THE 1980s: SPORTS: DEATHS

Walter Alston, 72, Hall of Fame manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 October 1984.

Alan Ameche, 55, 1954 Heisman Trophy-winning running back at the University of Wisconsin who as a professional player with the Baltimore Colts scored the winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL championship game against the New York Giants, 8 August 1988.

Henry Armstrong, 75, legendary professional boxer who simultaneously held titles to three different weight divisions, 22 October 1988.

Emett Ashford, 66, first African American major-league umpire, 1 March 1980.

Earl Averill, 81, Hall of Fame outfielder and the first player to hit a home run in his first major-league at-bat, 16 August 1983.

Ricky Barry, 24, professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings, 14 August 1989.

Cliff Battles, 70, Hall of Fame halfback with the Washington Redskins (1932-1938), 28 April 1981.

Clair Bee, 87, the second-winningest college basketball coach in history, he pioneered the 3-second rule in college basketball and the 24-second shot clock in the NBA, 20 May 1983.

Ricky Bell, 29, University of Southern California running back in the 1970s, played six years in the NFL, 28 November 1984.

Larry Bethea, 30, former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman, 23 April 1987.

Len Bias, 22, University of Maryland all-American basketball player, 19 June 1986.

Tom Blackaller, 49, noted yachtsman who successfully defended the America's Cup, 7 September 1989.

Earl "Red" Blaik, 92, Army football coach who won national championships in 1944 and 1945 and weathered academic cheating scandals in the 1950s, 6 May 1989.

Ken Boyer, 51, noted third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955-1969), 7 September 1982,

Norm "The Dutchman" Van Brocklin, 57, professional football Hall of Fame quarterback and coach, 2 May 1983.

Paul "Bear" Bryant, 69, University of Alabama football coach (1958-1982), 26 January 1983.

Augie Busch Jr., 90, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, 29 September 1989.

Clarence Campbell, 78, president of the NHL (1946-1977), he was the longest-serving head of any professional sport, 24 June 1984.

John Carmichael, 83, Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter, 6 June 1986.

Norm Cash, 51, first baseman for the Detroit Tigers and 1961 American League batting champion, 12 October 1986.

Jocko Conlan, 89, Baseball Hall of Fame umpire, 16 April 1989,

Chuck Cooper, 57, the first African American basketball player drafted by an NBA team, 5 February 1984.

Stanley Coveleski, 94, Hall of Fame pitcher won three games in the 1920 World Series for the Cleveland Indians, 20 March 1984.

Herbert "Fritz" Crisler, 83, football coach at the University of Michigan (1938-1947), developed the two-platoon system of using one team for offense and one team for defense, 19 August 1982.

Joe Cronin, 77, Hall of Fame second baseman, 1930 American League MVP, and American League president (1959-1973), 7 September 1984.

Constantine "Cus" D'Amato, 77, legendary boxing trainer and manager of world champions Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres, and Mike Tyson, 4 November 1985.

Dan Daniel, 91, Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter, 2 July 1981.

Duffy Daugherty, 72, Michigan State University football coach (1954-1972), IS September 1987.

Paul "Daffy" Dean, 67, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s and brother of pitcher Dizzy Dean, 17 March 1981.

Esteban Dejesus, 37, WBC lightweight boxing champion (1976-1978), 12 May 1989.

Joe Delaney, 24, football player for the Kansas City Chiefs who died attempting to rescue drowning children, 29 June 1983.

Jack Dempsey, 87, popular world heavyweight champion (1919-1926), 31 May 1983.

William O. DeWitt Sr., 79, baseball executive and owner associated with nine pennant-winning teams, 3 March 1982.

Vince DiMaggio, 74, the eldest of three baseball-playing brothers, 3 October 1986.

Jack Drees, 71, noted radio and television sports caster for nearly fifty years, 27 July 1988,

Ray Eliot, 74, football coach at the University of Illinois (1942-1960), 24 February 1980.

