Famous People with Name Slater

Slater Nelson Dugie Martin Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Slater Nelson Dugie Martin Jr.: is a former pro-basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in El Mina, Texas. He was a member of five World Championship teams and played in seven NBA All-Star games.

Michael Jonathon Slater            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Michael Jonathon Slater: is a former Australian cricketer who played in 74 Tests and 42 ODIs from 1993 to 2001.[1] Michael went to the Australian Cricket Academy before appearing for New South Wales in the 1991/92 Sheffield Shield (now known as the Pura Cup) season. He made fast progress to the Australian Test Team being selected for The Ashes Tour to England in 1993. He made his first century in the Lords Test and celebrated by kissing the Australian Badge on his helmet. He was generally known for his swashbuckling style of play. Frontfoot pulls to reasonably full pitched balls were his speciality. Between 1993 and 2001, in 74 Test matches he scored 5,312 Test runs and 14 centuries at an average of 42. He opened the batting in Australia's unbeaten streak team between 1999 and 2001. Surprisingly he wasn't as successful in the shorter One Day International form of the game appearing 42 times with an average of 24.

Billy Slater            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Billy Slater: an Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has also played for Queensland and Australia. His preferred position is fullback; though he can also play at centre or on the wings.Billy began playing rugby league for the Brothers club in Innisfail, Queensland at only four years old. He continued to make the Innisfail representative side every season until his final year with the club.At fifteen years of age he become bored with league so he quit to concentrate on one of his other passions, riding horses. He worked with the famous Waterhouse stable for around half a year before becoming homesick.

Allana Slater            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Allana Slater: a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is considered to be one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts.Allana Slater was born in Western Australia on April 3, 1984. She is an only child. Her father died in 1997 in a plane crash in Indonesia while she was competing in the Pacific Alliance Championships.Slater began gymnastics in a toddler program at Kalajos School of Gymnastics at 16 months of age, at the suggestion of a family doctor, who thought it would help treat her sleep apnea and increase her strength. When she was 5 years old, she was spotted by talent scouts from the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and invited her to join their elite development program.

Leanne Slater            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Leanne Slater: is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United.

Allana Amy Slater            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Allana Amy Slater: is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is considered to be one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts.