Notable sports deaths in 2006

Bud Delp: 1932-2006

Delp, trainer of 'Bid,' dies at 74

Grover G. "Bud" Delp, a Maryland thoroughbred trainer who became nationally known for his work with Spectacular Bid, died Friday of cancer at his home in Ellicott City. He was 74.

Gerald Ford: 1913-2006

Clumsy image aside, Ford was accomplished athlete

His deliberate manner of speaking, some highly publicized mishaps and a recurring Chevy Chase bit in the early days of Saturday Night Live helped advance the notion that Gerald R. Ford was a bit of a klutz.

Injured in house fire 4 weeks ago, ex-major leaguer Brown dies at 45

Chris Brown, an All-Star third baseman who played six seasons in the majors in the 1980s, died Tuesday, nearly a month after he was burned in a fire at his home outside Houston. He was 45.

NFL Notes

Hunt, owner of Chiefs, dies at 74

Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, a pioneer of the modern NFL, has died in a Dallas hospital at 74.

Obituary

Ex-Colts assistant seen as coaching pioneer

In four years as a young head coach at Johns Hopkins University, John Bridgers' football record was not distinguished: 10 victories, 21 defeats and one tie.

Pat Dobson: 1942-2006

O's 'gamer' won 20 in '71

Though he was part of a famed Orioles rotation that featured four 20-game winners in the same season, Pat Dobson tended to go through his baseball life unrecognized. Or mistaken for someone else.

NFL Notes

Ex-Eagle Waters, 44, kills self

Andre Waters, a defensive back who spent most of his 12 seasons in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound early yesterday. He was 44.

Bo Schembechler: 1929-2006

Michigan coaching legend dies

Bo Schembechler kicked off the biggest week of the biggest game in the history of the biggest rivalry in college football with a news conference Monday.

Miami player is shot, killed

University of Miami defensive lineman Bryan Pata was shot and killed last night at his apartment complex, school officials said.

Red Auerbach: 1917-2006

NBA great coached Celtics to 9 titles

Red Auerbach, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died yesterday. He was 89.

Ex-boxing champ Berbick killed; suspect arrested

Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was found dead yesterday in a church courtyard in Kingston, Jamaica, with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide.

Baseball mourns Lidle

Oakland Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez was at home preparing for last night's Game 2 of the American League Championship Series when he saw a television report that a private plane had crashed into a 50-story New York apartment building.

David Steele: With O'Neil's passing, bit of past slips away

Everybody, it seems, has a Buck O'Neil story today. My story is this: I never got the chance to meet him.

Buck O'Neil: 1911-2006

Negro leagues star O'Neil dies

Buck O'Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died last night. He was 94.

Byron Nelson 1912-2006

'Lord' of the links reigned supreme

Byron Nelson, whose record of winning 11 consecutive professional golf events in 1945 remains one of sports' most unassailable records, died yesterday at his home in Roanoke, Texas. He was 94.

Thrift was never short on knowledge

Who are you?"

Syd Thrift: 1929-2006

Thrift wove tales, teams

Tim Donner and his radio partner, Syd Thrift, were walking into the All-Star FanFest in Pittsburgh in July when they were stopped by a memorabilia dealer.

Moe Drabowsky: 1935-2006

O's Series hero was prankster, too

Former pitcher Moe Drabowsky, a fun-loving prankster who became an Orioles World Series hero, died yesterday at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.