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In addition to such non-sports legends as Cloris Leachman, Christopher Plummer, Michael Collins, Charlie Watts, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Stephen Sondheim and Desmond Tutu...
Colin Bell, February 26, 1946 - January 5, 2021. Star of the great Manchester City team of the late 1960s.
Tony Trabert, August 16, 1930 - February 3, 2021. American tennis legend, won the U.S. Open in 1953, the French Open in 1954, and fell the Australian Open short of winning the Grand Slam in 1955.
Leon Spinks, July 11, 1953 - February 5, 2021. U.S. boxing Gold Medalist at the 1976 Olympics, was briefly Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1978.
Yury Vlasov, December 5, 1935 - February 13, 2021. Soviet weightlifting Gold Medalist at the 1960 Olympics.
Leopoldo Luque, May 3, 1949 - February 15, 2021. Star striker at Buenos Aires soccer team River Plate, and a member of the Argentina team that won the 1978 World Cup on home soil.
Ian St. John, June 7, 1938 - March 1, 2021. Scottish soccer forward, starred for Liverpool FC in the 1960s.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, May 23, 1954 - March 13, 2021. Middleweight Champion of the World from 1980 to 1987.
Peter Lorimer, December 14, 1946 - March 20, 2021. Scottish midfielder remains the all-time scoring leading at Leeds United.
Tamara Press, May 10, 1937 - April 26, 2021. Soviet athlete won the Gold Medal in the women's shot put at the 1960 Olympics, and both the shot put and the discus throw in 1964. Suspiciously retired before the next Olympics, when steroid testing began.
Rildo da Costa Menezes, January 23, 1942 - May 16, 2021. Defender known by his first name, starred at Brazilian soccer teams Botafogo and Santos. At Santos, was a teammate of Pelé. Played with him again on the 1977 North American Soccer League Champion New York Cosmos. Stayed in America as a coach.
Lee Evans, February 25, 1947 - May 19, 2021. American sprinter won 2 Gold Medals at the 1968 Olympics, including the 400 meters, setting a world record that lasted for 20 years.
Tarcisio Burgnich, April 25, 1939 - May 26, 2021. Defender was a member of the "Grande Inter" team of the 1960s, and the Italy soccer team that won Euro 68.
Giampiero Boniperti, July 4, 1928 - June 18, 2021. Forward helped soccer team Juventus win 5 Italian league titles, and was once considered the team's greatest player ever.
Paul Mariner, May 22, 1953 - July 9, 2021. Forward helped Ipswich Town win the 1978 FA Cup and the 1981 UEFA Cup. Later played in America, in the dark years between the NASL and MLS, and managed MLS' Toronto FC.
Gerd Müller, November 3, 1945 - August 15, 2021. Forward led West Germany to the 1974 World Cup, and Bayern Munich to the 1974, 1975 and 1976 European Cups.
Jacques Rogge, May 2, 1942 - August 29, 2021. Sailed for Belgium in 3 Olympics, and served as President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013.
Francesco Morini, August 12, 1944 - August 31, 2021. Defender starred for the Juventus teams of the 1970s.
Ivan Patzaichin, November 26, 1949 – September 5, 2021. Won Gold Medals in canoeing for Romania at the 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
Yuriy Sedykh, June 11, 1955 - September 14, 2021. Won the Gold Medal for the Soviet Union in the hammer throw in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, and has held the world record in the event since 1986.
Jimmy Greaves, February 20, 1940 - September 19, 2021. Forward starred for North London soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the all-time leading scorer in England's top division under any name. Member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. Teamed with the aforementioned Ian St. John for the popular soccer TV show Saint and Greavsie.
Roger Hunt, July 20, 1938 - September 27, 2021. Forward starred for Liverpool FC in the 1960s, winning 1964 and 1966 League titles and the 1965 FA Cup. Teammate of Greaves on England's 1966 World Cup winners.
Walter Smith, February 24, 1948 - October 26, 2021. Managed Glasgow soccer team Rangers FC to 7 straight Scottish League titles from 1991 to 1997, then 3 more in a row from 2009 to 2011.
Ron Flowers, July 28, 1934 - November 12, 2021. Midfielder starred for the Wolverhampton Wanderers team that dominated English soccer in the 1950s, and was another member of England's 1966 World Cup winners.
Bertie Auld, March 23, 1938 - November 14, 2021. Midfielder helped Glasgow soccer team Celtic FC win 5 Scottish League titles and the 1967 European Cup.
Ray Kennedy, July 28, 1951 - November 30, 2021. Midfielder was the leading scorer on North London soccer team Arsenal as they won the Football League and FA Cup "Double" in 1971. Later starred on the Liverpool team that dominated England in the 1970s.
Horst Eckel, February 8, 1932 - December 3, 2021. Winger starred for German soccer team FC Kaiserslautern, and was the last surviving member of the West Germany team that won the 1954 World Cup.
John Madden, April 10, 1936 - December 28, 2021. From coaching the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl win, to broadcasting NFL games on all 4 networks that do so, to writing books to creating the most popular sports video game in American history, he achieved something that may well be impossible: He made himself admired by fans of every NFL team.