Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and

Was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the now the United States Open starting 1968. He was the Number 1-ranked American player in 1942 and the Number 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, but developed as a tennis player in Southern California under the guidance of Perry T. Jones.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace and off-break bo

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace and off-break bowler who played for Middlesex during the 1951 season. He was born in Acton Green and died in Harrow, London. Alexander represented Middlesex in two County Championship games during the 1951 season, making his debut against Surrey and following this up with a game against Sussex two weeks later. Alexander was a lower-middle order batsman who also played two games for the team in the Minor Counties Championship, but was unable to score enough runs to secure a permanent place in the side.

Is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional pla

Is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional playing and coaching days with the Oakland Raiders. Biletnikoff retired as a Pro Football player after the 1980 season.

Was an English football goalkeeper.He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he playe

Was an English football goalkeeper.He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he played over 100 Football League matches) and Brentford during the 1920s and 1930s,and also gained one cap for England.

Is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Brickhouse Brown, who has wrestle

Is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Brickhouse Brown, who has wrestled primarily in the United States Wrestling Association and other southeastern promotions.

Was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A b

Was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he re

Was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. Know

Was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. Known as Fiery Fred, he was first man to take 300 Test wickets, and later became a popular and outspoken radio summariser.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.

Was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Shinton was born in Wednesbury. He turned p

Was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Shinton was born in Wednesbury. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in April 1905 and remained with them until November 1907, when he joined Leicester Fosse for £150.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, h

Was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, he played for hometown club Great Marlow before signing for Small Heath. He went on to make 93 appearances in the FA Cup, Football Alliance and the Football League for the club in the early days of its history.

Was an English cricketer. Bates was a right-handed batsman. Bates made his first-class debut for Ham

Was an English cricketer. Bates was a right-handed batsman. Bates made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1920 County Championship against Essex. Bates played a second first-class match that season, which was to be his final for the club, against Somerset.

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1967 to 1979 and fo

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1967 to 1979 and for Griqualand West from 1972/73 to 1987/88. Swarbrook's first-class debut came in 1967, against Cambridge University, and he made his County Championship de

Was an American professional golfer.Haas's first PGA Tour win, at the Memphis Invitational as an ama

Was an American professional golfer.Haas's first PGA Tour win, at the Memphis Invitational as an amateur, broke Byron Nelson's record streak of 11 straight victories. He turned pro later in 1945. He played on the 1953 Ryder Cup team.

Was an English cricketer. Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. Tate m

Was an English cricketer. Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. Tate made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1870 against Lancashire. On debut Tate took his only first-class five wicket haul, taking career best figures of

Is an American professional basketball player who plays at the shooting guard position for the New Y

Is an American professional basketball player who plays at the shooting guard position for the New York Knicks of the NBA.

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born and died in New Brompton. Theobold made a

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born and died in New Brompton. Theobold made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1862 season, against Yorkshire.

Played seven Tests for New Zealand

Played seven Tests for New Zealand

Was an English cricketer. Hervey-Bathurst bowled fast roundarm and slow underarm. Hervey-Bathurst wa

Was an English cricketer. Hervey-Bathurst bowled fast roundarm and slow underarm. Hervey-Bathurst was also a Conservative politician. Hervey-Bathurst made his first-class debut in 1852 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Manchester Cricket Club. Herve

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches, one in each of the 1903 and 1905 seasons. Co

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches, one in each of the 1903 and 1905 seasons. Coyle was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, though he failed to take a wicket in either of his two Somerset matches. He had earlier played non-first-class matches for Northumberland in 1898.

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 18

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 1877 and 1878. He also made one appearance for England in 1876.

Was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion

Was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Jockey four times and British jump racing Champion Trainer eight times.He is the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Gran

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1876. Thornhill was born i

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1876. Thornhill was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Thornhill and his wife Eliza Reynolds and became an engine stoker for the Midland Railway.

Was an English footballer who played at full-back for Southampton and Plymouth Argyle, and also made

Was an English footballer who played at full-back for Southampton and Plymouth Argyle, and also made two appearances for England.

Was an English cricketer. Twynham represented pre-county club Hampshire in three first-class matches

Was an English cricketer. Twynham represented pre-county club Hampshire in three first-class matches, making his debut in 1848 against an All-England Eleven. Twynham played two further first-class matches in 1849 and 1850, both of which were against the A

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ra

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1976. That year, he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men's doubles titles at French Open, the German Open and the Masters. McNair wa