James "Jumbo" Elliot, 66, longtime track coach at Villanova University, 22 March 1981.

Charles "Rip" Engle, 76, Penn State University football coach (1950-1965), 7 March 1983.

John Facenda, 72, broadcaster who narrated NFL high-light films, 25 September 1984.

George Fazio, 75, professional golfer and later golf course designer, 6 June 1986.

Jim Fixx, 52, fitness enthusiast, lecturer, author of books on jogging, 20 July 1984.

Larry Fleisher, 58, organizer and former head of the NBA Players Association, 4 May 1989.

Carl Furillo, 66, strong-armed outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s, 21 January 1989.

Terry Furlow, 25, professional basketball player with a variety of teams, 23 May 1980.

Mike Garcia, 62, fourteen-year veteran pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, 13 January 1986.

Bill George, 51, Hall of Fame linebacker with the Chicago Bears (1952-1965), 30 September 1982.

A. Bartlett Giamatti, 51, president of Yale University and commissioner of Major League Baseball, 1 September 1989.

Robert "Ruby" Goldstein, 76, former professional boxer who went on to officiate 39 championship fights in his twenty-one-year career, 22 April 1984.

Vernon "Lefty" Gomez, 80, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1930s and 1940s, 17 February 1989.

Bryan "Bitsy" Grant, 75, popular amateur tennis champion who won more than fifty national championships, 4 June 1986.

Hank Greenberg, 75, Hall of Fame first baseman for the Detroit Tigers (1930-1946), 4 September 1986.

Burleigh Grimes, 92, Hall of Fame pitcher with 270 career wins, 6 December 1985.

Ralph Guldahl, 75, professional golfer who won the Masters in 1939 and the U.S. Open in 1936 and 1937, 11 June 1987.

George "Papa Bear" Halas, 88, one of the founders of the NFL, owner of the Chicago Bears, and for a time the winningest coach in NFL history, 31 October 1983.

Doug Harvey, 65, Hall of Fame defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens of the 1950s, 26 December 1989.

Billy Haughton, 62, Hall of Fame harness racing trainer and driver, 15 July 1986.

Woody Hayes, 74, legendary football coach who twice led Ohio State to national championships, 12 March 1987.

Floyd "Babe" Herman, 84, star player for Brooklyn Dodgers, who had a .324 batting average over his thirteen-year career, 27 November 1987.

Clarke Hinkle, 79, Professional Football Hall of Famer who starred for the Green Bay Packers, 9 November 1988.

Elston Howard, 51, star catcher of the New York Yankees and first African American player with the team, 14 December 1980.

DickHowser, 51, manager of the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals, led the Royals to their only World Championship in 1985, 17 June 1987.

Waite Hoyt, 84, Hall of Fame pitcher and member of the 1927 Yankees, 25 August 1984.

Carl Hubbell, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Giants (1928-1943), 21 November 1988.

Flo Hyman, 31, "the best American woman volleyball player ever," 24 January 1986.

Ned Irish, 76, sportswriter and public relations agent who became a force behind the growth of the New York Knicks, 21 January 1982.

Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson, 50, popular heavyweight boxer, 14 February 1982.

Travis Jackson, 83, Hall of Fame shortstop for the New York Giants (1922-1936), 27 July 1987.

Irving Jaffee, 74, gold medal-winning Olympic speed skater, 20 March 1981.

Jackie Jensen, 55, Boston Red Sox outfielder (1954-1961) and American League MVP in 1958, 14 July 1982.

Gus Johnson, 48, nine-year veteran of the Baltimore Bullets who played in five NBA All-Star games, 28 April 1987.

William "Judy" Johnson, 89, Hall of Fame Negro League baseball player who played in the 1920s and 1930s, 14 June 1989.

George "Highpockets" Kelly, 89, Hall of Fame second baseman with the New York Giants, 13 October 1984.

