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2012 SPORTS DEATHS

Notable deaths in baseball, basketball, football, golf and hokcey in 2012:

Baseball:Jeff Adcock, 51; Darrel Akerfelds, 50; Pedro Borbon, 65; Dave Boswell, 67; Gary Carter, 57; Brad Corbett, 75; Ryan Freel, 36; Gail Harris, 81; Herman Hernandez, 54; Kevin Hickey 56; Hal Keller, 84; Paul Keyes, 50; Frank Mattox, 49; Lee MacPhail, 95; Dave May, 68; Jerry McMorris, 71; Marvin Miller, 95; Don Mincher, 73; Leslie Mueller, 93; Andy Musser, 74; Louise Nippert, 100; Mel Parnell, 89; Frank Pastore, 55; Pascual Perez, 55; Johnny Pesky, 92; Ron Plaza, 77; Tom Saffell, 91; Doris Sams, 85; Bill Skowron, 81; Les Smith, 93; Marty Springstead, 74; Champ Summers, 66; Floyd Temple, 85; Joe Walsh, 58; Harry Wendelstedt, 73; Eddie Yost, 86.

Basketball:Ralph Abraham, 63; Gene Bartow, 81; Bob Boozer, 75; Pete Brennan, 75; Donnie Butcher, 76; Chuck Cherundolo, 96; Ed Conlin, 79; Pat Cummings, 55; Joseph Curran, 89; Dana Davis, 56; LeRoy Ellis, 72; Jim Fitzgerald, 86; Simon Gourdine, 72; Dennis Hamilton, 68; Dick Harter, 81; Michael Haynes, 22; Kenny Heitz, 65; Art Heyman, 71; Charlie Hoag, 81; Marv Kessler, 80; Fuzzy Levane, 92; Delvy Lewis, 68; Ted Luckenbill, 72; Rick Majerus, 64; Slater Martin, 86; Ian Naismith, 72; Neil Reed, 36; Nolan Richardson III, 47; Dan Roundfield, 59; Peter Sauer, 35; Dwayne Schintzius, 43; Charlie Spoonhour, 72; Ken Trickey, 79; Jack Twyman, 78; Lou Watson, 88; Kenny Williamson, 65; Orlando Woolridge, 52.

Football:Grady Allen, 66; George Anderson, 82; Joe Avezzano, 68; Dick Beam, 75; Jovan Belcher, 25; JR Boone, 86; Dean Brown, 44; Jerry Brown, 25: Frank Burns, 84; Jim Carlen, 79; Jimmy Carr, 79; Bob Chappuis, 89 Edward Christian, 20; Ray Costict, 56; Tom Coyle, 62; Kurt Crain, 47; Ben Davidson, 72; Ray Easterling, 62; Cleveland Elam, 60; Ron Erhardt, 80; Grant Feasel, 52; Vince Gibson, 78; Eddie Jones, 74; Edgar Kaiser Jr., 69; Alex Karras, 77; Eagle Keys, 89; Blair Kiel, 50; Johnie Kirton, 26; Joe Krivak, 77; Roland Lakes, 72; Mike Lynn, 76; Art Malone, 64; Tom Martinez, 67; Fred Matua, 28; Ken McRoyal, 22; Art Modell, 87; Larry Morris, 79; O.J. Murdock, 25; Cal Murphy, 79; Billy Neighbors, 72; Bob Odell, 90; R.C. Owens, 77; John Panelli, 85; Ladarious Phillips, 20; Joe Paterno, 85; Jesse Powell, 65; Merv Pregulman, 90; Jeff Richard, 19; Bud Riley, 86; Stacy Robinson, 50; Darrell Royal, 88; Steve Sabol, 69; Joe Sarra, 75; Rich Saul, 64; George Savitsky, 88; Junior Seau, 43; Freddie Solomon, 59; Jim Stanley, 77; Don Steinberg, 90; Bill Stewart, 59; Zavier Stringfellow, 19; Gary Tinsley, 22; Jerry Tubbs, 77; Steve Van Buren, 91; Ernie Warlick, 80; Alex Webster, 80; Ralph Wenzel, 69.

Golf:Doug Brecht, 62; Jim Flick, 82; Ramon Sota, 74; Scott Steele, 55; Colleen Walker, 56.

Hockey:Emile Bouchard, 92; Herb Carnegie, 92; Ron Caron, 82; Bill Ezinicki, 88; Vladimir Krutov, 52; Ivan Pravilov, 48; Charles “Lefty” Smith, 81; Valeri Vasilyev, 62.

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