Dying is a part of living and it will affect us all at least once. This film gives us a chance to remember legends and significant people of the sporting world who sadly departed in 2022. Some met their end in a natural way and the people can be heard to say they had a good life, others died in more avoidable and in some cases controversial circumstances. Some in the is film, even died in pursuit of the sport they most dearly loved.
#EdsonArantesdoNascimento, better known as #pele ,
23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022
Brazilian football legend Pele, arguably the greatest player ever, died at the age of 82.The only player to win the World Cup three times.
#LusiaHarris aka' the Queen of Basketball' and the only woman officially drafted by the #nba passed on January 18th
February 10, 1955 – January 18, 2022
#LesterPiggott was an English professional jockey and trainer.
5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022
#JeremyGiambi, the Former #OaklandAthletics baseball died on February 9th 2022.
30 September 1974 – 9 February 2022
#BillRussell was a basketball great. He played as a center for the Boston Celtics . He was a five-time #NBA #MVP and a 12-time NBA #All-Star.
February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022
George Wilson "#Doddie" Weir OBE (4 July 1970 – 26 November 2022) was a Scottish rugby union player who played as a lock.
Howard Bruce Sutter January 8, 1953 – October 13, 2022 Howard Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher.
John Landy: Legendary Australian athlete renowned for his rivalry with Britain's Roger Bannister.
12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022
Mills Lane was the referee who officiated the infamous Tyson-Holyfield title fight aka The Bite Fight,
November 12, 1937 – December 6, 2022
Shane Warne the legendary Australian leg-spinner took 708 Test wickets.
13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022
Ercole Baldini 26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022 was an Italian cyclist. .
Assem Allam 1 August 1939 – 2 December 2022 was an Egyptian-British businessman, based in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1968.
Davide Rebellin 9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022 was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.
Francisco "Paco" Gento López 21 October 1933 – 18 January 2022 was a Spanish footballer who played as an outside left.
Brian Robinson MBE 3 November 1930 – 25 October 2022 was an English road bicycle racer of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Andrew Lewis Goram 13 April 1964 – 2 July 2022 was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Thomas Daniel Weiskopf November 9, 1942 – August 20, 2022 was an American professional golfer.
David Edward Johnson 23 October 1951 – 23 November 2022 was an English professional footballer and manager.
Carmine "Mino" Raiola November 1967 – 30 April 2022 was an Italian-Dutch football agent.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Freddy Rincon scored 17 goals in 84 games for Colombia and played at three World Cups
14 August 1966 – 13 April 2022
Peter Butler the professional golfer and Former Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup player.
25 March 1932 – 13 October 2022
Sir Robert Ogden the Racehorse owner, businessman and philanthropist 6 March 2022 - January 15, 1936
Tom Smith - Thomas James Smith (31 October 1971 – 6 April 2022) was an English-born Scotland international rugby union loosehead prop.
Tony Brooks: Charles Anthony Standish Brooks 25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022 was One of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s.
Phil Read: Won eight world titles and was the first motorcycle racer to win the World Championship in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes
Phillip William Read, MBE 1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022)
Sadly Roger and Bradley Stockton the Father and son sidecar team who both died in a crash at Ago’s Leap on the Isle of Man TT
10 June 2022
Patrick Daniel Tambay (25 June 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a French racing driver, whose teams included McLaren, Ferrari and Renault.
Des Desmond Lloyd Drummond (17 June 1958 – 29 January 2022) was an England and Great Britain international rugby league footballer.
Top heavy weight boxer Earnie Shavers fought and lost heavyweight title fights against Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes.
August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022
Rodney William Marsh MBE 4 November 1947 – 4 March 2022 was an Australian professional cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper.
Va'aiga Tuigamala
4 September 1969 – 24 February 2022, sometimes known as Inga the winger, was a professional rugby union and rugby league footballer.
NICK BOLLETTIERI was a Pioneering tennis coach helped to guide 10 world number one singles players
Philip Bennett OBE (24 October 1948 – 12 June 2022) was a Welsh rugby union player.
Andrew Symonds was an All-rounder cricketer
9 June 1975 – 14 May 2022
Antony James Dillon Nash MBE (18 March 1936 – 17 March 2022) was a British bobsledder. Competing in two Winter Olympics.
George Reginald Cohen MBE (22 October 1939 – 23 December 2022) He spent his entire career with Fulham, and won the 1966 World Cup with England.
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