Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a former professional footballer and England international and midfielder.During his career, Pilk

Is a former professional footballer and England international and midfielder.During his career, Pilkington played for Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Barrow and Chorley. He won 1 England cap whilst at Burnley, on October 2, 1954 in a 2-0 victory over Northern Ireland. He was also capped twice for England B, scoring once.

A Dutch professional football player of Surinamese descent. He is a left-footed winger.Pinas started

A Dutch professional football player of Surinamese descent. He is a left-footed winger.Pinas started playing football at DHC Delft, an amateur football club in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. He actually started as a goalkeeper, but discovered soon enough that he was better at other positions on the field. Oddly enough, Pinas was discovered by Ajax, and not their rivals Feyenoord, the biggest team in Rotterdam, where Pinas was living. But due to the distance being too long between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Pinas soon did move to Feyenoord.In 1996, when Pinas was playing for the reserves of Feyenoord, he was discovered by Newcastle United at a youth tournament in Groningen. Pinas would stay in Newcastle for two seasons, in which he made a few appearances for the first team as a substitute. Pinas eventually returned to Feyenoord because of the lack of playtime and the departure of his best friends at the team, Faustino Asprilla and Jon Dahl Tomasson.

Is a Scottish professional footballer and goalkeeping coach. Potter began his career with Raith Rove

Is a Scottish professional footballer and goalkeeping coach. Potter began his career with Raith Rovers, and was the substitute goalkeeper when Scott Thomson was sent off in the 1994-95 Scottish League Cup semi-final.

Is a Danish professional football player who is currently playing as a defender for Vejle Boldklub i

Is a Danish professional football player who is currently playing as a defender for Vejle Boldklub in Denmark. He has played more than 20 matches for the Denmark national football team since his debut in 2003 and he represented Denmark at the 2004 European Championship (Euro 2004) tournament. Priske started his career for Danish club Stensballe. A Horsens suburb club. Still a youth he changed to Horsens Forenede Sportsklubber (HFS) which club today is called AC Horsens.

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the NHL from 1979

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the NHL from 1979 until 1994. He also worked as a broadcaster for the Philadelphia Flyers for seven seasons, finishing in 2008.

Is a Canadian and Sri Lankan cricket player. He started his career playing first-class cricket in hi

Is a Canadian and Sri Lankan cricket player. He started his career playing first-class cricket in his native Sri Lanka and eventually emigrated to Canada. He has represented Canada in the 1997 ICC Trophy and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New York Knicks in the

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (50th overall) of the 1989 NBA Draft. Quinnett played for the Knicks and also had a brief stint with the Dallas Mavericks in three NBA seasons. His best year as a pro came during the 1990-91 NBA season as a member of the Knicks, appearing in 68 games and averaging 4.7 ppg. Quinnett played collegiately at Washington State University.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cornwall. Read, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1957, made his only List A appearance during the 1970 season, his last a

A former professional soccer player and Canadian international.A defender, Gant played 8 seasons in

A former professional soccer player and Canadian international.A defender, Gant played 8 seasons in the North American Soccer League, 1974 to 1976 with the Vancouver Whitecaps and 1977 to 1982 with the Portland Timbers. For Canada, Gant played 15 'A' internationals between 1973 and 1981.Since 1990, Gant has been a youth coach with F.C. Portland, a youth soccer club in Portland, Oregon. He has also coached girls high school soccer Catlin Gabel High School in Portland, and as such was named District 1 Coach of the Year for 2003.

Is a Scottish former footballer and is currently manager of Ayr United.Reid, a central defender, sta

Is a Scottish former footballer and is currently manager of Ayr United.Reid, a central defender, started his career at Morton. After winning their player of the season he became Graeme Souness's last signing for Rangers but a cruciate ligament injury shortly after signing almost finished his career.

