/21/40 - 08/24/05 64
Roger Strickland 1963-64 09/04/40 02/09/11 70 Jacksonville, FL - cancer
Stan Stutz 1946-49 04/14/20 - 10/28/75 55 New Rochelle, NY - heart ailment
Gary Suiter 1970-71 01/18/45 - 10/23/82 37 Rio Rancho, NM shot over gambling debt
Don Sunderlage 1953-55 12/20/29 - 07/15/61 31 Lake Geneva, WI - auto accident
Dick Surhoff 1952-54 11/16/29 - 05/01/87 57
Ben Swain 1958-59 12/06/30 - 06/19/08 77 Houston, TX - cancer
Dan Swartz 1961-63 12/23/31 - 04/03/97 65
Wallace"Buck"Sydnor 1946-47 09/19/21 - 09/17/03 81
Sid Tanenbaum 1947-49 10/08/25 - 09/04/86 60 Far Rockaway, NY - stabbed in the back
during an argument
Carlos Terry 1980-83 06/22/56 - 03/12/89 32 Prince George County, MD - auto accident
Terry Thomas 1975-76 08/20/53 - 10/26/98 45
Mel Thurston 1946-48 01/16/19 - 10/08/97 78 Lockport, NY
Hal Tidrick 1944-49 08/04/15 - 04/02/74 58
Jack Tingle 1947-49 12/30/24 - 09/22/58 33 Louisville, KY - cancer
Wayman Tisdale 1985-97 06/09/64 - 05/15/09 44 Tulsa, OK - bone cancer
Mike Todorovich 1947-51 06/11/23 - 06/24/00 77 - heart attack
Andy Tonkovich 1948-49 11/01/22 - 09/02/06 83 Inverness, FL
Jack Toomay 1947-50 08/09/22 - 03/12/08 85 Carlsbad, CA - peritonitis
Irv Torgoff 1939-49 03/06/17 - 10/21/93 76
Bill Tosheff 1951-54 06/02/26 - 10/01/11 85 Koloa, HI - rectal cancer
Bob Tough 1945-50 08/28/20 - 07/07/99 78
Blackie Towery 1941-51 06/20/20 - 11/25/12 92 Marion, KY
George Trapp 1971-77 07/11/48 - 01/21/02 53 Detroit, MI - stabbed by roommate
Tractor Traylor 1998-05 02/01/77 - 05/11/11 34 San Juan, PR heart attack
Al Tucker 1967-72 02/24/43 - 05/07/01 58 Dayton, OH
Mel Turpin 1984-90 12/28/60 - 07/08/10 49 Lexington, KY - suicide
Jack Twyman 1955-66 05/11/34 - 05/30/12 78 Cincinnati, OH - blood cancer
Charlie Tyra 1957-63 08/16/35 - 12/29/06 71
Hal Uplinger 1953-54 09/30/29 02/01/11 81 Los Angeles, CA bone cancer
Bill Van Breda Kolff1946-50 10/28/22 - 08/22/07 84 Spokane, WA - after long illness
Norm Van Lier 1969-79 04/01/47 - 02/26/09 61 Chicago, IL - heart problems
Gene Vance 1947-52 02/25/23 - 02/16/12 88 Champaign, IL
Nick Vanos* 1985-87 04/13/63 - 08/16/87 24 Detroit, MI - plane crash
Chico Vaughn 1962-70 02/19/40 - 10/25/13 73 Carbondale, IL - cancer
Virgil Vaughn 1946-48 05/15/18 - 02/26/07 88
Floyd Volker 1947-50 06/21/21 - 01/05/95 73
Clint Wager 1943-50 01/20/20 - 02/29/96 76 Excelsior, MN
Danny Wagner 1947-50 08/01/22 - 12/27/97 75
Brady Walker 1948-52 03/15/21 - 11/30/07 86
Horace Walker 1961-62 04/07/37 - 06/07/01 64
Jimmy Walker 1967-76 04/08/44 - 07/02/07 63 Kansas City, MO - lung cancer
Mike "Red" Wallace 1946-47 07/12/18 - 07/07/77 58
Jim Walsh 1957-58 08/29/30 - 03/04/76 45 San Francisco, CA - after operation
Perry Warbington 1974-75 09/05/52 - 11/09/08 56
Jim Ware 1966-69 05/02/44 - 01/ /86 41
Ben Warley 1963-70 02/04/36 - 04/05/02 66
Bob Warlick 1965-70 03/20/41 - 09/06/05 64
Nick Weatherspoon 1973-80 07/20/50 - 10/17/08 58 Canton, OH - natural causes
Forest "Jake" Weber 1945-47 03/18/18 - 01/06/90 71
Marvin Webster 1975-87 04/13/52 - 04/06/09 56 Tulsa, OK - coronary artery disease
Dick Wehr 1948-49 12/09/25 - 12/01/11 85 Atlanta, GA
Ralph Wells 1962-63 09/03/40 - 08/02/68 27 Chicago, IL - drowned
Ray Wertis 1946-48 07/30/23 - 01/19/06 82
Skippy Whitaker 1954-55 08/29/30 - 08/ /90 59
Jerome Whitehead 1978-89 09/30/56 - 12/20/12 56 El Cajon, CA - found dead at home
Win Wilfong 1957-61 03/18/33 - 05/18/85 52 Lincoln, IL - cancer
Ray Williams 1977-87 10/14/54 - 03/22/13 56 New York, NY - colon cancer
Ron "Fritz"Williams 1968-76 09/24/44 - 04/04/04 59
Ward Williams 1948-49 06/26/23 - 12/17/05 82
John Williamson 1973-81 11/10/52 - 11/30/96 44 New Haven, CT - kidney complications
from diabetes
Bob Wilson 1951-52 03/08/26 08/26/14 88
Lee Winfield 1969-76 02/04/47 02/04/11 64 St. Louis, MO colon cancer
Mark Workman 1952-54 03/10/30 - 12/21/83 53 Brandon, FL - cancer
Orlando Woolridge 1981-94 12/16/59 - 05/31/12 52 Mansfield, LA - heart failure
Lorenzen Wright 1996-09 11/04/75 - 07/29/10 34 Memphis, TN - found shot,believed murdered
George Yardley 1953-62 11/03/28 - 08/12/04 75 Newport Beach, CA - Lou Gehrig's disease
Max Zaslofsky 1946-56 12/07/25 - 10/15/85 59 New Hyde Park, NY - leukemia
Bob Zawoluk 1952-55 10/13/30 - 01/09/07 76 Spring Valley, NY - heart attack
Gary Zeller 1970-72 11/20/47 - 02/05/96 51
Hank Zeller 1946-47 07/10/18 - 09/22/04 86 Pittsburgh, PA
Matt Zunic 1947-49 12/19/19 - 12/15/06 86 Lecanto, FL - natural causes
FORMER ABL PLAYERS
Jack Ardon 1962-63 10/13/39 - 02/18/00 60
Sam Barnard 1961-62 12/28/37 - 05/23/03 65 Oshkosh, WI
John Berberich 1961-62 04/08/38 - 06/19/02 64 Bellevue, WA - heart attack
Bucky Bolyard 1961-63 08/20/37 - 09/30/01 64 Keyser, WV
Frank Burgess 1961-62 03/09/35 - 03/26/10 75 Tacoma, WA - cancer
Jeff Cohen 1961-62 10/06/39 06/23/78 38 Switzerland - cancer
Charlie Curtis 1961-63 10/22/37 - 10/31/04 67
James "Gus" Guydon 1961-62 10/16/38 - 02/18/03 64 Columbia, SC - after long illness
Charlie Hadden 1961-63 07/06/33 - 10/10/64 31 Downey, CA - coma following auto accident
Grady McCollum 1961-63 / /38 - ??
R.C. Owens 1961-62 11/12/34 - 06/17/12 77 Manteca, CA
Max Perry 1961-62 05/16/37 - 02/27/08 70 Raleigh, NC - cancer
George Pruitt 1961-63 06/18/36 - 12/16/07 71 Chicago, IL - following heart surgery
Nick Romanoff 1961-63 12/02/33 - 11/17/99 65
Alan Seiden 1961-62 05/01/37 - 05/03/08 71 Jamaica Estates, NY - complications of a stroke
Bill Spivey 1961-63 03/19/29 - 05/08/95 66 Quepos, CRC - natural causes
Jack Sullivan 1961-62 07/27/35 - 09/16/10 75 Baltimore, MD - septic shock
Bryce Vann 1961-63 12/21/34 - 06/03/04 69
John Wessels 1961-62 02/13/38 - 12/03/94 66
Dale Wise 1961-62 11/05/39 - 01/04/02 62
FORMER NPBL PLAYERS
Francis"Tiny"Allen 1950-51 / /24 - 04/16/57 33 Anderson, IN - peritonitis after burst appendix
Alex Athas 1950-51 10/06/22 - 04/29/09 86 Metairie, LA
Keith Bloom 1950-51 09/04/27 - 09/20/13 86 Powell, WY
Clarence Brannum 1950-51 05/28/26 - 10/09/00 74
George Bush 1950-51 / /27 - 06/11/90 63 Toledo, OH
William"Buddy" Cate 1950-51 05/23/26 - 02/07/11 84 Bowling Green, KY
Russ DeVette 1950-51 07/09/23 11/23/09 86 Holland, MI after a long illness
Jimmy Doyle 1950-51 08/21/28 - 11/05/06 78 Indianapolis, IN
Hal England 1950-51 09/09/27 04/06/11 83 Parsons, KS
Bill Erickson 1950-51 06/08/28 - 09/21/87 59
Arnie Flinn 1950-51 11/18/28 - 01/27/06 77
Ray Gaisser 1950-51 02/14/23 - 05/24/07 84
John Givens 1950-51 05/12/26 - 12/08/09 83 Louisville, KY
Joe Hafele 1950-51 06/12/28 - 02/20/12 83 Cannelton, IN
Hal Haskins 1950-51 10/29/24 - 05/31/03 78
Paul Hickey 1950-51 09/20/26 - 11/28/12 86 San Diego, CA
Rallo Johnson 1950-51 04/16/26 01/19/08 81
Walt Kersulis 1950-51 11/08/26 - 04/14/73 46
Bob Kohlmeyer 1950-51 05/24/28 - 12/29/07 79 Evansville, IN
George Latham 1950-51 08/20/27 02/15/99 71
Joe Nelson 1950-51 03/16/27 07/20/09 82 Spanish Fork, UT after a short illness
Cas Ostrowski 1950-51 07/24/24 - 03/02/00 75 - heart attack
Mack Suprunowicz 1950-51 01/17/27 - 06/04/10 83 Bay City, Mi - after a long illness
Warren Switzer 1950-51 07/04/25 - 05/ /72 47
Bill Tom 1950-51 08/20/27 - 06/29/04 76
Bob Vollers 1950-51 05/15/28 - 02/ /78 49
Stan Weber 1950-51 07/28/25 01/08/11 85
FORMER PBLA PLAYERS
Rex Barney 1947-48 12/19/24 - 08/12/97 72 Baltimore, MD - found dead at home
Carl Bruch 1947-48 04/01/18 - 03/14/97 78 Moline, IL
Dick Dermody 1947-48 11/13/22 - 02/05/03 80 LaPorte, IN
Bob Fitton 1947-48 07/26/22 - 04/06/09 86 Anderson, MO
Pete Fogo 1947-48 10/04/21 - 04/01/99 77
Andy Gonczi 1947-48 03/26/21 - 02/21/07 85
Herb Gregg 1947-48 06/14/18 - 03/15/12 93 Flagstaff, AZ - complications from hip surgery
Hy Grimmer 1947-48 08/03/21 08/ /74 53
Billy Joe Hanks 1947-48 10/16/29 - 03/26/09 79
Garland Head 1947-48 10/16/21 - 03/13/91 69
Merrill Hubbard 1947-48 10/19/25 - 12/03/02 77
Al Ingerman 1947-48 12/04/25 04/05/10 84
Jim Kaeding 1947-48 11/04/22 - 08/20/90 67
Julius Kasner 1947-48 10/23/17 - 02/15/07 89
Bill Krall 1947-48 10/21/21 - 07/ /87 65
Ed Kupper 1947-48 11/19/23 - 11/ /78 55
Ralph Langer 1947-48 04/17/21 - 10/16/98 77 Ainsworth, NE
Darrell Lorance 1947-48 02/28/28 - 10/20/13 85 East Moline, IL
Emil Lussow 1947-48 03/12/22 - 01/ /89 66
Dick Lynch 1947-48 03/12/24 - 04/25/04 80
Jack Mahnen 1947-48 04/23/24 08/20/85 61 Cleveland, OH
Albert Babe Mazza 1947-48 02/06/22 09/12/08 86 Mount Vernon, OH
Leason"Pete"McCloud 1947-48 12/29/18 - 06/17/13 94 Newton, KS
Bob Nodler 1947-48 09/05/18 - 03/08/03 84
Allie Paine 1947-48 07/22/19 - 03/22/08 89
Charlie Scruggs 1947-48 04/03/23 - 03/26/10 86 Pensacola, FL
Harry Shor 1947-48 06/08/23 10/15/94 71
Cy Singer 1947-48 05/07/17 - 07/ /92 75
Joe Trosper 1947-48 05/11/21 - 09/29/11 90 Oklahoma City, OK
Archie Vap 1947-48 01/22/24 - 01/25/11 87 Billings, MT
Harmon Walters 1947-48 11/14/21 - 12/05/98 77
FORMER ABA PLAYERS
Matthew Aitch 1967-68 09/21/44 - 04/04/07 62 Lansing, MI
Mike Barrett 1972-77 09/05/43 08/09/11 67 Nashville, TN - cancer
Wes Bialosuknia 1967-68 06/08/45 - 10/23/13 68 Hartford, CT - cancer
Bill Bradley 1967-68 06/16/41 - 06/05/02 60
Jim Bradley 1973-76 03/16/52 - 02/20/82 29 Portland, OR - shot to death
