SBD/Issue 71/2007: Year In Review

People We’ll Miss: Significant Deaths In Sports

Former NASCAR driver and broadcaster Benny Parsons (January 16)
PGA Tour VP/FedEx Cup George Burger (January 31) 
Former IMG exec Bill Sinrich (February 2)
Former Blues co-Owner Robert Wolfson (February 2)
Former Sports Illustrated Managing Editor Roy Terrell (March 14)
Former MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (March 15)
Author David Halberstam (April 23)
ISC Chair Bill France Jr. (June 4)
Hockey HOFer and Washington Times writer Dave Fay (July 17)
Former ABC announcer Bill Flemming (July 20)
Pro Football HOFer Bill Walsh (July 30)
Baseball HOFer and Yankees broadcaster Phil Rizzuto (August 13)
Former White Sox Owner Charles Comiskey II (August 26)
Former Cavaliers Owner Ted Stepien (September 10)
Blackhawks Owner Bill Wirtz (September 26)
NHRA Founder Wally Parks (September 28)
Centerplate GM at Yankee Stadium Jamie Herskowitz (November 6)
Former 49ers coach Dick Nolan (November 11)
Former Red Sox Minority Owner Harold Alfond (November 16) 
Gatorade inventor Dr. Robert Cade (November 27)
Redskins S Sean Taylor (November 27)
Former CFL Commissioner Jake Gaudaur (December 4)
Former NBC Sports VP/Negotiations Lauren Donovan (December 5) 
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