• Obituaries of Notable People in the Sports Category



  • Bob Jeter, 71 (1937 - 2008)

    Bob   Jeter

    MILWAUKEE - Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Bob Jeter, the father of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter, has died. He was 71. Jeter died Thursday in Chicago, apparently of cardiac arrest, Wisconsin-Milwaukee spokesman Kevin O'Connor said, quoting the younger Jeter. The elder Jeter played on the Green Bay teams that won the NFL championship in 1965 and the first two...

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  • Carole Caldwell Graebner, 65 (1943 - 2008)

    Carole Caldwell Graebner

    NEW YORK - Carole Caldwell Graebner, an American tennis player who won doubles titles at the U.S. and Australian championships in the 1960s, died Wednesday. She was 65. Graebner died in New York City after a brief battle with cancer, said her daughter, Cameron Graebner Mark. The top-ranked doubles player in the United States in 1963, Graebner teamed with Nancy Richey to capture doubles...

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  • Peter "Pete" Newell, 93 (1915 - 2008)

    Peter "Pete" Newell

    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) _ Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game's greatest big men, died Monday. He was 93. His death was confirmed by the University of California, the school Newell coached to a national title in 1959. Newell, who had been living near San Diego, had a serious lung operation in...

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  • C. Harmon Brown (2008)

    C. Harmon  Brown

    SAN FRANCISCO - C. Harmon Brown, a pioneer in sports science and medicine who advocated for female athletes, died Tuesday. He was 78. Brown died of cancer, USA Track & Field said in a news release. He lived in San Mateo, Calif., and was a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Brown was a longtime member of the medical and anti-doping commission of the International...

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  • Herb Score, 75 (1933 - 2008)

    Herb  Score

    Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75. Score died at his home in Rocky River, Ohio, the team said in a statement. He had been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002, four years after he was seriously injured in a car accident. A hard-throwing left-hander with a big...

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