Terry Fox
Terry Fox
Hope this works, first try at tinypic.
Jean Bouin, WR & 2nd in Stockholm Olympics 1912 on 5k - Killed 1914 in 'Bataille de la MArne' - WWI
Macho Man Randy Savage
Good one. Makes an interesting bookend with Harbig. I'm actually surprised how few top athletes were lost in the big wars.
Vive la France wrote:
Jean Bouin, WR & 2nd in Stockholm Olympics 1912 on 5k - Killed 1914 in 'Bataille de la MArne' - WWI
"can't believe OP mentioned Wolfgang Gullrich. He was my first thought after Pre."
Who is Wolfgang Gullrich??
Never heard of.
Lyman Bostock
Mack Lee Hill
Limpy McGimpy wrote:
Getting into the area of Alpinists, the list is extensive. Short list of Top Dawgs who didn't make return trips alive in addition to Mallory: Toni Kurz, Hermann Buhl, Dougal Haston, Jerzy Kukuzcka.
Too short. Anatoliy Bukhareev.
Here's a page that includes some of the tragic team deaths from the past...
'58 Manchester United, 61 US figure skaters, '70 MarshalL U, etc.
http://www.totalprosports.com/2011/09/08/13-tragic-cases-of-athletes-killed-in-plane-crashes/
Over 90 professional cyclists have died while racing. Most famous was previously mentioned in this thread, Fabio Casartelli in 1995, who was Lance Armstrong's teammate. Lance later won a stage in the 1995 tour and pointed to the heavens as he crossed the finish line, dedicating the victory to Casartelli.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_cyclists_who_died_during_a_race
Also, over 25 professional cyclists have died in their sleep from EPO induced heart attacks, most in their young 20s, from late 1980s to early 2000s.
http://www.pfitzinger.com/labreports/epo.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/feb/16/cycling.cycling1
Boxing has quite a few too. Probably most famous are:
-- Duk Koo Kim beaten to death by Boom Boom Mancini
-- Benny Paret beaten to death by Emile Griffith; good ESPN documentary about the fight
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/cbzforum/showthread.php?13823-Top-Ten-Fighters-Who-Died-In-The-Ring
Also I question Formula 1 a little bit to be a sport at all, I want to list Jochen Rindt, who died 1970 in training, and later became the World Champion for this season because of his points which he got before his dead.
I don't think anyone mentioned Baseball Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty:
An explanation of his death from Wikipedia:
Delahanty died when he was swept over Niagara Falls in 1903. He was apparently kicked off a train by the train's conductor for being drunk and disorderly. The conductor said Delahanty was brandishing a straight razor and threatening passengers. After being kicked off the train, Delahanty started his way across the International Bridge connecting Buffalo, NY with Fort Erie (near Niagara Falls) and fell or jumped off the bridge (some accounts say Ed was yelling about death that night). Whether "Big Ed" died from his plunge over the Falls, or drowned on the way to the Falls is uncertain.
Drazen Petrovic
said88 wrote:
Also I question Formula 1 a little bit to be a sport at all, I want to list Jochen Rindt, who died 1970 in training, and later became the World Champion for this season because of his points which he got before his dead.
It's one of the most physically demanding sports of all.
Ayrton Senna
Didn't page through 7 pages to see if previously mentioned, but here are 2 Track guys:
Bob Gutowski WR PV'er
Ove Johnsson I think won the Euros in the 200 and was killed a week later in a car crash... back in the 70's I think.
And some highly ranked US Javelin thrower fell off the back of a pick up truck and died back in the 80's or 90's... just can't come up with his name.
Randy Oldman wrote:
said88 wrote:Also I question Formula 1 a little bit to be a sport at all, I want to list Jochen Rindt, who died 1970 in training, and later became the World Champion for this season because of his points which he got before his dead.
It's one of the most physically demanding sports of all.
I believe auto racing is a sport but let us not go over board.
trailrunner69 wrote:
And some highly ranked US Javelin thrower fell off the back of a pick up truck and died back in the 80's or 90's... just can't come up with his name.
Bob Roggy
NASCAR drivers do not participate in a physically demanding sport.
F1 guys are more fit but the actual machine and team does most of the work. Sport? Sure, why not.
Sarah Burke
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