November
10: Kim McDonald, 45, British athletics manager, who represented Moses Kiptanui, Noah Ngeny and Sonia O'Sullivan and special advisor to IAAF president Lamine Diack.
12: Juraj Kubesa, 20, promising Slovak under-21 international who played for FC Kosice. Died in mysterious circumstances after a fall from an eighth floor flat.
14: Juan Carlos Lorenzo, 79, Argentine football manager whose robust 1966 World Cup side were famously dismissed as animals after captain Antonio Rattin was sent off against England.
16: Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam, 86, American pole-vaulter whose world record of 4.77m set in 1942 stood for 15 years but who was deprived of a crack at an Olympic medal by World War II.
27: Len Shackleton, 78, Sunderland and England footballer, known as the "Clown Prince of Soccer", who scored 101 times in 348 League appearances but only won five England caps.
29: Elta Cartwright, 93, track athlete, the first American woman to be selected for the Olympic team for Amsterdam in 1928 when at the age of 20, she equaled the world record of 12.6sec.
December
5: Sir Peter Blake, 53, New Zealander who was one of the most successful yachtsman in the history of the sport with wins in the America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart and the Whitbread Round The World. Murdered by pirates while travelling in the Amazon.
22: Jovan Gojkovic: 26, Yugoslav international footballer who played for Greek first division side Iraklis
24: Harvey Martin, 31, Dallas Cowboys All-Pro defensive end. A four-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, he shared the Super Bowl 12 Most Valuable trophy award.
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