Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia between 1994, when he first appeared for the t

Is a former Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia between 1994, when he first appeared for the team in the ICC Trophy, against Canada which his team lost by eight wickets, having put a mere 51 runs on the board, and 2005.

Is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward. He plays for the Bulls in th

Is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition. In 2001 he made his Super 12 (now Super 14) debut for the Bulls against the Cats.Rossouw made his first international appearance in the Springboks' opening pool game against Uruguay at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He scored a try in the game as well. He did not play in the subsequent match against England, but returned for the game against Georgia, scoring two tries. He played in all the remaining matches until South Africa were knocked out by All Blacks in the quarterfinals.

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Australian Open and 1 US Open). Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Pieter Aldrich.

Is a retired South African professional wrestler who is a former 2-time South African Heavyweight Ch

Is a retired South African professional wrestler who is a former 2-time South African Heavyweight Champion. Danie Voges was a multi-time Springbok amateur wrestling champion before debuting in 1978 for Bronco Universal Promotions. In 1994, Danie Voges and

Is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA.A 6'10" (2.08 m), 250 lb (114 kg) ce

Is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA.A 6'10" (2.08 m), 250 lb (114 kg) center, O'Sullivan attended Fordham University. He played with the Omaha Racers of the Continental Basketball Association[1], and from the 1990-91 NBA season until 1996, he played with five different NBA teams: Utah Jazz (1990-91), New Jersey Nets (1992-93), Milwaukee Bucks (1992-93), Detroit Pistons (1993-94) and Toronto Raptors (1995-96). He has played for Washington Bullets during the 1993 pre-season (but not in the regular season). He also played with Kinder Bologna, Teamsystem Bologna (1998-99) and Scavolini in the Italian league, and also in Greece for AEK (1999-00).

Is an American professional basketball player. He was raised in the small western Kentucky town of B

Is an American professional basketball player. He was raised in the small western Kentucky town of Benton. In addition to his high school basketball career, where he finish as the runner-up for Kentucky's prestigious "Mr. Basketball" award, Langhi won state titles as a member of Marshall County’s soccer and baseball teams. After growing six inches during his sophomore year of high school, he joined his two older brothers in playing college basketball, signing to play college basketball at Vanderbilt, and was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 2000 NBA Draft. Langhi played for the Houston Rockets, the Phoenix Suns, the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA.

Is an American professional basketball player at the center position. He is 7'0" and weighs 260 lb.H

Is an American professional basketball player at the center position. He is 7'0" and weighs 260 lb.He attended Northern Arizona University before being selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2000 Draft by the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets. During the 2000-01 NBA season, he played six games while averaging 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest.

Was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby ga

Was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby game, during the period when mixed-race activities were forbidden by apartheid legislation.As a 21-year old, Watson played for the Eastern Province team which lost by one point to the visiting All Blacks in 1976. Mona Badela, black journalist and president of the KwaZakhele Rugby Union (Kwaru), invited him to practise his Christian convictions by coaching a black side in the townships. When Watson took the black rugby team to practise at the Saint George's sports ground in Port Elizabeth, they met with strong opposition.

Is a Chilean midfielder, who currently plays for Náutico on loan from Colo-Colo.He began his career

Is a Chilean midfielder, who currently plays for Náutico on loan from Colo-Colo.He began his career playing for Everton in the lower divisions, where in 2000 he jumped to the first team and debuted the same year in a game against Palestino.

Was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a former American bodybuilder, author, two time convicted felon and philosopher. Nicknamed the s

Was a former American bodybuilder, author, two time convicted felon and philosopher. Nicknamed the steroid guru, Duchaine gained worldwide notoriety due to his outspoken opinions on the use of performance enhancing drugs, and made numerous television appe

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back for various clubs in the early year

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back for various clubs in the early years of the twentieth century.Gordon was unable to break into Everton's first-team and, after a year of reserve team football, he moved to the south coast in the 1904 close season to join Southern League champions, Southampton.