John Kieran, 89, sportswriter and first by-lined columnist with The New York Times, 10 December 1981.

Duk Koo Kim, 23, South Korean boxer who suffered fatal brain damage in a bout with Ray Mancini, 17 November 1982.

Ted Kluszewski, 63, National League home-run champion with the Cincinnati Reds, 29 march 1988.

Harvey Kuenn, 57, 1959 American League batting champion who later led the Milwaukee Brewers to what was then their only World Series appearance, 28 February 1988.

Edward Lasker, 95, five-time winner of U.S. chess championship, 23 March 1981.

Bobby Layne, 59, quarterback who led the Detroit Lions to NFL championships in the 1950s, 1 December 1986.

Emil "Dutch" Leonard, 74, pitcher in the major leagues for twenty-one years, 17 April 1983.

Fred Lieb, 92, sportswriter and baseball historian for nearly seventy years, 3 June 1980.

Freddie Lindstrom, 75, Hall of Fame third baseman for the New York Giants (1924-1932), 4 October 1981.

Joe Don Looney, 45, eccentric former college and professional football player, 24 September 1988.

Tommy Loughran, 79, world lightweight champion (1927-1929), 7 July 1982.

Joe Louis, 67, legendary world heavyweight champion (1937-1949), 12 April 1981.

Ted Lyons, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher with the Chicago White Sox (1923-1946), 25 July 1986.

Pete Maravich, 40, greatest scorer in college basketball history and ten-year NBA veteran, 5 January 1988.

Roger Maris, 51, major leaguer who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record by hitting 61 homers in 1961, 14 December 1985.

Richard "Rube" Marquard, 90, Hall of Fame pitcher with 201 career wins, 1 June 1980.

Billy Martin, 61, combative New York Yankee player and former manager, 25 December 1989.

John Matuszak, 38, former defensive lineman with the Oakland Raiders, 17 June 1989.

Frank McCormick, 70, professional baseball player, coach, scout, and broadcaster, 21 November 1982.

Chuck McKinley, 45, 1963 Wimbledon singles champion, 11 August 1986.

Davey Moore, 28, former WBA junior-middleweight champion, 3 June 1988.

Donnie Moore, 35, thirteen-year veteran major-league pitcher, 18 July 1989.

Van Lingle Mungo, 73, fourteen-year major-league pitcher, 12 February 1985.

David Overstreet, 25, professional football running back, 24 June 1984.

Jesse Owens, 66, legendary gold medal-winning Olympic track star, 31 March 1980.

Joe Page, 62, ace relief pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1940s, 21 April 1980.

Leroy "Satchel" Paige, 75, Hall of Fame pitcher and superstar in the Negro leagues, joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948 at the age of forty-two, 8 June 1982.

Raymond "Buddy" Parker, 68, coach of the Detroit Lions (1950-1957) who led them to consecutive NFL titles in 1952 and 1953, 22 March 1982.

Maurice Podoloff, 95, first president of the NBA, 24 November 1985,

Fritz Pollard, 91, legendary African American football player and coach, 11 May 1986.

Vic Raschi, 69, New York Yankess pitcher during the 1940s and 1950s, 14 October 1988.

Katherine Rawls, 64, swimmer and diver who won 33 national swimming and diving titles, 8 April 1982.

Pete Reiser, 62, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder (1940-1948) who led the National League in hitting in 1941, 25 October 1981.

Paul Richards, 77, former professional baseball player and manager, 4 May 1986.

Milton Richman, 64, noted sports columnist and editor forUPI,9Junel986.

Tim Richmond, 34, leading stock car racer, 13 August 1989.

Sugar Ray Robinson, 67, world welterweight (1946-1951) and middleweight champion (1951-1952, 1957-1960), 12 April 1989.

Don Rogers, 23, defensive back with the Cleveland Browns, 27 June 1986.

Art Rooney Sr., 87, founder and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 25 August 1988.