Roger Brown 1967-75 05/22/42 - 03/04/97 54 Indianapolis, IN - liver cancer
Dick Clark 1967-69 01/05/44 - 09/04/88 44
Clyde Dickey 1974-75 12/14/51 - 01/30/03 51 Fort Wayne, IN
Dwaine Dillard 1975-76 03/09/49 - 06/25/08 59
Jerry Dover 1971-72 10/16/49 - 03/17/00 50
Roy Ebron 1973-74 08/31/51 09/28/14 63 St. Rose, LA heart attack
Bobby Joe Edmonds 1967-70 03/08/41 - 11/12/91 50
Larry Finch 1973-75 02/16/51 - 04/02/11 60 Memphis, TN
Jim Hadnot 1962-68 01/15/40 - 08/15/98 58
Joe Hamood 1967-68 09/07/43 - 08/19/70 26 Dearborn, MI - auto accident
Billy Harris 1974-75 11/21/51 - 01/03/10 58 Chicago, IL - stroke
Jim Hayes 1970-71 02/18/48 - 03/11/09 61
Simmie Hill 1969-74 11/14/46 - 07/14/13 66 Pittsburgh, PA
Warren Jabali 1968-75 08/29/46 - 07/13/12 65 Miami, FL - in his sleep
Merv Jackson 1968-73 08/15/46 - 06/07/12 65 Chicago, IL
Tony Jackson 1961-69 11/07/42 - 10/28/05 62 Brooklyn, NY - cancer
Julius Keye 1969-75 09/05/46 - 09/13/84 38 Marietta, GA - head injuries after fall
caused by an epileptic seizure
Edgar Lacey 1968-69 08/02/44 03/22/11 66 Sacramento, CA in his sleep
Bob Lackey 1972-74 04/04/49 - 06/04/02 53 Evanston, IL - cancer
Wendell Ladner* 1970-75 10/06/48 - 06/24/75 26 Queens, NY - plane crash
Jim Ligon 1967-74 02/22/44 - 04/17/04 60 Louisville, KY
Lonnie Lynn 1969-70 05/24/43 09/12/14 71 Denver, CO prostate cancer
Mike Maloy 1970-73 05/10/49 - 02/03/09 59 Vienna, AUT - influenza
Elton McGriff 1967-69 08/21/42 12/16/11 69 Corsicana, TX
Dewitt Menyard 1967-68 05/24/44 - 05/21/09 64
Leland Mitchell 1967-68 02/21/41 - 07/06/13 72 Starkville, MS
Rich Parks 1967-68 10/26/43 - 08/ /78 34
John Postley 1967-68 05/30/40 - 07/ /70 30
Marlbert Pradd 1967-69 11/17/44 04/29/14 69 New Orleans, LA
Austin"Red"Robbins 1967-75 09/30/44 - 11/18/09 65 Metairie, LA - cancer
Reggie Royals 1974-75 06/13/50 - 04/16/09 58
Pierre Russell 1971-73 12/13/49 - 06/12/95 45
Al Sanders 1972-73 01/01/50 - 05/04/94 44
Les Selvage 1967-70 03/07/43 - 06/15/91 48 St. Louis, MO - after short illness
Don Sidle 1968-72 06/21/46 - 05/25/87 40
Walt Simon 1967-74 12/01/39 - 10/10/97 57 Louisville, KY - brain cancer
Willie Sojourner 1971-75 09/10/48 - 10/20/05 57 ITA - auto accident
Ken Spain 1970-71 10/06/46 - 10/15/90 44 Houston, TX - cancer
Erv Staggs 1969-70 09/01/48 - 12/29/12 64 Philadelphia, PA - cancer
George Stone 1968-72 02/09/46 - 12/ /93 47
W.D. "Red" Stroud 1967-68 05/02/41 - 03/22/08 66 Jackson, MS - leukemia
George Sutor 1967-70 09/14/43 08/29/11 67 Eau Claire, WI from injuries in ATV accident
Levern Tart 1967-71 06/01/42 - 06/22/10 68 Island Park, NY - prostate cancer
Floyd Theard 1969-70 09/05/44 - 04/11/85 40 Denver, CO - heart attack
Bob Warren 1968-76 07/17/46 - 08/25/14 68
Tom Washington 1967-73 04/21/44 - 11/20/04 60 McKeesport, PA - heart attack
Al Williams 1970-71 02/14/48 - 07/02/07 59 Decatur, GA - cancer
Lonnie Wright 1967-72 01/23/44 - 03/23/12 67 South Orange, NJ - congestive heart failure
FORMER NBL PLAYERS
GlennSparkyAdams 1938-40 04/14/17 03/31/11 93 Newberry, SC
Neal Adams 1942-43 01/21/19 - 10/27/98 79
Warren Ajax 1947-48 05/12/21 - 12/19/04 83 Hot Springs Village, AR
Merle Alexander 1938-39 09/02/07 - 02/02/87 79 Leesburg, FL
Leonard Alterman 1948-49 03/08/22 - 02/06/09 86 Denver, CO
Al Alvarez 1941-42 10/05/12 - 03/17/95 82
Bob Alwin 1942-43 08/12/20 - 10/08/03 83
Ralph Amsden 1940-41 01/01/17 - 11/02/88 71
Ernie Andres 1939-48 01/11/18 - 09/19/08 90 Bradenton, FL
Gerry Archibald 1937-39 08/22/07 - 11/ /90 83
Scott Armstrong 1937-42 10/21/13 - 08/20/97 83
Stan Arnzen 1937-38 08/08/14 - 04/ /77 62
Carl Austing 1937-38 04/25/10 - 03/25/92 81
Frank Baird 1937-42 04/10/12 - 03/20/07 94
Herb Ball 1940-41 07/27/18 - 04/18/00 81
Lou Barle 1939-43 06/23/16 - 12/30/96 80
Shannie Barnett 1942-43 02/08/19 - 07/02/91 72
Virgil Batterman 1939-40 04/01/18 - 01/05/99 80
Byron Bell 1938-39 06/09/14 - 10/18/08 94 Bettendorf, IA
Ray Bellingham 1945-46 10/29/16 - 12/21/98 82
Wes Bennett 1937-39 03/31/13 - 08/20/02 89 Solvang, CA
Beanie Berens 1937-38 02/26/13 - 05/ /79 66
Connie Mack Berry 1939-46 04/19/15 - 06/24/80 65 Fayetteville, NC
Don Betourne 1937-38 02/27/15 - 03/18/02 87
Paul "Polly" Birch 1938-46 01/04/10 - 06/05/82 72 Pittsburgh, PA
Emmet Birk 1938-39 03/21/14 - 11/06/00 86
Jim Birr 1938-46 08/22/16 - 06/08/06 89 Naples, FL
Ralph Bishop 1948-49 10/01/15 - 10/ /74 59
Thermon Blacklidge 1941-42 03/19/20 - 07/06/72 52 Jackson, MS - after an illness
Chuck Bloedorn 1937-40 05/28/12 - 05/20/98 85
Bruce Boehler 1945-46 07/08/17 - 07/ /87 70
Bob Bolyard 1946-49 12/04/20 - 05/21/09 88 Fort Wayne, IN
Herb Bonn 1937-39 / /14 - 03/ /43 29 South Pacific - missing in action WWII
Al Bonniwell 1937-39 10/06/11 - 03/08/02 90
Wally Borrevik 1947-48 11/14/21 - 12/09/88 67
Wyatt"Sonny"Boswell 1942-43 / /15 - 10/19/64 49 Chicago, IL - heart attack
Lou Boudreau 1938-39 07/17/17 - 08/10/01 84 Olympia Fields, IL - cardiac arrest
Irving Brenner 1944-47 05/31/13 - 01/20/91 77
Hilary Brown 1942-43 07/30/12 - 02/08/91 78
Marshall Brown 1945-46 06/28/18 - 08/20/08 90 Nacogdoches, TX
Wm. "Rookie" Brown 1948-49 02/15/25 - 05/23/71 46 Neptune, NJ - cancer
Jerry Bush 1938-48 09/06/14 - 10/27/76 62 Lincoln, NE - heart attack
Bob Calihan 1940-49 08/02/18 - 09/ /89 71
Joe Camic 1947-49 11/28/22 04/03/11 88 Allegheny Co., PA
Keith Carey 1947-48 03/05/20 - 02/15/99 78
Dan Carnevale 1937-38 02/08/18 - 12/29/05 87 Buffalo, NY
Tony Carp 1939-40 03/02/11 - 05/ /60 49
Frank Carswell 1947-48 11/06/19 - 10/16/98 78
George Chestnut 1937-40 09/27/11 - 09/ /83 72 Warren, OH
Chuck Chuckovits 1939-42 07/10/12 - 08/12/91 79
Ralph Churchfield 1944-45 01/01/18 - 10/07/95 77
Hal Cihlar 1943-44 07/06/14 - 08/21/95 81
Doyle Cofer 1948-49 01/08/23 - 01/15/99 76 Noblesville, IN - construction accident
Bob Colburn 1937-38 03/23/11 - 02/03/01 89 Hubbard, OH - long illness
Paul Coleman 1937-38 / /15 - 06/14/95 79 Amherst, NY - after long illness
Marv Colen 1939-40 03/08/15 - 05/14/89 74
Ted Cook 1947-49 02/06/22 - 05/02/90 68 Birmingham, AL
Ed Costain 1946-47 11/04/23 - 09/30/09 85
George Crowe 1948-49 03/22/21 01/18/11 89 Rancho Cordova, CA after series of strokes
Leo Crowe 1937-38 04/12/12 - 04/24/66 54 Newport, RI - after brief illness
Cookie Cunningham 1937-38 02/04/05 - 11/03/95 90 Leesburg, FL
Ed Danckner 1938-49 03/14/14 - 10/03/91 77
Les Deaton 1947-49 09/23/23 - 11/18/89 66
Rudy Debnar 1941-46 05/09/16 - 05/ /82 66
Louis "Pick" Dehner 1938-39 08/29/14 - 04/ /87 72
Harold Dembo 1939-40 12/24/15 - 05/24/06 90
Bill DeVenzio 1947-48 08/02/24 - 01/01/69 44 Pittsburgh, PA
Hal Devoll 1948-49 09/29/23 - 01/12/10 86 Allen Park, MI
Whitey Dienelt 1946-47 04/28/21 - 01/12/90 68
Gus Doerner 1942-47 02/27/22 - 12/10/01 80 Evansville, IN
Robert"Duck"Dowell 1937-38 08/14/12 - 11/27/03 91 Yucca Valley, CA - natural causes
Bob Dro 1941-42 10/12/18 - 05/04/06 87
Beryl Drummond 1937-47 06/16/18 - 04/26/82 63
Paul DuCharme 1940-41 08/27/17 10/12/85 68 Akron, OH
Jack Dugger 1946-47 01/13/23 - 02/23/88 65 Charlotte, NC
Dave Dupee 1938-39 03/30/16 - 11/18/08 92
Bob Dykstra 1946-48 05/31/22 - 11/18/94 72
Floyd Ebaugh 1938-42 05/30/14 - 06/10/80 66 Los Angeles County, CA
Leroy Edwards 1937-49 04/11/14 - 08/25/71 57 Lawrence, IN - heart attack
Don Elser 1941-42 08/04/13 - 10/18/68 55 Gary, IN - heart attack in car
Warner Engdahl 1941-46 07/02/18 - 05/ /85 66
Ed Erban 1941-47 07/06/21 - 05/17/08 86 Stillwater, MN
Mark Ertel 1941-42 02/26/19 - 03/01/10 91
Dick Evans 1940-43 05/31/15 - 05/26/08 92 Sarasota, FL
Byron Evard 1937-38 03/27/08 - 12/ /83 75
Ken Exel 1946-48 09/12/20 07/07/06 85
Teddy Falda 1940-41 01/02/20 - 09/07/96 76
Fred Fechtman 1937-38 08/10/10 - 07/11/91 80
Wilson Fitts 1937-39 06/16/15 - 02/23/05 89 Topeka, KS
Gordon Flick 1943-49 08/13/21 - 03/22/06 84 0ceanside, CA - heart failure
Len Ford 1948-49 02/18/26 - 03/13/72 46 Detroit, MI - heart attack
Steve Fowdy 1938-39 09/06/15 - 01/23/95 79
Chet Francis 1945-46 05/01/18 - 01/23/02 83
Nick Frascella 1938-41 07/06/14 - 04/09/00 85
Ted Fritsch 1944-47 10/31/20 - 10/04/79 58 Green Bay, WI
Dick Furey 1946-48 03/08/25 - 06/08/98 73
Laddie Gale 1939-40 04/22/17 - 07/29/96 79 Gold Beach, OR
Lowell Galloway 1946-47 07/07/21 - 02/ /79 57
William "Pop" Gates 1946-49 08/30/17 - 12/02/99 82 New York, NY - heart attack
Bob Gauchat 1946-47 03/05/21 - 10/28/71 50
Johnny Gee 1946-47 12/07/15 - 01/23/88 72 Cortland, NY
Hal Gensichen 1947-48 01/02/21 - 04/27/90 69
Hymie Ginsburg 1937-39 03/23/14 - 03/ /86 71
James "Pim" Goff 1939-41 05/13/12 - 02/28/80 67 AZ
Jackie Goldsmith 1947-48 01/21/21 - 02/15/68 47
Erwin "Moose" Graf 1938-43 07/28/17 - 10/12/05 88
Otto Graham 1945-46 12/06/21 - 12/17/03 82 Sarasota, FL - heart aneurysm
Cortez Gray 1942-43 03/07/16 - 07/28/96 80
Al Grenert 1945-48 07/08/19 - 08/09/02 83 Rockport, ME - long illness
Ace Gruenig 1948-49 03/12/13 - 08/11/58 45 Del Norte, CO - heart attack
Nick Grunzweig 1946-47 07/21/18 - 02/10/07 89
Ken Gunning 1937-46 06/04/14 - 04/02/91 76
Bill Haarlow 1937-38 05/05/13 - 11/21/03 89
Roy Hamann 1937-39 08/19/11 - 05/07/05 93 Yankton, SD
Bill Hapac 1940-48 01/26/18 - 03/09/67 49 Chicago, IL
Pierre"Huck"Hartman*1944-46 / /21 - 03/26/46 25 Sharon, PA - pneumonia
