Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

A former Scottish football player who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. D

A former Scottish football player who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. During his playing career, he scored over 100 League goals, and earned two Scotland caps.Dodds was born and brought up in Dundee and started his playing career at Celtic Boys Club, aged 9.[1] However, at the age of 14 he signed schoolboy forms with local club Dundee United. Developing into a promising striker, he turned professional with United in 1975, but was initially part-time while also serving an apprenticeship as a painter and decorator. He made his first team debut for United against Arbroath in 1976

Is a British professional boxer who has competed at both heavyweight and cruiserweight. As an amateu

Is a British professional boxer who has competed at both heavyweight and cruiserweight. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. He was born in Sunderland, England.

Is a former American football player and coach. The son of famed National Football League coach Don

Is a former American football player and coach. The son of famed National Football League coach Don Shula, he now works with his father in the family's restaurant business, Shula’s Steak Houses.The Shula family moved to Detroit in 1960 and Baltimore in 1963, following Don Shula's career in the NFL. The family settled in Miami Lakes, Florida in 1970, where Dave Shula was a high school football and baseball player

Is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.He lef

Is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.He left to join Airdrieonians in 1986. After retirement he became general manager at Kilmarnock and chief executive at Dundee.

Was a British sportsman who represented Britain at golf in the 1900 Summer Olympics, and also played

Was a British sportsman who represented Britain at golf in the 1900 Summer Olympics, and also played international rugby for the Scotland.

Is a French judoka.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.96 meters (6'4") and weighi

Is a French judoka.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.96 meters (6'4") and weighing 125 kilograms (276 lbs), he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney, he also gained four world tit

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Dowlen enjoyed most of his tennis suc

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Dowlen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 30 in 1984.

Bodybuilder, actor and author, nicknamed "The Blond Bomber". Draper was born in Secaucus, New Jersey

Bodybuilder, actor and author, nicknamed "The Blond Bomber". Draper was born in Secaucus, New Jersey. His weight training began at the age of ten and was a well-formed habit by the time he was about twelve, in the mid-1950s. In California, Draper initiall

Is a Scottish professional golfer.Drysdale currently competes on the European Tour, having graduated

Is a Scottish professional golfer.Drysdale currently competes on the European Tour, having graduated through qualifying school for the fourth time at the end of 2008. He had previously qualified for the elite tour in 2001, 2006 and 2007 through q-school,

Is a French football defender who is currently playing for French League 1 side Valenciennes FC.

Is a French football defender who is currently playing for French League 1 side Valenciennes FC.

Is a Scottish football player, who plays for Consett AFC.Born in Inverness, Scotland, Duke started h

Is a Scottish football player, who plays for Consett AFC.Born in Inverness, Scotland, Duke started his career as a trainee at Sunderland in 1998. He moved to Swindon Town and joined Darlington in 2005,currently playing for Consett after one season with Durham City.

Was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred horse racing track owner and an owner/breeder. His 80

Was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred horse racing track owner and an owner/breeder. His 800-acre (3.2 km2) Brookdale Farm in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey was the home of some of the finest bloodstock in the world.

A Swedish footballer (defender), currently playing for GAIS. He came to the club in 2007 from Assyri

A Swedish footballer (defender), currently playing for GAIS. He came to the club in 2007 from Assyriska Föreningen.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Sportakademklub Moscow.

Is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England. Prior to becoming a poker p

Is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England. Prior to becoming a poker professional, Colclough worked as a computer programmer. Amongst the companies he worked for were the Post Office, the National Health Service, the Inland Revenue and Fujitsu. He left computing after the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Colclough has had success in many poker variants. Between 2000 and 2008 he finished in the top ten overall in the European Rankings six times. He became widely known to the general public via numerous appearances on the Late Night Poker television series, including the season 5 grand final.

Is now a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer in Hong Kong. In 2003, Ferraris moved to train in Hong Kong

Is now a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer in Hong Kong. In 2003, Ferraris moved to train in Hong Kong where he met with continued success, notably with Vengeance of Rain, winner of several Group 1 races,including The Hong Kong Derby, The Audemars Piguet QEl

Is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his fath

Is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College he became friends with Gary Jones. The son of a horse trainer

Was an American race car driver.Savage began Soap Box Derby racing at the age of five. He moved up t

Was an American race car driver.Savage began Soap Box Derby racing at the age of five. He moved up to racing quarter midget cars then at age twelve to Go-Kart racing. By his mid-teens he was racing motorcycles competitively. He was honored as an all-state

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in one Test and four ODIs in 2003.

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in one Test and four ODIs in 2003.

Is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. Edgar won seven NCAA championships while competing for

Is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. Edgar won seven NCAA championships while competing for the University of Tennessee and was named "Fastest Man Afloat" by Sports Illustrated magazine .He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he re

Is a Canadian football player who currently plays for Championship side Swansea City on loan from Pr

Is a Canadian football player who currently plays for Championship side Swansea City on loan from Premier League side Burnley. He can play as a centre back or left back. On 1 February 2007 he was named as Canadian Youth Player of the Year for the 2006 season. In 2007, he helped host Canada compete for the Under-20 World Cup and had been named as one of six ambassadors for the Canadian team during the competition, which was the largest single-sport event ever hosted by Canada. Edgar has played for Canada Under-17 team and Canada Under-20 team. He was called-up for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship at only 16. In November 2008, Canada national football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification against Jamaica.

Is a former English cricketer. Gillett was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. H

Is a former English cricketer. Gillett was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Gillett made his debut in county cricket in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship for Lincolnshire against North

Was a talented goalscorer who was part of the successful Liverpool side of the 1970s and 1980s.Ironi

Was a talented goalscorer who was part of the successful Liverpool side of the 1970s and 1980s.Ironically, Johnson signed for Liverpool's deadly rivals Everton as a youngster and after showing his ability in early matches, Liverpool manager Bill Shankly pestered Everton counterpart Harry Catterick to sell the young striker, but was rebuffed.

Is an English former professional footballer.David Keefe, a winger, began his football career as an

Is an English former professional footballer.David Keefe, a winger, began his football career as an apprentice with Southend United, making his league debut prior to turning professional in July 1975. He made only six appearances, scoring once, before leaving to join Torquay United in August 1977.

Is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper with Leicester City on loan from Liv

Is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper with Leicester City on loan from Liverpool. He has played for the England under-17, England under-19 and England under-20 teams.