Here is a list of sports luminaries who died in '16:
Rugby League side Leigh Centurions Life President TOMMY SALE (Jan. 3)
Former Irish golfer CHRISTY O'CONNOR JR. (Jan. 6)
Long-time McLaren F1 team member TYLER ALEXANDER (Jan. 7)
Former Warwickshire cricketer and BBC commentator JACK BANNISTER (Jan. 23)
London Marathon co-Founder JOHN DISLEY (Feb. 8)
EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers Chair PHIL GARTSIDE (Feb. 10)
Former Exec Dir of Russia's anti-doping agency (RUSADA) NIKITA KAMAEV (Feb. 14)
Former Eurosport cycling commentator DAVID DUFFIELD (Feb. 21)
Former La Liga side Espanyol and Spain footballer JOSÉ PARRA MARTÍNEZ (Feb. 29)
French cyclist ROMAIN GUYOT (March 3)
Hall of Fame tennis writer and commentator BUD COLLINS (March 4)
Former Ligue 1 side Nice footballer HECTOR 'PANCHO' GONZALEZ (March 5)
Spanish radio broadcaster GASPAR ROSETY (March 6)
Former English Premiership side Leicester Tigers and Fiji rugby player SERU RABENI (March 15)
Former Dutch footballer and coach JOHAN CRUYFF (March 24)
London Olympic Aquatic Centre architect ZAHA HADID (March 31)
British yachter SARAH YOUNG (April 1)
Former Belgian tennis player and coach JULIEN HOFERLIN (April 8)
Portuguese MMA fighter JOÃO CARVALHO (April 11)
Swiss snowboarder ESTELLE BALET (April 19)
Australian football player STEFAN PETROVSKI (May 1)
Cameroonian football player JEANINE CHRISTELLE DJOMNANG (May 8)
Dutch cyclist GIJS VERDICK (May 9)
Former Irish golfer CHRISTY O'CONNOR SNR. (May 14)
Former world heavyweight boxing champion MUHAMMAD ALI (June 3)
Olympic speed skating Gold Medalist OH SE-JONG (June 27)
BBC gymnastics commentator MITCH FENNER (July 3)
Swedish skier MATILDA RAPAPORT (July 14)
Former sumo wrestler CHIYONOFUJI (July 31)
Former F1 driver CHRIS AMON (Aug. 3)
Former Czech gymnast VERA CASLAVSKA (Aug. 30)
Serbian cyclist DEJAN MARIC (Sept. 25)
Former golfer ARNOLD PALMER (Sept. 25)
Former British & Lions rugby player DICKIE JEEPS (Oct. 8)
First FIFPro President ROGER BLANPAIN (Oct. 11)
Former Liga MX side Toluca President FERNANDO CORONA (Oct. 16)
English football writer BOB CASS (Nov. 24)
Russian chess player YURI YELISEYEV (Nov. 26)
Members of Brasileiro side Chapecoense and accompanying media aboard LaMia flight 2933 (Nov. 28)
Former jockey WALTER SWINBURN (Dec. 12)