Nick Hashu 1938-46 / /17 - 04/28/12 95 Fullerton, CA
Robert Hassmiller 1939-42 12/17/16 - 09/ /80 63
Pete Hecomovich 1940-41 06/13/18 - 05/21/93 74
George Hesik 1938-42 06/15/13 - 04/18/94 80
James Hilgemann 1937-42 12/22/16 - 08/ /67 50
Mort Hill 1946-47 10/04/22 - 10/06/77 55
Harold "Pat" Hintz 1941-43 10/14/14 - 02/24/94 79
Joel Hitt 1939-40 12/30/16 - 06/02/03 86
Johnny Hoekstra 1937-38 11/07/17 - 10/25/06 89 Grand Rapids, MI
Bobby Holm 1944-49 01/22/19 - 04/14/02 83
Claude "Ife" Holmes 1937-38 08/15/05 - 01/27/85 79 Fort Wayne, IN
Bill Hosket 1937-38 02/19/11 - 12/29/56 45 Dayton, OH - leukemia
Lee Huber 1941-42 02/16/19 - 09/22/05 86 Orlando, FL - heart attack
Roosie Hudson 1942-43 07/15/15 - 02/ /85 69
Marv Huffman 1940-41 03/14/17 - 05/ /83 66
Vern Huffman 1938-39 12/18/14 - 03/18/95 80 Bloomington, IN - long illness
Harold Hull 1941-42 05/16/20 - 05/05/88 68
Dar Hutchins 1939-41 12/09/15 - 10/ /85 69
John Isaacs 1948-49 09/15/15 - 01/26/09 93 Bronx, NY - after a stroke
Lou Jagnow 1939-40 07/31/10 - 03/26/07 96
Bill Jesko 1937-39 12/24/15 - 10/21/61 45
Charlie Joachim 1946-48 07/21/20 - 03/17/02 81
Bill Jones 1942-43 02/03/14 - 04/09/06 91 Los Angeles, CA
Casey Jones 1942-43 06/14/15 - 04/02/02 86
Tony Kaseta 1947-49 09/09/23 - 01/19/95 71
Jack Keller 1941-43 / /23 - 05/02/12 89 Fort Wayne, IN
Bob Kessler 1937-39 11/25/14 - 09/05/01 86
Dolly King 1946-49 11/15/16 - 01/29/69 51 Binghamton, NY - heart attack
Dick Klein 1945-46 09/16/20 - 10/10/00 80 Greenville, SC - in his sleep
Otto Kolar 1938-42 12/07/11 - 04/10/95 83
John Kotz 1945-46 03/27/19 - 05/08/99 80
Vic Krafft 1948-49 06/03/19 - 11/21/91 72
Joe Kruse 1937-38 09/09/14 - 01/18/03 88 Cincinnati, OH - pedestrian hit by car
Ray Krzoska 1942-45 10/28/18 - 04/05/06 87 Milwaukee, WI - Alzheimer's disease
Vito Kubilus 1943-44 06/29/14 - 11/ /86 72
Les Kuplic 1938-40 09/23/11 - 07/22/68 56 Sheboygan Falls, WI - heart attack
Ed Kweller 1937-39 01/27/15 - 04/01/03 88
Nick Lalich 1945-46 05/08/16 - 05/11/01 85 Baltimore, MD - esophageal cancer
Gene Lalley 1948-49 08/16/22 - 12/ /72 50
Emerald"Buck"Lamme 1937-38 07/02/05 - 09/04/57 52 Columbus, OH
Rube Lautenschlager 1938-47 09/07/15 - 01/05/92 76
Tim Lawry 1937-38 08/01/11 - 09/19/99 88
Sew Leeka 1937-38 09/15/07 - 10/ /85 78
John Lenhart 1937-38 12/04/15 - 09/24/91 75
Joe Leson 1938-39 / /12 - ?
Ed Lewinski 1945-49 09/10/18 - 04/15/62 44
Karl Lillge 1939-40 07/17/17 - 04/17/94 96
Leroy Lins 1937-38 06/21/13 - 08/ /86 73
Frank Linskey 1937-41 08/18/13 - 07/03/99 86
Charles Lonsdorf 1938-39 03/22/05 - 12/ /87 82
Del Loranger 1946-49 03/17/20 - 03/24/03 83
Gene Lorendo 1942-43 12/07/21 - 04/15/01 79
George "Sam" Loucks 1937-38 07/09/15 - 08/04/92 77
Carl Loyd 1948-49 11/24/25 08/29/12 86 Roseland, IN
Bob MacLeod 1939-40 10/15/17 - 01/13/03 85
Paul Maki 1941-42 02/01/18 - 09/04/74 56 Sheboygan, WI - long illness
George Malackany 1937-39 05/03/13 - 12/20/83 70
Ed Malanowicz 1937-38 12/30/10 - 09/ /67 56
Johnny Malokas 1944-46 08/01/16 - 04/16/00 84
Joel Mason 1942-43 03/12/12 - 10/31/95 83 Detroit, MI
Bill McCahan 1946-47 06/07/21 - 07/03/86 65 Fort Wayne, TX
Paul McCall 1945-46 10/10/20 - 09/19/97 76
Gordon McComb 1939-40 08/01/17 - 09/ /72 55
Bobby McDermott 1932-51 01/07/14 - 10/14/63 49 Yonkers, NY - security guard at Yorkers
Raceway who died two weeks after being
injured in a auto accident there.
Robert McElliott 1938-39 07/10/15 - 02/ /75 59
Vince McGowan 1937-45 08/12/13 - 04/ /82 68
Curt McMahon 1937-38 01/26/15 - 04/ /78 63
Mike McMichael 1938-39 07/04/15 - 11/13/97 82
Dean Mealy 1937-40 05/07/15 - 04/ /73 57
Gene Mechling 1937-38 03/24/09 - 01/26/75 65 Venice, FL
John "Chick" Meehan 1946-48 01/09/17 - 04/09/04 86 Kingston, NY - natural causes
Bernie Mehen 1946-48 09/19/18 - 05/11/07 88 Sylvania, OH
Ted Migdal 1938-39 02/14/18 - 11/01/99 81
Johnny Moir 1938-46 05/22/17 - 11/15/75 58 Carlisle, PA
Eugene "Bud"Moodler 1937-40 09/21/11 - 08/07/77 65 Craig, CO
Donald"Dudey"Moore 1937-39 04/05/10 - 04/08/84 74 Bristol, PA - heart attack
Dale Morey 1946-47 12/01/18 - 05/14/02 83 High Point, NC - long illness
Emmett Morrison 1937-38 08/24/15 - 02/02/93 77
George Morse 1941-42 / /19 - 12/06/12 92 Chicago, IL - pulmonary disease
Ray Morstadt 1937-40 03/10/13 - 07/ /65 52
Al Moschetti 1944-45 01/01/20 - 12/10/07 87 Horseheads, NY
Paul "Pete" Mount 1946-47 03/10/25 - 02/03/90 64
Ed Mullen 1937-40 / /13 01/10/88 74 San Francisco, CA
Jake Nagode 1939-41 07/11/15 - 01/ /76 60
Lyle Neat 1946-47 09/29/16 - 12/05/96 80
George Nelmark 1941-48 05/ /17 12/04/10 93
Bobby Neu 1939-46 06/28/17 - 02/07/71 53 Elmhurst, IL - cerebral hemorrhage
Oren Nichols 1945-51 05/07/18 12/25/06 88 Venice, FL
Fred Nimz 1942-43 04/22/14 - 05/09/92 78
Woody Norris 1941-48 06/18/19 - 04/25/07 87 Bloomington, IN
John Novotny 1944-45 01/29/18 - 07/14/06 88 Jeannette, PA
Paul Nowak 1938-42 03/15/14 - 01/10/83 68 Treasure Island, FL
Bob Nugent 1946-47 09/18/15 - 06/04/95 79
Jim ODonnell 1937-38 12/03/12 12/ /84 72
Neil ODonnell 1937-38 04/17/14 12/27/96 82
Carter"Bud"O'Rourke 1945-46 01/14/19 - 11/24/01 82
Red Oberbruner 1941-42 10/05/18 - 09/06/91 72 Burlington, WI natural causes
Russ Ochsenhirt 1937-39 04/16/12 - 10/04/02 90
Vince Oliver 1938-39 12/28/15 - 08/28/85 69
Bernie Opper 1939-41 09/01/15 - 02/24/00 84
Eddie Oram 1939-48 10/05/14 - 12/18/04 90
Leo Osiewalski 1943-44 09/25/21 - 02/ /85 63
Jack Ozburn 1937-42 01/04/13 - 02/14/69 56 Akron, OH
Joe Patanelli 1946-48 09/18/19 - 08/18/98 78
Ray Patterson 1947-48 01/15/22 - 08/03/11 89 Sugarland, TX
Johnny Pawk 1937-39 12/23/10 - 12/28/04 94 West Chester, PA
Steve Pawk 1937-38 08/14/14 03/04/09 94
Pete Pederson 1939-42 10/28/10 - 09/ /82 71
Bill Perigo 1937-39 09/17/11 - 02/07/90 78
Charles Perry 1946-47 04/06/21 - 07/21/01 80 Tampa, FL
Tony Peyton 1942-43 03/03/21 - 07/23/07 86 Midland, TX
Jack"Squint"Phares 1938-39 12/31/15 - 08/16/74 58 Columbus, OH
Jack Piana 1940-41 08/06/18 - 07/10/01 82 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Elwood Pitzer 1937-38 / /10 - 08/22/01 81 Springfield, OH
Eric Plahn 1943-44 07/25/19 - 06/04/98 79
John Poncar 1943-44 05/12/10 - 01/ /78 67
Johnny Posewitz 1938-45 08/09/06 - 04/11/94 87 Sheboygan, WI
Joe"Scoop"Posewitz 1938-40 09/12/08 - 09/25/93 85 Sheboygan, WI
Lou Possner 1941-47 08/11/17 - 03/06/90 72
Erv Prasse 1940-46 12/01/17 - 06/18/05 87 Naperville, IL - fall - brain hemorrhage
Louis"Babe"Pressley 1942-43 09/21/16 - 09/15/65 48 Cleveland, OH - heart attack
Al Price 1942-43 09/08/17 - 11/07/11 94 South Toledo, OH
Bernie Price 1942-43 09/20/15 - 01/24/02 86 Chicago, IL - kidney failure
Cy Proffitt 1937-38 10/26/11 - 02/13/96 84
Joe Proksa 1944-45 06/30/14 - 10/25/99 85 Hagerstown, MD
Dave Quabius 1938-43 03/16/16 - 06/19/83 67 Milwaukee, WI - heart attack
Lenny Rader 1946-49 03/29/21 - 12/29/96 75
Jim Rae 1941-42 10/07/17 - 01/07/13 95 Traverse City, MI - upper resp. tract infection
Stan Raiman 1937-38 03/22/14 - 01/30/97 82 Buffalo, NY
Bob Regh 1942-44 10/11/12 - 06/24/99 86
Ruben Reiswerg 1939-40 08/10/12 - 03/22/98 85
Marty Reiter 1937-39 08/25/11 - 02/ /86 74
Del Rice 1945-46 10/27/22 - 01/23/83 60 Buena Park, CA
Ocie Richie 1947-48 / /21 - 02/05/12 90 Jennings, LA
Bill Riebe 1943-46 08/15/17 - 02/06/00 82
Ted Rigg 1937-38 06/07/13 01/01/02 88 Riderwood, MD
Ed Riska 1941-49 10/04/19 - 08/03/92 72 Missouri, TX
Julie Rivlin 1940-48 02/02/17 09/23/02 85
Glenn Roberts 1937-42 10/25/12 - 05/21/80 67 Kingsport, TN - colon cancer
Wyman Roberts 1937-38 09/27/15 - 12/01/87 72
Abel Rodrigues 1947-48 01/16/22 07/17/10 88 Saratoga, CA
Harry"Swede"Roos 1944-45 08/08/13 - 01/ /79 65
Rex Rudicel 1938-39 09/06/12 - 03/20/00 87 Muncie, IN
Clem Ruh 1940-41 10/31/15 - 10/05/73 57 Los Angeles, CA
George Rung 1945-46 05/27/16 - 09/29/96 80 North Royalton, OH
Mal Rush 1937-38 04/02/09 - 01/01/89 79 Stow, OH
Lou Rutter 1937-38 08/04/14 - 11/ /71 57 Miamisburg, OH
Frank Sachse 1943-45 07/24/17 - 10/01/89 72 Dallas, TX
Leo Sack 1937-38 05/18/14 - 01/ /87 72
Edgar"Junior"Saffer 1937-38 07/27/18 - 07/ /82 63
Bill Sattler 1946-48 08/09/16 - 07/11/71 54 Mineral City, OH - heart failure
Louie Sauer 1937-38 09/03/15 - 09/ /85 70
Rusty Saunders 1940-46 03/12/06 - 11/24/67 61 Trenton, NJ
Ted Scalissi 1947-48 10/26/21 - 01/06/87 65 Janesville, WI
Bennie Schall 1941-47 12/08/17 - 02/09/98 80
Herb Scheffler 1946-47 11/05/17 - 01/20/01 83
Ed Scheiwe 1943-45 02/25/18 - 06/19/97 79
Glenn Schlechty 1937-38 03/31/12 - 04/ /62 50
Gene Scholz 1937-38 09/28/17 - 03/09/05 87
Warren Schrage 1942-43 07/30/20 - 01/19/99 78 Dallas, TX
Al Schrecker 1944-45 07/23/17 - 01/04/00 82
Bill Schroeder 1946-47 04/11/23 - 12/09/03 80
Wilbur Schu 1946-47 12/18/22 - 11/06/80 57 Georgetown, KY - heart attack
Herm Schuessler 1938-39 07/20/14 - 07/05/97 82
Wilbur Schumacher 1945-46 03/06/20 - 09/03/71 51
Tom Sealy 1948-49 02/23/21 - 11/29/00 79
Bob Shaddock 1946-47 11/15/20 - 04/22/91 70 Corning, NY
Frank Shamel 1937-38 12/06/12 - 11/02/94 81 Sun City, AZ
Chuck Shanklin 1944-45 09/03/21 - 08/19/06 84
Frank Shannon 1946-47 11/25/17 - 12/20/05 88
Steve Sharkey 1945-48 12/30/18 - 03/15/95 76 Syracuse, NY
Bob Shaw 1945-47 05/21/21 04/10/11 89 Westerville, OH after a brief illness
