Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an American professional boxer. He twice fought for the world welterweight boxing title, losing

Was an American professional boxer. He twice fought for the world welterweight boxing title, losing title bouts to José Nápoles in 1970 and 1973. He was a missing person from 1992 to 2004 and was the subject of extensive press coverage in early 2004 when,

Was an English footballer who played as a defender at left back. He spent the majority of his career

Was an English footballer who played as a defender at left back. He spent the majority of his career at Sheffield Wednesday, where he won two Football League titles. He also attained 26 caps playing for England.

A former Dutch football defender, who played for PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap. H

A former Dutch football defender, who played for PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap. He earned 28 caps and scored 5 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In a second round match against Italy, he became the only player to score goals for both teams in the same match in the World Cup finals. He scored an own goal in the 18th minute, and then scored the equalizer for the Netherlands in the 50th minute. His teammate Arie Haan eventually scored the winning goal, giving the Netherlands a 2-1 win.

Was a former professional footballer who played for Bradford City, Halifax Town, Burnley, Huddersfie

Was a former professional footballer who played for Bradford City, Halifax Town, Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Nelson and Tranmere Rovers.

S a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for the Kansas State University.Barre

S a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for the Kansas State University.Barrett was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the 1951 NBA Draft and played for the Celtics (1953–54, 1955–56) in the National Basketball Association for 131 games.

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back. He made his debut for Sunderland

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back. He made his debut for Sunderland on 27 December 1919 against Manchester City in a 1–0 defeat at Hyde Road. Overall, at his time at Sunderland he made 335 league appearance scoring no goals, though he scored 3 own goals, before leaving for Mansfield Town, of whom he made over 150 appearances for.

Was a former Australian male tennis player.

Was a former Australian male tennis player.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Reid, a centre, claimed a total of 3 internationa

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Reid, a centre, claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was a professional footballer who played for Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bristol C

Was a professional footballer who played for Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bristol City, Rhyl and represented Wales at national level.Jones began his football career as an amateur at Bolton Wanderers before joining Swansea City in October 1943. He made 37 appearances and scored three times for the club in the 1946–47 season. The free scoring winger transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in October 1947 for a £7000 fee. He went on to appear in 57 matches and found the net on 16 occasions in all competitions between 1947 and 1948. He left Spurs in May 1949 to join Southampton in a transfer deal which involved Alf Ramsey, where he featured in 44 games and scoring on four occasions.

Was an English football player. His career included spells at Plymouth Argyle F.C., Coventry City F.

Was an English football player. His career included spells at Plymouth Argyle F.C., Coventry City F.C. and Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.In 1972 he became the first English football player to successfully challenge a fine and suspension by the Football Association in the English courts. He was sent off in a game apparently for kicking an opponent, however TV evidence showed that he was innocent; nevertheless the FA noticed something else which he had done and upheld the disciplinary action on the basis of that without allowing him to present a defence.

Was a professional boxer. Schaaf is noted for boxing then-future heavyweight champion of the world M

Was a professional boxer. Schaaf is noted for boxing then-future heavyweight champion of the world Max Baer twice, the first time soundly beating Baer, and the second losing on decision. Schaaf has an official record of 55-13-2 with 1 no contest and 4 no

Was a British middleweight boxer. Smith had a win-loss record of 13 to 161. He lost 55 straight bout

Was a British middleweight boxer. Smith had a win-loss record of 13 to 161. He lost 55 straight bouts from 2005 until his death in 2010. Smith fought Nathan Cleverly in Cleverly's first fight and lost the bout.

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Currently, he is head soccer coach for Geelong Gram

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Currently, he is head soccer coach for Geelong Grammar School.Playing as a midfielder, Tapai debuted with Footscray JUST at age 18 in the NSL. In 1992, Tapai moved to overseas to play for Stoke City in Engl

Is an American singer, record producer, and former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight boxing

Is an American singer, record producer, and former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight boxing champion. He was very tall, by the standards of the day: about 6'5" or 6'6" - so one of the tallest champions ever. In 55 professional fights, Terrell ear

Was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.He started his career at Arsen

Was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.He started his career at Arsenal in 1935, turning professional in 1936. However he spent two years on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate before returning to the Gunners and making his league debut against Preston North End on October 22, 1938, a match that Arsenal won 1-0. Walsh made a total of three first-class appearances for Arsenal, all of them in the First Division, before being transferred to Derby County in June 1939.

Was a Hungarian–Swiss chess master whose half-century career extended from the mid-1920s to the la

Was a Hungarian–Swiss chess master whose half-century career extended from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s. chess master whose half-century career extended from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s.

Was a Hungarian fencer, who has won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. Kolczonay

Was a Hungarian fencer, who has won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. Kolczonay suffered from liver disease, and died on October 4, 2009.

Was an Hungarian Olympic fencer.

Was an Hungarian Olympic fencer.

Was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the clubs Diósgyori VTK, Újpest FC and Pécsi Dózsa as

Was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the clubs Diósgyori VTK, Újpest FC and Pécsi Dózsa as a midfielder and defender. He played 38 games and scored 7 goals for the Hungary national football team. He is most famous for his participation in the bronze

Is a retired East German football player and manager.Between 1939 and 1944, Kümmel played for Crick

Is a retired East German football player and manager.Between 1939 and 1944, Kümmel played for Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg. After the war he joined newly-created BSG Eintracht Sudenburg, a predecessor of 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1955 he ended his playing career

Is a retired Austrian football player.A tall central defender, Aigner made his debut in the Austrian

Is a retired Austrian football player.A tall central defender, Aigner made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga for Admira/Wacker in 1986 and finished runner-up to Swarovski Tirol with Admira in the 1988–89 season.

Was a German footballer. He played for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the team which won the 1933 German cha

Was a German footballer. He played for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the team which won the 1933 German championship.Between 1928 and 1934 he appeared 17 times for the German national football team, achieving four goals. Though he didn't participate in the tournament, he was part of the German team which came third in the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Was a Swedish footballer who played for IFK Göteborg. He represented Sweden at the 1934 FIFA World

Was a Swedish footballer who played for IFK Göteborg. He represented Sweden at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Was a German figure skater. He became Olympic champion in pairs in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. T

Was a German figure skater. He became Olympic champion in pairs in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The pair skaters also won several World and European championships.

Is a former Austrian football player. He is currently manager of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.Nickname

Is a former Austrian football player. He is currently manager of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.Nicknamed Tschick, Baumeister signed his first professional contract in 1974 with Austria Wien, only for him to stay with them for 13 years and winning 8 league titels.