Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Fast bowling allrounder, doing the cricketers double (1000 runs & 100 wickets in a season) four time

Fast bowling allrounder, doing the cricketers double (1000 runs & 100 wickets in a season) four times, including the fastest in modern times, (two and a half months). Winner of the World Single Wicket Title at Lords in 1964, beating 19 other famous allrounders including the great Sir Garfield Sobers. First professional coach in Australia, starting in 1970 at an indoor facility in Sydney. First cricket coach to use video analysis, which led to his coaching over the past 37 years, some 20 Test players including Allan Border, the Waugh twins, Brett & Shane Lee, Adam Gilchrist, John Dyson, Andrew Hilditch and scores of NSW representatives. He has coached over 20,000 young cricketers since 1970 and is still involved in school holiday programmes and Mosman CC in Sydney. He holds an ACB level 3 coaching certificate and also an MCC (UK) coaching certificate.

Is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 317 games in the National Hockey League betw

Is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 317 games in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1992. He played for the Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Los Angeles Kings. He was also a member of the United States national

Is a Canadian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He eventually played One Day Interna

Is a Canadian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He eventually played One Day International cricket for Canada at the 2003 World Cup, but has not featured for the Canadian team since then. He currently plays for the Coquitlam Windies, locat

Is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 1

Is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 15 years, and is the CEO of CardPlayer Magazine. Shulman was born in Seattle, Washington. He began playing poker while studying at college in the 1960s. He worked in real estate for 25 years before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1990s. He used his retirement funds to purchase Card Player in 1999.

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Siddall began his career with Bolton Wanderers

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Siddall began his career with Bolton Wanderers in 1972. In four years with the Burnden Park club he made 137 league appearances.

Is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a l

Is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer one at Leyton Orient (1981-1985).He also played for Hereford United (1974-1976), Crystal Palace (1976-1978), Plymouth Argyle (1978-1979), Luton Town (on loan 1979), Brentford (1980), Queens Park Rangers (1980-1981), Southend United (1985-1986) and Crewe Alexandra (1986).

Was an English first class cricketer for Nottinghamshire. Stead was a hard working fast-medium left-

Was an English first class cricketer for Nottinghamshire. Stead was a hard working fast-medium left-arm bowler and made his first class debut playing for Yorkshire in 1959. Stead's teams are recorded in several major cricket matches from 1724 to 1730. His

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Competing in four

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth twice (1956: K-1 1000 m, 1964: K-4 1000 m).

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in th

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 3rd round (56th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 6'11" forward-center from the University of Louisville and Austin Peay State University, Sumpter played in only one career NBA game with the Los Angeles Clippers. On April 2, 1989, he played one minute in a game against the Detroit Pistons along with Robert Rose who only played 2 games and 3 minutes. He later played in the Continental Basketball Association for the Quad City Thunder and set the team records for blocked shots (338), rebounds (2,503), and career games played (385).

Is a former football coach, in the college and professional ranks, between 1962 and 1997. He has one

Is a former football coach, in the college and professional ranks, between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history,[1] and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl (the other being his college teammate and rival head coach Jimmy Johnson.[2])

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Roberts, a wing, was born in Sydney, New South Wa

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Roberts, a wing, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

Is a retired English footballer who enjoyed a successful playing career from 1981 to 1997. He later

Is a retired English footballer who enjoyed a successful playing career from 1981 to 1997. He later worked as a television a pundit.Venison was born in Consett, County Durham. He played for England at youth and under-21 level in his early days. He started his club career in his native North East with Sunderland and set a record when he became the youngest captain at a Wembley cup final when, aged 20 years and 220 days, he skippered Sunderland against Norwich City in the 1985 League Cup final. Unfortunately for both Barry and Sunderland they lost 1–0.

Was a professional footballer with Sheffield United, Reading and Rotherham United.Wagstaff (brother

Was a professional footballer with Sheffield United, Reading and Rotherham United.Wagstaff (brother of Tony Wagstaff, who also played for Sheffield United and Reading) was a defensive midfield player with Sheffield United from June 1963 until July 1969. He played for Reading F.C. until March 1975 when he joined Rotherham United, for whom he played until 1977.

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He participated in the ICC Trophy between 1994 and 1997,

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He participated in the ICC Trophy between 1994 and 1997, where his steady bowling strengthened the Namibian defence.

Was an American basketball player. He was born in Flint, Michigan. Stevens was the second-leading sc

Was an American basketball player. He was born in Flint, Michigan. Stevens was the second-leading scorer in Iowa State college basketball history.Stevens, a 6'5" shooting guard, played professionally as well; briefly for the NBA's Golden State Warriors during 1992-93 season. Stevens played six total NBA minutes in two game appearances with the Warriors. He also played in Asia, South America and Europe.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a specialist batsman. Sinclair score

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a specialist batsman. Sinclair scored three of his six first-class centuries in Tests, yet failed to win a single match with New Zealand. He also captained New Zealand in three Tests, and took two Test wickets in ten overs, both in the same match against Pakistan.

Is a left handed starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball

Is a left handed starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball

Is a former cricketer who played 12 Tests for England as an opening batsman as well as 13 One Day In

Is a former cricketer who played 12 Tests for England as an opening batsman as well as 13 One Day Internationals.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Bedfordshire. Young made a si

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Bedfordshire. Young made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1997 NatWest Trophy.

Is a Russian born Armenian football defender, currently with Russian Premier League club FC Khimki.

Is a Russian born Armenian football defender, currently with Russian Premier League club FC Khimki. He is also a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 4 international matches since his debut in a friendly away game against Hungary on February 18, 2004.

Is a Belgian professional footballer currently playing for Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands.Play

Is a Belgian professional footballer currently playing for Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands.Playing for K.VV. Hamontlo (2923), K.F.C. Lommel S.K. (1986) and FC Eindhoven in his youth years, Biemans joined Willem II in 2005. Biemans played for several Willem II youth squads and became captain of the Willem II Reserve squad in 2008.

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Is a Belgian professional football defender. He currently plays for SV Zulte Waregem.

Is a Belgian professional football defender. He currently plays for SV Zulte Waregem.

A former Dutch football player who scored 2 goals in 5 games for the Dutch national side.

A former Dutch football player who scored 2 goals in 5 games for the Dutch national side.

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for K.V.C. Westerlo.

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for K.V.C. Westerlo.