THE 1940s: SPORTS: DEATHS

Sam Baroudi, 21, boxer, 26 February 1948.

Charles Behan, professional football player, killed in war, 1944.

Charles W. Bidwell, 51, owner of the Chicago Cardinals football team, in Chicago, Illinois, 19 April 1947.

Jack "Chappie" Blackburn, 58, trainer of heavyweight champion Joe Louis and lightweight boxer from 1900 to 1923, Chicago, Illinois, 23 April 1943.

Al Blozis, New York Giant tackle, killed in war, 1945.

Ernest Edward "Tiny" Bonham, 36, baseball pitcher, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1949.

Caleb S. Bragg, 56, automobile racer, 24 October 1943.

William Gibbons Bramham, 72, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues from 1932 to 1946, in Durham, North Carolina, 8 July 1947.

Sam Breadon, 72, owner of the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball club, in Saint Louis, Missouri, 10 May 1949.

Roger Bresnahan, 64, baseball player, 4 December 1944.

Jack Burke, boxer who fought the longest (110 rounds) gloved boxing match in history in 1893, in Plainfield, New Jersey, 14 February 1942.

Christian K. "Red" Cagle, 37, all-American halfback at Army, in New York City, 23 December 1942.

Frank Calder, 65, president of the National Hockey League, in Montreal, Canada, 4 February 1943.

Hal Chase, 64, former professional baseball player, in Colusa, California, 18 May 1947.

James J. "Jimmy" Collins, baseball player, 6 March 1943.

Harry H. "Jasper" Davis, 74, former baseball player, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1947.

Jack Delaney, 48, light-heavyweight boxing champion of the world (1926-1927), in Katonah, New Jersey, 27 November 1948.

Alfred De Oro, 86, former world champion billiards player, in North Pelham, New York, 23 April 1948.

Jimmy Doyle, boxer, 25 June 1947.

Vince Dundee, 41, middleweight boxing champion of the world in 1933-1934, in Glendale, California, 27 July 1949.

John Joseph Evers, 65, former professional baseball player, in Albany, New York, 28 March 1947.

Alexander H. Findlay, 76, golf enthusiast credited with introducing the game to the United States, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 16 April 1942.

Robert T. Fisher, 53, former Harvard University football star and coach, in Newton, Massachusetts, 7 July 1942.

John B. Foster, 77, baseball writer, 29 September 1941.

Hugh Fullerton, 72, baseball writer who broke the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal in 1919, in Dunedin, Florida, 27 December 1945.

Joseph Garber, senior national singles handball champion, killed in war, 1945.

Elmer Gedeon, baseball player with the Washington Senators, killed in war, 1944.

Lou Gehrig, 37, former New York Yankees baseball player, in New York City, 2 June 1941.

Benjamin Griffith, 68, athletic director at Bucknell University, 18 March 1945.

Bill Harmon, golfer, killed in war, 1945.

Ralph Hepburn, race car driver, in Indianapolis, Indiana, 16 May 1948.

J. W. Hinton, professional football player, killed in war, 1944.

Thomas Hitchcock, Sr., 80, sportsman, 29 September 1941.

Tommy Hitchcock, 44, polo player, killed in war, 19 April 1944.

William Ingram, 46, college football coach, killed in war, 2 June 1943.

Jack Johnson, 68, baseball pitcher, Raleigh, North Carolina, 10 June 1946.

Smiley Johnson, Green Bay Packers guard, killed in war, 1945.

Walter Johnson, 59, former Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, 10 December 1946.

William M. "Little Bill" Johnston, 51, tennis champion, 1 May 1946.

Howard Harding Jones, 55, football coach, 27 July 1941.

Nile Kinnick, 24, all-American halfback at the University of Iowa, 2 June 1943.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78, baseball commissioner, in Chicago, Illinois, 25 November 1944.

Col. Emery Ellsworth Larson, 46, former football coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Atlanta, Georgia, 7 November 1945.

Emanuel Lasker, 72, former world chess champion, 11 January 1941.

Tony Lazzeri, 42, former New York Yankee second baseman, 7 August 1946.

Barney "Battling Levinsky" Lebrowitz, 59, world light heavyweight boxing champion (1916-1920), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 February 1949.

Benny Leonard, 51, lightweight boxing world champion (1917-1925), 18 April 1947.

Ben Loving, golfer, killed in war, 1945.

Man o' War, 30, race horse, 1 November 1947.

Frank James Marshall, 67, chess expert, 10 November 1944.

Graham McNamee, noted NBC sports announcer, in New York City, 9 May 1943.

Marion Miley, 37, the number-two ranked professional golfer in 1939, 28 September 1941.

Jim Mooney, professional football player, killed in war, 1944.

William G. Morgan, 72, the originator of the game of volleyball, in Lockport, New York, 27 December 1942.

Stanley Grafton Mortimer, 56, amateur tennis champion, in New York City, 5 April 1947.

John A. "Jack" Munroe, 67, prizefighter, in Toronto, Canada, 13 February 1942.

Berna "Barney" Eli Oldfield, race car driver, 4 October 1946.

Charles William Paddock, 42, track star, killed in war, 21 July 1943.

Herb Pennock, 53, baseball player, in New York City, 30 January 1948.

Thomas Pettit, 86, tennis player, 17 October 1946.

Jake Powell, 40, former baseball player, in Washington, D.C., 4 November 1948.

Amos Rusie, 71, pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1890s, in Seattle, Washington, 6 December 1942.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth, 53, baseball player, in New York City, 16 August 1948.

Tommy Ryan, former welterweight and middleweight boxing champion of the world, in Granada Hills, California, 3 August 1948.

Alex Santilli, Fordham University football great, killed in war, 1944.

Richard D. Sears, 81, tennis champion, 8 April 1943.

John Shimkonis, golfer, killed in war, 1945.

Henry W. Slocum, 86, former American tennis champion, in New York City, 22 January 1949.

George F. Slosson, 95, billiards player, 21 June 1949.

Gus Sonnenberg, 44, former Dartmouth football star and professional wrestler, 12 September 1944.

Stephen Stavers, swimmer, killed in war, 1944.

Louis E. Stoddard, 70, former international polo star and chairman of the U.S. Polo Association from 1922 to 1936, in Los Angeles, California, 9 March 1948.

John Sutherland, 59, Pittsburgh Steelers coach, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 12 April 1948.

Joe Tinker, 68, former baseball player with the Chicago Cubs, in Orlando, Florida, 27 July 1948.

Torger Tolde, holder of twenty-four snow ski records, killed in war, 1945.

Michael "Smiling Mickey" Welch, 82, New York pitching star in the 1880s and 1890s and winner of three hundred major league baseball games, in Nashua, New Hampshire, 30 July 1941.

Chet Wetterlund, professional football player, killed in war, 1944.

Col. Matt J. Winn, 88, Kentucky Derby promoter, 6 October 1949.

Fielding Harris Yost, 75, college football coach, 20 August 1946.

Lou Zamperini, 25, star miler, killed in war, 27 May 1943.