Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Dalton was part of the Ca

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Dalton was part of the Canadian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played three matches.

Was an American slalom and sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two gold meda

Was an American slalom and sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two gold medals in the mixed C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1975 and 1977.

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Nu-Wrestling Evolution (NWE). Palumbo is

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Nu-Wrestling Evolution (NWE). Palumbo is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment. Throughout his career, he has become a six time Wo

Was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a silver med

Was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.

Was an American world champion boxer.

Was an American world champion boxer.

American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissan

American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissance (1929–41).

A former Scottish footballer. He was a talented and skilful winger who played for Aberdeen, Dundee,

A former Scottish footballer. He was a talented and skilful winger who played for Aberdeen, Dundee, Chelsea and Crystal Palace before ending his career in the United States.Cooke began his professional career with Aberdeen in 1960 and moved to Dundee in December 1964, where he was voted player of the year. He signed for Chelsea in April 1966 for a then club record of £72,000 as part of manager Tommy Docherty's restructuring of the Chelsea side, which saw him take the place of Terry Venables in the side. He made his debut in May 1966 during a 2-0 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup win over FC Barcelona.

Is a former Australian football player who played for the Australian football team (Socceroos) 49 ti

Is a former Australian football player who played for the Australian football team (Socceroos) 49 times and scored 7 full international goals. He was also the captain of the Australian football team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989. Charlie Yankos re

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire, Cambridge University and Ken

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire, Cambridge University and Kent. His birth was registered as "Charlie Stowell Marriott".

Is a former Australian international football (soccer) player of Scottish heritage. He played in Sco

Is a former Australian international football (soccer) player of Scottish heritage. He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines in the Victorian State League. He played 19 matches for Australia and scored 5

Was a New Zealand rugby player. Born in Kurow, Otago, he played seven matches for the All Blacks inc

Was a New Zealand rugby player. Born in Kurow, Otago, he played seven matches for the All Blacks including three tests in 1938. He later captained the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force 'Kiwis' team on their 1945-46 tour of Britain and Europe. He also pl

American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was

American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 4th round (7th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft and played one season in 1984-85 for the Golden State Warriors.

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1979-1984.Rainey won

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1979-1984.Rainey won a career high 14 games for the Cubs in 1983. On August 24 of that year, against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field, he had a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth by an Eddie Milner single, the only hit Rainey would allow in a 3-0 Cub victory. The no-hitter would have been the first by a Cub (and, in fact, the first one the Cubs had been involved in) since Milt Pappas in 1972.

Is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water sw

Is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming, in which he is a world champion.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre competition at the 1924 Summer Oly

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Hammand, a lock, was born in Waverley, New South

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Hammand, a lock, was born in Waverley, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.

Is a Ghanain professional boxer fighting in the super middleweight division. As an amateur he repres

Is a Ghanain professional boxer fighting in the super middleweight division. As an amateur he represented Ghana in the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal and in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games reaching the second round. As a profess

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Warwickshire. He was born in King's Heath, Birmingham and died in Moseley. Adderley represented Warwickshire during the 1946 season, though he failed to impress with either bat or ball, scoring just 27 runs in five first-class matches.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire. He was born in Finedon and died in Northampton. Addis made his debut during the 1924 season, playing against Dublin University, against whom he took three wickets with the ball. Addis's second and final first-class appearance came against the very same team almost exactly two years later, with the same end result, thanks to century innings from team-mates William Adams and John Timms. Addis took one wicket in the first innings of the match, and in the second, bowled four overs, conceding just one run.

Was a Ghanaian football player. He played as a defender for Accra Hearts of Oak and was one of the o

Was a Ghanaian football player. He played as a defender for Accra Hearts of Oak and was one of the original Black Stars, the Ghana national football team. He shares the record for the most appearances in a final of the African Nations Cup having played fo

Is a retired boxer from the USA. Chuck Adkins was the Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Oly

Is a retired boxer from the USA. Chuck Adkins was the Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, in the Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) class. In the final he defeated Viktor Mednov of the Soviet Union in the final on a 2-1 decision. The bo

Was a mixed-race English professional footballer (one of the first black players in British football

Was a mixed-race English professional footballer (one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War, and later became Britain's first well-known black stand-up comedian.He played 171 times for Rovers in total, but scored only one goal, in a second division game away to Barnsley on 24 March 1956.In his own words, "I was never a fancy player, but I could stop them buggers that were.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Rothley and died in Southfields. Agar made his debut during the 1898 County Championship season, making a highly credible debut innings of 26 before being bowled out by Foster Cunliffe.

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He is

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He is 6' 2" (1.88 m) tall and plays as a point guard.Before he signed with the Warriors, he played for Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League, averaging 26.4 points and 5.3 rebounds.

Is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Marylan

Is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Maryland from 1965 to 1968. In 1966, he set the Atlantic Coast Conference record for single-season passing touchdowns with 17. At Maryland, Pastrana also played o