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Deaths on 20 October

120 deaths on this day in history.

Date of death Athlete NOC(s) Sport(s) Year(s)
20 October 1913 William Clark USA ARC 1904
20 October 1919 Walter Brack GER SWM 1904—1908
20 October 1920 José, Conde de Figueroa ESP POL 1920
20 October 1921 Étienne Jourde FRA FBL 1912
20 October 1926 Suzanne Girod FRA TEN 1900
20 October 1930 Philip Turnbull GBR HOC 1908
20 October 1931 Gaston Renard BEL FEN 1908—1924
20 October 1932 John Freitag USA ROW 1904
20 October 1934 Arthur Stockhoff USA ROW 1904
20 October 1935 Carlos Bianchi ARG ATH 1932
20 October 1939 Otto Siffling GER FBL 1936
20 October 1941 Johan Kemp FIN ATH/GAR 1908
20 October 1942 Josef Javůrek BOH
CZE
TCH		 FEN 1912—1924
20 October 1945 Jean Puiforcat FRA IHO 1920
20 October 1946 Dodge Peters USA ATH 1904
20 October 1946 Algernon Wells GBR ATH 1912
20 October 1947 Gilbert Bougnol FRA FEN 1900
20 October 1948 Stanley Garton GBR ROW 1912
20 October 1955 József Maróthy HUN WRE 1908
20 October 1955 George McLoughlin IRL BKB 1948
20 October 1955 George Neal GBR SHO 1924
20 October 1957 Achille Joinard FRA 1947—1957
20 October 1958 Charly Clerc SUI ART 1936
20 October 1959 Johannes Hansen DEN GAR 1912
20 October 1959 Clary MacKerrow CAN LAX 1908
20 October 1959 Donald Whittall GBR
GRE		 FBL/ROW/TEN 1906
20 October 1960 Herman de Gaiffier d'Hestroy BEL EJP 1920
20 October 1960 Paul Rigaumont BEL WPO 1948
20 October 1961 Kazimierz Laskowski POL FEN 1928
20 October 1961 Carel van Wankum NED ROW 1928
20 October 1962 Armand Isaac-Bénédic FRA CUR 1924
20 October 1962 Frederick Nicholas GBR FBL 1920
20 October 1962 Boris Škanata CRO
YUG		 SWM 1948—1952
20 October 1963 Ruggero Maregatti ITA ATH 1924—1932
20 October 1963 Jean-Pierre Thommes LUX ATH/GAR 1912
20 October 1963 Einar Thulin SWE ATH 1920
20 October 1966 Georges Salles FRA ART 1924
20 October 1969 Johnnie Matthews GBR CTR 1906—1908
20 October 1969 Stefan Ołdak POL ATH 1924
20 October 1971 Simon Balkema NED WRE 1928
20 October 1972 Hilding Silander FIN SAL 1936
20 October 1973 Auguste Garrebeek BEL CRD/CTR 1936
20 October 1973 Emil Seifert CZE
TCH		 FBL 1920—1924
20 October 1973 Alfred Staszewicz POL FEN 1936
20 October 1974 Vilho Pekkala FIN WRE 1924—1928
20 October 1977 Albert Olsson SWE FBL 1920
20 October 1977 Vital Vouardoux SUI MSP 1948
20 October 1978 Cesare Chiogna SUI NCB/SJP 1932
20 October 1978 Erkki Estola FIN EJP 1956
20 October 1979 Fernando De Petrillo ITA BOX 1924
20 October 1980 Jack Taylor GBR SWM 1924
20 October 1981 J. Cavendish Darrell USA LAX 1928—1932
20 October 1982 Donn Draeger USA KEN 1964
20 October 1982 Josef Jungmann CZE
TCH		 FEN 1920—1936
20 October 1982 Rafael de Sousa POR MPN/SHO 1932
20 October 1984 Anatoly Chinilin RUS
URS		 VVO 1964—1968
20 October 1984 Boris Nik'it'ini GEO
URS		 SWM 1956—1960
