Sunday, December 31, 2023

In Memorium 2023

 It's time for the annual look back at the people who appear in my card collection who have passed away during the year. Unfortunately this is the largest year so far, with 60 people appearing, and sadly it's not just due to me getting more of my collection scanned, we just lost a lot of basketball and hockey people this year. NASCAR lost people today, including earlier today. There are yet more who appear in my collection but have yet to be scanned as well. The previous record was 54 people, set in 2020 and 2022. Let's hope for less next year. 

Walt Austin 1938-2023
Bob Baun 1936-2023
Lance Blanks 1966-2023
Gary Bolger 1944-2023
Frank Borman 1928-2023
Henry Boucha 1951-2023
Tori Bowie 1990-2023
Fred Boyd 1950-2023
Trevor Boys 1957-2023

Roger Brown 1950-2023
Jim Caldwell 1943-2023
Demetrius Calip 1969-2023
Roman Cechmanek 1971-2023
Denny Crum 1937-2023
Walt Cunningham 1932-2023
Walter Davis 1954-2023
Gil de Ferran 1967-2023
Terry Dischinger 1940-2023
Simone Edwards 1973-2023
Chris Ford 1949-2023
Dick Fosbury 1947-2023
Dave Gardner 1952-2023
Gilles Gilbert 1949-2023
Ken Girard 1936-2023
Johnny Green 1933-2023
Gerry Hart 1948-2023
Cedric Henderson 1965-2023
Dan Hester 1948-2023
Bobby Hull 1939-2023
Brandon Hunter 1980-2023
Leo Jackson 1933-2023
Nicolas Kerdiles 1994-2023
Petr Klima 1964-2023
Bob Knight 1940-2023
Bill MacMillan 1943-2023
Brendan Malone 1942-2023
John Mathis 1943-2023
Willie McCarter 1946-2023
Pat McCormick 1930-2023
Nikki McCray 1971-2023
George McGinnis 1950-2023
Ryan Minor 1974-2023
Eric Montross 1971-2023
Bob Murdoch 1946-2023
Paula Murphy 1928-2023
Gino Odjick 1970-2023
Cincy Powell 1942-2023
Willis Reed 1942-2023
Reggie Savage 1970-2023
Raymond Sawade 1985-2023
Don Schumacher 1944-2023
Bobby Smith 1946-2023
Felton Spencer 1968-2023
Ken Squire 1935-2023
David Switzer 1974-2023
Tina Turner 1939-2023
Dedric Willoughby 1974-2023
Dunc Wilson 1948-2023
George Wilson 1942-2023
Cale Yarborough 1939-2023