Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is an American boxer who won the heavyweight bronze at the Junior World Championships 2006 in Agadir

Is an American boxer who won the heavyweight bronze at the Junior World Championships 2006 in Agadir. Barnwell, a puncher with fast hands, took up boxing in 2002 under Dan Campbell who is now USA Boxing National Coaching Director. In 2004 he was shot in t

A Danish curler from Kastrup.Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The t

A Danish curler from Kastrup.Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team were the only athletes Denmark sent to the games, as such Holm carried the flag for Denmark in the opening ceremonies.Holm has had a long curling caree

Is a retired female long-distance runner from Denmark. She competed for her native country at two Su

Is a retired female long-distance runner from Denmark. She competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1992. Her best result was finishing in 13th place in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She set her personal best in the classic distance (2:29.34) in 1989.

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for Swansea City.de Vries started his career at Stor

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for Swansea City.de Vries started his career at Stormvogels Telstar. In 2003 he transferred to ADO Den Haag. After some mistakes by the first choice keeper Roland Jansen, he took over the position of number one goalkeeper. In 2006 ADO Den Haag told de Vries that he would not be awarded a new contract and was free to find a new club.In the summer of 2006, following a successful trial, he signed a contract with Dunfermline Athletic in Scotland.On May 11, 2007, he palmed a tame free kick into his own net against Inverness to end Dunfermline's 7-year stint in the Scottish Premier League.

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Greek team PAOK as a left back.

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Greek team PAOK as a left back.

Is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of Terr

Is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of Terry Funk. He is credited with the invention of the Texas cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school. His s

Is a Portuguese football midfielder who playes for AEL Limassol in Cyprus.

Is a Portuguese football midfielder who playes for AEL Limassol in Cyprus.

A professional heavyweight boxer and kickboxer from Auckland, New Zealand. He is the K-1 World GP 20

A professional heavyweight boxer and kickboxer from Auckland, New Zealand. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented Tonga as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[1]

Was an American football player. At tight end, he played college football at Northwestern University

Was an American football player. At tight end, he played college football at Northwestern University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders in 1960 and 1961.

Is an American volleyball player and coach, the current USA Volleyball CEO, and a member of the Inte

Is an American volleyball player and coach, the current USA Volleyball CEO, and a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Is an American football player who played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1987.Bet

Is an American football player who played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1987.Betters was a part of Miami's "Killer B's" defense, and went to Super Bowl XVII and XIX. In 1983, Betters recorded 16 sacks in 16 games and won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award, and was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team.

Was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing, both

Was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing, both in North America and worldwide. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman where he honed his skiing skills at nearby Bridger Bowl before becoming a

Was a middleweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Demmings' career began in inauspic

Was a middleweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Demmings' career began in inauspicious fashion with two losses in his first four fights, before he began an unbeaten streak than ran to 19 bouts over three years. Demmings then fought Sugar

Was a middleweight boxer. Known as "Cobra," DeWitt, who was also raised in Yonkers, New York, starte

Was a middleweight boxer. Known as "Cobra," DeWitt, who was also raised in Yonkers, New York, started boxing at the age of 15, and by the time he was 18, the young DeWitt had turned pro and was on his way to three middleweight titles during a 12-year care

Was a Scottish football full-back.Fraser began his career in Scottish minor football, appearing for

Was a Scottish football full-back.Fraser began his career in Scottish minor football, appearing for Eaglesham Amateur and Blantyre Celtic.

Is an Australian swimming coach, perhaps best known as the coach of Ian Thorpe. He has been made an

Is an Australian swimming coach, perhaps best known as the coach of Ian Thorpe. He has been made an "Honor of Life Member" of the Australian Swim Coaches Association and of the Padstow Swim Club, New South Wales.

Is a former American professional wrestler and powerlifter. Furnas briefly worked for World Champion

Is a former American professional wrestler and powerlifter. Furnas briefly worked for World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. Furnas was also a longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling with tag team partner Philip Lafond.Doug Furnas began his

Is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is th

Is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is the brother of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and the son of wrestler/referee/promoter Tommy Gilbert.Gilbert helped hasten the demise of Power Pro Wrestling, a sh

Was a prominent Canadian soccer player in the 1950s.Greig was considered by many at the time to be C

Was a prominent Canadian soccer player in the 1950s.Greig was considered by many at the time to be Canada's best forward player. He was admired as a supreme ball control artist with a sudden electric shot and one of the best two-footers in the game in his day.Greig played all four of Canada's World Cup qualifying games for the 1958 World Cup. He did not score a goal for Canada.

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a winger.Holden began his professional pla

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a winger.Holden began his professional playing career with Bolton Wanderers in 1951. He made over 400 appearances for Bolton, and was on the losing side in the famous 4–3 loss to Blackpool in the 1953 "Matthews Cup Final" and then on the winning side in the 1958 FA Cup Final against Manchester United.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player most notable for playing for Perth Glory, Walsall, and thr

Is an Australian football (soccer) player most notable for playing for Perth Glory, Walsall, and throughout Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and China.Ithier was a cult figure amongst Perth Glory supporters for his flamboyant, aggress

Was a Canadian world-champion weightlifter.Like his father and stepfather he battled with alcoholism

Was a Canadian world-champion weightlifter.Like his father and stepfather he battled with alcoholism, and this combined with depression made for a hard private life. After his successes as a weightlifter, he became a professional wrestler. He was original

Is a former professional ice hockey player and USA Hockey executive. He is the son of former NHL pla

Is a former professional ice hockey player and USA Hockey executive. He is the son of former NHL player Aldo Palazzari. Too small to become a regular in the National Hockey League, Doug Palazzari played a total of 108 games for the St. Louis Blues in 1974

Is a former American heavyweight boxer. Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully wi

Is a former American heavyweight boxer. Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully with 18 consective wins against mostly lightly regarded opponents, until his first loss occurred at the hands of Eddie Machen. He lost his next two fights, a