Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Remembering the stars we have lost

A host of figures from the world of sport died in 2023.

Here, we remember some of those sporting names.

AMERICAN SPORTS

Vida Blue: Three-time Major League Baseball champion, the youngest Most Valuable Player in history, a six-time All-Star, and a Cy Young Award winner

Jim Brown: The Cleveland Browns star was the NFL's Most Valuable Player three times, and later focused on the civil rights movement and a career in Hollywood

Dick Butkus: Considered one of the best defensive players in American football history

Chris Smith: NFL defensive end for Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Las Vegas and Houston

Devin Willock: Georgia offensive lineman

Matt Ulrich: Won the Super Bowl in 2007 with the Indianapolis Colts

ATHLETICS

Tori Bowie won two golds at the 2017 World Championships in London

John Bicourt: British middle-distance runner competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics

Ralph Boston: American broke Jesse Owens' 25-year-old world long jump record and won Olympic gold, silver and bronze

Tori Bowie: American won 4x100m relay gold at the 2016 Olympics, plus 100m silver and 200m bronze, and was also a World Championship gold medallist

Adrian Breacker: Gold medallist in the 4x110 yards relay at the 1958 Commonwealth Games

Sharon Corbett: Won javelin bronze at the 1974 Commonwealth Games

Thomas Courtney: American won two gold medals at the 1956 Olympic Games in the 800m and 4x400m relay

George Ellis: Won three medals at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern

Dick Fosbury: American won gold at the 1968 Olympics, revolutionising the high jump with a back-first technique now known as the Fosbury Flop

Jim Hines: First man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100m

David Jones: Won bronze at the 1960 Olympics in the 4x100m relay

Vera Krepkina: Ukrainian won long jump gold for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics

John Nuttall: A 5,000m Commonwealth bronze medallist in 1994, he also competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and worked as a coach for UK Athletics

Bill McKim: Competed in the men's 1500m at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Jon Mason: One of Britain's top technical officials who worked for England Athletics, the Commonwealth Games and World Championships

Mike McFarlane: Olympic silver medallist in the 4x100m relay at the 1998 Olympics and a 200m gold medallist at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Ray Middleton: Represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympics in the 50km race walk and won silver at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Mick Molloy: Irish long-distance runner competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Della Pascoe: Competed in the women's 100m at the 1968 Summer Olympics and was part of the team who broke the 4x200m world record

Phyllis Perkins: British middle-distance runner set world records at 1500m, 3,000m, two miles and 3×880 yards

Shaun Pickering: Won bronze representing Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and later worked as a national coach

Ron Roddan: Coached Linford Christie to his major triumphs and also worked with Darren Campbell, Katharine Merry, Frankie Fredericks and Jamie Baulch

Steve Shanks: Died shortly after completing the London Marathon this year in under three hours

Valerie Winn: Set a world record in the 880 yards in 1952 and also participated in relay teams that set three world records

BADMINTON

Margaret Beck: Won a gold and silver medal in the doubles and singles at the 1974 Commonwealth Games

John Havers: English national doubles champion in 1965 and former Badminton England chairman and president

BOXING

Hugh Russell (centre) was an Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist

Bobby Arthur: Former English welterweight champion

Dean Byrne: Irish former professional light-welterweight boxer

Ken Buchanan: Scotland's first undisputed world champion and arguably the country's greatest boxer

Gerrie Coetzee: First African to fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, having held the WBA title from 1983 to 1984

Ron Cooper: Competed in the men's lightweight division in the 1948 Olympics

Juan Meza: Won the world super-bantamweight title in 1984

Jim McCourt: Won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Olympics and gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games

Claude Noel: From Trinidad and Tobago, held the WBA world lightweight title in 1981

Thomas Profitt: Represented Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hugh Russell: Northern Irish flyweight won bronze medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics

CANOEING

Vladimir Morozov: Won gold medals for the Soviet Union at three consecutive Olympics between 1964 and 1972

CRICKET

Bishan Singh Bedi: Widely considered one of the game's finest left-arm spinners, he represented India in 67 Tests and took 266 wickets

Brian Booth: Played 29 Test matches and captained Australia, and also represented his country at hockey at the 1956 Olympics

Clyde Butts: Guyanese cricketer played seven Tests for the West Indies and later became a team selector and briefly served as the chairman of West Indies Cricket Board selection panel.

