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Sports Mourns Losses Across Track and Air in 2011
A sweeping memorial recaps the year’s sports deaths from IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, detailing prominent figures in hockey, boxing, football, baseball, basketball, and golf. It notes Wheldon’s Las Vegas crash and Lokomotiv’s plane crash, plus tributes from peers and fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Volga
Dan Wheldon
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Russia
NHL
Joe Frazier
Duke Snider
Harmon Killebrew
al Davis
Seve Ballesteros
Grete Waitz
Wheldon
Lokomotiv
Indy
Brickyard
JR Hildebrand
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
IndyCar
Dario Franchitti
Minsk
Europe
North America
Pavel Demitra
Alexander Karpovtsev
Rangers
Stefan Liv
Sweden
Ruslan Salei
Belarus
Josef Vasicek
Carolina Hurricanes
Brad McCrimmon
Vladimir Putin
Vyacheslav Fetisov
KHL
Oklahoma State
Kurt Budke
Miranda Serna
Arkansas
Derek Boogaard
Rick Rypien
Winnipeg
Wade Belak
Toronto
Frazier
Joe
Muhammad Ali
Bob Aram