December 2008 in sports

Deaths

• 1: Tom Kirby
• 4: Steve Bradley
• 5: Martyn Crook
• 8: Xavier Perrot
• 8: Kerryn McCann
• 8: John Cumming
• 8: Manzoor Hussain Atif
• 9: Dražan Jerković
• 9: Ibrahim Dossey
• 10: Sal Yvars
• 12: Maksym Pashayev
• 13: John Drake
• 13: Vince Karalius
• 14: Hank Goldup
• 14: Nick Willhite
• 15: Mike Blum
• 16: Joe Krol
• 17: Sammy Baugh
• 17: Dave Smith
• 17: Justin Levens
• 18: Robert Jonquet
• 18: Pete Case
• 19: Dock Ellis
• 19: Matt Kofler
• 19: Sam Tingle
• 21: Ron Hornaday Sr.
• 21: Carlos Manuel Santiago
• 21: Maurice Zilber
• 22: Coy Bacon
• 22: Norm Cook
• 22: Ossie Dawson
• 22: Hugh Myers
• 23: Narciso Bernardo
• 24: Ian Ballinger
• 24: Ray Deakin
• 27: Arild Andresen
• 27: Sailor Brown
• 27: Sahu Mewalal
• 27: George Miller
• 27: Alfred Pfaff
• 31: Premjit Lall

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