Prominent sports deaths

•  Curt Gowdy: Preeminent sportscaster, 86, leukemia.

•  Steve Howe: Former Dodgers reliever, 48, car accident.

•  Byron Nelson: Golfing legend, 94, natural causes.

•  Red Auerbach: Longtime Boston Celtics coach, general manager, 89, heart failure.

•  Bo Schembechler: Former Michigan football coach, 77, heart attack.

•  Lamar Hunt: American Football League founder, 74, prostate cancer.

•  Maggie Dixon: Army women's basketball coach, 28, heart arrhythmia.

•  Rod Dedeaux: Legendary USC baseball coach, 91, complications from a stroke.

•  Ryan Francis: USC freshman point guard, 19, gunshot wound.

•  Bob Mathias: Two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon, 75, cancer.

•  Ted Schroeder: 1949 Wimbledon tennis champion, 84, cancer.

•  Mike Quarry: Light-heavyweight boxer, 55, boxing-induced dementia.

•  Randy Walker: Northwestern football coach, 52, heart attack.

•  Susan Butcher: Four-time Iditarod champion, 51, leukemia.

•  Patty Berg: One of the founders of the LPGA, 88, Alzheimer's disease.

•  Buck O'Neil: Former Negro leagues player, 94, heart failure and bone marrow cancer.

•  Marlin McKeever: Two-time All-American at USC and 13-year NFL player, 66, head injuries from a fall.

•  Marcus Cassel: Former UCLA cornerback, 23, car accident.

•  Willie Pep: Hall of Fame boxer, 84, Alzheimer's disease.

•  Larry Sherry: World Series MVP for Dodgers in 1959, 71, cancer.

•  Cory Lidle: Major league pitcher, 34, airplane crash.