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for clubs including Hibernian, Nottingh

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for clubs including Hibernian, Nottingham Forest and Falkirk. He is now the assistant manager of Hibernian. Rice has also held coaching positions with Greenock Morton, Airdrieonians and Falkirk, working for Ian McCall and John Hughes.

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Bournemouth, Colchest

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Bournemouth, Colchester United and Gillingham, where he made over 200 Football League appearances and scored over 100 goals.

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He also acted as assistant coach of Glamorgan. Born in Cantley, Norfolk, he died at Padstow in Cornwall, aged 86. Edrich played 181 first-class matches f

Former Canadian national soccer team player. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia.He started pl

Former Canadian national soccer team player. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia.He started playing at the age of ten with the Evening Optimist Club in his home town and later starred in the Victoria High School team that reached the B.C. High School final in 1966. At 17 he was playing for Vic West in the Victoria City League where he played for two years before joining Victoria United in the Pacific Coast League. By 1970 he was playing in the Western Canada Soccer League for the Victoria Royals and was a member of the WCSL championship team in that year. By 1972 his power and quickness took him to the national team and he made his international debut against the United States in St. John's in a World Cup game.

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1957 and 1966. Roe, a diminutive and defensive right

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1957 and 1966. Roe, a diminutive and defensive right-handed batsman, played mostly as an opener, and was a regular member of the Somerset side between 1961 and 1964. He was awarded his county cap in 1962.

Is a professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.Rolston

Is a professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.Rolston was drafted in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils as their first overall pick. He has played for the New Jersey Devils, the Colorado Avalanche and then was traded to the Boston Bruins. He scored a then career high 62 points, including an impressive 9 shorthanded goals in 2001-02 with the Bruins. Within his career he has scored a total of 33 shorthanded goals.

Is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1991-2000. He played for the Atla

Is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1991-2000. He played for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. He is currently a scout for the Braves. Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, he ppeared in three World Series in 1991, 1992 and 1999 as a member of the Braves. Hunter hit a home run in Game 5 of the 1991 series in a 14-5 Braves victory over the Minnesota Twins. He hit a two-run home run in the first inning of the deciding game 7 of the 1991 National League Championship Series at Three Rivers Stadium vs the Pittsburgh Pirates; the Braves won the game 4–0, advancing to the 1991 World Series to face the Minnesota Twins.

Is a professional cricket player who played for Essex County Cricket Club and Scotland between 1970

Is a professional cricket player who played for Essex County Cricket Club and Scotland between 1970 and 1990.

Is a retired Canadian soccer player who was a goalkeeper in both the indoor and outdoor versions of

Is a retired Canadian soccer player who was a goalkeeper in both the indoor and outdoor versions of the sport. He is currently an assistant coach for the University of Maryland men's soccer team. Rowland was a member of the U20 Canadian National Team, the U19 Eastern Canadian regional team and the U20 Ontario Team. He played in a friendly match for Manchester United while on trial there, trained with Everton, and Fulham, and played a couple of first team games for Halifax Town as a triallist in 1998 and 1999.

Is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2

Is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'10" forward from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Rowsom played in 3 NBA seasons from 1987 to 1990. He played for the Pacers and Charlotte Hornets.

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Gillingham between 1988

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Gillingham between 1988 and 1992, making 44 appearances in the Football League.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Marsaxlokk in the Maltese Football League, where

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Marsaxlokk in the Maltese Football League, where he plays as a defender.Brian is tall and strong in the air, and is generally able to compensate for his lack of speed with his ability to read the game. Sa

Is an American professional basketball player who has formerly played in the NBA. A 6'1" 265 lb forw

Is an American professional basketball player who has formerly played in the NBA. A 6'1" 265 lb forward, he played no high school basketball. Evans was named Big Ten MVP in 1996. He was selected with the 27th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.

Is a former English professional footballer born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, who played as a centre

Is a former English professional footballer born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, who played as a centre half. He made 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Exeter City.

Is an American bobsledder who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he

Is an American bobsledder who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.