Mike Crawhall: Northumberland cricketer appeared in the 1962 Minor Counties Championship

Bob Cunnell: Made 116 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Suffolk

Michael Dilley: Played for Northamptonshire from 1957 to 1963

Alan Dowding: Australian first-class cricketer played for Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club, and the Commonwealth XI

David Gardner: Made 78 appearances for Wiltshire

Norman Hill: Played for Nottinghamshire from 1953 to 1968 and also captained the county

Albert Lightfoot: Played for Northamptonshire from 1953 to 1970

Cleveland Lindo: Jamaican-born cricketer played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Somerset

David Lupton: Played in the Minor Counties Championship for Cumberland

Gerald Parsons: Played for Cornwall from 1966 to 1973

Robert Pomphrey: Played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1971 to 1985

Rob Ratcliffe: Played for Lancashire from 1972 to 1980

Piloo Reporter: Indian international cricket umpire who stood in 14 Test matches and 22 one-day internationals

Paul Reynolds: Englishman who umpired Ireland matches

Gwyn Richards: Made more than 200 appearances for Glamorgan

Edward Slinger: Played a first-class match for Marylebone Cricket Club

Joseph Solomon: Played 27 Test matches for the West Indies and was renowned as a brilliant fielder

Derek Stirling: Played in six Tests and six one-day internationals for New Zealand

David Stripp: Represented Sussex in first-class cricket

Heath Streak: Former Zimbabwe captain is his country's all-time leading wicket-taker in Test and one-day cricket. He was banned in 2021 by the International Cricket Council following corruption charges

Roy Swetman: Surrey wicketkeeper won 11 Test caps for England

Brian Taber: Regarded as one of the finest wicketkeepers in Australian history

Faith Thomas: First Aboriginal woman to play Test cricket for Australia and the first Indigenous woman to represent the country in any sport

Henry Tilly: Played 56 first-class matches for Middlesex

Derek Tulk: Represented Hampshire in first-class cricket

John Waring: Played for Yorkshire and Warwickshire

Bob White: Played or umpired more than 1,200 matches of first-class or List A cricket between 1958 and 2001

Lawrence Williams: Key member of Glamorgan's 1969 Championship-winning side

John Gus Williamson: Played for Northamptonshire in the 1959-1962 seasons

David Wilson: Scotland's first national cricket coach who became president of the Scottish Cricket Union

Morison Zuill: First-class cricketer made seven appearances for Scotland

CYCLING

Tony Doyle won the world individual pursuit title twice.

Federico Bahamontes: Won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965

Pat Casey: American won five medals at the X Games, including a gold in California in 2021

Tony Doyle: Two-time individual pursuit world champion and former president of British Cycling

Jim Hendry: Held the posts of British Cycling's director of racing, chief executive and general secretary

Gino Mader: Team Bahrain Victorious rider

Tabitha Rendall: Board director of British Cycling had represented Great Britain in over-age category in cycling and triathlon

Val Rushworth: Won 11 British Championships between 1959 and 1966 and represented Great Britain at the World Championships

Eileen Sheridan: Broke records in the Women's Road Records Association in the late 1940s and 1950s, including one from Land's End to John O'Groats

Lieuwe Westra: Former Dutch professional cyclist who finished second at the 2012 Paris-Nice

Magnus White: Seventeen-year-old was an American junior national champion in cyclocross

DARTS

Bob Potter: Owner of the iconic Lakeside Country Club that played host to the Darts World Championships from 1986 to 2019

DISABILITY SPORT

Ann Cutcliffe was awarded an OBE for services to Para-equestrian sport

Rudi Christopher: Competed in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games

Kevin Coombs: First Indigenous athlete to represent Australia in either the Paralympics or Olympics

Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton: British crossbench member of the House of Lords, disability campaigner and Paralympic swimming and table tennis gold medallist

Natalie Curtis: Australian was a member of her country's wheelchair basketball squad before the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics

Ann Cutcliffe: Honorary vice-president of the British Paralympic Association and chef d'equipe for the gold medal-winning British equestrian team at the Sydney Paralympics

Tracey Freeman: First Australian woman to win a gold medal at a Paralympics and went on to win six in total

Anthony Hughes: Disability Sport Wales' performance manager and coach who, as an athlete, won silver at the 1990 IPC World Championships in the shot put

