Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Canadian professional boxer who fights in the middleweight division.Lemieux began boxing at the

Is a Canadian professional boxer who fights in the middleweight division.Lemieux began boxing at the age of nine. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship three times. Lemieux wanted to begin fighting professionally at the age of 17, but was required to w

Is a French football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Angers SCO.

Is a French football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Angers SCO.

Is an American former professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned

Is an American former professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned from 1988 until 1997. He has played in the CBA with the Rockford Lightning and the Yakima Sun Kings, and has also played professionally in France, Spain, and the Philippines.

He played for Yorkshire throughout his career, and captained the club from 1984 to 1986, though this

He played for Yorkshire throughout his career, and captained the club from 1984 to 1986, though this was a far from happy period[1]. Nicknamed 'Bluey' on account of his fiery red hair, Bairstow was as influential for his aggression and never say die attitude on the field as for his playing statistics. In 459 first-class cricket matches he scored 13,961 runs at an average of 26.44 with a highest score of 145. He snared 961 catches and 137 stumpings and perhaps stands second only to Jimmy Binks in the annals of Yorkshire wicket keeping. He played 429 one day matches, scoring 5,439 runs at 20.68 with one century. No game was a lost cause while Bairstow was at the crease and he was a universally popular figure with the Yorkshire crowds.

Was an English-born Scottish cricketer. David Hays was educated at Highgate and the University of Ca

Was an English-born Scottish cricketer. David Hays was educated at Highgate and the University of Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University (two blues) and Scotland in 25 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper between 1965 and

Was an Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler.

Was an Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler.

An Israeli professional poker player and former professional footballer who in his poker career has

An Israeli professional poker player and former professional footballer who in his poker career has won over $2.6 million in live tournaments.[1]Levi, who was born and raised in Israel, was a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces and then later an Israeli professional soccer player, His soccer career was cut short after a knee injury, after soccer he then moved to Los Angeles, California where he was introduced to poker and was once the roommate of professional poker player and friend Amir Vahedi. A few years later he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he currently resides.

Is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Leworthy grew up

Is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate. He signed for his hometown club of Portsmouth F.C. but, having made just one first team appearance, was released by his boyhood heroes and signed for non-league Hampshire club, Fareham Town.

Was an English professional footballer, who played most of his career, as a left back, with Newcastl

Was an English professional footballer, who played most of his career, as a left back, with Newcastle United, who he helped win the FA Cup in 1932. He also made one appearance for England in 1933.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class c

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket between 1992 and 1996. He was born in Oxford. Ligertwood's career began during the 1990 Minor Counties Championship season, in which he played for H

Is a Scottish soccer player who currently plays for Mississippi Brilla in the USL Premier Developmen

Is a Scottish soccer player who currently plays for Mississippi Brilla in the USL Premier Development League.Lilly began his professional career in 2006 with West Virginia Chaos of the USL Premier Development League, before going on to play for Mississippi Brilla in 2007. On April 16, 2008, the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division announced they had signed Lilly for the 2008 season.

Is a French football midfielder currently playing for Dijon FCO in the French Ligue 2.

Is a French football midfielder currently playing for Dijon FCO in the French Ligue 2.

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from 1977 until 19

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from 1977 until 1980, for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels.

Is a former English professional football player. He played as a centre-back. He is one of three foo

Is a former English professional football player. He played as a centre-back. He is one of three footballing brothers, the other two being Andy and Brian.

Played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and

Played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and 1902. Evans was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional fast-medium right-arm bowler. Evans made his first-class debut at Lord's in the Middl

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the P

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1990 season

Was a former professional American football player.Little was drafted in the 7th round if the 1980 d

Was a former professional American football player.Little was drafted in the 7th round if the 1980 draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He would go on to play 12 seasons at middle linebacker for the team, at one point starting 89 games in a row. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1990 season.

Is an English footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion in League One. David signed for the Se

Is an English footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion in League One. David signed for the Seagulls after leaving Hull City in June 2008. He has previously played for Millwall, where he was captain, and as a trainee at Arsenal. His preferred position is central midfield, but he can also play in defence, either in the centre or at left-back.

Is a former Scottish first-class cricketer. He was a right arm offspinner and took the only 10 wicke

Is a former Scottish first-class cricketer. He was a right arm offspinner and took the only 10 wicket haul of his career against Ireland at Dublin in 1957. Lumsden, a full-back and occasional fly half, was capped seven times in Tests for Scotland. These a

Is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and also played Test cricket

Is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and also played Test cricket and one-day international cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. A left-handed batsman, he played 9 Tests and with the bat he scored 552 runs at an average of 42.46 with one double-hundred (214*) and no fifties. Lloyd started his media career in the early 1990's with Test Match Special, where his humorous outlook proved very popular. He is now working as a commentator and pundit for Sky Sports, where his analysis is usually delivered in a light-hearted manner. Lloyd performs a comedy 'pitch report' for 'Cricket AM', where he has assessed various 'pitches', including a bog. He also overlooks and commentates on the annual Mascot Derby at the Twenty20 Cup final days.

Is an English former footballer who played for Southampton, Manchester United, Millwall, Birmingham

Is an English former footballer who played for Southampton, Manchester United, Millwall, Birmingham City and Wycombe Wanderers. He won one full cap for England. His football career was ended prematurely by the effects of multiple sclerosis.

Was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their only ever World Cup fina

Was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their only ever World Cup finals, in 1958.Bowen first played for Northampton Town. He had only played 12 times for Northampton before catching the eye of Pat Whittaker, son of Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker. He was duly signed by Arsenal in the summer of 1950 as an understudy to Joe Mercer at wing half. He made his debut against Wolves on March 24, 1951, but only made a handful of appearances between 1951 and 1954, when Mercer finally retired due to injury. In 1954-55 Bowen became a regular in the Arsenal side, and would continue to be for the rest of the decade.

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has dom

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, Tim, who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven. He has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket. He is currently a full time sport coach at Solihull School. Hemp first appeared for Glamorgan in 1991 and was part of the Glamorgan side which won the 1993 Sunday League championship. He followed this up in 1994/95 when he went on a tour with the England A team to India and Bangladesh. The following season he made a career high 157, before joining Warwickshire in 1997. In November 2006, Hemp made his debut for Bermuda, the country of his birth, in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya. He went onto represent them in all games on their African tour, including seven One Day Internationals against Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. His current top ODI score came during the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup as he hit 102 not out during Bermuda's loss to Kenya. His previous best 76 not out against India at the 2007 World Cup was the first ever fifty scored by a Bermuda player in the World Cup.

Is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. He began his professional career at Newmarket Racec

Is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. He began his professional career at Newmarket Racecourse in 1992 and trained for thirteen years before retiring in 2005.

Was a Scottish football (soccer) player who played professionally for clubs including Southend Unite

Was a Scottish football (soccer) player who played professionally for clubs including Southend United and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances.