Ken Venturi, a former U.S. Open winner who spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died at 82, just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He captured his only major in the 1964 U.S. Open at Congressional, the last year the final round was 36 holes. In oppressive heat, Venturi showed signs of dehydration and a doctor recommended he stop playing because it could be fatal. But Venturi pressed on to the finish, closed with a 70 and was heard to say, ''My God, I've won the U.S. Open.''

Trickle, a former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver, died May 16 at the age of 71 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a release from the Lincoln County (NC) Sheriff's Office. Trickle made 303 Cup starts from 1970-2002. He earned 36 top-10 finishes, 15 of them top-fives.

Muncie, shown carrying the ball for the Chargers in a 1983 game against the Raiders in Los Angeles, died May 13 of a heart attack at the age of 60. Muncie tallied 6,702 rushing yards and 71 touchdowns in nine NFL seasons. He was a three-time All-Pro and Pro Bowl running back.

The Pittsburgh native made the Steelers as an undrafted rookie free agent out of St. Bonaventure in 1951, developing into one of the top defensive backs of his era. He played nine seasons with the Steelers, collecting 52 interceptions. He made the Pro Bowl four times and was named to the All-NFL first team three times before retiring in 1959. Butler was elected to the Hall of Fame by the senior committee in 2012. He died on May 11 at the age of 85 after a lengthy battle with a staph infection.

Sauer played a key role in the Jets' 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl, catching eight passes from Joe Namath in one of the greatest upsets in pro football history. Sauer played for the Jets from 1965-70, but left the game after the 1970 season still in his prime because, he said at the time, he was unhappy with the way the game treated players. Sauer had at least 1,000 yards receiving for three straight years from 1966-68, with his best season coming in 1967 when he led the AFL with 75 catches for 1,189 yards and six touchdowns. He died May 7 at age 69 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Drewett, a former tour player who led the ATP as executive chairman and president since January 2012, died May 3 after a battle with motor neurone disease. He was 54. Drewett was a top-40 singles and top-20 doubles player before he retired in 1990. He was hired in 2006 to lead operations in the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific regions, and later played a key role in securing significant prize money increases for all four grand slam events.

Camp (shown here with beard), who compiled 56 wins as a starter and reliever with the Atlanta Braves from 1976 to 1985, was found dead in his Rydal, Ga., home from unknown causes on April 25. He was 60. Camp made 65 starts and 349 relief appearances but is perhaps best remembered for an 18th-inning home run off Tom Gorman on July 4, 1985, in a game ultimately won by the Mets 16-13 in 19 innings. That was the only big league homer by Camp, who finished with a .074 average (13 for 175). After baseball, Camp became a lobbyist and was indicted by a federal grand jury and sentenced to three years in prison in 2005 for conspiring to steal more than $2 million from a mental health agency. Four others were sentenced in the case.

The well-known NFL broadcaster died on April 16. A fixture in the booth along with John Madden, Summerall called 16 Super Bowls on broadcast television, 11 of them as a play-by-play man. Born in Lake City, Florida in 1930, Summerall spent 10 years as a player in the NFL, mostly as a kicker after playing college ball at Arkansas. He started as a broadcaster with CBS in 1962. In 1981 he was paired by John Madden and the two became household names. He joined FOX in 1994 with Madden to become the network's lead announce team for its first year of NFL coverage. He retired in 2004. He was honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994 with the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award for "exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football." Five years later, Summerall was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.

Richard, 8, was the first fatality of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings to be identified. Together with his father, mother and two siblings, Martin was attempting to make his way to the street shortly after getting ice cream when the second bomb went off, killing him. Images of the boy, particularly this one of him holding a sign that read, 'No More Hurting People. Peace.' added to the shock and pain of the incident (he was the youngest person killed in the attack). Initial reports were that his mother, Denise, and 6-year-old sister Jane were badly injured by the blast, while his father Bill and older brother Henry were not seriously injured.

Campbell was the second person identified as having been killed in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. Campbell, 29, was a huge fan of the marathon, watching near the finish line and never missing a race, according to the Boston Globe. She was a restaurant manager from Medford, Mass., and at the time of the bombings was standing with a friend, who was reportedly seriously injured.

