Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a former English professional footballer.Nicholson did not begin his professional football career

Is a former English professional footballer.Nicholson did not begin his professional football career until the relativley late age of twenty-five. He had been working as a miner while playing amateur football but in 1931 he was spotted by a scout from Bolton Wanderers.

Was a Scottish professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Manchester United, Brighton

Was a Scottish professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham. He made over 100 Football League appearances.

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Essex dur

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Essex during the 1929 season. He was born in Kensington and died in Harlow. Capel-Cure played just one game for the team, in the 1929 season, as part of a tour of the country by Cambridge University. Capel-Cure was trapped leg-before wicket in his first innings for a duck, and scored just six runs in the second innings of a drawn match. Capel-Cure was a landowner in Shropshire and Essex. He was High Sheriff of Essex in 1951-52 and deputy lord-lieutenant of the county from 1958 to 1978. He lived at Blake Hall, near Ongar.

Was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.Niven

Was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.Niven was signed to Rangers from junior side Coupar Angus in 1951 by manager Bill Struth. He made his debut against Aberdeen on 19 April, 1952 in the final league match of the season, the match ended 1-1.

Is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in A

Is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarter finals of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) by István Kovács of Hungary: 2-24. In 1999 Oltean

Was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire b

Was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman. During the 1949-50 season he toured India with a team of players making up

Is a Kenyan footballer who is currently playing for the Young Africans FC.. Owino had been playing f

Is a Kenyan footballer who is currently playing for the Young Africans FC.. Owino had been playing for Simba SC in Tanzania since 2007. Before moving to Tanzania, he played for Tusker FC. In July 2008 joined Saint-George SA. In July 2009 he was invited

Is a Ghanaian football player who is currently playing for Egyptian club El-Masry. He has been their

Is a Ghanaian football player who is currently playing for Egyptian club El-Masry. He has been their number 1 since he signed from Ashanti Gold and is widely regarded as the best Goalkeeper in the Egyption League. Owu was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic

Was a Scottish-American soccer forward. He began his career in Scotland, playing with eight clubs ov

Was a Scottish-American soccer forward. He began his career in Scotland, playing with eight clubs over nine seasons before moving to the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League. He retired from playing professionally in 1976. In 1973, he earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'2" guard from King's College, Dempsey playe

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'2" guard from King's College, Dempsey played five seasons (1954-1959) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors and Syracuse Nationals. He averaged 5.0 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Philadelphia in 1956.

Was an English cricketer, whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870. Parr played mainly for

Was an English cricketer, whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870. Parr played mainly for Nottinghamshire CCC, and was club captain from 1856 to 1870. He also made occasional appearances for other counties and for Marylebone Cricket Club. He was

Is an English former professional footballer.Parris played district, county and national football fo

Is an English former professional footballer.Parris played district, county and national football for Redbridge, Essex and England Under 15 as a schoolboy. He was invited to train at West Ham United when he was 13 and signed as an apprentice in July 1981 when he left school.

Was an English cricketer. Passmore was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper

Was an English cricketer. Passmore was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Passmore made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire in 1896 against Yorkshire.

Patis competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Theodoros Velk

Patis competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Theodoros Velkos. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng of Malaysia

Is a Peruvian football goalkeeper who plays professionally for Alianza Lima.He was part of the under

Is a Peruvian football goalkeeper who plays professionally for Alianza Lima.He was part of the under 17, under 20, under 23 and now senior squad for the Peruvian national football team.

Was an English tennis player. Pat Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1933 and

Was an English tennis player. Pat Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1933 and in Kooyong in 1934. Between 1929 and 1936 he was member of the British Davis Cup team.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was b

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Gillingham, educated at Blundell's School and died in Isleworth. Blackmore played one first-class match for the Europeans in the Bombay Pentangular Tournament of 1944/45, scoring 8 in his only innings. He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Kent over three and a half years later, in 1948, followed by two appearances in the County Championship later in the same season, at the advanced age of thirty-nine. In the two innings in which he batted, he scored only four runs and took two wickets.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Middlesex. He was born in Ealing and died in Islesworth. Perkins made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1884 season, against Not

Was an American tennis player in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Miami, Florida. Pero pla

Was an American tennis player in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Miami, Florida. Pero played on the University of Miami tennis team that went unbeaten for three years between 1938 and 1940. While Pero was on the team, it lost to only two other

Was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was born in Heyshott, West Sussex. George Pescott

Was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was born in Heyshott, West Sussex. George Pescott made a single first-class appearance for the team, in 1840.

Peter was raised in Irvine, California and started swimming competitively at the age of nine. He is

Peter was raised in Irvine, California and started swimming competitively at the age of nine. He is a former Olympic water polo player who won two silver medals for the United States.The first one was at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California

Was an American football player. He also played one season for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National

Was an American football player. He also played one season for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League.

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nigeria, but is without a club side, after

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nigeria, but is without a club side, after leaving Crewe Alexandra.After playing for Sharks F.C. in his hometown, he left for England and was signed up with Macclesfield Town in 1999. After 100 league appearances for Macclesfield he left them, looking to be signed up by a Premier League club, no offers came and instead he was signed up by League One Port Vale in December 2004.

Was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

A professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Premier League and plays for the Engl

A professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Premier League and plays for the England national team.Joe Cole's cousin Ashley Cole is also a footballer who also plays for Chelsea and England.A child prodigy who received national media attention as a schoolboy, he famously scored 7 of the 8 goals the England youth team scored against Spain in one match, and a product of the famed West Ham United youth system, Cole was long touted as the hottest prospect in English football with Manchester United reportedly offering to pay