Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a retired american football lineman.Achica was picked in the 3rd round with the 57th overall pick

Is a retired american football lineman.Achica was picked in the 3rd round with the 57th overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts but chose to play for the USFL Los Angeles Express from 1983 to 1985.

American basketball player.Born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, he played collegiately for Gardne

American basketball player.Born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, he played collegiately for Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

Is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 6 seasons (1957-1962) with

Is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 6 seasons (1957-1962) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Colt .45's. Witt was a member of the 1960 World Series champion Pirates. For his career he compiled an 11-16 record with a 4.32 earned run average and 156 strikeouts in 66 appearances.[1][2]

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Leeds City.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Leeds City.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham.

Was a Scottish international football player, who played for clubs including East Fife and Sunderlan

Was a Scottish international football player, who played for clubs including East Fife and Sunderland. Aitken was part of the East Fife's famous half back line of Philp, Finlay and Aitken.He became the club's most capped Scotland player of all time, picking up five caps in 1949 and 1950. He always played for winning Scotland sides while with the Fifers.

Was an English professional association football player. He played for Millwall and Gillingham betwe

Was an English professional association football player. He played for Millwall and Gillingham between 1931 and 1936, making 69 appearances in the Football League, before emigrating to Malta.

Was an English professional footballer who played most of his career as a winger with Bradford City.

Was an English professional footballer who played most of his career as a winger with Bradford City.He was born in Totley, Sheffield and represented Sheffield Schools four times in the annual matches against London Schools.[1] He started his professional career at the age of 17 with Hallam before moving to Chesterfield in January 1904.

Was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolv

Was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.Between 1903 and 1906 he was with Southern League Southampton, where he was top scorer in 1904-05 (jointly with Edgar Bluff) with ten league goals.

Was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 11 games for the 1902 Br

Was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 11 games for the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas and later umpired in the American League from 1913 to 1934. He is often credited as having invented the spitball while playing in the minor leagues. He was the umpire in four World Series (1914, 1918, 1922, 1926), and his 3,331 games as an umpire ranked third in AL history when he retired.

Alexander was a forceful bat and a fast bowler, and also acted as the manager of the Australian team

Alexander was a forceful bat and a fast bowler, and also acted as the manager of the Australian teams that toured England under Billy Murdoch in 1880 and 1884. He also managed the England tour of 1882-83 under Ivo Bligh that went to Australia to retrieve The Ashes.

Was an Irish cricketer and badminton player. He made his debut for Ireland against South Africa in

Was an Irish cricketer and badminton player. He made his debut for Ireland against South Africa in August 1907, and went on to play for them on eight occasions, his last game coming in July 1912, also against South Africa. All but one of his games for Ir

He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and claimed five wickets in an innings on thirteen occasions,

He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and claimed five wickets in an innings on thirteen occasions, converting five of them into ten-wicket match hauls. He first made his mark on South Africa’s non-first-class tour of England in 1894 where he was the pic

Is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, and waterskier, known for his barefoot waterskiing and tr

Is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, and waterskier, known for his barefoot waterskiing and trademark yellow "banana"-like wetsuits. He was not exposed to water skiing until 1955, when he was in Florida recovering from a fusion operation on his back

Was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with

Was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories.

Is regarded as one the greatest bowlers of all time. Statistically, he holds the lowest lifetime Tes

Is regarded as one the greatest bowlers of all time. Statistically, he holds the lowest lifetime Test bowling average among bowlers with more than fifteen wickets and he has the second highest peak rating for a bowler in the ICC ratings. Lohmann first pla

Was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He also m

Was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He also made four appearances for the Welsh national team.Owen began his career with his local team, Chirk, before joining Newton Heath in January 1889. At the time of his signing, he was one of three Owens at the club, the other two being brothers Jack and William Owen. Owen played for Newton Heath for 1½ seasons, during which time he made 19 competitive appearances and scored five goals.

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town & Leyton Orien

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town & Leyton Orient.

Was an English cricketer, a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who was the first man to

Was an English cricketer, a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who was the first man to take a wicket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club after they attained first-class status for the 1899 season. Wilson opened the bowling in Worcestershir

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL during the 1970s. Before Young came to St Kilda he played 76 WANFL games with Subiaco as well as representing Western Australia at interstate football. His performance at the 1972 Perth Carnival had earned him All-Australian selection. He debuted for St Kilda in 1973 and played his first couple of seasons as a half forward flanker. Young also played two Sheffield Shield matches for the Western Australian cricket team in the 1972/73 Australian cricket season. He was a left-handed batsman and made a century in the second match, an innings of 125 against South Australia at the WACA Ground.

Is a former Ghanaian footballer.Alhassan made several appearances for the Ghana national football te

Is a former Ghanaian footballer.Alhassan made several appearances for the Ghana national football team, including qualifying matches for several FIFA World Cups.[1] He played for the Ghana squad who won the 1978 African Cup of Nations held in Ghana.

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th century.Broxburn S

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th century.Broxburn Shamrock and Leith Athletic before being signed by Liverpool manager John McKenna and W. E. Barclay in September 1895. The 20 year old Allan made quite an impact for Liverpool after making his debut in a Football League Second Division match a 5-1 home thumping of Newcastle on 14 September 1895, he scored his first goal for the club 7 days later on the 21 September against Loughborough Town at the Athletic Ground. This sparked an impressive goals per game run for the rest of the 1985/96 promotion season,

Was an English association footballer, best remembered for some notable managerial successes.Ashman

Was an English association footballer, best remembered for some notable managerial successes.Ashman had an undistinguished amateur playing career with Sheffield United F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. during the ad hoc competitions of World War II. In 1951, he signed for Carlisle United F.C. for whom he made 207 appearances, scoring 98 goals.

Is a former American football player and well-known television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, F

Is a former American football player and well-known television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, FOX, and, briefly, ESPN.Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on CBS and FOX's NFL telecasts, and in 1999 he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.[1]

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1898. Marsden started playing fo

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1898. Marsden started playing for Derbyshire in 1894 and took part in several first-class games before they formally joined County Championship in 1895. His debut the championship was aga