Lu was a Chinese graduate student at Boston University and had gone with two friends to the finish line of the Boston Marathon when she was killed in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. The school confirmed her identity two days after the bombings. One of her friends was reportedly also injured in the attack. Lu, 23, attended the Beijing Institute of Technology before arriving in Boston in 2012 to study mathematics and statistics and her death made national headlines in her homeland.

Hatton played 12 seasons in the majors with six teams and also managed the Houston Astros in the 1960s. The former third baseman hit .254 with 91 home runs and 533 RBI in 1,312 major league games. He died on April 11, 2013 of natural causes.

Fairbanks, who coached Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens at Oklahoma and spent six seasons as coach of the New England Patriots, died on April 2, 2013, in Scottsdale, Ariz., after battling brain cancer. He was 79.

One of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys," Pardee went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and NFL coach. Pardee played three seasons at Texas A&M and was the 14th overall pick in the 1957 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He played for the Rams from 1957-64, sat out a year to deal with melanoma, and played seven more seasons. He finished his playing career with the Washington Redskins in 1973. He was the Chicago Bears' head coach from 1975-77 and led the Redskins from 1978-80. In 1987, Pardee became the coach at the University of Houston and brought along the fast-paced ''Run-and-Shoot'' offense. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

Jimenez, the weightlifter who won gold in 2000 in Sydney to become Mexico's first female Olympic champion, died of a heart attack at the end of March 2013. She was 35. After retiring from the sport, Jimenez became a sportscaster for the Televisa television network.

Weider wasn't the biggest man in bodybuilding (though he was pretty ripped in his day), nor was he its biggest name. But the man who may fit both billings would not be the global supertsar he is today without him. On March 23, Weider, the man who brought bodybuilding to the mainstream, died at age 93 from heart failure. No singular act was bigger for the sport than when Weider introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world in the early 1970s. The two remained close through the decades, as evidenced by this 2009 photo.

Hill, who died March 21 at age 80 after a long illness, was a standout receiver at both the collegiate and professional level. In 1954, the year this photo was taken, he won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award after being drafted in the 15th round. A year later, he was the NFL's first MVP. In nine seasons with Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, he caught 233 balls for 4,717 yards and 40 touchdowns. And how good was he at North Alabama? For the past 27 seasons, the Division II player of the year has been given the Harlon Hill Trophy.

Lowe (right) and Sir Edmund Hillary, left, were greeted with cheers when they returned to New Zealand on Aug. 8, 1953. The pair were the only New Zealanders on the 1953 attempt to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. Lowe and a small group established the final camp below the summit on Mat 28. The next day, Hillary and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reached the 29,035 foot (8,850 meter) peak. Lowe was the last surviving climber from the team and died March 20 at age 89.

On July 28, 1980 Italy's Pietro Mennea claims his victory and gold medal finish by raising his hands and yelling just after crossing finish line at the Moscow Olympics. He won the race in 20.19 seconds. Mennea, who held the 200-meter world record from 1979 to 1996 when Micheal Johnson of the United States set a new world record, died in a Rome clinic on March 21, 2013 after reportedly battling a long illness.

The 30-year-old pregnant coach for the Seton Hill University women's lacrosse team was killed when the team's bus crashed on the morning of March 16, 2013. Her unborn child also did not survive. The team was headed to a game when the bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and into a tree.

One of the most decorated high school coaches in New York history, Curran died on March 14 from lung and kidney problems. He was 82. Curran is the only coach in New York City to win a city championship in both basektball and baseball in the same year — and he did it four times at Archbishop Molloy (where he succeeded famed St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca). In all, he won five city titles in hoops and 17 in baseball, winnning more than 2,700 games in the two combined sports. Among the players he coached are Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson and Russ Smith, the last going on to score 28 points for Louisville in a Big East tournament win the night Curran died.
 

Martin (left) of Philadelphia, is seen here during the last bout of his career against Julio Cesar Chavez. Martin, a former welterweight, was fatally shot on March 8, 2013, in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in his hometown. He was 52.

Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors died on March 6 from natural causes at age 77, but he is sure to live on in hockey arenas for generations. Connors, who recorded more than 60 albums, is most famous for 'The Hockey 'Song,' which is still played in NHL arenas to this day. In fact, 'The Hockey Song' is one of three Connors songs played at every Maple Leafs home game. So big in his native country was Connors that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper took to Twitter after learning about the singer's death: 'We have lost a true Canadian original. R.I.P. Stompin' Tom Connors. You played the best game that could be played.'

Moody aka "Paul Bearer" died in early March 2013 at age 58. He was the pasty-faced, urn-carrying manager for performers The Undertaker and Kane on WWE for more than a decade. Moody joined WWE in 1990 and was known for his catchphrase, "Ooohhh yeeesss!" and his unique facial expressions.

Arizona State University Hall of Fame member Tony Lorick, who played six seasons in the NFL, died Feb. 17 at the age of 71. Lorick was a first-round draft pick of the AFL's Oakland Raiders (No. 7 overall) and NFL's Baltimore Colts (No. 22) in 1964 and ultimately signed with the Colts. Lorick played four seasons in Baltimore and two with the New Orleans Saints before retiring in 1969.
 

Amateur boxer Jerimiah Moen (pictured on left with fiance Megan Link) died on Feb. 20, 2013 at a hospital. Moen, 29, collapsed after a fight in East Grand Forks, Minn. Moen was named a Golden Gloves regional champion last year. 

Buss, shown in 2010 at the Basketball Hall of Fame, died Feb. 18 after a battle with cancer. The longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers had been hospitalized and had not attended any games this season after being a fixture in the team's luxury suites. Buss bought the Lakers in 1979 from Jack Kent Cooke, along with the Forum, the NHL's Kings (which he later sold), and a ranch in the Sierra Nevadas for a total of $67.5 million. The Lakers have won 10 NBA championships since Buss purchased the team and 16 overall, one behind the Boston Celtics.

Kurys was the speedster of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. She stole 201 bases in 1946 while playing for the Racine Belles in the league that inspired the movie 'A League of Their Own'. She died on Feb. 17 at the age of 87 after complications from surgery.

Former Duke guard Phil Henderson (pictured in a 1990 Final Four game vs. Arkansas) died Feb. 17 at his home in the Philippines at the age of 44. No cause of death was given. Henderson was the leading scorer of the Duke team that lost to UNLV in the 1990 championship game, averaging 18.5 points a game. He played internationally as a professional.

The Fresno State icon, who coached the football team for 19 seasons and retired with a school-record 144 victories, died Feb. 8 at the age of 83. Sweeney also coached Montana State and Washington State before he was hired by Fresno State in 1976. He retired following the 1996 season, and the field at Bulldog Stadium was renamed in his honor. He finished with 200 wins in 32 seasons as a head coach. During Sweeney's time with the Bulldogs, they had 35 players selected in the NFL Draft. Sweeney, a native of Butte, Mont., also spent time as an assistant coach with the NFL's Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Cardinals.

The quarterback of Army's 1944 undefeated national championship team died Jan. 28 at the age of 88. Kenna, who was class president his senior year, was also the captain of Army's one-loss basketball team and the school's undefeated tennis team in 1944. Kenna, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, played one season of football at the University of Mississippi before being recruited to West Point. He also had a successful business career as an executive for a number of companies and he was the head of the National Association of Manufacturers in the 1970s.

The standout offensive lineman died Feb. 2 at age 71 from pancreatic cancer. Sweeney was drafted by the Chargers in 1963, played through the 1970 merger and was eventually named to the team's Hall of Fame. He was both good and durable, playing in nine straight All-Star Games / Pro Bowls and playing in 181 straight games.

Cal State Fullerton assistant women's basketball coach Monica Quan, 28, and her fiance Keith Lawrence, 27, were found shot to death on Feb. 3 at their Irvine, Calif., condominium complex. Their suspected killer was fired Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner. Lawrence and Quan played basketball at Concordia University, and Quan was in her second season as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton.

Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Jan. 31 at the age 25. Moore had been staying at a hospital in Grand Junction since the crash in Aspen on Jan. 24. His death is the first in the 18-year history of the X Games. A former all-terrain vehicle racer, Moore switched over to snowmobiles as a teenager and quickly rose to the top of the sport. He won four Winter X Games medals.