Ollie Shoaff 1948-49 11/10/23 - 10/05/01 77
Milas "Slim" Shoun 1937-39 10/04/04 - 10/10/83 79 Akron, OH - heart attack
Johnny Sines 1938-40 08/17/17 - 04/16/78 60 Palmetto, FL - brain tumor
Steve Sitko 1940-45 11/18/17 - 01/08/03 85
Pres Slack 1937-39 12/28/08 - 01/25/93 84
Danny Smick 1947-48 12/24/15 - 04/06/75 79 Midland, MI - heart attack
Des Smith 1946-47 03/31/18 - 06/20/00 82 Pewaukee, WI
Don Smith 1937-38 10/08/10 - 01/27/94 83
Willie Smith 1943-49 04/22/11 - 03/14/92 80
Joseph"Bello"Snyder 1937-38 02/07/12 - 05/19/98 86 Rochester, NY
Paul Sokody 1938-43 08/18/14 - 05/12/92 77 Elgin, IL
Joe Sotak 1937-41 04/22/14 - 10/ /84 70
Emil Sotnyk 1946-47 08/21/21 - 07/02/04 82 Maumee, OH - bone cancer
Jack Spencer 1948-49 04/25/23 06/15/04 81 Davenport, IA - emphysema
Ed Spotovich 1938-39 05/06/16 - 09/07/02 86 Uniontown, PA
Howard Stammler 1937-38 07/23/11 - 06/ /77 65
Joe Stampf 1944-45 12/16/19 - 04/ /85 65
Clovis Stark 1937-38 10/06/14 - 04/25/01 86
Dick Starzyk 1946-47 03/01/21 - 10/06/90 69 - lung cancer
Ed Stege 1937-38 09/04/13 - 03/ /85 71
Jerry Steiner 1945-47 01/07/18 - 02/01/12 94 Bonita Springs, FL
Art Stoefen 1946-47 08/29/14 - 01/07/95 80
Reno Strand 1938-39 05/14/09 - 06/27/88 79 Erie, PA after an extended illness
Ted Strong 1942-43 01/02/14 - 03/01/78 64 Chicago, IL
Chet Strumillo 1944-45 05/28/24 07/27/10 86 Burr Ridge, IL
Arnold Suddith 1939-40 12/26/10 - 09/ /84 73
Ken Suesens 1938-47 10/23/16 - 05/29/92 75
Bob Sullivan 1943-48 07/01/21 - 04/12/07 85
George Svendsen 1937-38 03/22/13 - 08/06/95 82 Minneapolis, MN
Everett Swank 1937-39 02/17/13 - 06/01/00 87 Greenwood, IN
Bob Synnott 1944-47 09/27/12 - 11/ /85 73
Stan Szukala 1940-47 06/12/18 - 08/30/03 85
Chelso Tamagno 1937-39 03/20/12 - 04/ /86 74
Irving Terjesen 1938-41 03/04/15 - 04/12/90 75
Ray Terzynski 1943-46 11/27/19 - 08/ /83 63
Homer Thompson 1939-47 01/16/16 - 06/19/07 91 Jeffersonville, IN
Milt Ticco 1946-48 09/22/22 - 01/26/02 79 Greenville, SC
Chet Tollstam 1940-41 09/23/18 - 12/27/03 85
John Townsend 1937-44 09/20/16 - 12/04/01 85 Indianapolis, IN
Morris Udall 1948-49 06/15/22 - 12/12/98 76 Washington, DC - Parkinson's disease
Jim Usry 1948-49 02/02/22 - 01/25/02 79 Galloway Twsp., NJ - diabetes & cancer
Augie Vander Meulen 1937-39 11/06/09 - 12/02/93 84
Matt Vaniel 1944-45 11/14/19 - 01/ /81 61
Ralph Vaughn 1940-47 02/12/18 - 06/07/98 80
Bernie Voorheis 1945-46 05/23/22 - 01/13/10 87
Frank Vukosic 1944-45 04/08/15 - 05/17/89 74
Vaughn Waddell 1948-49 09/29/10 - 03/ /80 69 Oakland, MI
Norm Wagner 1937-38 02/05/12 - 04/22/98 86
Don Warnke 1944-46 04/08/20 - 04/14/70 49 Flagstaff, AZ heart attack
Zano Wast 1942-43 08/20/16 - 05/21/88 71 Lucas, OH
Charles"Chub"Watson 1938-39 / /16 - 06/28/71 55 Lakeland, FL
Bob Weigandt 1938-39 02/05/14 - 02/26/08 94 Whitewater, WI
Bill Wendt 1938-39 03/20/15 - 03/12/66 50 Chicago, IL
Dean White 1946-47 05/30/23 06/24/92 69
John Wiethe 1937-38 10/17/12 - 05/03/89 76 Cincinnati, OH
John Wiggers 1940-41 08/06/17 03/14/07 89
George Wilson 1939-40 02/03/14 - 11/23/78 64 Detroit, MI
Urgel Wintermute 1939-40 07/09/17 - 10/ /77 60
Eddie Wisbar 1937-38 05/03/16 - 04/ /67 50
Herman Witasek 1937-42 10/16/13 - 07/25/63 49 Oshkosh, WI - in his sleep
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Woltzen 1937-38 06/29/05 07/21/95 90
Sonny Wood 1948-49 12/31/22 - 07/11/70 47 New York, NY - brain hemorrhage
John Wooden 1937-39 10/14/10 - 06/04/10 99 Los Angeles, CA - natural causes
Loren Wright 1937-38 05/11/17 - 09/10/05 88
Tom Wukovits 1939-46 02/04/16 - 11/13/91 75
Nick Yost 1938-40 04/01/15 - 12/ /80 65
Jewell Young 1938-46 01/18/13 - 04/16/03 90 Bradenton, FL
Abe Yourist 1941-42 / /11 - 11/09/91 80 Seattle, WA - after a fall at home
Stan Zadel 1938-40 04/08/16 - 10/21/82 66
James Zeravich 1946-47 02/17/20 - 08/16/98 78
Maurice Ziegenhorn 1941-46 11/21/18 - 08/23/70 51 Sheboygan, WI- after brief illness
EARLY PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS - OTHER LEAGUES
Player Pro Career Born - Died Age Place of death - Circumstances
Jackie Adams 1906-17 / /85 - 06/ /20 35 National Park, NJ - tuberculosis
Albert Austermuhl 1898-99 03/28/76 - 01/04/47 70 Camden, NJ - after an illness
Thomas H. Barry c. 1915 / / - 04/30/35 43 Brooklyn, NY - after month's illness
Thomas Bennett 09/07/00 - 02/13/70 69 Greenville, TX - auto accident
J. William Black / / - 01/14/68 69 Philadelphia, PA
George Clift* c. 1930 / / - 04/23/34 29 Camden, NJ - auto accident
Fred Cooper 03/25/74 - 01/06/55 80 Trenton, NJ
Opal Courtney / / - 12/12/99 89
John Deal 01/21/79 - 05/09/44 65 Harrisburg, PA - heart attack
Albert Dixon / / - 12/ /01
Hank Faust 02/12/82 - 11/07/62 80 Buffalo, NY
Ed Ferat 1900-10 07/19/80 - 05/07/50 69 Camden, NJ
Joe Fogarty / /85 - 08/15/25 40 Williamsport, PA - pneumonia
Somerby Follansbee 07/21/85 - 05/ /72 86 Haverhill, PA
Harold "Bud" Foster 05/30/06 - 07/16/96 90
Flo Harvey c.1910-23 04/17/85 - 01/07/80 94 Newport, RI
Allie Heerdt c.1904-19 08/09/81 - 02/04/58 76 Buffalo, NY
Harry Hough c.1900-25 06/01/83 - 04/20/35 51 - mesenteric thrombosis
Jack Inglis 1909-17 / /88 - 10/ /18 30 Troy, NY - influenza
Joe Kellmurray c. 1920 / / - 12/06/46 Utica, NY
Edward"Moose"Krause c. 1935 02/02/13 - 12/11/92 79 - in his sleep
Harry "Bucky" Lew c. 1902 01/04/84 - 10/22/63 79 Springfield, MA
John Maier c. 1905 / /86 - 11/07/43 59 Buffalo, NY
Billy Markward c. 1900 / / - 08/21/47 68 Philadelphia, PA - after long illness
Tom McCarthy 09/20/31 - 08/06/00 68 Loudonville, NY
Julius McCoy 02/21/32 - 04/04/08 76 Harrisburg, PA
Eddie Miller 09/02/88 - 02/26/69 80 Buffalo, NY
Wyoming B. Paris c. 1930 10/03/06 - 05/21/01 94 Wichita, KS
Samuel Pitkoff 10/17/16 - 08/30/80 63 Miami, FL
John Plant c. 1900 / / - 02/19/54 76 Hightstown, NJ
Mack Posnak c. 1935 06/23/09 - 06/20/78 67 North Miami, FL - heart attack
George Redlein c. 1905 03/02/85 - 07/09/68 83 Buffalo, NY
Ernie Reich* 1915-22 /92 - 02/24/22 29 New York, NY - pneumonia
Bill Reid 09/26/93 - 10/30/55 62 Hamilton, NY - heart attack
Barney Sedran 1909-20 01/28/91 - 01/14/69 78 New York, NY - heart attack
Roy Steele c. 1910 / /87 - 06/17/46 59 Somers Point, NJ - after long illness
Ed Wachter 1901-24 06/30/83 - 03/12/66 82 Troy, NY
Lou Wachter 1910-20 08/14/81 - 02/ /66 84
John Wendelken c. 1900 / /75 - 12/13/59 84 Wayne Twsp, NJ
Dutch Wohlfarth c. 1910 09/08/88 - 01/25/73 84 Pittsburgh, PA
EARLY PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS - ABL (1933-53)
Player Pro Career Born - Died Age Place of death - Circumstances
Neil Abbatiello ABL 08/26/22 - 07/24/05 82 Carmel, NY
Italo Ablondi ABL 08/26/29 - 06/16/01 71 Baltimore, MD
Paulie Adamo ABL 01/12/07 - 02/29/72 65
Ben Auerbach ABL 03/01/19 06/18/93 74
John Azary ABL / /30 - 09/15/81 51 Washington, DC
Steve Bagarus ABL 09/19/19 - 10/17/81 62 Gaithersburg, MD
Hank Baietti ABL 10/01/20 - 06/26/06 85
Oscar Baldwin ABL 01/07/26 - 10/31/05 79 Greentown, PA
Matty Begovich ABL 10/02/10 - 11/20/66 56 Miami Beach, FL - after heart attack
Jules Bender ABL 04/02/14 - 01/12/82 67 Boca Raton, FL - cancer
Lou Bender ABL 03/08/10 - 09/10/09 99 Longboat Key, FL - cancer
Ralph Bennie ABL 11/06/05 09/15/94 88
Petey Berenson ABL 10/16/12 - 01/16/00 87
Louis "Boze" Berger ABL 05/13/10 - 11/03/92 82 Bethesda, MD
Marvin Blumenthal ABL / / - 03/18/69 44 Houston TX - After handball game
Si Boardman ABL 10/01/15 - 06/ /77 61
Franny Bock ABL 09/29/21 - 10/02/06 85 Towson, MD
Frank Bores ABL 10/15/20 - 01/ /82 61
Bill Bornheimer ABL 11/25/21 - 07/02/89 67
Syl Bozinski ABL 09/07/27 - 06/30/01 73
Sol Broder ABL 09/23/19 11/23/94 75
Norm "Pappy" Butz ABL 07/28/19 - 03/21/99 79
Bill "Sugar" Cain ABL 11/24/18 - 02/06/99 80
Ben Carnevale ABL 10/30/15 - 03/25/08 92 Williamsburg, VA
Earl "Kit" Carson ABL 10/22/16 - 10/06/01 83
Paul Chadick ABL 05/25/18 12/28/99 81
Bill Chanecka ABL 04/21/24 - 01/27/10 85
Steve Chanecka ABL 02/06/18 - 02/01/00 81 Nanticoke, PA
Hal Chilcott ABL 01/20/16 - 05/14/01 85
Al Cito ABL 07/12/20 02/07/10 89
Lee Craddock ABL 12/22/17 - 10/26/89 71
Earl "Chick" Craig ABL / / - 06/21/08
Jack Cusick ABL 06/12/28 11/17/89 61 Englewood, NJ
Irwin Dambrot ABL 05/23/28 - 01/21/10 81 Summit, NJ - complications of Parkinson's
disease
Leon DeZube ABL 08/07/12 09/20/93 81
Joe Dinkwoods ABL 01/21/17 - 12/26/94 77
Lavere "Larry" Disque ABL 03/27/21 - 03/03/94 72
John Dobrutsky ABL 01/27/22 - 03/01/96 74
Larry Doby ABL 12/13/23 - 06/18/03 79 Montclair, NJ
Larry Dodick ABL 08/15/14 - 02/11/99 85
Ralph Dolgoff ABL 10/24/17 04/20/09 81
Bobby Dorn ABL 06/21/20 - 12/27/79 59 Hackensack, NJ
Monroe "Chili"Edelstein ABL 11/06/09 - 10/ /78 68
Rex Ellis ABL 07/08/19 12/18/01 82
Stan Entrup ABL 03/16/07 - 05/ /78 71
Ken Failing ABL 07/04/06 02/26/90 83
Gil Fitch ABL 12/24/09 - 05/22/05 95 Los Angeles, CA
Bernie Fliegel ABL 05/13/18 - 12/03/09 91 Fort Myers, FL
Moe Frankel ABL 01/25/13 03/09/08 95
Joe Galiber ABL 10/26/24 - 11/21/95 71
George Garber ABL 02/26/18 07/ /84 66
Marshall Gemberling ABL 08/06/24 - 09/10/04 80
Eugene "Buzzy" Gillen ABL 04/13/18 - 01/04/08 89 Wilmington, DE
Morris "Ace" Goldstein ABL 03/20/17 - 10/08/60 43
Shikey Gotthoffer ABL 01/01/11 10/24/87 76
