| EMLYN | . ..... Hughes, former England and Liverpool captain who died in 2004 (5) |
| HENDERSON | Jordan, Liverpool captain who won the FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2019-20 (9) |
| OWEN | Michael _, former England and Liverpool striker (4) |
| HESKEY | Emile ...... , former England and Liverpool striker (6) |
| DAWES | John -, late Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain who died in 2021 (5) |
| GRACE | W.G., England cricket captain who died in 1915 (5) |
| WRAGG | Peter ___, former Rotherham and York inside forward who died in 2004 (5) |
| ROACH | Pat ..... , wrestler and actor who died in 2004 (5) |
| COOKE | Alistair ?, journalist and broadcaster noted for the radio series Letter from America who died in 2004 (5) |
| ADAIR | Red ___, Texan oil field fire-fighting specialist who died in 2004 (5) |
| TRENT | _ Alexander-Arnold, England and Liverpool midfielder (5) |
| ARNIE | Which great clarinettist died in 2004, 50 years after he stopped playing, saying "I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less"? (5,4) |
| MAY | Peter ..., former England cricket captain who died in 1994 (3) |
| COWDREY | Colin, former England cricket captain who died in 2000 (7) |
| JAMESCOOK | Royal Navy captain who died in Hawaii during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific in 1779 |
| CRONJE | Hansie, South African national cricket captain who died in a plane crash in 2002 (6) |
| ROEBUCK | P M ?, 1980s Somerset CCC captain who died in 2011 (7) |
| CRIMMINS | Hawks captain who died in 1976, aged 28, Peter ... (8) |
| SHAW | Artie ___, US jazz clarinettist and band leader who died in 2004 (4) |
| PEEL | John ___, radio disc jockey, journalist and presenter who died in 2004 (4) |