Maude Jacques: Represented Canada at the 2012 Paralympics in London

Gillian Matthews: Four-time Paralympian and was world champion in Para-table tennis in 1988, also served as chairperson for the English Paraplegic Sports Association

Zanele Situ: Javelin thrower was the first black South African to win a Paralympic gold medal and also won two silvers in discus

EQUINE SPORTS

Milton Bradley: Trained the winners of 1,037 races between 1970 and 2021

Edward Hide: The sixth most successful jockey in British racing history with 2,593 winners in Britain, including six Classics

Jim Lewis: Owner of three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate

Tim Norman: English jockey won the 1966 Grand National on Anglo at odds of 50-1

Margaret Runcie: Founded the Rosslyn Stud in 1958 which produced a stream of champion riding ponies, including a record 18 championships at the Royal Highland Show

Michael Saywell: Showjumper competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics

Jonathan Sheppard: English horse racing owner holds the record for the most wins in American steeplechase history with 1,242 victories

FENCING

Robert Bruniges: Competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics

Allan Jay: Competed in five Olympics in both epee and foil, winning silver medals at the 1960 Olympics in individual and team epee, and was also Great Britain's flag bearer in the 1964 Olympics

FOOTBALL

Sir Bobby Charlton: World Cup winner with England in 1966 and former record goalscorer for his country. Played 758 games and scored 249 goals for Manchester United, winning the European Cup, three league titles and the FA Cup. He was awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1966

Charlie Aitken: Aston Villa's all-time record appearance maker, playing 660 times; also played alongside Pele at the New York Cosmos

Mohamed Al-Fayed: Owned Fulham from 1997 to 2013

Peter Allen: Made more appearances for Leyton Orient than any other player

Christian Atsu: Ghana international played for Premier League sides Chelsea, Everton, Bournemouth and Newcastle United

Colin Ayre: Winger played in the England, Netherlands and Austria

Keith Ball: Played for the likes of Walsall and Port Vale

Chris Bart-Williams: Played 211 Premier League games for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and Charlton Athletic

Willie Bell: Played twice for Scotland and represented Queen's Park, Leeds United, Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion

Silvio Berlusconi: AC Milan won five European Cups, as well as eight Italian league titles in his time as owner

John Berylson: Millwall chairman had been at the club since 2006

Michael Bickle: Played for teams including Plymouth Argyle and Gillingham

Wilf Billington: Played for Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers, Workington and Headington United

Kevin Bird: Defender for Mansfield Town and Huddersfield Town between 1972 and 1984

Tony Brien: Played for various clubs including Leicester City, Chesterfield, Rotherham, West Brom, Mansfield Town, Chester City and Hull

Craig Brown: Scotland's longest-serving manager was in the role from 1993 until 2001 during which they qualified for Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup

Willie Callaghan: Made more than 400 appearances for Dunfermline Athletic and won the Scottish Cup in 1968

Willie Carrick: Goalkeeper for Luton Town and Chelmsford

Joe Caven: Played for Greenock Morton and Airdrieonians

Antonio Carbajal: Mexican who was the first footballer to play at five World Cups

Robert Chase: Chairman of Norwich City from 1985 to 1996

John Coddington: Played for Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers and Stockport County

Ben Cull: Former Southampton academy and England Under-16 player was also a fundraiser for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Agyemang Diawusie: Was a part of German side Jahn Regensburg's squad. Capped by Germany's Under-19s

George Chigova: Goalkeeper won 32 caps for Zimbabwe

Eddie Colquhoun: Won 11 caps for Scotland and played 433 times for Sheffield United

Francis Connolly: Irish footballer featured for Ringmahon Rangers, Cork Hibernians and Cork Alberts

Maddy Cusack: Played for Sheffield United Women since 2019 and last season reached the milestone of 100 appearances for the club

Miah Dennehy: Won 11 caps for the Republic of Ireland and played for Nottingham Forest, Walsall and Bristol Rovers

Colin Dobson: Played for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Bristol Rovers

Raphael Dwamena: Ghana international was the leading scorer in the Albanian league

John Elsom: Chairman of Leicester City from 1998 to mid-2002 and served on the board of the Football League

