Recalling Sports Deaths of 1993

Remembering . . .

“ Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. “ --JIM VALVANO

In some way, that spirit applies for some of the sports people who died in 1993, either in their prime or still at the height of their influence and popularity:

--Davey Allison, 32, NASCAR driver, of injuries sustained in a helicopter crash July 13.

--Jeff Alm, 25, Oilers tackle, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Dec. 14, after a close friend died in a one-car accident as Alm drove.

--Arthur Ashe, 49, tennis champion, commentator, author and human-rights statesman, of AIDS-related pneumonia Feb. 6.

--Roy Campanella, 71, Hall of Fame catcher for the Dodgers, of a heart attack June 26.

--Billy Conn, 75, former light-heavyweight champion, of pneumonia May 29.

--Tim Crews, 31, and Steve Olin, 27, Indians pitchers, from injuries in a spring-training boating accident March 23.

--Don Drysdale, 56, Hall of Fame pitcher for the Dodgers, of a heart attack July 3.

--Heather Farr, 28, LPGA golfer, of cancer Nov. 20.

--James Jordan, 56, father of NBA superstar Michael Jordan, murdered as he slept in his car at a roadside rest stop Aug. 3.

--Alan Kulwicki, 38, NASCAR driver, in a plane crash April 1.

--Reggie Lewis, 27, Celtics captain and high scorer, of cardiac arrest while shooting baskets July 27.

--Drazen Petrovic, 28, international basketball star and Nets high scorer, in an auto accident in Germany June 7.

--Jim Valvano, 47, former NCAA champion basketball coach and television commentator, of cancer April 28.

--Cliff Young, 29, Indians pitcher, in an auto accident Nov. 4.

--Zambian national soccer team, in a plane crash April 27.