Hy Gotkin ABL 08/16/22 04/11/04 81 Delray Beach, FL heart attack
Art Gurfein ABL 11/18/21 05/30/03 81
Ed Hargaden ABL 10/08/11 12/ /86 75
John "Buddy" Hassett ABL 09/05/11 - 08/23/97 85 Westwood, NJ
Verl Heap ABL 09/06/24 - 12/24/08 84 St. John, UT
Frank "Lefty" Hoerst ABL 08/11/17 - 02/18/00 82 Maple Shade, NJ
Mickey Homa ABL 11/15/19 - 04/14/00 80
Leroy Ishman ABL 11/30/26 - 11/29/08 81
Charley Isles ABL 09/20/13 - 10/05/87 74
Spenser Sonny Jameson 11/02/26 09/17/94 67
Manny Jarmon ABL 12/26/19 04/06/96 76
Henry Jaycox ABL 09/21/27 06/16/09 81 Pawtucket, RI
Hal Judenfriend ABL 05/04/20 - 07/05/10 90
Steve Juenger ABL 02/10/15 11/18/03 88
Rubin Rip Kaplinsky ABL 11/13/12 05/10/96 83
Tony Karpowich ABL 12/08/26 03/ /82 55
David "Cy" Kaselman ABL 05/01/09 - 07/03/71 62 Philadelphia, PA - heart attack
Mac Kinsbruner ABL 03/21/09 - 02/16/72 62 Kiamesha Lake, NY - heart attack
Bill Kotsores ABL 09/18/24 06/ /71 46
Bob Lamon ABL 04/30/26 - 02/03/00 73
Roger Layne ABL 02/20/29 06/16/05 76
Venty Leib ABL 04/18/12 - 02/03/90 77
Harry Litwack ABL 09/20/07 - 08/07/99 91 Huntingdon Valley, PA
Simon Lobello ABL 12/16/19 - 03/ /45 25 killed over France while piloting a
fighter plane in WWII
Herb Maack ABL 04/16/17 05/05/07 90
Vic Mastriani ABL 01/11/21 - 01/01/10 88 Houston, TX
Leo Merson ABL 04/30/15 05/08/01 86
George Milhaven ABL 08/29/20 08/23/09 88
Les Mintz ABL 09/10/19 09/ /71 52
John Mroczkowski ABL 05/25/18 07/29/94 76 Troy, NY
Joe Oslai ABL 01/26/23 03/ /76 53
Milt Perkel ABL 01/15/15 06/22/92 77
Guinn Phillips ABL 11/23/22 01/01/99 76
Jack Phoenix ABL 04/02/24 08/31/88 64
Jacob Mac Poliskin ABL 02/09/12 07/ /72 60
Morris Pressman ABL 02/04/18 12/16/00 82
Irving "Ash" Resnick ABL 03/06/16 - 01/18/89 72 Las Vegas, NV - cancer
Bob Roper ABL 08/25/28 09/13/08 80 Toledo, OH
Seymour Schneidman ABL 07/06/17 - 08/11/85 68 New York, NY - heart ailment
Frank Sebest ABL / /23 11/28/10 87 Fair Lawn, NJ
Bobby Sigholtz ABL 11/04/19 09/02/05 84 Scottsdale, AZ after a fall at home
Andy Skvoretz ABL 10/29/24 07/12/88 63
Devon Smith ABL 03/27/12 03/ /77 64
Dick Smuin ABL 11/14/25 02/25/01 75
Moe Spahn ABL 05/03/12 07/15/91 79 New York, NY heart failure
Emerson Speicher ABL / /23 02/26/10 86
Ed Trubin ABL 09/07/20 04/19/04 83
Milt Trupin ABL 09/05/09 06/26/03 93
Rocco Valvano ABL 05/29/14 03/ /85 70
Vincent Verdeschi ABL / /25 - 08/16/65 40 Peekskill, NY - heart attack
Nat Volpe ABL 05/15/16 09/08/97 81
Al Widmar ABL 03/20/25 10/15/05 80 Tulsa, OK
Preston Wilcox ABL 12/27/23 08/12/06 82 New York, NY
George "Red" Wolfe ABL 07/18/05 - 10/ /70 65
Pete Yousaitis ABL 09/10/17 12/23/95 78
EARLY PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS - ABL (1925-31)
Jimmy Ahlbach 07/11/03 12/31/95 92
Walter Anowski 04/30/98 12/ /85 87
George Artus 11/20/98 06/ /84 85
Davey Banks / /01 - 08/24/52 51 Troy, NY - auto accident
Steve "Red" Barak 03/01/05 - 06/ /87 82
Thomas Barlow 07/09/96 - 09/26/83 87 Point Pleasant, NJ
John "Pete" Barry 11/16/96 - 08/29/68 57 New York, NY - heart attack
Johnny Beckman 10/22/95 - 06/22/68 72 Miami, FL
Harold "Penny" Bejin 06/16/05 - 11/ /81 76
Whitey Bernot 06/18/01 - 02/ /74 72
Howie Bollerman 06/09/07 - 08/15/66 59
Benny Borgmann 11/21/99 - 11/11/78 79 Hawthorne, NJ
Roy Boosey / /76 - 11/28/41 66 Detroit, MI
Art Bramhall 02/22/09 - 09/04/85 76 Madison, WI
Vernon "Red" Brandes / /03 - 08/03/63 60
James "Soup" Campbell / /97 - 03/04/92 94
Joseph Brennan 11/15/00 - 05/10/89 88
Harlan "Gotch" Carr 04/30/03 - 10/24/70 67 Auburn, NY
Art "Red" Carty 02/22/02 - 01/13/97 94
Maurice "Shang" Chadwick 06/09/01 - 10/ /73 72
Gaza Chizmadia 01/12/06 - 04/ /87 81
Stanley "Curley" Christian 06/15/03 - 10/10/70 67 Atlantic City, NJ
Jerry Conway 06/07/01 - 04/16/80 78 Holyoke, MA
Jimmy Conzelman 03/06/98 - 07/31/70 72 St. Louis, MO
Al Cooper 02/23/04 - 12/ /93 89
Sibby Cortelli 05/24/00 - 08/ /63 63
Henry "Dutch" Dehnert 04/05/98 - 04/20/79 81 Far Rockaway, NY - heart attack
Neil Deighan 07/07/92 - 05/ /67 74
Richie Deighan 02/03/00 - 03/02/87 87 Cherry Hill, NJ
Joe Dermody 11/03/97 - 02/ /77 79
Eddie Dolin 08/01/92 - 07/ /70 77 Cherry Hill, NJ
Raymond "Snooks" Dowd 12/20/97 - 04/04/62 64 Northampton, MA
Joe Dreyfus 12/11/92 - 04/29/74 81
Robert "Duke" Dunne 08/29/99 - 05/18/80 80 Winnetka, IL
Gil Ely 09/27/98 - 04/05/99 100
Teddy Feldt 09/07/03 - 03/ /69 65
Max "Marty" Friedman 07/12/89 - 01/01/86 96 New York, NY - went into coma after broken hip
Charles "Horse" Gillium* / /05 - 08/10/35 30 New Castle, PA - tuberculosis
Edward "Sonny" Gluck 04/30/02 - 02/01/73 70 New York, NY
Bruce Gregory 05/13/03 - 12/ /60 57
Oscar Grimstead / / - 03/27/34 43 Gloversville, NY - Bright's disease
Blair Gullion 12/22/01 01/30/59 57 St. Louis, MO heart attack
Rudy Hagberg 06/18/07 - 11/25/60 53 Steubenville, OH
George "Horse" Haggerty / / - 06/09/61 69 Reading, PA
Victor Hanson 07/30/03 - 04/10/82 78 Syracuse, NY - after a lengthy illness
Alex "Nick" Harvey 02/06/92 - 09/21/63 71
Nat Holman 10/18/96 - 02/12/95 98 Bronx, NY - natural causes
Waite Hoyt 10/09/99 - 08/25/84 85
Nate Hurwitz 11/15/99 - 10/ /74 74
Carl Husta 04/06/02 - 11/06/51 43 Kingston, NY
Teddy Kearns 01/01/00 - 12/21/49 49 Trenton, NJ
Al Kellett 10/30/01 - 07/14/60 58 New York, NY
Ray Kennedy / /97 - / /75 78
Dave Kerr / /96 - / /59 63
Harry Knoblauch 04/21/98 - 03/ /86 87
Wilfred "Fritz" Knothe 05/01/03 - 03/27/63 59 Passaic, NJ
Horace "Pip" Koehler 01/16/02 - 12/08/86 84 Tacoma, WA
Joe Lapchick 04/12/00 - 08/10/70 70 Monticello, NY - heart attack
Chris Leonard / /91 - 05/11/57 66 Manhasset, NY - heart attack
Bert Lewis 10/03/95 - 03/24/50 54 Tonawanda, NY
Lyle Littell 04/12/04 - 02/ /82 77
Ed Lynch 10/04/96 - 08/24/67 70
Frank "Ike" Mahoney 10/25/02 - 11/21/61 59 Boys Town, NE
Sig Makofski 03/29/04 01/15/94 89
Branch McCracken 06/09/08 - 06/04/70 61 Bloomington, IN - heart ailment
Francis "Stretch" Meehen 04/17/98 - 02/05/68 69 Newark, NJ - died on a city bus on
his way to his law office
Max Trixie Messinger 04/10/99 06/ /70 71
Lawrence "Hack" Miller 01/01/94 - 09/16/71 77 Oakland, CA
Ralph Miller 02/29/96 - 03/18/39 43 Fort Wayne, IN - after appendicitis operation
James "Fiddle" Morley 06/05/01 - 08/24/68 67 Wellesley, MA - after long illness
Harry "Jammy" Moskowitz 10/09/04 - 03/04/99 94
Charles "Stretch" Murphy 04/10/07 - 08/19/92 85 Tampa, FL - after long illness
John Murphy 05/06/89 03/ /76 84
Harry Passon 04/01/96 - / /56 60
Herman Chickie Passon 05/30/00 02/27/89 88
Irving "Buck" Pierson 01/25/04 - 03/ /73 69
Harry Riconda 03/17/97 - 11/15/58 61 Mahopac, NY
Elmer Ripley 07/21/91 - 04/29/82 90 Staten Island, NY
Honey Russell 05/03/03 - 11/15/73 70 Livingston, NJ - heart attack
Leonard Sachs 08/07/97 - 10/27/42 45 Chicago, IL - heart attack
Sid Sankovic 12/27/03 - 10/ /76 72
Garry Schmeelk 03/12/91 - 10/17/41 50 Rockaway Beach, NY - pneumonia & heart disease
Len Sheppard 03/29/97 01/07/91 93
Lou Spindell 12/06/08 - 12/03/97 88
Homer Stonebraker 11/01/95 - 12/09/77 82
Lou Sugarman / /90 - 06/14/51 61
Harry "Lefty" Topel / /98 - 03/ /43 44
Austin Unger 04/06/99 - 05/ /67 68
Walter "Tillie" Voss 03/28/97 - 12/ /75 78
Laurie Walquist 03/09/98 - 09/28/85 87 Glenview, IL
Carl Wedell 02/17/01 - 04/ /74 73
Mike Whitey Wickhorst 11/19/97 11/ /83 86
Ed Wineapple 08/10/05 - 07/23/96 90 Delray Beach, FL
Al Wyka 09/19/07 - 06/15/92 84
BARNSTORMING PLAYERS
Boid Buie 07/19/22 - 02/20/96 73 Compton, CA
Lundale Conaway / / - 02/13/70 27 Greenville, TX - auto accident
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper 08/30/07 - 12/19/80 73 Philadelphia, PA - found in his apartment
Sidney Edwards 11/10/50 - 07/07/09 58 Niskayuna, NY - after short illness
O.D. Gary 07/07/34 - 02/13/70 35 Greenville, TX - auto accident
J.C. Gipson 04/30/32 - 12/30/09 77 San Bernadino, CA - heart attack
Leroy Hardeman 11/25/25 - 04/20/07 81 Minneapolis, MN - cancer
Terrance Rochelle Harris 06/16/69 - 01/25/03 33 Pickton Falls, ON, Canada
Carl Helem 06/15/25 - 02/17/01 75 Ashland, KY - congestive heart failure
Billy Ray Hobley - 07/31/02 48 New Orleans, LA - heart attack
while playing tennis
Inman Jackson 03/07/07 - 04/06/73 66 Chicago, IL - after long illness
Troy Jackson 01/11/76 - 02/20/11 35 Los Angeles CA - in his sleep
Clarence "Fat" Jenkins 01/10/98 - 12/06/68 70 Philadelphia, PA
Bob Karstens 03/11/15 - 12/31/04 89 Redlands, CA - natural causes
Herman Knowings 06/11/42 - 04/12/80 37 New York, NY - auto accident
Albert "Runt" Pullins 11/23/09 - 10/19/85 75 Chicago, IL - emphysema
Marvin Reece / / - 02/13/70 Greenville, TX - auto accident
Chris Richardson / /80 - 12/10/08 28 JPN - in his sleep
Ermer Robinson 11/24/22 - 12/29/82 60 San Diego, CA - larynx cancer
Jackie Robinson 01/31/19 - 10/24/72 53 Stamford, CT - heart attack
Eyre Saitch 11/20/05 - 11/ /85 80
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh 03/03/18 - 05/09/43 25 killed in plane crash over Lake Huron
during Army Air Force training mission
Goose Tatum 05/03/21 - 01/18/67 45 El Paso, TX - heart attack
Fred Thomas 12/23/23 - 05/20/81 58
Willis Thomas 06/30/32 - 09/25/02 70 Lexington, KY - brain aneurysm
Ora Mae Washington 01/23/98 - 12/21/71 73 Philadelphia, PA