Wayne Evans: Defender for Walsall and Rochdale

John Fahy: Played for Oxford United and Margate

Hugh Fletcher: Former Carlisle United player

Rod Fletcher: Striker played for the likes Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United and Grimsby Town

Trevor Francis scored the winning goal for Nottingham Forest in the 1979 European Cup final

John Flood: Featured for Southampton and Bournemouth

Just Fontaine: Frenchman scored a record 13 goals in one World Cup in 1958

Jim Forrest: Scotland international scored 145 goals in 163 games for boyhood club Rangers

Trevor Francis: Scored the winning goal for Nottingham Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmo and won the trophy again a year later. Won 52 caps for England and famously became football's first £1m player

Christopher Garland: Played for Bristol City, Chelsea and Leicester City

Bill Gates: Made more than 330 appearances for Middlesbrough between 1961 and 1973 and later co-founded the Head for Change charity

Domenico Genovese: Played for Peterborough United, Wisbech Town and Holbeach United

Robin Gladwin: Featured for the likes of Chelmsford City, Norwich City and Oxford United

Karl Goddard: Defender featured for Bradford City, Hereford United and Bradford Park Avenue

David Gold: Joint chairman of West Ham since 2010

Martin Gorry: Played as a left-back for Barnsley, Newcastle United and Hartlepool United

Ian Hamilton: Played for Scunthorpe United and West Brom

John Harris: Played for Wolves and Walsall

Mike Hellawell: Played twice for England and represented Queens Park Rangers and Birmingham City in 1957

Paul Hince: Played for championship-winning Manchester City in 1967-68 and later became a journalist

John Hollins: Won the FA Cup, League Cup and Uefa Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea and made 592 appearances for the Blues

Tommy Hoyland: Played for Sheffield United and Bradford City

David Hughes: Played for the likes of Aston Villa, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United

Alec Jackson: Played for West Brom, Birmingham City and Walsall

John Jackson: Made 656 appearances as a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Millwall, Ipswich Town and Hereford United

Alan Jones: Played as a defender for Swansea City and Hereford United

Jan Jongbloed: Goalkeeper played in two World Cup finals for the Netherlands

Bill Kenwright: Everton chairman had been on the board at Goodison Park since 1989

Tony Knapp: Played for the likes of Leicester, Southampton and Coventry

Jackie Lane: Played for Birmingham City and Notts County

Arthur Langley: Striker played for QPR, Millwall and Oxford United

After a trophy-laden career for Manchester City, Francis Lee was later chairman of the club

Neil Le Bihan: Tottenham Hotspur apprentice moved to Peterborough United, then Dover Athletic and Crawley Town

Francis Lee: Made 330 appearances for Manchester City, scoring 148 goals and won a First Division title, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and was also chairman of the club

Brian Lee: Manager, coach and administrator, most notable for his association with Wycombe Wanderers

John Lee: Played for Bradford City and Darlington

Barry Lines: Played nearly 300 times for Northampton Town

Gordon Low: Centre-half for Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport County and Crewe Alexandra

Willie McCulloch: Scottish footballer who played for Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians and Berwick Rangers and managed Cowdenbeath.

Ronnie MacKinnon: Former Rangers and Scotland centre-half won nine domestic medals at Ibrox and 28 caps for his country

Douglas McDougall: Striker for Clydebank, St Mirren and Aberdeen

Frank McGarvey: Scotland international won two titles and a Scottish Cup with Celtic, and also the Scottish Cup with St Mirren

Gordon McQueen: Scotland international won 30 caps for his country as well as playing for Leeds United and Manchester United

Neil Matthews: Played for clubs including Grimsby Town, Halifax Town, Stockport County and Lincoln City

Don Megson: Played for Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol Rovers

Sinisa Mihajlovic: Won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade and the Serie A title as a player with Lazio and Inter Milan. Also managed AC Milan and Bologna and won 63 international caps for Yugoslavia

Gwyn Morgans: Played for Wrexham and Southport

Mick Murphy: Chief executive officer of the Shropshire FA for more than 20 years

BIll Munro: Played for Kilmarnock, Barrow and East Stirlingshire and managed Clydebank

Allen McGraw: Greenock Morton top goalscorer in five consecutive seasons and appeared in the 1963 League Cup final

Frank McDougall: Won the Scottish title, Scottish Cup and League Cup with Aberdeen

