Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlt

Is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonsrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports scholarshiop to Durham School where he completed

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and York City.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and York City.

Is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

Is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

Is a retired English football player who played for Bradford City, Wigan Athletic and Northwich Vict

Is a retired English football player who played for Bradford City, Wigan Athletic and Northwich Victoria.

A South African–British chess master.Friedgood represented South Africa in Chess Olympiads at Tel

A South African–British chess master.Friedgood represented South Africa in Chess Olympiads at Tel Aviv 1964, Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970, and Nice 1974.

Is a French former professional footballer who played in England for Plymouth Argyle before moving t

Is a French former professional footballer who played in England for Plymouth Argyle before moving to twice European cup winners Nottingham Forest. Friio, a midfielder, had played for various clubs in France including Épinal, Nîmes and Valence, before Paul Sturrock signed him on a free transfer for Plymouth Argyle in 2000.

Is a former Canadian soccer player who most recently played for the Montreal Impact. In his amateur

Is a former Canadian soccer player who most recently played for the Montreal Impact. In his amateur years he played for AS Jean-Talon Rosemont of the Quebec Elite Soccer League where he won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot as the League MVP and leading scorer. The same he was named the 1999 Youth Player of the Year in the province of Quebec at the Quebec Soccer Federation’s Gala de la Mi-Temps awards banquet. He played his one and only game for the Canada national soccer team on 18 January 2004 against Barbados national football team in a friendly game.

Is a retired English football player who played for Halifax Town and Bradford City.

Is a retired English football player who played for Halifax Town and Bradford City.

Is a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians.A left-handed pitcher, Huff plays in the

Is a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians.A left-handed pitcher, Huff plays in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He was a supplemental first round pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.Huff attended Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California), University of California, Irvine and University of California, Los Angeles before being drafted by the Cleveland Indians. Since 2006, Huff has played in minor league baseball with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Kinston Indians, Akron Aeros, Buffalo Bisons, and Columbus Clippers.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He played three games for the Kentucky Colonel

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He played three games for the Kentucky Colonels during the 1967-68 American Basketball Association season. Gaines attended LeMoyne-Owen College.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Bansko as a midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Bansko as a midfielder.

Is an English footballer who plays for Kettering Town.Galbraith plays as a left sided midfielder, he

Is an English footballer who plays for Kettering Town.Galbraith plays as a left sided midfielder, he joined Boston in 2005 initially on loan from Northampton and is a former trainee at Tottenham.

Is a football defender from Georgia. His current club is Skonto FC.

Is a football defender from Georgia. His current club is Skonto FC.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Xacobeo-Galicia.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Xacobeo-Galicia.

Played one first-class cricket match for Somerset in 1955. Hughes was a right-handed lower-order bat

Played one first-class cricket match for Somerset in 1955. Hughes was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a wicketkeeper, and his single match for Somerset's first team came about because of the (rare) unavailability of the regular wicketkeeper of the

Is an English former professional footballer, currently manager of Northern Premier League Premier D

Is an English former professional footballer, currently manager of Northern Premier League Premier Division club Ilkeston Town.

Is a football coach and scout, a former professional football player and England youth international

Is a football coach and scout, a former professional football player and England youth international.When Ipswich Town's leading goal scorer, Trevor Whymark, was injured against Norwich City on Boxing Day 1977, Geddis replaced him in the line-up and remained in the side. This enabled Geddis to become one of the youngest players ever to make an appearance in the FA Cup final, as Ipswich progressed through the competition to Wembley, where they beat Arsenal.

Was an English cricketer. Lacy-Scott made ten first-class cricket appearances for Cambridge Universi

Was an English cricketer. Lacy-Scott made ten first-class cricket appearances for Cambridge University Cricket Club, almost all of which came in the 1946 English cricket season. His performances for the University side attracted the attention of Kent Coun

Is a former American NASCAR racecar champion.He went on to win the NASCAR Championship in 1966, 1968

Is a former American NASCAR racecar champion.He went on to win the NASCAR Championship in 1966, 1968 and 1969 (the only three full-time seasons of his career). Pearson ranks as one of the greatest of all NASCAR drivers and his duels with Richard Petty are

Was a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1968. He played his entire Major League career w

Was a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1968. He played his entire Major League career with the Houston Colt 45's/Houston Astros. Adlesh threw and batted right-handed.Adlesh was signed as a amateur free agent by the Houston Colt 45's in 1963. The Colt 45's thought highly enough of Adlesh's defensive skills that they brought him to the Majors almost at once, with Adlesh appearing in his first Major League game on May 12 of that year. He went 0 for 8 as a hitter in his brief stint and was soon shipped to the minor leagues. Adlesh would split his time between the minors and Houston every year from 1963 to 1966.

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.Cross played for Rochdale, Norwich City (with whom

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.Cross played for Rochdale, Norwich City (with whom he won the second division championship in 1972), and Coventry City, before joining West Bromwich Albion for £150,000 in November 1976.

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in July 1983 in a first-class match. He went on to play for Ireland on 24 occasions, his last match coming against the MCC at Lord's in Au

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in 17 matches in the 1963 and 1964 seasons. He also appeared

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in 17 matches in the 1963 and 1964 seasons. He also appeared in one one-day match in the Gillette Cup. Doughty was a lower-order left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played second eleven

Is an English former professional football player. He played as a forward.Durie began his profession

Is an English former professional football player. He played as a forward.Durie began his professional career with Blackpool in 1952. He was signed as a deputy to Allan Brown, but eventually succeeded him. He made his Football League debut on March 3, 1953, in a single-goal victory at Burnley.

A Scottish former football player, the son of former Manchester City player Alec Herd and the nephew

A Scottish former football player, the son of former Manchester City player Alec Herd and the nephew of Scottish international Sandy Herd. His favoured position was forward.Herd started his career at Stockport County, for whom he played up front alongside his father, though Herd junior's appearances were limited by his national service duties. Nevertheless, he did well enough to attract the attention of Arsenal, who signed him for £10,000 in 1954. Herd made his Arsenal debut on 19 February 1955 against Leicester City.