Sam Wheeler 11/15/24 - 04/16/89 64 St. Louis, MO
Curtis Williams 01/03/43 - 02/13/70 27 Greenville, TX - auto accident
Bill Yancey 04/02/04 - 04/13/71 67 Moorestown, NJ
Vertis Zeigler 03/04/26 - 12/04/13 87 Detroit, MI
WOMEN'S LEAGUES
Esther Benjamin ABL draftee / / - 02/16/00 25 Vienna, GA - auto accident
Margo Dydek WNBA 04/28/74 05/27/11 37 Brisbane, AUS one week after heart attack
Connie Kunzmann* WBL 07/03/56 - 02/07/81 25 Omaha,NE - stabbed and beaten by boyfriend
Charlotte Lewis WBL 09/10/55 - 09/17/07 52 Kansas City, MO - heart attack
Kim Perrot WNBA 01/18/67 - 08/19/99 32 Houston, TX - lung and brain cancer
Katrina Price ABL 12/03/75 - 01/18/99 23 Nacogdoches, TX - suicide (shotgun)
Rosalind Ross WNBA draftee / /80 - 09/15/10 30 Milwaukee, WI - murdered - shot in vehicle in
parking lot
Corissa Yasen WNBA 12/05/73 - 05/12/01 27 Coeur d'Alene, ID - suicide(drug overdose)
NOTABLE COLLEGE PLAYERS AND NBA/ABA DRAFTEES
Cyril Baptiste NBA draftee 11/17/49 - 08/19/06 56 Miami, FL - prostate cancer
Len Bias NBA draftee 11/18/63 - 06/19/86 22 Riverdale, MD - cardio-respiratory arrest
Owen Brown NBA draftee / / - 02/04/76 22 Leesburg, VA - heart attack after
playing basketball game
Tim Claxton NBA draftee 11/10/56 - 12/23/80 24 Philadelphia, PA - heart problem
Greg Cluess ABA draftee 01/24/49 - 01/23/76 26 New York, NY - cancer
Kevin Cluess NBA draftee 12/06/52 - 09/28/86 33 New York, NY - leukemia
Irwin Dambrot coll. star 05/24/28 - 01/21/10 81 Summit, NJ - Parkinson's disease complications
Patrick Dennehy coll. star 01/28/82 - 06/ /03 21 Waco, TX - shot by teammate after argument
John Dick coll. star 11/09/18 - 09/22/11 92 Eugene, OR
Walt Dropo BAA draftee 01/30/23 - 12/17/10 87 Peabody, MA
Alex Eldridge h.s. star 05/30/56 - 06/27/80 24 Bronx, NY - heart ailment
Wayne Estes college star 05/13/43 - 02/08/65 21 Logan, UT - Electrocuted by high-voltage wire
Chet Forte college star 08/07/35 05/18/96 60 San Diego, CA heart attack
Ryan Francis college star 03/17/87 - 05/13/06 19 Baton Rouge, LA - drive-by shooting
Hank Gathers college star 02/11/67 - 03/04/90 23 Los Angeles, CA - heart attack during game
Jorge Gonzalez NBA draftee 01/31/66 - 09/22/10 44 San Martin, Argentina - diabetes complications
Curt Gowdy college star 07/31/19 - 02/20/06 86 Palm Beach, FL - leukemia
George Gregory college star 11/22/05 - 05/11/94 88 New York, NY - colon cancer
Frank C. Haggerty coll.star / / - 09/23/42 killed in N.C. during training flight
Art Hicks Chicago h.s. 01/12/39 - 01/17/08 69 Chicago, IL - after long illness
BobbyJoe Hill Texas Western 06/12/43 - 12/08/02 59 El Paso, TX heart attack
BaskervilleHolmes NBAdraftee05/05/64 - 03/18/97 32 - shot and killed girlfriend then himself
Bobby James SMU coll.star / / - 03/08/59 20 Ruston, LA - fire in parents'home
Seymour "Swede" Masin coll.06/07/20 - 09/10/05 85 Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Charles"Buster" Matheney
NBA draftee 08/02/56 - 09/25/00 44 Los Angeles, CA - shot on street
Conrad McRae NBA draftee 01/11/71 - 07/10/00 29 Irvine, CA - collapsed at NBA summer league
practice.
Lindberg Moody NBA draftee 07/14/39 06/25/80 40 SC auto accident
Les Powell* / / - 04/ /69 22 Corporal killed in action in Vietnam
by a land mine. He had signed a
contract with Anaheim of the ABA
Art Quimby NBA draftee 07/01/33 - 12/06/10 77 CT
John Roosma college star 09/03/00 - 11/13/83 83 Verona, NJ
Don Schlundt coll. star 03/15/33 - 10/10/85 52 Indianapolis, IN - cancer
John Schommer college star 01/29/84 - 01/11/60 76 Chicago, IL - heart attack
Lloyd Sharrar coll. star 02/27/36 - 01/30/84 47 Lincoln, NE - brain tumor
Chris Steinmetz coll. star 06/28/82 - 06/11/63 80 Milwaukee, WI - stroke
Chris Street coll.star 02/02/72 - 01/19/93 20 Iowa City, IA - auto accident
John"Cat"Thompson coll.star 02/10/06 - 10/07/90 84 Idaho Falls, ID - stroke
Fuzzy Vandivier coll.star 12/26/03 - 07/30/83 79 Franklin, IN
Sherman White coll. star 12/16/28 - 08/04/11 82 Piscataway, NJ
Mike Whitmarsh NBA draftee 05/18/62 - 02/17/09 46 Solana Beach, CA - suicide
Ben Wilson h.s. star 03/18/67 - 11/21/84 17 Chicago, IL - gunshot wounds
AAU AND OLYMPIC PLAYERS
Sam Balter Olympian 11/08/09 - 08/08/98 88 Los Angeles, CA - complications
from surgery
Lew Beck Olympian 04/19/22 - 04/03/70 48 Great Falls, MT - cancer
Gordon Carpenter Olympian 09/24/19 - 03/08/88 68 Denver, CO
Dick Davies Olympian 01/21/36 - 02/25/12 76 Loudon, TN - heart attack
Red DeBernardi AAU 02/03/99 - 04/29/70 71 Dallas, TX
Paul Endacott AAU 07/03/02 - 01/08/97 94
Joe Fortenberry Olympian 04/01/11 - 06/03/93 82 Amarillo, TX - cancer
Marcus Freiberger Olympian 11/27/28 - 06/29/05 76 Winston-Salem, NC
John "Tex"Gibbons Olympian 10/07/07 - 05/30/84 76 La Habra, CA
Wayne Glasgow Olympian 01/17/26 - 12/31/00 74 Bartlesville, OK
Lurlyne Greer AAU 09/13/28 - 02/15/01 72 Heber Springs, AR - lung cancer
Charlie Hoag Olympian 07/19/31 - 03/08/12 80 Kansas City, KS
Rita Horky AAU 02/04/37 - 04/07/87 50
Chuck Hyatt AAU 02/28/08 - 05/08/78 70 St. Petersburg, FL
Bill Johnson AAU 08/16/11 - 02/05/80 68 Oklahoma City, OK
Francis Johnson Olympian 08/05/10 - 04/18/97 86
John Keller Olympian 11/10/28 - 10/06/00 71 Great Bend, KS
Dean Kelley Olympian 09/23/31 - 01/13/96 65 Englewood, CO - heart ailment
Carl Knowles Olympian 02/10/10 - 09/04/81 71 Los Angeles, CA - after long illness
Bob Kurland Olympian 12/23/24 - 09/29/13 88 Sanibel Island, FL
Lester Lane Olympian 03/06/32 - 09/05/73 41 Norman, OK - heart attack while playing
basketball
Frank Lubin Olympian 01/07/10 - 07/08/99 89 Glendale, CA
Angelo "Hank" Luisetti AAU 06/16/16 - 12/17/02 86 San Mateo, CA
Pete McCaffrey Olympian 01/24/38 - 03/04/12 74 Bellaire, FL
Jack McCracken AAU 06/15/11 - 01/05/58 46 Denver, CO - heart attack
Eben Morgan AAU 06/01/34 - 06/07/08 74 Winnetka, IL - prostate cancer
Art Mollner Olympian 12/20/12 - 03/16/95 82
Harlan "Pat" Page AAU 03/20/87 - 11/23/65 78 St. Joseph, MI - after brief illness
Don Piper Olympian 03/05/11 - 03/25/63 52 Temple City, CA
Don Pippin Olympian 10/20/26 - 04/01/65 38 McCreadie, MO - suicide
R.C. Pitts Olympian 06/23/18 - 10/29/11 81 Cleveland, OH
Jack Ragland Olympian 10/09/13 - 06/14/96 82 Tucson, AZ
Jesse Renick Olympian 09/29/17 - 11/25/99 82 Ada, OK
Ernie Schmidt AAU 02/12/11 - 09/06/86 75 Goodland, KS
Willard Schmidt Olympian 02/14/10 - 04/13/65 55 Coffeyville, KS
Margaret Sexton AAU 01/27/20 - 12/31/07 87
Carl Shy Olympian 09/13/08 - 12/17/91 83
Duane Swanson Olympian 08/23/13 - 09/13/00 87 Cumberland Furnace, TN
Bill Wheatley Olympian 07/05/09 - 02/05/92 82 El Cerrito, CA
Howie Williams Olympian 10/29/27 - 12/25/04 77 Phoenix, AZ
Hazel Walker AAU 08/08/14 - 12/18/90 76 Ashdown, AR - stroke
Willie Wong AAU 01/29/27 - 09/05/05 78
INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AND COACHES
Alexander Belov* player 11/11/51 - 10/03/78 26 RUS - cardiac sarcoma
Sergei Belov player 01/23/44 - 10/03/13 69 Perm, RUS - after illness
Alexander Belostenny player 02/24/59 - 05/25/10 51 Trier, GER - lung cancer
Narciso Bernardo player 07/27/37 - 12/23/08 71 Mandaluyong, PHI - cardiac arrest
Alexander Boloshev player 03/12/47 - 07/16/10 63 Volgograd, RUS
Charles Borck player 01/04/17 - 02/06/08 91 Las Vegas, NV
Dionisio Calvo coach 11/20/03 - 12/09/77 74
Ozhan Canaydin player/exec 01/23/43 - 03/22/10 67 Bursa, TUR - pancreatic cancer
Chen Yuefang player 05/01/63 - 09/19/00 37
Kresimir Cosic player 11/26/48 - 05/25/95 46 Baltimore, MD - lymph nodes cancer
Hector Costa player 07/30/29 - 05/23/10 80
Teofilo Cruz player 01/08/42 - 08/30/05 63 Trujillo Alto, PUR - brain hemorrhage
Zenny De Azevedo player 03/01/25 - 03/10/01 76 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Mirza Delibasic player 01/09/54 - 12/08/01 47 BOS - after long illness
Nelson Demarco player 02/06/25 - 07/21/09 84
Antonio Diaz-Miguel coach 07/06/33 - 02/21/00 66 Madrid, ESP - cancer
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya player 11/15/21 - 06/02/08 86
Affonso Evora player 08/29/18 - 08/02/08 89
Aleksandr Gomelsky coach 01/18/28 - 08/16/05 77 Moscow, RUS - cancer
Harry Kermode player 07/18/22 - 08/19/09 87 Vancouver, CAN
Ralph Klein player/coach 07/29/31 - 08/07/08 77 Tel Hashomer, ISR - intestinal cancer
Vladimir Kondrashin coach 01/14/29 - 12/23/99 70 St. Petersburg, RUS - cancer
Radivoj Korac* player 11/05/38 - 06/02/69 30 Sarajevo, YUG - auto accident
Anselmo Lopez coach 05/05/10 - 12/14/04 74
Victor Mahana Badrie player 08/12/22 - 09/06/01 79
Oscar Moglia player 02/01/35 - 10/08/89 54
Mu Tiezhu player / /49 - 09/14/08 59 Beijing, CHN - heart disease
Aleksandar Nikolic coach 10/28/24 - 03/12/00 75 Belgrade, YUG
J. Percy Page coach 05/14/87 - 03/02/73 85 Edmonton, AB, CAN
Ubiritan M. Pereira player 01/18/44 - 07/17/02 58 Sao Jose dos Campos, BRA
Kazys Petkevicius player 01/01/26 - 10/14/08 82
Nebojsa Popovic coach 02/08/23 - 10/20/01 77 Belgrade, YUG
Giancarlo Primo coach 11/04/24 - 12/27/05 81
Cesare Rubini coach 11/02/23 - 02/08/11 87 Milan, ITA Alzheimers disease
Togo Renan Soares coach 05/22/06 - 12/12/92 86 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Liliana Ronchetti player 09/15/27 - 02/04/74 46 ITA - cancer