Is a former American swimmer. Ketchum won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He ass

Is a former American swimmer. Ketchum won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He assumed the role of head coach of the swim team at Loveland High School (Ohio) starting in the 2009-2010 high school swim season. During his first season as h

Was an English tennis player, who later became even better known as a radio and television commentat

Was an English tennis player, who later became even better known as a radio and television commentator on the game, and was known as the BBC's "voice of tennis". Maskell was born in Fulham, London, England, was British tennis champion sixteen times, and w

A former American football player and head coach. He coached, and lost, four Super Bowls: Super Bowl

A former American football player and head coach. He coached, and lost, four Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXI (1986), Super Bowl XXII (1987) and Super Bowl XXIV (1989) as the Denver Broncos' head coach, and Super Bowl XXXIII (1999) as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.Over eight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Reeves collected 1,990 rushing yards and 1,693 receiving yards.[2] His best year came in 1966, when he rushed for seven touchdowns, good for a tie second in the league.[3] Reeves threw a touchdown pass in the Cowboys' losing effort in the notorious "Ice Bowl;" the 1967 Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers.

Is an American volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.In 1992 he was part of the

Is an American volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.In 1992 he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches.

Is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from

Is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five World Championships.His biggest Olympic success came in 1972, when he won the silver medal in the men's 1000m time trial at the 1

Is a Scottish retired journeyman football player who played for twelve football clubs in Scotland, E

Is a Scottish retired journeyman football player who played for twelve football clubs in Scotland, England, Australia and Ireland.Crainie began his football career at Celtic where he showed great promise scoring seven goals and making sixteen appearances in his debut season for the Scottish club. He played only a few games in his following two seasons at Celtic before moving to England to play for Wolverhampton.

Is a former Belgian football left winger. His former clubs include R.F.C. de Liège, R.S.C. Anderlec

Is a former Belgian football left winger. His former clubs include R.F.C. de Liège, R.S.C. Anderlecht, FC Metz and Sint-Truidense. Boffin played over 50 matches for the Belgian national team, and was in squad for the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

Is a footballer who plays for Burnley as either a left wingback or a left winger. Fox, who represent

Is a footballer who plays for Burnley as either a left wingback or a left winger. Fox, who represented England at under-21 international level, has since been selected for Scotland, making his debut in November 2009 against Wales.Fox had been linked with a move to Leeds United in the January 2008 transfer window. Leeds reportedly had a bid of up to £300,000 (including clauses) turned down by Walsall.

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player, who plays as a central defender and captains Waitakere Un

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player, who plays as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.

Is a Scottish-born former professional footballer, who represented Northern Ireland at international

Is a Scottish-born former professional footballer, who represented Northern Ireland at international level.Hegan won seven caps for Northern Ireland in a career that saw him make 207 appearances for Ipswich Town. He also played for both Black Country rivals, West Bromwich Albion and Wolves, appearing in the 1972 UEFA Cup Final for the latter.

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working in the Independent Circuit. Hollie is best k

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working in the Independent Circuit. Hollie is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2000 and 2007 under the ring names Danny Holliday, (The) Damaja and Danny Basham.Hollie made his wrestling debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), as the Damaja. On January 6, 1999, he and David C. were awarded the OVW Tag Title when Nick Dinsmore no-showed and Rob Conway was counted out. He was also a three-time OVW Champion, defeating the likes of Dinsmore, Flash Flanagan, and Nova.

Is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for English Football League

Is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for English Football League Championship side Coventry City. He is currently on loan at Conference National side Forest Green Rovers.

Is an American professional snowboarder. Danny grew up in New Jersey where he began his climb into s

Is an American professional snowboarder. Danny grew up in New Jersey where he began his climb into snowboarding history at the age of twelve. His home slopes are what are now known as Hidden Valley and Mountain Creek ski resorts both located in the county