2003 in sports

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Deaths

• January 13 - Julio Botelho (Julinho), Brazilian soccer star
• February 14 - Johnny Longden, Hall of Fame jockey
• February 17 - Steve Bechler, baseball player, collapsed during spring training
• May 14 - Dave DeBusschere, basketball hall of famer
• June 9 - Spectacular Bid, U.S. race horse, won the 1979 Derby and Preakness
• June 18 - Larry Doby, Hall of Fame baseball player
• June 21 - Roger Nielson, Canadian Ice Hockey coach
• June 26 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon football player
• August 11 - Herb Brooks, U.S. Ice Hockey coach
• August 23 - Bobby Bonds, U.S. baseball player and father of Barry Bonds
• October 12 - Bill Shoemaker, jockey
• October 22 - Tony Renna, Indy Racing League driver, killed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• November 6 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer
• November 24 - Warren Spahn, Hall of Fame pitcher
• December 18 - Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame quarterback
• December 21 - Morappakkam Gopalan, Indian - test cricket and field hockey
• December 30 - Yoshio Shirai, Japanese Boxer (world champion at flyweight)