Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a Scottish former professional footballer who played league football for Blackburn Rovers betwee

Was a Scottish former professional footballer who played league football for Blackburn Rovers between 1948 and 1953, making over 200 appearances.He also played football with Preston North End and Rangers, Dundee and Dundee United in Scotland. After retirement from playing, Gray had a spell as Forfar Athletic manager.

Is a former Scottish footballer. He played for Hearts for 8 years before transferring to Clyde, wher

Is a former Scottish footballer. He played for Hearts for 8 years before transferring to Clyde, where he won the 1955 Scottish Cup. He later played for Hibernian and Gillingham.

Is a former Scottish footballer. During his career he played for Kilmarnock and Celtic. During his C

Is a former Scottish footballer. During his career he played for Kilmarnock and Celtic. During his Celtic career he was lightheartedly referred to as a "currant bun", by other Celtic players. Provan thought this was good natured though. He earned ten caps and scored one goal for the Scotland national football team and was a non-playing member of Scotland's 1982 World Cup squad.

Scottish footballer who played for Abercorn and Stoke.Davy Brodie was one of a generation of Scottis

Scottish footballer who played for Abercorn and Stoke.Davy Brodie was one of a generation of Scottish footballers who moved to England to become professional footballers. Brodie was one of many who arrived at the Victoria Ground to earn his living in the sport. Brodie had started out at his local club Paisley before moving to Abercorn.

Is an Israeli professional tennis player. Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July

Is an Israeli professional tennis player. Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Harel Levy and Noam Okun. He is right-handed, and at 5' 9" he is one of the shortest pla

Was an English cricketer, an attacking batsman who had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleve

Was an English cricketer, an attacking batsman who had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleven Tests for England. His nickname came from his habit of surviving the numerous chances that his attacking batting style naturally created for the opposition. He was a fine deep fielder, and was said to be an excellent judge of a high catch, but did little bowling: his only really significant contribution with the ball came in 1896, when he took 5-42 against South of England. He also had one first-class stumping to his name, against Cambridge University in 1905.

Is a Mexican American heavyweight boxer with a 32-0 (30 KOs, most in the first round) Currently rank

Is a Mexican American heavyweight boxer with a 32-0 (30 KOs, most in the first round) Currently ranked #24 American Heavyweight according to boxrec.

Is a professional Samoan Heavyweight boxer, fighting out of South Auckland, New Zealand. He is a cur

Is a professional Samoan Heavyweight boxer, fighting out of South Auckland, New Zealand. He is a current WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Heavyweight champion. He made his comeback on October 3, 2009 by defeating Shane Cameron by a second round knock out

Was a British heavyweight boxing champion. Pearce is noted for boxing in the last 15-round British c

Was a British heavyweight boxing champion. Pearce is noted for boxing in the last 15-round British championship bout, as the contracts for the bout were finalised before the present 12-round rule was in place. He also knocked out Dennis Andries the three

Is an English professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known b

Is an English professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter" (conflating his home city's past pottery industry and his profession of potting snooker balls).

Is a Scottish footballer and current interim manager of Livingston.Davie Hay is regarded as one of t

Is a Scottish footballer and current interim manager of Livingston.Davie Hay is regarded as one of the 'Celtic greats'. After completing secondary education at St Mirin's Academy in Paisley he signed for Celtic in 1966 and became one of the so called 'Quality Street Kids', the great Celtic reserve team that also included players such as Kenny Dalglish, Lou Macari, Danny McGrain and George Connelly, who eventually took the places of the ageing Lisbon Lions.

Was a male lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Su

Was a male lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's lightweight division by Denmark's Hans Jacob Nielsen.

Is a Welsh cycling coach and is currently British Cycling's performance director, and the general ma

Is a Welsh cycling coach and is currently British Cycling's performance director, and the general manager of Team Sky. Brailsford competed in France for four years as a professional cyclist before returning to the UK at 23 to study for a degree in sports

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from Dallas Madison High

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from Dallas Madison High School and Wichita State University, Stallworth played eight seasons (1965-1967; 1969-1975) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and Baltimore/Capital Bullets. He averaged 9.3 points per game in his career and won a league championship with New York in 1970.

Is a prominent Australian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and son of legendary trainer Colin Hayes. H

Is a prominent Australian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and son of legendary trainer Colin Hayes. Hayes has trained 35 Group One winners, including Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Golden Slipper winners. In July 2007, Hayes gained considerabl

Attended Michigan State University. He played defensive tackle in the American Football League for t

Attended Michigan State University. He played defensive tackle in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Jets.He was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the only sack of the game; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets' destruction of the NFL Champion Colts. After his playing years, he fell to alcoholism, but underwent therapy, and has been sober for 33 years, offering help and hope to others with the problem. Rochester is one of only twenty players who played the entire ten years of the AFL's existence.

Ulliott was born the son of Stanley Ulliott, a World War II paratrooper turned truck driver and his

Ulliott was born the son of Stanley Ulliott, a World War II paratrooper turned truck driver and his wife Joyce (née Jefferson). He grew up in a small council house in a working class area, where he shared a room with his sister Janet (who later died of cancer). Ulliott was unmotivated throughout his education and left school at the age of 15, without any O-levels

Is an English cricketer. Kidner is a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast. In 2000, Kidner

Is an English cricketer. Kidner is a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast. In 2000, Kidner made his debut for Dorset in a List-A match in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against Norfolk. Kidner played a further 2 List-A matches for the county against Sco

Is a former pitcher who played in Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexican Baseball League) and Liga Mexica

Is a former pitcher who played in Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexican Baseball League) and Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (Mexican Pacific League) for several teams.

Is a former competitive sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet f

Is a former competitive sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers (Olympic Bronze medalist in 1956 and five-time World Championship finalist between 1955 and 1959). He is best known as an extremely successful and i

Is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Ol

Is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. Rigert became one of the greatest weightlifters in history

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. Rigert became one of the greatest weightlifters in history.

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career h

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 9 in 1994. He likes to laugh at badgers.

Is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Liberty Professionals FC.

Is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Liberty Professionals FC.

Is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played for various English clubs in the 1990s and 2

Is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played for various English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s.Adekola joined Bury in January 1993, amid claims that he had played top-flight football in France and Belgium (although it later transpired that his entire background may have been untrue.