20 October 1985 Knud Børge Overgaard DEN FBL 1948
20 October 1986 Toni Krammer AUT FBL 1952
20 October 1986 Alain Moineau FRA CRD 1948
20 October 1986 Tadao Uesako JPN GAR 1952
20 October 1987 Lars-Eric Sjöberg SWE IHO 1968—1972
20 October 1988 Ulrich Beyer GDR BOX 1972—1976
20 October 1990 Juan Franceschi PUR ATH 1968
20 October 1991 Federico Salvadores ESP WPO 1948
20 October 1992 Jack Reddish USA ALP 1948—1952
20 October 1992 Shiro Yoshii JPN BKB 1964
20 October 1993 Martti Matilainen FIN ATH 1932—1936
20 October 1994 Robert Medley GBR ART 1952
20 October 1994 Georges Poffé BEL EJP 1956
20 October 1995 José Andrés Gárate ESP PEL 1924
20 October 1995 Donald Tierney USA WPO 1948
20 October 1997 Thormod Næs NOR SHO 1964
20 October 1998 Anni Bruk AUT ATH 1948
20 October 1999 Pertti Laine FIN ROW 1960
20 October 1999 Willi Schröder GER
FRG		 FBL 1952
20 October 2000 Jenny Kastein NED SWM 1936
20 October 2003 František Balvín CZE
TCH		 CCS 1948—1952
20 October 2003 Michiel Dudok van Heel NED SAL 1952
20 October 2003 Bill Phillips AUS WPO 1948—1969
20 October 2004 Choi Yeong-Gi KOR ATH 1952—1956
20 October 2004 Olive Wadham GBR SWM 1936
20 October 2005 Otto Luedeke USA CRD 1932
20 October 2006 Maxi Herber GER FSK 1936
20 October 2006 Lou Maschio CAN IHO 1964
20 October 2006 Kalle Tuominen FIN ATH 1936
20 October 2009 Margaret Bisbrown GBR DIV 1948
20 October 2009 Colin Douglas-Smith AUS ROW 1948
20 October 2009 Yury Ryazanov RUS GAR 2008
20 October 2010 Gérard Denecheau FRA SHO 1972
20 October 2010 Eduard Novák CZE
TCH		 IHO 1972—1976
20 October 2010 Gilbert Planté FRA FBL 1968
20 October 2011 Ron Amess AUS IHO 1960
20 October 2011 Lorenzo Calafiore ITA WRE 1972
20 October 2011 Iztok Puc CRO
SLO
YUG		 HBL 1988—2000
20 October 2012 Sándor Mazány HUN ALP 1948
20 October 2012 Roberto Sieburger ARG SAL 1948—1968
20 October 2013 Noel Harrison GBR ALP 1952—1956
20 October 2013 Kurt Lindlgruber AUT CSP 1964—1968
20 October 2013 Imre Nagy HUN MPN 1960—1964
20 October 2013 Pierre Page SUI ATH 1952
20 October 2013 Bram Wiertz NED FBL 1952
20 October 2014 Gerd Bonk GDR WLF 1972—1976
20 October 2015 Makis Dendrinos GRE BKB 1996
20 October 2015 Nel Karelse NED ATH 1948
20 October 2015 Brian Oliver AUS ATH 1956
20 October 2016 Simone Schaller USA ATH 1932—1936
20 October 2017 Roland Ströhm SWE CRD 1956
20 October 2018 Lorenzo Carrió ESP WLF 1996
20 October 2018 Don Cohan USA SAL 1972
20 October 2018 Dimitrakis Dimitriadis CYP 1976—1984
20 October 2018 José Silva POR SAL 1956
20 October 2018 István Talabos HUN SHO 1976—1980
20 October 2020 Dave Cunningham AUS IHO 1960
20 October 2020 Sálvio Lemos BRA MPN 1956
20 October 2020 Stuart MacKenzie AUS ROW 1956
20 October 2020 David Murray GBR WPO 1948—1952
20 October 2021 Ray Allsopp AUS ARF 1956
20 October 2021 Dragan Pantelić SRB
YUG		 FBL 1980
20 October 2021 Gabriel Reymond SUI ATH 1952—1960