Julian Roosevelt, 64, leading U.S. amateur sportsman, 20 March 1986.

Edd Roush, 94, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds (1916-1926) and the last surviving participant of the 1919 World Series, 21 March 1988.

Red Ruffing, 83, Hall of Fame pitcher considered the best hitting pitcher of his generation, 17 February 1986.

Al Schacht, 91, former Major League Baseball player who became known as the Clown Prince of Baseball, 14 July 1984,

Jackson Scholz, 89, gold medal-winning sprinter whose 1924 Olympic experiences were dramatized in the film Chariots of Fire, 26 October 1986.

Bob Shawkey, 90, pitcher for the New York Yankees and later team manager, 31 December 1980.

Eddie Shore, 82, the only defenseman to win the NHL's MVP award four times, 16 March 1985,

Robert Short, 65, owner who bought the Minneapolis Lakers and moved them to Los Angeles in 1957 and bought and moved the Washington Senators to Texas in 1961, 20 November 1982.

James Shuler, 26, former middleweight boxing champion, 21 March 1986.

Jerry Smith, 43, professional football player with the Washington Redskins, the first prominent athlete known to have AIDS, 15 October 1986.

Walter "Red" Smith, 76, nationally admired and syndicated sportswriter, 15 January 1982,

Conn Smythe, 85, founder of the Toronto Maple Leafs, 18 November 1980.

Monty Stratton, 70, Chicago White Sox pitcher in the 1930s who lost his leg in 1938 and subsequently had his story told in The Stratton Story (1949), 29 September 1982.

Lee Taylor, 42, leading powerboat racer, 13 November 1980.

Bill Terry, 90, Hall of Fame first baseman and manager of the New York Giants and the last National Leaguer to hit .400, 9 January 1989.

Joe Thomas, 61, football talent specialist with the Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers, 11 February 1983.

Stacey Toran, 27, defensive back with the Los Angeles Raiders, 5 August 1989.

Tyrer, 41, professional football player and nine-time all-star, 15 September 1980.

Alec Ulman, 82, sports car racing pioneer, 23 April 1986,

Glenna Vare, 85, pioneer of women's golf and a charter member of the Women's Golf Hall of Fame, 3 February 1989.

Andy Ulman, 93, member of the bowling Hall of Fame considered by many to be the greatest bowler of all time, 25 August 1984.

Bill Veeck, 71, innovative and eccentric baseball team owner, 2 January 1986.

Fred "Dixie" Walker, 71, outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-1947), who was traded at his own request when Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, 17 May 1982.

Mickey Walker, 79, world welterweight (1922-1926) and middleweight champion (1927-1931), 28 April 1981.

Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz), 69, Polish-born Olympic track star who became a U.S. citizen in 1947, 4 December 1980.

Bill Wambsganss, 91, professional baseball player who completed an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series, 8 December 1985.

Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner, 76, Hall of Fame out-fielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1927-1940), 22 July 1982.

Bob Waterfield, 62, NFL Rookie of the Year in 1945, all-pro quarterback, professional football Hall of Famer, 25 March 1983.

Johnny Weissmuller, 79, gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer who later played Tarzan in the movies, 20 January 1984.

Vic Wertz, 58, American League first baseman for seventeen years, 7 July 1983.

Edward Bennett Williams, 68, famous trial lawyer and owner of the Baltimore Orioles, 13 August 1988.

Arthur Wirtz, 82, owner of the Chicago Black Hawks, the Chicago Bulls, and Chicago Stadium, 21 July 1983.

"Smoky" Joe Wood, 95, major-league pitcher who went 34-5 for the Boston Red Sox in 1912, 27 July 1985.

Claude "Buddy" Young, 57, pro football Hall of Fame running back, 4 September 1983.

Dick Young, 69, nationally syndicated, Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter, 31 August 1987.

Fred Zollner, 81, founder and owner of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons who moved the team to Detroit in 1957 and sold it in 1974, 21 June 1982.