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Year End

People We Will Miss: Significant Deaths In Global Sports Business This Year

Here is a list of sports luminaries who died in '15.

Former Chinese IOC member He Zhenliang (Jan. 4).

Olympic historian Harry Gordon (Jan. 23).

Former German football coach Udo Lattek (Jan. 31).

Former IOC senior member Mario Vázquez Raña (Feb. 8).

Former Oxford rowing coach, Observer writer and BBC commentator Daniel Topolski (Feb. 21).

Former Real Madrid, Las Palmas and Deportivo de la Coruña goalkeeper Antonio Betancourt (March 15).

Former Yorkshire and England cricketer Bob Appleyard (March 17).

Australian sports journalist Stephen Phillips (March 25).

Former Chelsea Manager Ron Suart (March 25).

Former Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers Chair Turnbull Hutton (April 5).

Spanish rugby club Les Abelles President Jorge Diego Garcerán (April 8).

Former Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud (April 10).

EPL side Everton Life President Philip Carter (April 23).

Brazilian swimmer and Pan American medalist Sarah Correa (May 2).

French motorcycle rider Franck Petricola (June 3).

Former Scottish Championship side Rangers defender Colin Jackson (June 6).

Brazilian sports commentator Herbert Fontenele (June 16).

Australian world champion runner and former Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke (June 17).

Former Brasileiro side Flamengo defender and coach Carlinhos (June 22).

Former Czech footballer Josef Masopust (June 29).

Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi (July 18).

Former South Africa and Nottinghamshire cricket captain Clive Rice (July 28).

LPGA Tour co-Founder Louise Suggs (Aug. 7).

Former British league cricketer, football agent and director Neville Neville (Aug. 7).

Journalist Fernando Gourovich (Aug. 12).

Former German Football Federation (DFB) President Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (Aug. 17).

British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson (Aug. 24).

Australian horse racing trainer Bart Cummings (Aug. 30).

Former La Liga side Rayo Vallecano President José María Ruiz Mateos (Sep. 7).

Board of Control for Cricket in India President Jagmohan Dalmiya (Sep. 20).

Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association Secretary General Toru Matsubara (Sep. 23).

Former EPL side Everton Manager Howard Kendall (Oct. 17).

Former Serbia basketball coach Ranko Žeravica (Oct. 29).

Former English cricketer Tom Graveney (Nov. 3).

Former Scottish Football League President Brown McMaster (Nov. 4).

Former All Blacks rugby player Jonah Lomu (Nov. 18).

Former Belgian cyclist Erik De Vlaeminck (Dec. 4).

Cricket Australia Board Dir and former South Australia Premier John Bannon (Dec. 13).

English football player and personality Jimmy Hill (Dec. 19).

Norwegian Olympic Gold Medalist alpine skier Stein Eriksen (Dec. 27).

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