Hugh Murney: Played for Morton, Dumbarton, Queen of the South, Gloucester City and East Stirling

Colin Murphy: Managed a host of clubs and countries including Derby County, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Al-Ittihad, Southend United, Shelbourne, Notts County, Cork City, Vietnam and Burma

Christopher Needler: Former chairman of Hull City

Bobby Noble: Won the league title with Manchester United

Jackie Overfield: Played for the likes of Leeds United, Sunderland, Peterborough United and Bradford City

Martin Patching: Played for Wolves, Watford and Northampton Town

Mark Pearson: Featured for Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham

Mike Pinner: Played for Aston Villa, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea and represented GB at the Olympics in 1956 and 1960

Henry Poole: Made almost 500 appearances for Port Vale

Ronnie Rees was 39 caps for Wales

Anthony Priscott: Played for Aldershot

Andy Provan: Represented the likes of Barnsley, York City, Chester, Wrexham, Southport and Torquay United

Ronnie Rees: Won 39 caps for Wales, scoring three goals. He played 230 times for Coventry and also had successful spells at West Brom, Nottingham Forest and Swansea

Andy Rankin: Member of the Everton squad that won the FA Cup in 1966 and the First Division title in 1970

Benny Rooney: Played for St Johnstone and Perth

Cedric Roussel: Played in the Premier League for Coventry City

Gerry Ryan: Won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and played for Brighton and Derby

John Sainty: Represented the likes of Tottenham, Reading, Bournemouth, Mansfield Town and Aldershot

Keith Sanderson: Played as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers from 1965-1969

Chris Shevlane: Right-back for Hearts, Celtic, Hibernian and Morton

Gary Simpson: Forward represented Chesterfield and Chester City

Kenny Simpkins: Welsh goalkeeper played for Wrexham, Hartlepool and Boston United

Brian Snowdon: Defender played for Blackpool, Portsmouth, Millwall and Crystal Palace

Adrian Sprott: Played for Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir

Hugh Strachan: Played as a central defender for Motherwell, Morton, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle

Luis Suarez: First and only male Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d'Or; helped Spain win their first European Championship in 1964

Moustapha Sylla: Racing Club d'Abidjan defender died after collapsing on the field during a league game

Peter Thomas: Won two caps for the Republic of Ireland and played for Coventry and Waterford

Billy Thomson: Won seven caps for Scotland and played for Dundee United in the 1987 Uefa Cup Final and two Scottish Cup finals

Max Thompson: Played for likes of Liverpool, Blackpool, Swansea City and Bournemouth

George Tidy: Played for Brechin City

Charles Twissell: A member of the Great Britain squad for the 1956 Summer Olympics

Anton Walkes: Played for Tottenham, Portsmouth and Atlanta United

Gordon Wallace: Scottish forward played for the likes of Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Berwick Rangers and Cowdenbeath

Josser Watling: Played for Bristol Rovers between 1945 and 1963

Adrian Webster: English football player and coach who played in England, Canada and the United States

Derek Weddle: Played for Sunderland, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Darlington and York City

Dave Wilkes: Played for Barnsley and Carlisle United

John Wilkie: Scotsman played for the likes of Halifax Town, Wigan Athletic and Elgin City

Samuel Winston: A forward for Norwich City and Leyton Orient

Pat Wright: Played for the likes of Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town, Derby County, Southend United and Rotherham United

Terry Venables: Former England international and Chelsea and Spurs player, went on to manage the likes of Barcelona, Tottenham and England, who he led to the semi-finals of Euro 1996

Gianluca Vialli: Played 59 times for Italy scoring 16 goals and won a host of trophies with the likes of Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea. Later took charge of the Blues and won the FA Cup, League Cup, Uefa Cup Winners' Cup and Uefa Super Cup

GOLF

Ivor Robson was known as the 'voice of The Open"

Sir Michael Bonallack: Britain's most decorated amateur golfer won the Amateur Championship five times and the Silver Medal as leading amateur at The Open twice. He was secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club for 15 years

Norman Drew: Northern Irish professional golfer who became the first golfer to play in the Walker Cup, Ryder Cup and Canada Cup

Marlene Hagge: Won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship

Don January: American golfer won the 1967 PGA Championship

Barry Lane: Won five times on the European Tour and eight times on the European Senior Tour, and played in the 1993 Ryder Cup

