Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a cross-country skier from the United States. He was born and raised in Wilton, Maine and took up

Is a cross-country skier from the United States. He was born and raised in Wilton, Maine and took up cross-country skiing in high school. He then attended Bates College, and was an All-American in skiing. After entering the professional cross-country ski

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an allrounder who b

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an allrounder who bats right-handed and is a right-arm medium bowler. Bandy didn't play for the Western Australian XI until the age of 27. His best performance with the bat to date has been 88 against South Australia, as well as 64 against the touring South African side. With the ball he has taken 7/44 against Queensland.

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff."

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1949. He started

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1947 to 1949. He started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI and for the Club and Ground in 1938, and continued doing so in 1939. Brooke Taylor was a right-hand batsman and played 26 innings in 15 first class matches at an average of 15.00 and a top score of 61 not out.

Is a former Wales international football player. He attained 12 caps for Wales during his career.Gil

Is a former Wales international football player. He attained 12 caps for Wales during his career.Giles was a Welsh schoolboy international when he signed for Cardiff City. He made his debut for the Bluebirds in a 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest in February 1975. Unable to hold down a permanent first team spot he left the club in December 1978 for £20,000 and joined Wrexham where he spent two years before again moving on, this time for £40,000 to Swansea City. He continued to move around in the next few season playing for Leyton Orient on loan before moving to Crystal Palace and then Birmingham City.

Was a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he was eli

Was a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Welterweight (– 69kg) division at the hands of Valery Rachkov from the Soviet Union. He also competed at two Commonwealt

Is an English cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and bats right-handed. Nash has played more than 100

Is an English cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and bats right-handed. Nash has played more than 100 matches for Middlesex in both first class and List A cricket. Nash first played in the English cricket team at Under-14 level. On many occasions he repres

Is an ex-professional footballer, currently in charge of the reserves team at League 2 side Peterbor

Is an ex-professional footballer, currently in charge of the reserves team at League 2 side Peterborough United. Oldfield attended Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell as his Secondary School and still holds the 100 metre record to this day.

Is an English former professional footballer. He was manager of Western League club Torrington until

Is an English former professional footballer. He was manager of Western League club Torrington until June 2007.Pook was born in Plymouth and began his career as an apprentice with Bristol City. He moved to Torquay United during his apprenticeship and made his league debut while still an apprentice, as a substitute in the 1-1 draw at home to Bolton Wanderers on the final day of the 1971-72 season which by that time had already seen Torquay relegated to the Fourth Division.

Is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leadin

Is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and Fr

Is a retired male hammer thrower from France. He set his personal best (80.99 metres) on August 19,

Is a retired male hammer thrower from France. He set his personal best (80.99 metres) on August 19, 2001 at a meet in Rüdlingen. Chaussinand won the title (79.71 metres) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, but was disqualified from the competition after fail

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper and made one Ligue 2 appearance in Li

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper and made one Ligue 2 appearance in Ligue 2 for Niort in 1990.

Is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Rowland Heights, California, who has won f

Is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Rowland Heights, California, who has won four World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.

Was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played three seasons in the majors for the Tampa Bay Devil

Was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played three seasons in the majors for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets and Minnesota Twins.

Was an Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He played for Hurlford and Manche

Was an Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He played for Hurlford and Manchester United.

Is a former Australian cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s. He was a stocky right-hand batsman who fiel

Is a former Australian cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s. He was a stocky right-hand batsman who fielded at short leg.

A professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.Clarkson mad

A professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.Clarkson made his debut for Motherwell a few days after the club entered administration, as a substitute for Dirk Lehmann during an away SPL match against Kilmarnock on April 27, 2002 [1]. He scored on his first starting appearance for the club, at home in an SPL match against Partick Thistle on January 2, 2003 [2]. He scored 13 goals for Motherwell in the 2007/08 season and has become a favourite of many of the fans.

Is a Scottish association football player, who played for Clydebank, Falkirk and Dunfermline Athleti

Is a Scottish association football player, who played for Clydebank, Falkirk and Dunfermline Athletic amongst other clubs.

Is a male professional road cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the

Is a male professional road cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years w

Is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "Dynamite" early in his career David Clinton could be truthfully said to be the sport's first true superstar.

A Spanish football goalkeeper, currently for Rayo Vallecano.Cobeño graduated in the youth squads of

A Spanish football goalkeeper, currently for Rayo Vallecano.Cobeño graduated in the youth squads of local Rayo Vallecano. After one season with lowly SD Ponferradina, he was snapped by Real Madrid, spending 2005-06 in Segunda División with their B side.After good performances, Cobeño moved to Sevilla FC. Initially backing up Andrés Palop, he benefitted from an injury to the first-choice, during a March 2007 home win with Celta de Vigo, and went on to make four full additional appearances, adding 3 in the victorious UEFA Cup campaign.

A retired Scottish football left-half.He joined Partick Thistle from school in 1947 and turned profe

A retired Scottish football left-half.He joined Partick Thistle from school in 1947 and turned professional two years later aged 17. He remained there until September 1959 joining Southern League team Headington United, which changed their name to Oxford United the following summer. He returned to Partick in December 1960 but did not make any more first team appearances before joining East Stirlingshire the following summer, but retired after one season.

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia during the 1997 ICC Trophy, as wel

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia during the 1997 ICC Trophy, as well as appearing for his adopted country during the MCC's Namibian visit of 2001.

Is the current goalkeeping coach for English FA Premier League team Portsmouth. He moved to the club

Is the current goalkeeping coach for English FA Premier League team Portsmouth. He moved to the club from local rivals Southampton in January 2006.

Is a retired British judoka.He currently lives in France where he is a judo instructor and is a cred

Is a retired British judoka.He currently lives in France where he is a judo instructor and is a credited cliff jumper. His son, Leon, is also a judoka. In November 2007 at the Judo World Cup in Birmingham he was awarded his 9th Dan by Densign White, chair