Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Zimbabwean cricketerEbrahim is a defensive batsmen who prefers to score cautiously in order to

Is a Zimbabwean cricketerEbrahim is a defensive batsmen who prefers to score cautiously in order to build an innings. Ebrahim has a highest One Day International score of 121 and highest Test score of 94.

A professional football (soccer) forward who plays for Quick Boys. He started his career with HFC Ha

A professional football (soccer) forward who plays for Quick Boys. He started his career with HFC Haarlem in 1997, making his debut on March 14, 1998 in a 3–3 draw against Exclesior. He later moved to FC Volendam, where he played his only season in the Eredivisie, which was 2003-04. He later played for FC Zwolle and in 2006 moved to Germany, where he had a disappointing spell with SC Paderborn 07 and then returned to Netherlands to play with Quick Boys.

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in t

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition.[1] He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.

Played for the New Zealand cricket team (national team known as the Black Caps), captaining the team

Played for the New Zealand cricket team (national team known as the Black Caps), captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming.

Was a Cuban–American chess master.He was regarded as one of the strongest chessplayers in Philadel

Was a Cuban–American chess master.He was regarded as one of the strongest chessplayers in Philadelphia. There he played several matches against James Mason (4 : 5 in 1874 and 3 : 1 in 1875), Wilhelm Steinitz (0 : 7 in November 1882, 2.5 : 4.5 in December 1882, and 1 : 10 in 1883), and Johannes Zukertort (3.5 : 9.5 in 1884)

Is a former rugby union player who represented both South Africa and Ireland. Since retiring as a ru

Is a former rugby union player who represented both South Africa and Ireland. Since retiring as a rugby player, O'Cuinneagain has worked as a doctor and as a rugby coach.O'Cuinneagain played rugby at various levels with Western Province where his team mates included, among others, Tiaan Strauss, Corne Krige and Bobby Skinstad. However his career was initially hindered by a serious hip injury and in 1997 he left South Africa and moved to England where he joined Sale Sharks. Then in 1999 he switched to playing for Ballymena RFC and Ulster. He made five appearances for the latter in the Heineken Cup [6][7][8]. Injuries continued to hinder O'Cuinneagain’s career and in 1999 he suffered two shoulder injuries and a broken wrist [9][10]. In 2000 he decided to return to South Africa to complete his medical studies

A professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Calgary Flames of the Nati

A professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.Dion Phaneuf was drafted ninth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames and completed his run in the Western Hockey League for the Red Deer Rebels in the spring of 2005.Phaneuf was named to the CHL First All-Star team for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, selected from the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL. In 2004 he picked up the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy for Top Defenceman and was named to WHL East First All-Star Team. In February 2005 The Hockey News publication named him the number two prospect in the world behind Russian Alexander Ovechkin.

Is a Chilean-Australian football (soccer) player. Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the

Is a Chilean-Australian football (soccer) player. Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the NSWPL.

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a Center-Mid for Brazilian outfit Fluminense.He was

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a Center-Mid for Brazilian outfit Fluminense.He was one of Academica's best players and is known for his pin-point passes. In May 2006 he was in talks with Bolton Wanderers FC and Celtic FC but instead he c

Is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis. He currently

Is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración under the ring name Nicho el Millonario. He has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, World Champion

Is a former Filipino basketball player and national team head coach. He was one of the greatest Fili

Is a former Filipino basketball player and national team head coach. He was one of the greatest Filipino sportsmen in history and help developed both Philippine and Asian basketball.

Is a former Paraguayan football player.Arce played as a forward and was known for his ability to han

Is a former Paraguayan football player.Arce played as a forward and was known for his ability to handle the ball and heading skills. He started playing for Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño before moving to Italy to play for several teams until the end of

Is a Portuguese footballer of Guinea-Bissauan descent who plays for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. in Israel.Some

Is a Portuguese footballer of Guinea-Bissauan descent who plays for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. in Israel.Some of his other former teams include Lourinhanense, Torreense, Vilafranquense, Leixões, Barreirense, Stade Tunisien and AEK Larnaca of Cyprus.

Is a Spanish racing cyclist formerly with UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Is a Spanish racing cyclist formerly with UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

A Romanian soccer player, currently playing for FC Baia Mare.

A Romanian soccer player, currently playing for FC Baia Mare.

Was a Croatian football striker who achieved greatest success playing for Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslav

Was a Croatian football striker who achieved greatest success playing for Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslav First League in the 1950s. During his time with with Dinamo, he won one Yugoslav Cup in 1951 and a Yugoslav First League title in 1954. He made a total of 304 appearances and scored 161 goals for Dinamo, 47 of which were in league games.

Kasdaglis, the only competitor from Egypt, made it to the finals in both the singles and doubles eve

Kasdaglis, the only competitor from Egypt, made it to the finals in both the singles and doubles events.

Is a Greek football midfielder who plays for Agrotikos Asteras F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki. Chasi

Is a Greek football midfielder who plays for Agrotikos Asteras F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki. Chasiotis began his professional football career by joining Pierikos F.C. in July 1994. He later played for PAOK F.C. in the Greek Super League and Kastoria F

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosc

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event.

Is a Cuban boxer.Hurtado, known as "The Oriental Kid", began his professional career in 1994. In 199

Is a Cuban boxer.Hurtado, known as "The Oriental Kid", began his professional career in 1994. In 1997, he challenged WBC welterweight title holder Pernell Whitaker but was TKO'd in the 11th round by Whitaker with Hurtado leading on all three judges' cards.

Is a retired Filipino professional boxer.Gabi won seven more bouts, and drew once (after his loss to

Is a retired Filipino professional boxer.Gabi won seven more bouts, and drew once (after his loss to Kiatsakthanee) before he was able to vie for the WBC International flyweight title, then held by compatriot, Randy Mangubat. Gabi successfully won the belt by technical decision (TD) through twelve rounds, winning by scores of 116-111, 114-112, 116-110. After winning three more fights after his win against Mangubat, Gabi fought Eric Barcelona (whom he defeated six years ago, in 1999, in just his fourth pro fight). The result of the fight was just the same, Gabi defeated Barcelona by TD through 5 rounds, after an accidental headbutt caused the fight to be stopped.

Was a Filipino boxer.Dado began his boxing career in 1926. He was undefeated until he met Newsboy Br

Was a Filipino boxer.Dado began his boxing career in 1926. He was undefeated until he met Newsboy Brown in 1928 for the California version of the world flyweight title. Brown defeated him by knockout in the sixth round. He met Brown again twice more, winning one fight and losing the other.

Was an ancient Greek athlete, renowned for his Olympic victories at pankration.

Was an ancient Greek athlete, renowned for his Olympic victories at pankration.

Was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chud

Was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chudasama was, as well as being a cricketer, a fully-qualified orthodontist.

Was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chud

Was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chudasama was, as well as being a cricketer, a fully-qualified orthodontist. Having made his debut as early on as 1980, Chudasama represented Kenya at the 1996