Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a retired American professional ice hockey center who played eight seasons in the National Hockey

Is a retired American professional ice hockey center who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers.

Is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Lokomotiv Cove in the Eastern Sub

Is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Lokomotiv Cove in the Eastern Suburbs Premier League, he previously played for APIA Leichhardt, Sydney Olympic and West Adelaide in the now defunct National Soccer League between 1990 and

He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He played for Essex between 19

He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He played for Essex between 1978 and 1993. He was a member of the successful sides of the 1980s and early 1990s alongside cricketers such as Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, John Lever and Neil Foster. Pringle as an undergraduate played for Cambridge University and was called up for England, whilst he was captain in 1982. Pringle went on to play 30 Test matches until 1992, scoring 695 runs and taking 70 wickets. He also played in 44 One Day Internationals between 1982 and 1993. He appeared in two World Cups including England's losing 1992 final team.

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

Is a former English cricketer. Hayward was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Hayward made his debut for Dorset in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. In 1968, Hayward made his List-A debut for Dorset against Bedf

Is a former British professional ice hockey player. He played his entire playing career with the Mur

Is a former British professional ice hockey player. He played his entire playing career with the Murrayfield Racers between 1964 and 1984. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team 19 times at three World Championships scoring 10 goals

Is a former professional basketball player from the University of Illinois, who spent 16 seasons as

Is a former professional basketball player from the University of Illinois, who spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers.

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and is currently assi

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and is currently assistant-manager of Curzon Ashton.Hall began his career as an apprentice with Coventry City, turning professional in October 1982 and making his only league appearance for the Sky Blues later that season.

Was a Welsh international football player.Tapscott played for Barry Town as a youth whilst employed

Was a Welsh international football player.Tapscott played for Barry Town as a youth whilst employed as a bricklayer, before being signed by Tom Whittaker for Arsenal for £4,000 in October 1953. After a prolific run in the reserves (scoring thirteen goals in fifteen matches), he made his first-team debut against Liverpool on April 10, 1954 and scored twice. Tapscott went on to score five more goals in as many matches that season.

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched two seasons in Major League Baseball. He attend

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched two seasons in Major League Baseball. He attended college at Pepperdine. In 1996, he played for the New York Mets and in 1999 he played for the Kansas City Royals. Wallace compiled a career record of 2-4 in 27 games and an ERA of 3.82. Derek was born in Van Nuys, California in 1971. Wallace batted and threw right-handed. He holds the distinction of having tied a Major League record by striking out four batters in one inning.

Is an Irish former professional boxer. He fought at mainly within the Light Middleweight division bu

Is an Irish former professional boxer. He fought at mainly within the Light Middleweight division but could compete at Welterweight and Super Middleweight. Roche turned professional in September 1994, winning his first fight in Bradford, West Yorkshire, E

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Saunders played

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Saunders played primarily as a wing-half and started his career with amateur side Walthamstow Avenue. He joined Chelsea in June 1953 and immediately turned professional, making his club debut against Sheffield United.

Was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-clas

Was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in 7 Tests for England. As of 2007, he has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who began his career after the Second World War. He holds the record for the most first-class wickets taken by any Hampshire player.

Is a former Welsh professional footballer and Welsh international. During his career he picked up th

Is a former Welsh professional footballer and Welsh international. During his career he picked up the nickname "Nookie Bear" due to his resemblance to Roger DeCourcey who operated the puppet bear.

Is a former professional soccer player from South Africa who played with Chelsea F.C., in the early

Is a former professional soccer player from South Africa who played with Chelsea F.C., in the early 1970s, and then with the Tampa Bay Rowdies from 1975 to 1978 and the NASL's Seattle Sounders for the 1979 & 1980 seasons.Now an accomplished author and sports consultant, Derek lives in Valrico, FL, and runs a soccer camp. In the early 70’s, he scored a key goal for Chelsea against Manchester City helping them win the semi-final match in the 1970/71 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He later played with Millwall as well before joining the NASL.

Is a former soccer player, who played as a defender. Spalding played for Hibernian in the Scottish F

Is a former soccer player, who played as a defender. Spalding played for Hibernian in the Scottish Football League until he emigrated to the United States in 1977. He then played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and at least two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team, in 1982. Spalding earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 2-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago on March 21, 1982. Spalding served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. Stark spent his whole career with Dundee U

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. Stark spent his whole career with Dundee United before retiring in 1984 due to injury. Stark, who played part-time for most of his time, considered quitting football in 1982 to join the police but remained at Tannadice to go full-time.

S a Scottish footballer, currently at Gillingham, although he has announced his retirement from the

S a Scottish footballer, currently at Gillingham, although he has announced his retirement from the end of his contract on 2008-06-30. He played as a goalkeeper.

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

Is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers. Strickland joined Rangers in 1978 and made his debut for the club on 23 August that year in a League Cup match away to Albion Rovers.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in t

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from Xavier University, Strong played in 10 NBA seasons from 1991 to 2001 for 6 different teams. He played for the Washington Bullets, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers.

Was a Wales international football player. A defender, he played his club football for Cardiff City.

Was a Wales international football player. A defender, he played his club football for Cardiff City. He was part of the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.After coming through the ranks at Cardiff he made his debut in April 1948 against Newcastle United. Sullivan spent more than a decade at Cardiff and played in nearly all outfield positions for the club. He eventually moved to Exeter City and then Newport County before moving into non-league football with Hereford United and Ebbw Vale.

Was an English equestrian who was a 54 year old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and

Was an English equestrian who was a 54 year old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and individual silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.

Was an English football player.Derek made his debut for Everton at centre-forward in spring 1957. He

Was an English football player.Derek made his debut for Everton at centre-forward in spring 1957. He moved to inside forward later that year and linked up well with Dave Hickson. He played for Everton in the seasons running from 1957 - 1967.

Is an English former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. He earned 14 cap

Is an English former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. He earned 14 caps for the England national football team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Is a former Scottish football defender.Allan was born in Irvine, Scotland and started his professio

Is a former Scottish football defender.Allan was born in Irvine, Scotland and started his professional career at Ayr United, where he made only five appearances. After just one year at the club he was sold to Southampton of the English Premiership for a fee of £75,000 in March 1993.

Was an English cricketer. Tulk was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Tulk rep

Was an English cricketer. Tulk was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Tulk represented Hampshire in two first-class matches, the first of which came in 1956 against Gloucestershire. Tulk's second and final first-class match came in 1