Eliot Van Zandt coach / /15 - 10/25/59 44 aboard Transatlantic plane - kidney problems
Gennadi Volnov player 11/28/39 - 07/15/08 68
Vanya Voynova player 12/27/34 - 03/09/93 59
Wee Tian Siak player 04/26/21 - 07/29/04 83
PROFESSIONAL COACHES
Arnold"Red"Auerbach NBA Coach 09/20/17 - 10/28/06 89 Washington, DC - heart attack
Clair Bee NBA Coach 03/02/96 - 05/20/83 87 Cleveland, OH - cardiac arrest
Bill Blakeley ABA Coach 06/13/34 10/27/10 76 Denton, TX after a prolonged illness
Phil Brownstein NBA Coach - 02/11/99 92 Skokie, IL
Vince Cazzetta ABA Coach 09/24/25 - 05/04/05 79 Hartford, CT
Roy Clifford BAA Coach 06/14/00 - 06/12/96 95
Neil Cohalan BAA Coach 07/31/06 - 01/22/68 61 New York, NY
Glenn Curtis BAA Coach 03/04/94 - 11/25/58 64 Indianapolis, IN stroke; stomach cancer
Lon Darling NBL Coach / / - 04/19/51 48 Oshkosh, WI - heart attack
Chuck Daly NBA Coach 07/20/30 - 05/08/09 78 Jupiter, FL - pancreatic cancer
Eddie Donovan NBA Coach 06/02/22 - 01/20/01 78
Cotton Fitzsimmons NBA Coach 10/07/31 - 07/24/04 62 Phoenix, AZ - lung cancer
Burl Friddle BAA Coach 05/27/00 - 10/ /78 78
Dick Harter NBA Coach 10/14/30 - 03/12/12 81 Hilton Head, SC
Lew Hayman NBA Coach 09/30/08 - 06/29/84 75 Toronto, ON, CAN
Stu Inman NBA Coach 08/02/26 - 01/30/07 80 Lake Oswego, OR - heart attack
Ed Jucker NBA Coach 03/15/16 - 02/02/02 85 Callawassie Island, SC
Alvin Julian BAA Coach 04/05/01 - 07/28/67 66 Worcester, MA - six months after stroke
Ken Loeffler BAA Coach 04/14/02 - 01/01/75 72 Rumson, NJ - heart attack
Dave MacMillan NBA Coach 12/24/86 - 07/09/63 76
James"Babe"McCarthy ABA Coach 10/01/23 - 03/18/75 51 Baldwyn, MS - cancer
Frank McGuire NBA Coach 11/08/14 - 11/11/94 80 Columbia, SC - after a stroke
John McLendon ABA Coach 04/05/15 - 10/08/99 84 Cleveland Heights, OH - cancer
Doxie Moore NBA Coach 02/13/11 - 04/ /86 75
Orwell Moore All-Amer.Redheads 11/25/17 - 05/19/09 91
Bill Musselman NBA Coach 08/13/40 - 05/05/00 59 Rochester, MN - amyloidosis (liver disease)
Stan Novak EBA Coach 04/10/23 - 10/21/06 83 Media, PA - after a long illness
Harold Olsen BAA Coach 05/12/95 - 10/29/53 58 Rice Lake, WI - after a long illness
Jack Ramsay NBA Coach 02/21/25 04/28/14 89 Naples, FL - cancer
Scotty Robertson NBA Coach 02/01/30 08/18/11 81 Ruston, LA lung cancer
Red Rolfe BAA Coach 10/17/08 - 07/08/69 60 Guilford, NH - kidney ailment
Roy Rubin NBA Coach 12/09/25 - 08/05/13 87 Miami, FL - cancer
Beryl Shipley ABA Coach 08/10/26 - 04/15/11 84 Lafayette, LA - cancer
Hank Soar BAA Coach 08/17/14 - 12/24/01 87 Pawtucket, RI
Phil Woolpert ABL Coach 12/19/15 - 05/05/87 71 Sequim, WA - cancer
Frank Zummach NBL Coach 01/28/11 - 04/30/12 101 Sheboygan, WI
NOTABLE HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE COACHES
Forrest"Phog"Allen Coll. Coach 11/18/85 - 09/16/74 88 Lawrence, KS
Harold Anderson Coll. Coach 09/11/02 - 06/13/67 64 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sam Aubrey Coll. Coach 06/15/22 - 05/05/08 85
Neal Baisi Coll. Coach 08/14/23 - 03/07/05 81 Charleston, WV - stroke
Dick Baldwin Coll. Coach 08/24/21 - 12/08/11 90 Tampa, FL
Justin"Sam"Barry Coll. Coach 12/17/92 - 09/23/50 57 Berkeley, CA - heart attack
Gene Bartow Coll. Coach 08/18/30 - 01/03/12 81 Birmingham, AL - stomach cancer
Ernest Blood H.S. Coach 10/04/72 - 02/05/55 82 New Smyrna Beach, FL - cerebral hemorrhage
John Bunn Coll. Coach 09/26/98 - 08/13/79 80 Newbury Park, CA
Howard Cann Coll. Coach 10/11/95 - 12/18/92 97 Dobbs Ferry, NY - after long illness
Harold Carlson Coll. Coach 07/04/94 - 11/01/64 70 Ligonier, PA - heart attack
Ben Carnevale Coll. Coach 10/30/15 - 03/25/08 92 Williamsburg, VA
Everett Case Coll. Coach 06/21/00 - 04/30/66 65 Raleigh, NC - after an operation
Bill Cofield Coll. Coach 09/21/39 - 06/20/83 43 Madison, WI - cancer
Everett Dean Coll. Coach 03/18/98 - 10/26/93 95 Caldwell, ID
Ed Diddle Coll. Coach 03/12/95 - 01/02/70 74 Bowling Green, KY - heart attack
Neil Dougherty Coll. Coach 04/14/61 - 07/05/11 50 Indianapolis, IN - heart attack while
jogging
Bruce Drake Coll. Coach 12/05/05 - 12/04/83 77
Alva Duer Coll. Coach 11/18/04 - 11/18/87 83 Porterfield, CA
Carol Eckman Coll. Coach 01/11/38 - 07/30/85 47 Williamsport, PA - cancer
Hec Edmondson Coll. Coach 08/03/86 - 08/06/64 78 Seattle, WA - stroke
Bill Ferguson Coll. Coach 12/18/96 - 11/06/82 85 Darby, PA - after brief illness
Harry A. Fisher Coll. Coach 02/06/82 - 12/29/67 85 New York, NY
Mickey Fisher H.S. Coach / /06 - 04/15/63 58 Brooklyn, NY - heart attack
Dan Fitzgerald Coll. Coach 03/03/42 - 01/19/10 67 Airway Heights, WA - apparent heart attack
Clarence Gaines Coll. Coach 05/21/23 - 04/18/05 81 Winston-Salem, NC - complications after
a stroke
Jack Gardner Coll. Coach 03/29/10 - 04/10/00 90 Salt Lake City, UT - after long illness
Dave Gavitt Coll. Coach 10/26/37 - 09/16/11 73 Providence, RI - congestive heart failure
Amory Gill Coll. Coach 05/01/01 - 04/05/66 64 Corvallis, OR - stroke
Sue Gunter Coll. Coach 05/22/39 - 08/04/05 66 Baton Rouge, LA - emphysema
Don Haskins Coll. Coach 03/14/30 - 09/07/08 78 El Paso, TX - congestive heart failure
E.O. "Doc" Hayes Coll. Coach / / - 02/27/73 67 Terell, TX - auto accident
John Head AAU Coach 07/22/15 - 05/08/80 64 Henderson, TN
Ed Hickey Coll. Coach 12/20/02 - 12/05/80 77 Mesa, AZ - heart attack
Tony Hinkle Coll. Coach 12/19/99 - 09/22/92 92 Indianapolis, IN - in his sleep
Howard Hobson Coll. Coach 07/04/03 - 06/09/91 87 Portland, OR - congestive heart failure
George Hotchkiss Coach 07/01/06 - 12/25/89 83
Hank Iba Coll. Coach 08/06/04 - 01/15/93 88 Stillwater, OK - heart failure
Bill Kajikawa Coll. Coach 09/06/12 - 02/15/10 97
Frank Keaney Coll. Coach 06/05/86 - 10/10/67 81 Wakefield, RI
George Keogan Coll. Coach 03/08/90 - 02/17/43 52 South Bend, IN - heart attack
Dana Kirk Coll. Coach 07/23/35 - 02/15/10 74 Memphis, TN - heart attack
Emil Liston Coll. Coach 08/21/90 - 10/26/49 59 Baldwin City, KS - coronary occlusion
Dutch Lonborg Coll. Coach 03/16/98 - 01/31/85 86 Lawrence, KS
Bob McConachie Coach 05/11/05 - 08/ /76 71
Arad McCutcheon Coll. Coach 07/04/12 - 06/16/93 80 Jasper, IN - circulatory ailment
Sandra Meadows Coll. Coach 01/23/35 - 05/27/94 59 Dallas, TX - breast cancer
Walter Meanwell Coll. Coach 01/26/84 - 12/02/53 69 Madison, WI
Lou Menze Coll. Coach 06/28/94 - 10/06/82 88 Ames, IA
Ray Meyer Coll. Coach 12/08/13 - 03/17/06 92
Ralph Miller Coll. Coach 03/09/19 - 05/15/01 82 Bend, OR
Harold"Bud"Millikan Coll.Coach 10/12/20 - 01/28/10 89 Roswell, GA
Pete Newell Coll. Coach 08/31/15 - 11/17/08 93 Rancho Santa Fe, CA - lung cancer
Bob Nipper Coach 02/15/03 - 10/16/93 90
Frank Oftring Coll. Coach 06/04/24 - 10/04/82 58 Worcester, MA
Denny Price Asst. Coach - 07/07/00 62 Enid, OK-collapsed while playing basketball
Hank Raymonds Coll. Coach 03/05/24 - 12/06/10 86 Milwaukee, WI - cancer
Phillip G. Rice H.S. Coach 02/16/11 - 01/23/02 90 West Chester, PA - congestive heart
failure
Nolan Richardson III Coll.Coach07/16/64 - 05/13/12 47 Tulsa, OK - natural causes
Will Robinson Coll. Coach 06/03/11 - 04/28/08 96 Detroit, MI
Polk Robison Coll. Coach 05/24/12 - 06/27/08 96 Lubbock, TX - natural causes
Adolph Rupp Coll. Coach 09/02/01 - 12/10/77 76 Lexington, KY - cancer
Arthur Schabinger Coll. Coach 08/06/89 - 10/13/72 83 Atlanta, GA
Paul Sheeks Coach 10/18/89 - 09/17/68 78 Akron, OH
Everett Shelton Coll. Coach 05/12/98 - 04/16/74 75 Capistrano Beach, CA - heart attack
Roy Skinner Coll. Coach 04/17/30 - 10/25/10 80 Nashville, TN - respiratory failure
Jim Smiddy H.S. Coach 06/29/24 - 07/19/95 71 Chattanooga, TN - heart attack
Lynn St. John Coll. Coach 11/18/76 - 09/30/50 73 Columbus, OH - stroke
Amos Alonzo Stagg Coll. Coach 08/16/62 - 03/17/65 102 Stockton, CA
Fred Taylor Coll. Coach 12/03/24 - 01/06/02 77 Hilliard, OH - after brain aneurysm
Bertha Teague H.S. Coach 09/17/98 - 06/13/91 92 Oklahoma City, OK
Jim Valvano Coll. Coach 03/10/46 - 04/28/93 47 Durham, NC - bone cancer
Margaret Wade H.S. Coach 12/30/12 - 02/16/95 82 Cleveland, MS - cancer
Stan Watts Coll. Coach 08/30/11 - 08/06/00 88 Provo, UT
William Wendl Coll. Coach / /17 - 03/12/66 50 Chicago, IL
Kay Yow Coll. Coach 03/14/42 - 01/24/09 66 - breast cancer
OTHER BASKETBALL INDIVIDUALS - EXECUTIVES
Individual Role Born - Died Age Place of death - Circumstances
Barry Ackerley Executive / /34 03/21/11 76 Rancho Mirage, CA - stroke
Clarence Adams Executive 11/01/05 - 05/11/87 81 Portland, ME
Kenneth S. Adams Executive / / - 03/30/74 74 Houston, TX
Daniel Biasone Executive 02/22/09 - 05/25/92 83 Syracuse, NY - cancer
Marty Blake Executive / /27 - 04/07/13 86 Atlanta, GA
C. King Boring Executive 04/20/03 - 04/27/96 93
Leon Bouffard Intl Admin 06/24/93 - 07/23/81 88 Geneva, SUI
Walter Brown Executive 02/10/05 - 09/07/64 59 Hyannis, MA - heart attack
Robert Busnel Intl Admin 09/19/14 - 03/15/91 76 South Lyon, FRA - auto accident
Dr. Jerry Buss Executive 01/27/33 - 02/18/13 80 Los Angeles, CA - cancer/kidney failure
Joseph F. Carr Executive 10/22/80 - 05/20/39 58 Columbus, OH - heart attack
Jack Kent Cooke Executive 10/25/12 - 04/06/97 84 Washington, DC - cardiac arrest
