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Ed Czekaj (2009)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (Associated Press) - Former Penn State University athletic director Ed Czekaj, who was credited with helping coach Joe Paterno build the football team for its success in the 1970s and into the 1980s, has died at age 87. Czekaj died Monday at a retirement home in State College, the university said. The native of Mount Pleasant, Pa., was a three-year letterman on the...
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Ken Kirk (2009)
Associated Press TUPELO, Miss. -- Ken Kirk, a co-captain on the 1959 Ole Miss national championship football team, has died at a Tupelo hospital. He was 71. Kirk died Monday at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. The Tupelo native lettered for three seasons at Ole Miss as a fullback and center. He played four years at linebacker in the NFL, playing games for...
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Bobby Frankel (2009)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bobby Frankel, a gruff Hall of Fame trainer who possessed a gift for coaxing top performances out of ornery, high-strung thoroughbreds, died of cancer Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades, jockey agent Ron Anderson said. He was 68. Frankel had been running his stable by phone for most of the year while undergoing treatment and concealing details of his illness from...
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Elijah Joshuah "E.J." Williams (2009)
Associated Press BLUFFTON, S.C. -- The father of former NBA star Jayson Williams has died. The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home said Elijah Joshua "E.J." Williams died Tuesday. He was 76. Christopher Adams, an attorney for Jayson Williams, said E.J. Williams died at his son's home in Bluffton, S.C., of complications from several strokes. E.J. Williams was a longtime resident...
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Earl Cooley, 98 (1911 - 2009)
The following story courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER On the afternoon of July 12, 1940, Earl Cooley jumped out of an airplane and into history by parachuting to fight an Idaho forest fire, as part of the first team of smokejumpers. Mr. Cooley, who died Nov. 9 at age 98, went on to become the superintendent of the U.S. Forest Service's first squad of smokejumpers,...
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Lou Filippo (2009)
LOS ANGELES — Lou Filippo, a World Boxing Hall of Famer who judged 85 world champion fights and had small roles in the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 83. Hall of Fame Treasurer Josie Mejia ...
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Alan Ogg, 42 (1967 - 2009)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Alan Ogg, a 7-foot-2 shotblocker who played for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and spent parts of three seasons in the NBA, died Sunday. He was 42. University...
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Darvin Wallis (2009)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Darvin Wallis, a longtime NFL assistant coach with Cleveland and Kansas City, has died. Chiefs spokesman Bob Moore said Wednesday that the 60-year-old Wallis...
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Dick Thompson (2009)
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) - Dick Thompson, a pioneer in auto-racing public relations during nearly 40 years at Martinsville Speedway, died Wednesday, the track announced. He was 74. Thompson was...
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Bill Chadwick, 94 (1915 - 2009)
CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) - Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick, the first U.S.-born official in NHL history who was later a popular broadcaster for the New York Rangers, died Saturday. He was 94. His...
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Jack Poole (2009)
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH, Associated Press Writer VANCOUVER, British Columbia Jack Poole, the man who brought the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver, has died. He was 76. Vancouver Olympic...
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Jasper Howard, 20 (1989 - 2009)
By PAT EATON-ROBB (Associated Press ) STORRS, Conn. — A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after...
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Captain Lou Albano, 76 (1933 - 2009)
STAMFORD -- The WWE is reporting that Captain Lou Albano has died at the age of 76. Louis Vincent Albano is best known to fans of professional wrestling, where he was both a wrestler and...
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Cullen Bryant, 58 (1951 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cullen Bryant, who spent 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, was a running back on their 1980 Super Bowl team and fought the NFL's trading rules to remain in town, has died....
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Frank Vandenbroucke, 34 (1974 - 2009)
BRUSSELS (AP) — Frank Vandenbroucke, a former winner of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Paris-Nice cycling races before his career was marred by a doping scandal, has died of a lung embolism. He...
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Alberto Castagnetti, 66 (1943 - 2009)
ROME (Associated Press) - Alberto Castagnetti, the longtime coach of Italy's swim team, has died. He was 66. Castagnetti died at his home in Verona, where he was recovering from heart surgery,...
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Larry Jansen, 89 (1920 - 2009)
VERBOORT, Ore. (AP) -Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," died Saturday. He was 89. The...
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Donna Mae Mims (2009)
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) —Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship in 1963, died Tuesday. She was 82. Mims died of complications following a...
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Tony Fein (2009)
SEATTLE (Associated Press) - Tony Fein, an Iraq war veteran and NFL rookie linebacker who played with the Baltimore Ravens during the preseason, has died of unexplained causes after collapsing at...
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Leon Clarke, 76 (1933 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) - Leon Clarke, a two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the NFL who played for Southern California in the 1955 Rose Bowl, has died at 76. He died of pancreatitis on...
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Brian Powell, 35 (1973 - 2009)
HOUSTON (Associated Press) - Brian Powell, a former major league baseball pitcher, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a sheriff's official in Georgia said. He was 35. Capt. Liz...
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Dick Hoover, 79 (1929 - 2009)
AKRON, Ohio (Associated Press) - Dick Hoover, one of the original members of the Professional Bowlers Association, died Thursday. He was 79. The PBA said Hoover died in Akron. No other details...
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Bob Kowalkowski, 65 (1943 - 2009)
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (Associated Press) - Bob Kowalkowski, a longtime Detroit Lions offensive lineman, has died. He was 65. The team says Kowalkowski died Thursday night at a hospital in...
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Myles Brand, 67 (1942 - 2009)
INDIANAPOLIS (Associated Press) - Myles Brand, who fired Bob Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. ...
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Monte Clark, 72 (1937 - 2009)
DETROIT (Associated Press) - Monte Clark, who coached the Detroit Lions for seven years and led them to the playoffs in 1982 and 1983, died Wednesday. He was 72. He died at Henry Ford Hospital...
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Fred Cusick (1918 - 2009)
BOSTON (Assoicated Press) - Fred Cusick, the radio and television voice of the Boston Bruins for more than four decades, died Tuesday. He was 90. Cusick died at his Barnstable home after...
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Darren Sutherland, 27 (1982 - 2009)
LONDON (Associated Press) - Darren Sutherland, who won an Olympic bronze medal in boxing at last year's Beijing Games, was found dead Monday. He was 27. Sutherland was found hanged at his home,...
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Lonny Frey, 99 (1910 - 2009)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (Associated Press) - Lonny Frey, a three-time All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and 1940s and a member of the club's Hall of Fame, died Sunday. He was 99. ...
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Jack Kramer, 88 (1921 - 2009)
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES Jack Kramer, a tennis champion in the 1940s and '50s and a promoter of the sport for more 60 years, died at his home in Los Angeles...
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Jesse Mahelona, 26 (1983 - 2009)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Jesse Mahelona, a former Tennessee Titans defensive tackle, has died. He was 26. Agent Chad Speck said Mahelona died Friday night after being involved in a car accident...