Stuart Murray: Won Midland Professional Championship three times between 1964 and 1968 and the Strong Country Tournament in 1965

Hedley W Muscroft: Won the 1970 Classic International and played in The Open Championship 16 times

John Paramor: Became European Tour's chief referee in 1989 and his work with the R&A and United States Golf Association influenced many significant changes to the rules of golf

Betsy Rawls: Winner of eight major golf championships, including a joint record four US Women's Opens

Dale Reid: Won 21 Ladies' European Tour titles and twice topped the order of merit; having played in four Solheim Cups she then twice captained Europe

Ivor Robson: Official starter of the Open Championship for 41 years and was known as the 'voice of The Open'

Kathy Whitworth: Her 88 LPGA Tour tournament victories is more than anyone else on either the LPGA or PGA Tours, six of which were majors

Norman Wood: Italian Open winner played in the 1975 Ryder Cup and caused one of the all-time great shocks by beating Lee Trevino

Willie Milne: Came second in the 1979 French Open

GYMNASTICS

Albert Azaryan: Competing for the Soviet Union, the Armenian was the 1956 and 1960 Olympic champion on the rings

Denise Goddard: Artistic gymnast competed at the 1964 Olympics

HOCKEY

Joan Wall: Never lost on any of her 14 appearances for England and later went on to be a sports administrator

KARATE

Paul Coleman: Karate coach and competitor

MEDIA

R Alun Evans was a pioneer in Welsh language commentary

John Motson: BBC football commentator joined Match of the Day in 1971 and commentated on 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships, and 29 FA Cup finals

George Andrews: Joined BBC Radio Stoke in the early 1980s, and was also head of sport at Hitmix 107.5

Christopher Bazalgette: Wrote books on cricket and worked for the The Cricketer magazine for many years

Tony Butler: Widely credited with inventing the radio football phone-in, he won a lifetime achievement award at the 2007 Sony Radio Awards

Mike Carey: Broadcaster, author and cricket correspondent, best known for featuring on BBC Radio Derby

Peter Churchill: Writer for Horse & Hound and a commentator for BBC Radio and Eurosport TV

Michael Clayton: Former editor of Horse & Hound magazine

Gerry Cranham: Renowned sports photographer was recognised in 1971 with a solo exhibition at the V&A; one of only three three photographers to shoot colour at the 1966 World Cup final

Dickie Davies: Television presenter anchored ITV's World of Sport show from 1968 until 1985

Robert Alun Evans: Broadcaster was the first football commentator in Welsh on a Wales international match. Known as R Alun, he went on to be head of broadcasting at the BBC in Bangor

Simon Hanley: English commentator and presenter for Spanish football for LaLiga TV

Russell Hargreaves: Presenter of talkSPORT Extra Time and talkSPORT 2 as well as covering football, golf and rugby

Ian Laybourn: Rugby league journalist, who covered the sport for almost five decades, was added to the RFL Roll of Honour when he retired in 2022

Ron Lewis: Worked as a sports writer at the Times for 17 years, covering major events and boxing

Peter Matthews: A statistician, book editor, stadium announcer, radio and television commentator, historian, club president with Enfield & Haringey and was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame

Dickie Davies was a familiar face to viewers presenting ITV's World of Sport

John Morris: Journalist and broadcaster in Northampton, before moving on to roles in the national media; also a former general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control

Sir Michael Parkinson: Presented Parkinson on Sport on BBC Radio 5 Live and wrote columns for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph as well as books on sport

David W. Potter: Scottish sports writer published more than 70 books, including 30 on Celtic as well as cricket

Jamie Strickland: Journalist for the BBC Sport website

Fraser Thomson: Journalist, was a former sports editor for the Birmingham Post

Craigie Veitch: Former Edinburgh Evening News sports reporter and renowned after-dinner speaker

Mat Wayne: Floor manager for BBC Sport and numerous other broadcasters

MODERN PENTATHLON

Jim Fox: Won Olympic gold in the team event at the 1976 Games

MOTORSPORTS

Ian Bainbridge: Died following a crash during the second qualifying session of the Manx Grand Prix

Billy Bales: International motorcycle speedway rider, who reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1955

Ken Block: Professional rally driver and co-founder of DC Shoes died after sustaining injuries in a snowmobile accident