Bill Davidson Executive 12/05/22 - 03/16/09 86 Bloomfield Hills, MI
Howard Davis Executive 06/01/19 - 09/03/92 73 North Bergen, NJ - heart attack
John Devoe Executive 06/06/34 - 12/14/68 34 heart attack while watching game
Jack Dolph Executive 04/03/28 - 10/03/81 53 Riverside, CT - heart attack
Eddie Donovan Executive 06/03/22 - 01/20/01 78 Bernardsville, NJ - complications of stroke
Jose C. Dos Reis Intl Admin 03/19/39 - 12/29/99 60 Sao Paulo, BRA - diabetes
Bob Douglas Executive 11/04/82 - 07/16/79 96 New York, NY
Morton Downey Jr Executive 12/09/32 - 03/12/01 68 Los Angeles, CA - lung cancer
Angelo Drossos Executive 10/31/28 - 01/09/97 68 San Antonio, TX - supra nuclear palsy
Ike Duffey Executive 05/31/06 - 04/04/67 60 Anderson, IN
Cliff Fagan Executive 03/03/11 - 01/18/95 83
Leo Ferris Executive 05/31/17 - 06/01/93 76 Syracuse, NY - Huntington's chorea
Larry Fleisher Executive 09/26/30 - 05/04/89 58 New York, NY - heart attack while
playing squash
Eddie Gottlieb Executive 09/15/98 - 12/07/79 81 Philadelphia, PA - in his sleep
Simon Gourdine Executive 07/30/40 - 08/16/12 72 Englewood, NJ - after back surgery
Willard Greim Executive 08/07/90 - 06/27/82 91 Poway, CA
Charles Hamilton Executive / / - 03/23/79 79 Phoenix, AZ - auto accident
Jack Harrison Executive / / - 04/07/71 60 Miami, FL - heart attack
Lester Harrison Executive 08/20/04 - 12/23/97 93 Rochester, NY
E.O. "Doc" Hayes Coach/Exec - 02/27/73 67 Terrell, TX - auto accident
Herb Heft Executive - 08/22/67 42 Baltimore, MD - cerebral blood clot
Ferenc Hepp Intl Admin 11/03/09 - 11/27/80 71
Ed Hickox Executive 04/10/78 - 01/28/66 87 Springfield, MA
Ned Irish Executive 05/06/05 - 01/21/82 76 Venice, FL - heart attack
R. William Jones Intl Admin 10/05/06 - 04/22/81 74 Munich, GER
Frank H. Kautsky Executive - 10/11/59 71 Indianapolis, IN
Walter Kennedy Executive 06/08/12 - 06/26/77 65 Stamford, CT - cancer
Carl Kohlman Executive 09/28/41 - 09/28/04 63 Pittsburgh, PA
Irving Kosloff Executive 05/10/12 - 02/19/95 82 Merion, PA - leukemia
Marian Kozlowski Intl Admin 12/10/27 - 08/15/04 76 Warsaw, POL
Ward Lambert Executive 05/28/88 - 01/20/58 69 Lafayette, IN - embolism
Frank Lane Executive 02/01/96 - 03/19/81 85 Richardson, TX - after a long illness
Hunter Low Executive 06/12/33 - 09/18/08 75
George Maloof Executive 04/11/23 - 11/29/80 57 Albuquerque, NM - heart attack
Franklin Mieuli Executive 09/14/20 - 04/25/10 89 San Francisco, CA - natural causes
Frank Morganweck Executive 07/15/75 - 12/08/41 66
John O'Brien Executive 11/04/88 - 12/09/67 79 Oceanside, NY - stroke
Larry O'Brien Executive 07/07/17 - 09/27/90 73 New York, NY - cancer
August Pitzl Intl Admin 12/17/20 - 01/25/00 79 Vienna, AUT
Maurice Podoloff Executive 08/18/90 - 11/24/85 95 New Haven, CT
Henry Porter Executive 10/02/91 - 10/27/75 84 St. Petersburg, FL
Edward Powers Executive / / - 05/10/72 66
Carl Rich Executive / / - 06/26/73 73
Ike Richman Executive / /13 - 12/03/65 52 Boston, MA - heart attack at NBA game
J.W. Ringsby Executive / / - 01/02/82 70 in his sleep
I.S. "Nig" Rose Executive / / - 08/06/72 79 Cleveland, OH
Max Rosenblum Executive - 09/06/53 75 Cleveland, OH - long illness
Harry Rudolph Executive 02/17/07 - 03/02/73 66 New York, NY
Abe Saperstein Executive 07/04/02 - 03/15/66 63 Chicago, IL - heart attack
Raimundo Saporta Intl Admin 12/16/26 - 02/02/97 70 Madrid, ESP - kidney ailment
William Scheffer Executive / /76 - 08/10/52 76 Upper Darby, PA
Robert Schmertz Executive 11/15/26 - 07/23/75 48 New York, NY - cerebral hemorrhage
Decio Scuri Intl Admin 03/18/05 - 04/22/80 75 Rome, ITA
Nikolai Semashko Intl Admin / /07 - 03/04/76 68 Moscow, RUS
Radomir Shaper Intl Admin 12/09/25 - 12/06/98 72 Belgrade, YUG
Bob Short Executive 07/20/17 - 11/20/82 65 Minneapolis, MN - cancer
Geo.Steinbrenner Executive 07/04/30 - 07/13/10 80 Tampa, FL - heart attack
Ed Steitz Executive 11/07/20 - 05/21/90 69 Springfield, MA - cardiac arrest
Ted Stepien Executive 06/09/25 - 09/10/07 82 Willoughby Hills, OH
Art Trester Executive 06/10/78 - 09/18/44 66 Indianapolis, IN - heart attack
Yoshimi Ueda Intl Admin 06/28/06 - 11/09/96 90 Tokyo, JPN
Dick Vertlieb Executive 10/07/30 12/05/08 78 Las Vegas, NV stomach cancer
Zollie Volchok Executive 09/22/16 - 02/26/12 95 Seattle, WA - pneumonia
AbdelMoneim Wahby Intl Admin 11/11/11 - 05/09/88 76
John J. Waldron Executive 03/13/12 - 07/19/71 59 Boston, MA - cancer
Cliff Wells Executive 03/17/96 - 08/15/77 81 Garland, TX - heart attack
Lou Wilke Executive 10/10/96 - 02/28/62 65 Chicago, IL
Max Winter Executive 06/29/04 - 07/26/96 92 Minneapolis, MN
Arthur Wirtz Executive 01/23/01 - 06/21/83 82 Chicago, IL - cancer
Parnell Woods Executive 02/16/12 - 07/23/77 65 Cleveland, OH
Yoon Duk Joo Intl Admin 06/23/21 - 07/08/05 84
Fred Zollner Executive 01/22/01 - 06/21/82 81 North Miami Beach, FL
OTHER BASKETBALL INDIVIDUALS - REFEREES
Eduardo Airaldi Intl Referee 01/11/22 - 03/08/92 70
Abdel Azim Ashry Intl Referee 10/31/11 - 03/02/97 85
Turgut Atakol Intl Referee / /15 - 04/09/88 72
Obrad Belosevic Intl Referee 04/28/28 - 01/20/86 57 Belgrade, YUG
Sid Borgia Referee 01/10/17 - 01/25/99 82
Charley Eckman Referee/Coach 09/10/21 - 07/03/95 73 Glen Burnie, MD - colon cancer
Jim Enright Referee 04/03/10 - 12/20/81 71 Chicago, IL - kidney failure
Lysle"Spike"Garnish Referee 10/24/04 - 12/04/60 56 Geneva, NY - heart attack
Darell Garretson Referee 03/18/32 - 04/21/08 76 Mesa, AZ - in his sleep
Jerome "Omy" Hahn Referee 09/29/12 - 10/11/89 77
Andy Hershock Referee 09/06/27 - 01/05/71 43 West Hempsted, NY - heart attack while
officiating ABA game
Hue Hollins Referee / /42 - 07/05/13 70
George Hoyt Referee 08/09/83 - 11/11/62 79 Dorchester, MA
Ken Hudson Referee - 05/16/12 72 Atlanta, GA - brain damage after a fall
Pat Kennedy Referee 01/28/08 - 06/16/57 49 Mineola, NY - cancer
Vladimir Kostin Intl Referee 06/22/21 - 05/03/94 72 Moscow, RUS
Bill Kunkel Referee 07/07/36 - 05/04/85 48 Red Bank, NJ - cancer
Lloyd Leith Referee 12/07/02 - 10/01/79 76 San Francisco, CA
Darlene May Referee 10/28/40 - 11/15/96 56 Placentia, CA - breast cancer
Andrew Mitchell Referee / / - 07/06/85 72 Philadelphia, PA
Don Murphy Referee / / - 05/22/92 61 Cincinnati, OH
John Nucatola Referee 11/17/07 - 05/08/00 82
Richie Powers Referee 10/14/31 - 07/31/98 67 Allentown, PA - complications of stroke
Ernest Quigley Referee 03/22/80 - 12/10/60 80 Lawrence, KS - cancer
Pietro Reverberi Intl Referee 12/28/12 - 02/19/85 72 Reggio Emilia, ITA
Renato Righetto Intl Referee 01/30/21 - 11/18/01 80 Campinas, BRA - Alzheimer's disease
Mendy Rudolph Referee 03/08/26 - 07/04/79 53 New York, NY - heart attack
Dallas Shirley Referee 06/17/13 - 03/01/94 80 DeSoto, TX - lung cancer
William Smith Referee / / - 06/03/71 56 Reading, PA
Chuck Solodare Referee 02/08/01 - 08/23/69 68 Newark, NJ
Earl Strom Referee 12/15/27 - 07/10/94 66 Pottsville, PA - brain tumor
Max Tabacchi Referee 12/18/09 - 12/27/82 73 Cliffside Park, NJ
Dave Tobey Referee 05/01/98 - 07/25/88 90
David Walsh Referee 10/05/89 - 06/02/75 85 Boca Raton, FL
Harold"Babe"Wheeler Referee 03/25/04 - 04/ /76 72
Greg Willard Referee 11/05/58 - 04/01/13 54 Huntington Beach, CA - pancreatic cancer
OTHER BASKETBALL INDIVIDUALS - MISCELLANEOUS
Clara Baer contributor 08/27/63 - 01/19/38 74 New Orleans, LA
Senda Berenson contributor 03/19/62 - 02/16/54 91
Edward Bernholz video coord. 04/08/20 - 02/27/99 78 Houston, TX
Bob Blackburn announcer 10/14/24 - 01/08/10 85 Bellevue, WA - pneumonia
Jim Bukata ABA P.R.man 07/22/42 - 12/07/11 69 Scottsdale, AZ - pancreatic cancer
Harry"Skip"Caray announcer 08/12/39 - 08/03/08 68 Atlanta, GA - multiple illnesses
William R. Chase 1st gm.partic. / / - 08/30/51 84 Bristol Heights, RI
Joe Cronin statistician 06/22/38 06/13/11 72 Citrus Heights, CA liver cancer
Gladys Goodding organist MSG 06/18/93 - 11/18/63 70 New York, NY heart attack
Marty Glickman announcer 08/14/17 - 01/03/01 83 New York, NY - complications after heart
bypass surgery
Dr. Luther Gulick contributor 12/04/65 - 08/13/18 52 South Casco, ME - heart failure
Chick Hearn announcer 11/27/16 - 08/05/02 85 Encino, CA - after a fall at home
George Hepbron contributor 08/27/63 - 08/30/46 83 Newark, NJ
Claude Hutcherson contributor 01/04/07 - 08/07/77 70 Austin, TX - after a fall while
building a home
Finlay MacDonald 1st game / / - 03/29/51 81 Stellarton, NS, CAN
Lee Meade statistician 04/02/28 12/29/10 82 Chaska, MN
William Mokray historian 06/06/07 - 03/22/74 66 Revere, MA - three month illness
Ralph Morgan contributor 03/09/84 - 01/05/65 80
James Naismith inventor 11/06/61 - 11/28/39 78 Lawrence, KS - cerebral hemorrhage
Dan Pattison writer 08/06/44 - 05/08/01 56 Salt Lake City, UT - myelofibrosis
Chuck Taylor contributor 06/24/01 - 06/23/69 62 Indianapolis, IN - heart attack
Oswald Tower contributor 11/23/83 - 05/28/68 84 West Caldwell, NJ
Bob Vache announcer 06/30/24 - 01/17/70 45 Phoenix, AZ - auto accident
Gary Wortman scout 04/18/41 - 10/23/00 59 Atlanta, GA - brain tumor
Kazuo Yanagisawa NYK physician 04/29/14 - 02/22/70 55 Bergenfield, NJ - heart attack
Dave Zinkoff P.A.announcer 05/15/10 - 12/25/85 75 Philadelphia, PA - after open heart surgery