Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a retired professional American football strong safety who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from

Is a retired professional American football strong safety who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1981 to 1991. Deron was a strong safety and punter at Rutgers University. In 1979, he was named the team’s MVP. In 1979 and 1980, Cherry earned AP All-East honors.

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Prior to play

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Prior to playing in the NBA, Williams played for the University of Illinois men's basketball team.

Is a Burkinabé professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder at FC Botosani.

Is a Burkinabé professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder at FC Botosani.

Was an American professional basketball player and sportscaster.A 6'7" forward, Dickey starred at th

Was an American professional basketball player and sportscaster.A 6'7" forward, Dickey starred at the University of Cincinnati during the early 1970s before being selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 1973 NBA Draft. Dickey played five seasons in the NBA with the Warriors and the Chicago Bulls, averaging 6.1 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game. He was a key contributor on the 1975 Warriors team that won the NBA Championship.[1]

Is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues as an outfielder, utility i

Is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues as an outfielder, utility infielder and catcher from 1971-1985. He held the distinction of being one of a few players to have played every position (except pitcher) at least once in his career.

Was a US American Heavyweight boxer. Dixon had an outstanding amateur career prior to turning profes

Was a US American Heavyweight boxer. Dixon had an outstanding amateur career prior to turning professional. He won the National AAU Heavyweight Championship in 1993 and 1994.

Is a former NBA basketball player who, at 6'10, played power forward and center, most notably for th

Is a former NBA basketball player who, at 6'10, played power forward and center, most notably for the Detroit Pistons. Mahorn played college ball at Hampton University.

Is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight d

Is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight division. In 2000, he defeated Freddie Norwood to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Már

Is a Bahamian sprinter.[1] Atkins specializes in the 100 metres event and also holds the national re

Is a Bahamian sprinter.[1] Atkins specializes in the 100 metres event and also holds the national record, with a time of 9.91 seconds.

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. In his early years he lifted under Coach and Ment

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. In his early years he lifted under Coach and Mentor Ted Frank at the Belleville Weightlifting Club (IL) who laid the foundation for all future lifting achievements. In his early twenties he was selected t

Is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Coleman grew up and attended high school in Detr

Is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Coleman grew up and attended high school in Detroit, Michigan and attended college at Syracuse University. He was selected first overall in the 1990 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets.

Is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.His most prolific yea

Is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.His most prolific years were with the San Francisco 49ers between 1994 and 2003. During that time, he primarily played the position of left tackle. He played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004.

Is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Mississippi State Universit

Is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University.He was selected 40th overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, and played two games with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the 2005-06 season. He played in the NBA D-League for the Columbus Riverdragons (2004-05) and Austin Toros (2005-06). On December 2006 he signed a one month contract with Brose Baskets Bamberg in the German Basketball Bundesliga. After his contract expired, he signed with Italian team Air Avellino until the end of the season.

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played once for

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Scotland in July 1924. The previous month, he played a first-class match for Dublin University agains

Was an English cricketer and sports promoter, at one time chairman of Coventry City Football Club. H

Was an English cricketer and sports promoter, at one time chairman of Coventry City Football Club. He was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. Robins played two matches for Warwickshire in 1947, but did little and never played county cricket again. Robins made two

An opening batsman with fabled powers of adhesion, suiting his name, McGlew set records in the 1950s

An opening batsman with fabled powers of adhesion, suiting his name, McGlew set records in the 1950s for slow scoring. But though his tenacity brought criticism — even from Wisden — he was the linchpin around which the strong South African cricket team of

Is an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA.Dial graduated from Cass Technic

Is an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA.Dial graduated from Cass Technical High School. Dial played for Eastern Michigan University before being drafted in the second round by the NBA's San Antonio Spurs in 1998. Dial played for the Spurs until 2001. After that he played for the Toronto Raptors for the 2001-02 season and then the Orlando Magic for the 2003-04 season. As of February 2008, he plays in the NBDL for Anaheim Arsenal. Derrick is now playing with the Tulsa 66ers in the NBADL averaging 15pts per game.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft.Chievous played in the NBA from 1988-1991 for the Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers. His best season came during his rookie campaign as a member of the Rockets, when he appeared in 81 games and averaged 9.3 ppg. He played collegiately at the University of Missouri. He also played for Greek team Dafni between 1994-1996.

Is an American-born hockey player who currently plays defense for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux of

Is an American-born hockey player who currently plays defense for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux of the NCAA's Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Is a heavyweight turned boxer. Jefferson became the 1994 National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Ch

Is a heavyweight turned boxer. Jefferson became the 1994 National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion handing Michael Grant his only amateur loss in the semifinals.

Is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 4", 181-lb. point guard rose to prominence whi

Is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 4", 181-lb. point guard rose to prominence while playing college basketball for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. Phelps was never drafted by an NBA team, but did play in three games for the Sacramento Kings in the 1994/95 season.[1] The Vancouver Grizzlies selected him in the 1995 expansion draft, but he did not play for them before they renounced his NBA rights in 1996. He has also spent some time during pre-season (but not in any NBA games) with the Milwaukee Bucks (1994) and Philadelphia 76ers (1997). In 2006/07 season he played in the Russian Basketball Super League for Spartak Primorie Vladivostok.

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and in the 1998 Wint

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Is a Nigerian American basketball player, who currently plays for Hyères-Toulon Var Basket of the F

Is a Nigerian American basketball player, who currently plays for Hyères-Toulon Var Basket of the French Ligue Nationale de Basketball. Obasohan represented Nigeria at the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Japan. Obasohan is a former first team all-Southla

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Rostagno's best performance at a Grand

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Rostagno's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 U.S. Open, where he reached the quarterfinals before being defeated by Ivan Lendl. At several other Grand Slam events, he defeated or almost defeated several tennis hall of famers. At Wimbledon in 1988, Rostagno lost a five-set third round match to Jimmy Connors, who at the time was ranked fifth in the world. At the 1989 U.S. Open, Rostagno had a match point in his second round encounter with Boris Becker, who won that point on a lucky net cord passing shot and eventually the match 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, en route to his lone U.S. Open title.

A former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. He was drafted in the firs

A former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. He was drafted in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and in 2000 set the Kansas City Chiefs record of 1,391 receiving yards in a single season.Alexander was a wide receiver for the University of Michigan from 1989-1993. After the graduation of Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, he became the Wolverines top receiver. In his junior and senior seasons he led the team in receptions and receiving yards.[1] In 1993 he had a career game against Illinois,