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Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a wing half.

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a wing half.

Is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. in the Italian Se

Is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. in the Italian Serie A. Manninger started his career as a youth member for SV Austria Salzburg in 1993. Manninger made his debut for Austria in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden and was member of the Austrian Euro 2008 squad. He has so far as of August 2008 earned 32 caps and retired after ten years from International football for the Austria national football team on 5 August 2009.

Also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins, was a Northern Irish professional snooker player wh

Also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins, was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who was twice World Champion and twice runner-up. Higgins earned the nickname The Hurricane because of his speed of play. Higgins was also a former World Dou

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played at outside left. Most of his career was spen

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played at outside left. Most of his career was spent with Plymouth Argyle (in two spells) and with Birmingham City during their most successful period in the 1950s. He is credited with being responsible for Birmingham's fans adopting Harry Lauder's song "Keep right on to the end of the road" as their anthem.

Was a Scottish professional footballer born in Glasgow who played for Third Lanark, Manchester City

Was a Scottish professional footballer born in Glasgow who played for Third Lanark, Manchester City and Birmingham City, Dundee and Portadown as a centre forward.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Derby County, Nottingham Forest and the Scotlan

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Derby County, Nottingham Forest and the Scotland national team.He won his only Scotland cap while at Kilmarnock on 14 March 1885. Despite scoring a hat-trick in a 8-2 win over Ireland, he was never capped again for his country. James B Niven of Chelsea also gained his only cap that in that game.

Was a British welterweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s.

Was a British welterweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s.

Was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs in the 1900s. McDonald w

Was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs in the 1900s. McDonald was born in Greenock, Scotland, but started his professional career with Jarrow in north eastern England. From Jarrow, he joined Everton of the Football League First Division in February 1900, making his first-team debut in a 0–0 draw against Blackburn Rovers on 31 March.

Was an Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingha

Was an Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City and Coventry City. McIntosh moved into league football Wolverhampton Wanderers from non-league Folkestone Town in 1937.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. McKinnon, a lock, was born in Smeaton, Victoria

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. McKinnon, a lock, was born in Smeaton, Victoria and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 23 July 1904.

Also known as Sandy McLintock, was a Scottish international footballer who initally played as a defe

Also known as Sandy McLintock, was a Scottish international footballer who initally played as a defender, but was used as a goalkeeper in the latter stages of his career. He started his career with Vale of Leven and was a part of the side that won three successive Scottish Cup victories. He later played in England with Burnley.

Is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998.Metzger also finished fifth in the four-man event

Is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998.Metzger also finished fifth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

Was a British canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner John Dudde

Was a British canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner John Dudderidge finished ninth in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

Is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On February 2, 2009, he reached his hi

Is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On February 2, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 259 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 158 achieved on December 6, 2010. [1]

Was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was coach of the Dutch national football team. With SL Benfica he won the national Championship and

Was coach of the Dutch national football team. With SL Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into the final of the European Cup of Champions.Elek Schwartz initially started playing in his Romanian hometown of Timisoara. Later he played professional football in the French Ligue 1 with FC Hyères (1932-1934), AS Cannes (1934-1936), Racing Strasbourg (1936-1938) and Red Star Olympique (1938/39).

A Chinese-American kickboxer who was a world champion of ISKA World Muay Thai, Junior middleweight c

A Chinese-American kickboxer who was a world champion of ISKA World Muay Thai, Junior middleweight class.

Is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played 35

Is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played 35 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1985 and 1994, including four first-class matches against Scotland and five List A matches. Junior McBrine made

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Born in Utrecht, he was part

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Born in Utrecht, he was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches.

Was a professional ice hockey player in the NHL.

Was a professional ice hockey player in the NHL.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Scotland. He was later secretary/

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Scotland. He was later secretary/manager of Raith and Dunfermline Athletic.Initially employed as a miner, Archibald became a full professional when he joined Rangers at the age of 19 from Raith Rovers in 1917. He made his debut in a 2-0 defeat to Old Firm rivals Celtic in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final in May 1917.

Was a Scottish footballer. Sandy Brown was a prolific scorer in Scottish youth football, and earnt h

Was a Scottish footballer. Sandy Brown was a prolific scorer in Scottish youth football, and earnt his nickname as the "Glenbuck Goalgetter" as a 15 year old playing for Glenbuck Athletic. Turning professional with St Bernard's two years later, he was soon induced across the border to English football with Preston North End. After three years, he began a wander which took him to Portsmouth, then Tottenham Hotspur. Brown won one cap for Scotland, in a 1–0 defeat by England during the 1904 British Home Championship.

Is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre fo

Is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward.He played for several clubs in his playing career including Rangers, Hearts, home town Airdrieonians and West Ham United.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back.

Was a Scottish footballer who spent most of his career with Celtic.McMahon eventually followed the p

Was a Scottish footballer who spent most of his career with Celtic.McMahon eventually followed the path of other former Hibernian favourites, such as Willie Groves, to Celtic Park in 1891. He played for the Glasgow team until 1903, making at least 217 appearances and scoring 171 goals. Equally adept at centre forward or inside left, he won three Scottish Cup medals, in 1892, 1899 and 1900, and four Scottish League medals, in 1893, 1894, 1896 and 1898. His first moment of glory came in the 1892 Scottish Cup Final replay, when he scored two goals in the 5-1 victory over Queen's Park. He also scored in the 1899 cup final when Celtic beat Rangers 2-0, and in the 1900 final when they beat Queen's Park 4-3.