Kálmán Ihász, Hungarian footballer, Died at 77

Kálmán Ihász was born on March 6, 1941, in Budapest, and died on January 31, 2019.

He was a Hungarian footballer.

Amid his club profession, Ihász played for Vasas SC.

For the Hungary national football crew, he took an interest in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Ihász likewise won a gold decoration in football at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Ihász's cousin is artist Gjon Delhusa.

Kálmán Ihász passed away at 77 years old.

Jean-Pierre Boccardo, French Olympic sprinter, Died at 76

Jean-Pierre Boccardo was born on March 16, 1942, in Espéraza and died on January 29, 2019.

He was a French sprinter.

He took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Jean-Pierre Boccardo passed away at 76 years old.

Peter Mikkelsen, Danish football referee, Died at 58

Peter Mikkelsen was born on May 1, 1960 and died on January 30, 2019.

He was a Danish football referee.

He had refereed 5 coordinates in the FIFA World Cup, two of every 1990 and three of every 1994.

Mikkelsen likewise refereed two UEFA European Football Championship competitions in 1992 and in 1996.

From 2008 till his passing, he was working in the human asset division of the Danish organization F-Group.

Peter Mikkelsen passed away at 58 years old.

Per Jorsett, Norwegian freelance sports reporter, Died at 98

Per Jorsett was born on May 11, 1920 and died on January 30, 2019.

He was a Norwegian freelance sports reporter, sport historian and sports shooter.

Jorsett reported for Sportsmanden from 1945 to 1961, and for the newspapers Dagbladet and Nationen.

From 1947 to 1991, Jorsett had commissions for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , often along with fellow reporter Knut Bjørnsen.

In addition to his writings, there are Norges skytterkonger, Hvem er hvem i norsk idrett and books on the Olympic Games.

Per Jorsett passed away at 98 years old.

Dara Dotiwalla, Indian cricket umpire, Died at 85

Dara Dotiwalla  was born on October 30, 1933 and died on January 30, 2019.

He was a former Indian cricket umpire.

Between 1982 and 1987, Dotiwalla participated in six Test matches, including the second ever Tied Test, and eight ODI games between 1982 and 1988.

Dara Dotiwalla passed away at 85 years old.

Egisto Pandolfini, Italian footballer, Died at 92

Egisto Pandolfini was born on February 17, 1926, in Lastra a Signa and died on January 29, 2019.

He was an Italian retired footballer.

He played as a midfielder.

He played for 12 seasons (316 amusements, 75 objectives) in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma, F.C. Internazionale Milano and SPAL 1907.

Pandolfini got 21 tops and scored 9 objectives for the Italian national group, showing up in both the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, just as the 1948 and 1952 releases of the Summer Olympic Games Football Tournament.

Egisto Pandolfini passed away at 92 years old.

Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer, Died at 59

Jurjen Jacob (Jurrie) Koolhof was born on January 10, 1960 and died on January 28, 2019.

He was a Dutch international football striker and manager.

While he was a player, he had a long and gainful vocation, with 190 alliance objectives.

Jurrie played for various clubs in the Netherlands including Vitesse Arnhem, F.C. Groningen, and PSV Eindhoven.

For the last mentioned, he scored a sum of 69 objectives in 106 appearances and shaped an incredible couple with Norway's Hallvar Thoresen in the mid-1980s.

He was the dad of De Graafschap player Dean Koolhof, and tennis expert Wesley Koolhof.

He was hitched to Monique and had two children, Wesley (brought into the world 1989) and Dean (brought into the world 1994).

He passed on after a long sickness at 59 years.

Jurrie Koolhof passed away at 59 years old.

Pierre Delaunay, French sports official, 99

Pierre Delaunay was born on October 9, 1919, and died on January 27, 2019.

He served as the second General Secretary of UEFA.

Delauney succeeded his father Henri Delaunay in the post, on an interim basis from his father's death on November 9, 1955 and then officially from 8 June 1956.

Delauney died in Versailles.

Pierre Delaunay passed away at 99 years old.

Yıldırım Uran, Turkish football coach, Died at 63

Yıldırım Uran was born on  October 6, 1955 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was a Turkish football manager.

He oversaw or instructed at 22 groups.

Uran got advancement to the Süper Lig with Siirtspor toward the finish of the 1999 to 2000 season.

Uran was the senior mentor for Izmirspor, Bucaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Siirtspor, Manisaspor, Petkimspor, Alanyaspor, Beylerbeyi S.K., Uşakspor, Nazilli Belediyespor and Fethiyespor, dependably in the lower divisions of Turkish football.

Subsequent to filling in as an administrator in his very own right, Uran spent quite a bit of his later profession as an associate to Hamza Hamzaoğlu at various clubs, including at Akhisar Belediyespor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Antalyaspor.

Yıldırım Uran passed away at 63 years old.

Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish sports writer, Died at 84

Hugh McIlvanney was born on February 2, 1934 and died on January 24, 2019.

He was a Scottish journalist and sports writer.

McIlvanneyhad long stints with the British Sunday newspapers The Observer (30 years until 1993) and later 23 years with the Sunday Times (1993 to 2016).

In 1996, McIlvanney was awarded the OBE, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by The Scottish Press Awards, and is the only sports writer to be voted Journalist of the Year.