Craig Breedlove: American professional race car driver and five-time world land speed record holder

Craig Breen: Irish rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship

Roger Dorchy: Held the top speed record at the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans

Robert Fernley: Chairman of the FIA Single-Seater Commission and was deputy team principal at the Sahara Force India F1 Team

Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille: French F1 driver who raced in 55 Formula One grands prix, winning twice

Gordon Kennett: Speedway rider won the 1978 World Pairs Championship

Dave Nicoll: Former Grand Prix motocross racer was FIM's World Championship Clerk of the Course

Raul Martinez: Died in the first Supertwin race at the Isle of Man TT

Kenneth McAlpine: Participated in several Formula 1 grands prix

Emilio Ostorero: First Italian to win an international Grand Prix winning in the 1960 Motocross World Championship

Roy Pierpoint: Had 14 race wins in the British Saloon Car Championship

John Quenby: Chief executive of the RAC Motor Sports Association, director of the Auto-Cycle Union, chairman of the Speedway Control Board and a former chairman of the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board

Rosemary Smith: Irish motorsport trailblazer secured an outright win in the 1969 Cork 20 Rally

Dilano van 't Hoff: Dutch racing driver died after a crash at a race in the Formula Regional European Championship

Gary Vines: Died in a crash during qualifying for the Manx Grand Prix

OLYMPICS

Henry Kissinger: Member of the executive committee of the IOC 2000 Commission and appointed as an IOC honour member in 2002; recently awarded the Olympic Order, the IOC's highest distinction

RUGBY LEAGUE

John Burnett: Captained Halifax to victory over St Helens in the championship final during the 1964-65 season

Bryn Hargreaves: Played for the likes of Wigan Warriors, Leigh Centurions, St Helens and Bradford Bulls between 2004-2012

Tony Halmshaw: Won a cap for Great Britain against New Zealand in 1971 and played for Halifax, Rochdale Hornets and Castleford

Ben Heaton: Played for Oldham, Halifax, Batley Bulldogs and Hunslet between 2009-2021

Logan Holgate: Part of the England Community Lions team that won the Under-19s European Championship and was on the under-18 pathway to play at Salford Red Devils

John Holsworth: Referee for Wigan's win over Warrington in the 1990 Challenge Cup final

Fred Lindop: Refereed 22 Test matches, including the World Cup final in 1970 and five Challenge Cup finals

Eric Prescott: Played for St Helens, Salford, Widnes and Runcorn Highfield as well as rugby union for Widnes ICI

David Willicombe: Won 13 caps for Wales and three for Great Britain and played for the likes of Halifax and Wigan

RUGBY UNION

David Duckham played 36 times for England and also toured with the British Lions

Garry Adey: Won two England caps in 1976 and made 381 appearances for Leicester

Doug Baker: Won four caps for England and two for the British and Irish Lions on the tour of South Africa in 1955

Niall Brophy: Represented Ireland 20 times and played in two Tests for the British and Irish Lions

Mike Coulman: Dual code international played nine times for England's rugby union side and a Test for the British Lions; he then played three times for Great Britain and five times for England in rugby league

Tom Danby: Dual code international was England rugby union's oldest surviving international player, gaining one cap in 1949 before transferring to rugby league, where he also played for England and Great Britain three times apiece

Laurie Daniel: Won one Wales cap in 1970

Peter Dixon: Played 22 times for England and won three British Lions Test caps on the their famous victorious tour of New Zealand in 1971

David Duckham: Played 36 games for England, scoring 10 tries and featured in three Tests on the 1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand

Tony Faulkner: Pontypool prop played 19 times for Wales and won a Grand Slam and toured with the British Lions in 1977

Ronald Lamont: Capped 13 times for Ireland and played on the 1966 British Lions tour to New Zealand

Bernard Lapasset: Chairman of World Rugby between from 2008 to 2016. He was also vice-chairman of the National Olympic Committee

Nick Koster: South African played for Bristol between 2013-2017 and captained Cambridge University in the 2018 Varsity Match

Roly Meates: Was Ireland's national rugby union team coach and chairman of the Irish Rugby Football Union board of selectors

Syd Millar: Former Ireland prop and British and Irish Lions player, coach and manager

Bev Risman was an international in both rugby union and league

Greig Oliver: Won three caps for Scotland and played at the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup

Brian Price: Former Wales captain played four Tests for the British and Irish Lions and was later a respected pundit for BBC Radio Wales

Bill Relph: Won four caps for Scotland in 1955

Paul Rendall: Known as 'the Judge', he made his England debut aged 30 and won 28 caps and played at two World Cups

Bev Risman: Represented England and the British and Irish Lions in rugby union and was later Great Britain's captain at the 1968 Rugby League World Cup; also won the Challenge Cup with Leeds

Clive Rowlands: Only man to have captained, coached and managed Wales, and also held the post of president of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1989, and managed the 1989 British and Irish Lions in Australia

Ken Scotland: Represented Scotland 27 times between 1957 and 1965 and played on the Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand; also represented Scotland at cricket in 1958

Hannes Strydom: Part of the Springbok team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup and collected 21 caps

Peter Thomas: Spent 60 years as a player, benefactor, patron, chairman, Life President and supporter of Cardiff Rugby

David Watkins: Won 21 Wales rugby union caps from 1963-67 and 16 more in rugby league; captained the British Lions in union twice and in league he coached the GB Lions on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1977

ROWING

Boris Dubrovskiy: Won Olympic gold in the double sculls in 1964

Harald Jahrling: Won gold at both the 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the coxed pair for East Germany and also coached Australian boats

SWIMMING AND AQUATICS

Edna Child: Diver won two golds at the British Empire Games in the 1950s and a bronze at the 1938 European Championship

John Martin-Dye: Won a relay silver medal at the 1962 European Championships, competed at two Olympics and also represented Great Britain at water polo

Esme Harris: Competed in the women's 3m springboard event at the 1948 Summer Olympics at the age of 15

Patricia McCormick: American won platform and springboard gold at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics

Helen Smart: Represented Britain at the 2000 Olympics in the 200m backstroke and won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Shelia Watt: British swimmer competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics

SAILING

Robin Allingham Aisher: Won a bronze medal in the 5.5m class at the 1968 Summer Olympics with Adrian Jardine and Paul Anderson

Stuart Jardine: Competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics

SNOOKER

Vera Selby was awarded the MBE for services to sport in 2016.

Perrie Mans: South African professional snooker player won the 1979 Masters and reached the final of the World Championship in 1978

Vera Selby: Won the inaugural World Women's Snooker Championship in 1976 and again in 1981; she also won eight World Women's Billiards Championships from 1970 to 1978 and was a BBC TV commentator

Jason Twist: A four-time world champion in eight-ball pool, he also won both the WEPF World Championship and the IPA World Professional Seniors Championship

TABLE TENNIS

Diane Scholer: Won women's doubles gold at the World Championship and was a multiple medallist at the world and European Championships, and also won 17 English Open titles

TENNIS

Owen Davidson: Australian Davidson won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles

Dick Savitt: Won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships in 1951

WEIGHTLIFTING

Allan Crossley: Won Britain's Strongest Man in 1984

Ben Helfgott: Holocaust survivor represented Great Britain in weightlifting in the 1956 Summer Olympics

David Webster: Founding member of the National Amateur Bodybuilding Association and Chairman of Weightlifting Scotland; also chef de mission for Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

WINTER SPORTS

Bernard Ford: Ice dancer was a four-time World, European and British champion, who won gold at the 1968 Olympics with his partner, Diane Towler, when the sport was a demonstration event

Michael Hammond: Brighton-born ice hockey player competed for Great Britain at the 2019 and 2021 IIHF World Championships

Adam Johnson: American Nottingham Panthers star had also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Ontario Reign and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Rosi Mittermaler: Double Olympic alpine skiing champion

Brenard Ford won figure dancing gold at the 1968 Olympics with his partner, Diane Towler, when the sport was a demonstration event

Catherine Morris: Silver medallist at the 1958 and 1959 European Figure Skating Championships

Valda Osborn: Figure skater represented Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Kyle Smaine,: Won gold in the halfpipe at the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships

Diana Tomkinson: British alpine skier competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics

WRESTLING

Billy Graham: WWWF Heavyweight Champion from 1977 to 1978

Max Crabtree: Former wrestler and wrestling promoter

Shozo Sasahara: Japanese wrestler won Olympic gold at the 1956 Games and a world freestyle featherweight title in 1954