The former Arizona State football player died on Feb. 2, 2013 from injuries suffered in a stabbing. Thompson, 27, played for the Sun Devils from 2003 to 2007 as a tight end and wide receiver. After graduating, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Indianapolis Colts but did not appear in an NFL game. Thompson was working as a bouncer at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale, police reports say, when a group of patrons was removed from the bar and instigated a fight just after 1 a.m. During the incident, Thompson was stabbed five times in the back, hip and arm.

The longtime University of Miami baseball coach — dubbed "the wizard of college baseball" — died Jan. 20 at the age of 79 after fighting Alzheimer's disease for many years. Fraser coached the national teams from the United States and the Netherlands, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won two NCAA baseball championships and never had a losing record in a 30-year career with the Hurricanes. In addition to his amazing success, however, Fraser's legacy will be — as he once said — his penchant for "doing crazy things out there" to drum up interest or money for his Miami program.

The Hall of Fame manager died Jan. 19 at the age of 82 while on an Orioles cruise to the Caribbean. He managed the Baltimore Orioles for 17 seasons, garnering an impressive .583 winning percentage. Known for his innovative managerial style and his colorful confrontations with umpires, the Earl of Baltimore won 1,480 games, had five 100-win seasons and won six American League East titles, four pennants and the 1970 World Series.

The legendary St. Louis Cardinals player died Jan. 19 at the age of 92. The Hall of Fame slugging outfielder He hit .300 or better in 16 consecutive seasons and won seven NL batting titles. A three-time MVP, Musial (shown at the 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis) spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and made the All-Star team 24 times — baseball held two All-Star Games each summer for a few seasons. He finished one home run shy of capturing the NL Triple Crown in 1948.

Moran, who shocked the modest midcentury tennis world when she took the court at Wimbledon in 1949 with a short skirt and ruffled underwear, died Jan. 16 at age 89 in Los Angeles. Her striking fashion statement at the age of 25 appeared on magazine covers around the world, the British press dubbing her "Gorgeous Gussie." Moran was ranked as high as fourth in the United States, reached the doubles final at Wimbledon and reached the singles semifinals at the US Open.

Gund, the original owner of the San Jose Sharks, died Jan. 15 at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer. Gund and his brother Gordon relinquished their ownership stake in the Minnesota North Stars in 1990 in exchange for the rights to an expansion team in the Bay Area. The Sharks played their first game in October 1991. Gund sold the franchise to Sharks Sports & Entertainment in 2002 but continued to attend games. He previously held ownership roles with the NHL's California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He also was the longtime chairman of the San Francisco Film Society.

Lewis, the wide receivers coach for Northern Arizona and a former Lumberjacks quarterback who played for Denver and Carolina in the NFL, died Jan. 5 at the age of 39. As a player at NAU from 1992-95, Lewis completed 785 of 1,315 passes for 9,639 yards and 67 touchdowns. He was inducted into the NAU Hall of Fame in 2003. Lewis appeared in five games for the Broncos in 1996-98 and seven for the Panthers in 1999-2000. He completed 28 of 54 attempts for 210 yards and threw two interceptions.

Stoltenberg, an All-America offensive lineman for the Colorado Buffaloes, died on Jan. 4 in his home in Sugarland, Texas, at the age of 40. Stoltenberg had undergone several surgeries after being in a car accident in December, the school said on its website. A two-time, first-team All-Big Eight center in the mid-1990s, Stoltenberg was picked by San Diego in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played 50 games for the Chargers, New York Giants and Carolina Panthers.

Elliott was the longest-tenured executive director in the Pro Football Hall of Fame's history before his death on Jan. 4. He was 86. Elliott served as the museum's director from 1979-1996 and continued as a member of the Hall's board of trustees in his retirement. Elliott also was head football coach at Illinois from 1960-66. He was an All-American quarterback at Michigan in the 1940s before a long coaching career. He led Illinois to the 1964 Rose Bowl. He was enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.

Stander died in a road accident on Jan. 3 near his home in the Kwazulu-Natal province on the east coast of South Africa. The Olympic biker was a prominent figure in South African sports and gained worldwide notoriety after competing in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.