PHI2019 188 Posted December 26, 2020 #441 Share Posted December 26, 2020 K.C. Jones. American basketball player and coach. Member of 1956 Olympic gold medal winning US basketball team in Melbourne. Winner of two NCAA titles with the University of San Francisco in 1955 and 1956. Winner of 11 NBA titles with the Boston Celtics, eight as a player, one as an assistant coach and two as a head coach. He also won an NBA title as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. Age 88. Legendary Boston Celtics player, coach K.C. Jones dies at 88 thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted January 1, 2021 #442 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Deaths of Olympians in December. Maria Itkina, 88 - Athletics Arnie Robinson, 72 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B) Sol Tochinsky, 91 - Basketball Karim Salman, 55 - Football Alfred Kucharczyk, 83 - Gymnastics Karin Lindberg, 91 - Gymnastics (1×G, 1×S) Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 - Football Rafer Johnson, 86 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S) Bill Spencer, 84 - Biathlon Huba Rozsnyai, 77 - Athletics Kinuko Tanida, 81 - Volleyball (1×G) Henryk Kukier, 90 - Boxing Wojciech Zablocki, 89 - Fencing (2×S, 1×B) Dejan Dabovic, 76 - Water polo (1×G) Laszlo Kuncz, 63 - Water polo (1×B) Neil Robbins, 91 - Athletics Clem Eischen, 93 - Athletics Malcolm Simpson, 87 - Cycling Ildegarda Taffra, 86 - Cross-country skiing Aslanbek Fidarov, 47 - Wrestling Osvaldo Cochrane Filho, 87 - Water polo Andrzej Showronski, 67 - Rowing Jimmy McLane, 90 - Swimming (3×G, 1×S) Barry Sonshine, 72 - Equestrian Sepp Vaino, 83 - Ice hockey Paul Nihill, 81 - Athletics (1×S) Namat Abdullah, 74 - Football Pelle Svensson, 77 - Wrestling (1×S) Charlie Brooker, 88 - Ice hockey (1×S) Marta Norberg, 98 - Cross-country skiing Maria Piatkowska, 89 - Athletics Alberto Valdes Jnr, 70 - Equestrian (1×B) Hamish McLachlan, 53 - Rowing Arkady Andreasyan, 73 - Football (1×B) Ivan Bogdan, 82 - Wrestling (1×G) Danny Hodge, 88 - Wrestling (1×S) K C Jones, 88 - Basketball (1×G) Maria Gasienica Bukowa-Kowalska, 84 - Cross-country skiing Marian Jochman, 85 - Athletics Csaba Ali, 74 - Swimming Nikhil Nandy, 88 - Football Jos Compaan, 62 - Rowing Michael Lindo, 73 - Hockey (1×B) MHSN, Gianlu33 and hckošice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted January 8, 2021 #443 Share Posted January 8, 2021 The 1980 Olympic shot put champion Vladimir Kiselyov has died at the age of 65 in Ukraine. Moscow 1980 men's shot put gold medallist dies at age of 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted January 8, 2021 #444 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Hall of Fame manager and Los Angeles Dodger icon Tommy Lasorda dies at 93 Tommy Lasorda, the charismatic former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers who maintained a relationship with the franchise as a player, coach, manager and executive for 71 seasons, has died at the age of 93. Lasorda posted a career record of 1,599-1,439 (.526) as the Dodgers' manager from 1976 to 1996. During that span, his teams won eight division titles, four National League pennants and two World Series championships. Four years after his retirement as a major league skipper, Lasorda returned to the dugout as the manager of the 2000 United States Olympic baseball team, leading them to the gold medal at the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies at 93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,479 Posted January 8, 2021 #445 Share Posted January 8, 2021 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted January 11, 2021 #446 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Not professional athlete but Juan Martin del Potro's father Daniel Del Potro who was semi-professional rugby player passed away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,479 Posted January 13, 2021 #447 Share Posted January 13, 2021 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannakis 344 Posted January 14, 2021 #448 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Greek Olympian Leonidas Pelekanakis lost the battle with Covid-19 today. He was 58, heathly and athletic. thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,591 Posted January 24, 2021 #449 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Cross-country skier Nikolay Chebotko () has died in a car crash. Olympian1010, thepharoah, rybak and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,479 Posted January 27, 2021 #450 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Not an athlete, but felt this was worth posting. hckošice 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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