Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.After starting his career at Bristol

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.After starting his career at Bristol Rovers, Hawkins played for Bristol City, and on loan at Bath City, before moving to West Ham United in 1951. He scored on his Hammers debut, a 1-1 draw against Hull City on 1 September 1951.

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a defender. He made his debut for Sunderland

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a defender. He made his debut for Sunderland on 24 March 1913 in a 3–1 win against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.[1] He stayed at Roker Park with Sunderland from 1913 to 1922 and made 160 league appearances, with a single goal, although his appearances were halted due to the First World War.

Was a football manager from the Netherlands, who played for HFC Haarlem. Born in Zandvoort, he start

Was a football manager from the Netherlands, who played for HFC Haarlem. Born in Zandvoort, he started a career as a football coach as a 27-year old when he became the head coach of Velox from Utrecht. Jacobs later became the first manager of FC Utrecht.In 1974 Jacobs moved to Roda JC, followed by Willem II Tilburg (1980), Seiko Hong Kong (1982-83) and Sparta Rotterdam (1983), where he succeeded Barry Hughes. In 1984 he started to work for Fortuna Sittard, which reached the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners Cup under his guidance. He had to stop working in December 1986 due to cancer, but recovered and signed with Vitesse Arnhem, who he brought back to the highest level in Dutch professional football, the Eredivisie, in 1989.

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Tasmania and Victoria at first-class cricket and played

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Tasmania and Victoria at first-class cricket and played Australian rules football with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Davie was recruited locally to Geelong and played 14 games during the 1917 VFL season, which had been depleted due to the war, and a further 12 games in 1918. He made the seniors just once in 1919 and in what was his last game he kicked the only goal of his career. An opening batsman, Davie made his first-class debut in the 1921/22 summer, for Tasmania against Victoria at Launceston. He scored 56 in both innings and also claimed the wicket of Clarrie Grimmett. Victoria's wicket-keeper in that match, Jim Atkinson, played in the VFL and had also been Davie's opponent when he made his league debut. Davie played another first-class match a year later and then didn't make another appearance until 1927, this time a Sheffield Shield fixture for Victoria.. It was his final match and he finished his cricket career with 179 runs at 35.80 and the one wicket at an unflattering average of 167.00.

A former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.Konterman's career be

A former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.Konterman's career began with the local amateur club SC Rouveen, then went on to play for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie including FC Zwolle, Cambuur, Willem II and Feyenoord, until he was snapped up by Dick Advocaat in 2000 to play for Rangers FC for a fee of £4.5m. Konterman was part of a growing Dutch influence at Ibrox under then manager Dick Advocaat. Whereas the likes of Ronald de Boer and Arthur Numan were a successful part of the Orange invasion, Konterman did not make a similarly impressive impact. He endured a difficult start at Ibrox,

Was one of the best goalscorers ever to put on an Oldham shirt. As a centre-forward he would have go

Was one of the best goalscorers ever to put on an Oldham shirt. As a centre-forward he would have gone through a brick wall to score with one of his brilliant diving headers. In 1963 he almost broke the all time record for goals in a season and his six goals against Southport on Boxing Day 1962 will always be remembered by Oldham fans.

Was an English footballer.He began his career at Manchester United in 1947 as a 15-year-old. He spen

Was an English footballer.He began his career at Manchester United in 1947 as a 15-year-old. He spent four years, the last year of which was on a professional contract at Old Trafford, but he made no appearances in the first team.

Is a former Swedish backstroke swimmer. Brandén participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he

Is a former Swedish backstroke swimmer. Brandén participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he finished 29th in 100 m backstroke and 11th in the 4×100 m medley team.

Was a Dutch racing cyclist. Oosterbosch was a successful track and road racer.As a professional Oost

Was a Dutch racing cyclist. Oosterbosch was a successful track and road racer.As a professional Oosterbosch was especially successful in time trials; he won 14 stage race prologues, including three in the Tour de France. He won three other stages of the T

Was a German boxer.

Was a German boxer.

Was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Liverpool signed him in exchange for Tommy

Was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Liverpool signed him in exchange for Tommy Younger on the 12 June 1959. He made his debut 2 months later at Ninian Park on the 22 August, Cardiff City spoiled his day beaten the reds 3-2, Cardiff actually provided all 5 goals as City's Danny Malloy scored 2 own goals both being only 4 minutes apart. He kept his first clean-sheet on the 12 December 1959 at the Eastville Stadium, Bristol Rovers were the side that were unable to break down the Reds defence as Liverpool won 2-0.

Was an English football full back who is remembered for playing both at international level for the

Was an English football full back who is remembered for playing both at international level for the England national football team and at club level for Leeds United, Manchester City F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C..

Was an Australian tennis player.

Was an Australian tennis player.

Sutcliffe was one of the best left-hand bats of his era, and his batting feats on tour in 1949, whic

Sutcliffe was one of the best left-hand bats of his era, and his batting feats on tour in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Tayler's

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Tayler's first-class cricketing career began in the 1914 season, when he played two County Championship games for Gloucestershire.

Is a retired long-distance runner from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics

Is a retired long-distance runner from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics

Is a Dutch darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation events

Is a Dutch darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation events.Vlaardingerbrock made four BDO World Darts Championship appearances and lost in the first round each time, losing to Bob Anderson in 1988, Dennis Hickling in 1989, Cliff Lazarenko in 1990 and Martin Phillips in 1992.

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 se

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 season for FC Groningen. Later on he played for Heracles Almelo, SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, FC Eindhoven, FC Emmen, FC Zwolle, and TOP Oss.

Is a female hammer thrower from Spain. Her personal best throw is 69.36 metres, achieved in May 2010

Is a female hammer thrower from Spain. Her personal best throw is 69.36 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Vila Real do Santo Antonio (Portugal).

Was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Hungarian former goalkeeper and football coach. As a youth player, he played for the most famou

Is a Hungarian former goalkeeper and football coach. As a youth player, he played for the most famous Hungarian club side, Ferencvaros, and he also honed his skills in Honved and MTK Budapest, both Premier Division Hungarian sides. As a goalkeeper of grea

Was a cavalry officer in Hungary and later became the show jumping coach for the United States Eques

Was a cavalry officer in Hungary and later became the show jumping coach for the United States Equestrian Team. Additionally, he was extremely influential in developing many of the riding and training methods used by show jumpers today. He began competing

Was an Hungarian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and foil events at the 1912 Sum

Was an Hungarian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and foil events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Hungarian judoka.

Is a Hungarian judoka.

Was a Hungarian Olympic fencer.

Was a Hungarian Olympic fencer.