Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former infielder and coach in Major League Baseball. Primarily a second baseman as a profession

Is a former infielder and coach in Major League Baseball. Primarily a second baseman as a professional player, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed, stood 5'11" (80 cm) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He attended California Polytechnic University.Oliver originally signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1973 after being selected in the third round of the June draft, and his only trial in the major leagues consisted of seven games with the 1977 Indians. He batted 22 times, collecting seven hits, including a triple, three runs batted in, and four bases on balls. His batting average was .318. He returned to the Cleveland farm system and played through 1980, then became manager of the Indians' Batavia farm club in the Short Season Class A New York-Penn League in 1981-82.

Is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With partner and wife Jamie Salé, he is the 2002 Olympic co-cham

Is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With partner and wife Jamie Salé, he is the 2002 Olympic co-champion.

Is a former professional ice hockey who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974–75 to

Is a former professional ice hockey who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974–75 to 1987–88.Williams was drafted in the second round (31st overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the third round (33rd overall) in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. Despite being drafted by a WHA team, he never played in the WHA.

Is a former cricket player, who represented the Tasmanian Tigers in one first-class match. He played

Is a former cricket player, who represented the Tasmanian Tigers in one first-class match. He played as a right-arm off spin bowler. After solid performances as a junior player, Castle joined the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 1990 and 1991.

Is an English footballer. Gilbert is a midfielder who began his career at his hometown club Lincoln

Is an English footballer. Gilbert is a midfielder who began his career at his hometown club Lincoln City, where he made his first-team debut in the 1980–81 season. After two seasons at Sincil Bank, and a brief spell at Scunthorpe United, Gilbert dropped down to the Gola League and joined Boston United.

Is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who pl

Is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board. Greetham made his List-A debut in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in September 2001 against Ireland. Greetham

Is a retired Scottish footballer.Hagen began his career with Rangers, where he played a handful of g

Is a retired Scottish footballer.Hagen began his career with Rangers, where he played a handful of games, before moving to Hearts.He then moved to hometown team Falkirk, where he stayed for five years, making over 100 appearances. He then joined Livingston, where he won the Scottish First Division title. He joined Clyde in 2001, and scored the fastest goal of the 2001-02 season, scoring after only 16 seconds against R

Was an English footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Shef

Was an English footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as lower division clubs and teams in France, Japan, and Spain.

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from England, who participated in three Summer Olympics for Grea

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from England, who participated in three Summer Olympics for Great Britain: 1992, 1996 and 2000.Luckes played club hockey for Surbiton and East Grinstead. He also helped in UK 2012 Olympic bid and is now in charge of Spo

Is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Norwich City

Is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Norwich City

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Southampton.David was originally with Notts County’s youth squad and made four appearances in League Two for the club's first team at the end of the 2003-04 season.

Is a New Zealand international footballer, currently playing for Auckland City FC in the New Zealand

Is a New Zealand international footballer, currently playing for Auckland City FC in the New Zealand Football Championship. Born in England, he made over 180 appearances in the English Football League between 2000 and 2008. He is able to play in both midf

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Bristol City. He plays in central midfield.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Bristol City. He plays in central midfield.

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth.Nugent, who started

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth.Nugent, who started his career as a goalkeeper, was a member of the Liverpool youth academy but left in 2001, aged 15, without being offered a professional contract. It was only once he changed his position that he then became a professional with Bury, joining the club's successful Youth and Centre of Excellence department.

Is an English cricketer, as a recognised wicket-keeper. Pipe made his first-class debut for Worceste

Is an English cricketer, as a recognised wicket-keeper. Pipe made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Oxford University in May 1998, recording two catches and a stumping. In 2009 it was announced that he would be retiring at the end of the se

Is an English former footballer.Price was snapped up by Arsenal in 1970 having been already known as

Is an English former footballer.Price was snapped up by Arsenal in 1970 having been already known as a prodigious young midfielder (he was captain of the England schoolboys team). He spent the next few years in the Gunners' youth and reserve sides, winning the FA Youth Cup in 1971.

Was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious

Was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United Sta

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victorian Bushrangers and then the Tasman

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victorian Bushrangers and then the Tasmanian Tigers later on in his career. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, David Saker made his first class debut in the 1994-95 season. He spent 6 years with the Bushrangers before accepting an offer to join the Tasmanian side at the start of the 2000-01 season. As a veteran in a fairly young side he was named as their Player of the Year for 2001-02. Saker was also a handy batsman, making 4 first class half centuries, even opening the batting at times for the Bushrangers at limited-overs level. He retired in 2002-03 with 247 wickets to his name at 30.10. In 2004 he became an assistant coach at Victoria under Greg Shipperd. On 08/04/2010, Saker was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the England Cricket team.

Is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Stevens played for the Minnesota Twin

Is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Stevens played for the Minnesota Twins (1994-1997), Chicago Cubs (1998), Cleveland Indians (1999), and Atlanta Braves (2000).

Is an English former professional footballer and football manager. David has a son, Daniel Webb, who

Is an English former professional footballer and football manager. David has a son, Daniel Webb, who is also a professional footballer and currently plays for Wimbledon.

Is an English footballer, who plays for Middlesbrough. He is a central defender with a penchant for

Is an English footballer, who plays for Middlesbrough. He is a central defender with a penchant for scoring from set-pieces. He has developed a reputation for being a "no nonsense" defender and has often been compared to the likes of Gary Pallister and Terry Butcher.

Is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player and current coach of Danish Superliga club

Is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player and current coach of Danish Superliga club AC Horsens. He played as central defender for the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92), retirring after the 2-0 final win against Germany, following 54 matches and three goals for Denmark.

Was an English professional footballer. He was born in Exeter, Devon and played for all three of the

Was an English professional footballer. He was born in Exeter, Devon and played for all three of the county’s professional football teams.Hancock began his career as a junior with Plymouth Argyle, turning professional in September 1955.

Is a French-Tunisian football defender who is currently play with Grenoble Foot 38. Hoping for a sel

Is a French-Tunisian football defender who is currently play with Grenoble Foot 38. Hoping for a selection to the French national team, he turned down several opportunities to represent Tunisia. However, when the 2006 World Cup was approaching, Jemmali accepted the offer and made his debut for the Eagles of Carthage on March 1, 2006 against Serbia and Montenegro. He was subsequently called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Is a Spanish basketball player, playing the forward position.

Is a Spanish basketball player, playing the forward position.