During 2005, McIlvanney was included in the Press Gazette Hall of Fame.

After nearly six decades in the profession, he retired in March 2016.

His brother was the novelist and crime fiction writer William McIlvanney.

He had one son, Conn, and a daughter, Elizabeth.

Hugh McIlvanney passed away at 82 years old.

Alexandra Svetlitskaya, Footballer, Died at 47

Alexandra Svetlitskaya was born on August 20, 1971 and died on January 23, 2019.

She  was a Russian football midfielder.

She  represented Russia in the 1999 and 2003 World Cups.

vetlitskaya scored an equalizer against England in the 2001 European Championship.

Alexandra Svetlitskaya passed away at 47 years old.

Hidekichi Miyazaki, Japanese masters athlete, Died at 108

Hidekichi Miyazaki was born on September 22, 1910 and died on January 23, 2019.

He was a Japanese centenarian masters athlete.

He was  nicknamed Golden Bolt, a name play on Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

Miyazaki was a former official holder of the world record in the M100 100 metres.

On September 23, 2015, the day after his 105th birthday, he became the second person to compete in the 105 year age division following Pole Stanisław Kowalski who competed earlier in the year on June 28.

Hidekichi Miyazaki passed away at 108 years old.

Jim McKean, Canadian baseball umpire, Died at 73

James Gilbert McKean was born on May 26, 1945 and died on January 24, 2019.
He was an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB).

McKean  worked in the American League (AL) from 1973 to 1999, and in both significant classes in 2000 and 2001.

McKean umpired in the World Series in 1979, 1985 and 1995.

McKean likewise directed in five American League Championship Series (1977, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1998) and three All-Star recreations (1980, 1982, 1993), calling balls and strikes for the last diversion, just as the 1981, 1995 and 1999 American League Division Series.

He wore uniform number 8 after the AL embraced uniform numbers in 1980.

After his retirement from dynamic umpiring, McKean turned into a MLB umpire director and after that entered TV as an umpiring advisor for ESPN.

JIm McKean passed away at 73 years old.

William A. Thomas, College football player & coach, Died at 70

 William A. Thomas was born on October 21, 1948 and died on January 18, 2019.

 He was an American football player and coach.

William A. Thomas  was the 15th head football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers located in Nashville, Tennessee and he held that position for five seasons, from 1984 until 1988.

Thomas' career coaching record at Tennessee State was 34–20–3.

William A. Thomas passed away at 70 years old.

Cees Haast, Dutch racing cyclist, Died at 80

Cees Haast was born on November 19, 1938 and died on January 18, 2019.

 

He was a Dutch cyclist.

Cees Haast passed away at 80 years old.

Franco Pian, Italian footballer, Died at 96

Franco Pian was born on February 16, 1922 and died on January 18, 2019.

 

He was an Italian professional football player.

He died at 96 years old.

John Coughlin, American figure skater, Died at 33

John Coughlin was born on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Missouri. and died on January 18, 2019.

He was an American pair skater.

 

With Caydee Denney, he was the 2012 Four Continents silver medalist and 2012 U.S. national hero. 

 

With past accomplice Caitlin Yankowskas, he was the 2011 U.S. champion.

 

John Coughlin was the son of a third-generation police officer.

 

John Coughlin's mother, Stacy, died in February 2010 due to a chronic illness.

 

John Coughlin had a sister, Angela Laune.

 

He was found dead from suicide on January 18, 2019, one day after being suspended from figure skating for unspecified allegations.

John Coughlin passed away at 33 years old.

Gert Frank, Danish cyclist, Died at 62

Gert Frank was born on March 15, 1956 and died on January 19, 2019.

 

He was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark.

 

He was transcendently a track cyclist and won 20 indoor six-day track races, including the 1981 Six Days of Ghent race with Patrick Sercu.

Frank likewise won the European Madison Championships in 1981 and 1983 (with Hans Henrik Ørsted) and in 1985 (with René Pijnen). 

Furthermore he won the European Derny title in 1984.

Gert Frank passed away at 62 years old.

Raghbir Singh Bhola, Indian field hockey player, Died at 91

Raghbir Singh Bhola was born on August 21, 1927, and died on January 21, 2019.

 He was an Indian field hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics.

He retired from the Indian Air Force as a Group Captain and continued to stay involved in the sport of hockey. 

He was awarded the Arjuna Award for lifetime achievements in Field Hockey, in 2000. 

He was survived by his wife Kamla Bhola, three daughters and three grandchildren.

Raghbir Singh Bhola passed away at 91 years old.

Mithra Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer, Died at 67

Mithra de Silva Wettimuny was born on June 11, 1951, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a Sri Lankan cricketer.

He played in two Tests and one One Day International (ODI) in 1983.

He was one of three siblings to represent the country (all opening batsmen), elder brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred.

He became well know as captain due to the successful Ceylon Schools team which toured India in 1969/70, a team which included future Test captains Bandula Warnapura and Duleep Mendis.

In the early 80's Sri Lanka gained Test status, and by then in his early thirties, Wettimuny's entire first-class cricket career incorporated nine matches in four countries in 127 days (his highest score being 55 on debut against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in November 1982).

Mithra Wettimuny passed away at 67 years old.