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Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1956 and 1961. He sta

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1956 and 1961. He started representing Derbyshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1955, and played most of his matches for the second XI. He made two first-class appearances in 1956 with his debut against Kent when he made 4 runs in the only innings he played. His next first class appearance was in a single match in 1958. Three years later in 1961, he played in two County Championship games and a match against Oxford University. Beet was a right-handed batsman and played seven innings in six first class matches with an average of 7.20 and a top score of 17. He was a slow left-arm bowler and took two first class wickets for 100 runs.

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Millwall, Gillingham,

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Millwall, Gillingham, where he made over 200 Football League appearances,and Peterborough United.

Is an English former football player.Hill, a goal scoring winger was originally on the books of Sout

Is an English former football player.Hill, a goal scoring winger was originally on the books of Southend United, but had an early falling out with management when he claimed the tactics were so complicated "you needed an O level to understand them". His career subsequently got off the marks with Millwall.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1912 Summe

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Born in East Kilbride

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Born in East Kilbride, Brown made one appearance in the Football League for Rotherham United in the 1983-84 season.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport Coun

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra and Selby Town.

Is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He became chief executive of th

Is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He became chief executive of the English footballers' trades union, the Professional Footballers Association. He is reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a football agent, an

Is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a football agent, and has amongst the players he manages a number of current and former players from Burnley Football Club.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for a number of Scottish clubs. Beginning

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for a number of Scottish clubs. Beginning his senior career with Dundee in 1985, Arthur failed to make a first-team appearance and moved to Stirling Albion in 1977, featuring in nearly 200 league matches for The Binos before moving to Dumbarton in 1984. Arthur was a first-team regular in his four years at Boghead and moved to hometown club Raith Rovers in 1988. In six years at Stark's Park, Arthur played in over 150 league matches, tasting promotion to the Scottish Premier League when the club won the Scottish First Division championship in 1992-93.

Is a former English professional footballer. He played as an outside right and represented the Footb

Is a former English professional footballer. He played as an outside right and represented the Football League, the England B team and played twice for the full England side. At club level he made over 450 appearances in the Football League.

Is an Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Wint

Is an Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, shared with Arne Johansen.

Is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the

Is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd).Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. Banks was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the

Is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd).[1]

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex. Born in Yorkshire, Barker was a right-han

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex. Born in Yorkshire, Barker was a right-handed opening batsman and made his Essex debut in 1954 against the touring Canadians, scoring a century. Barker passed 1000 runs in a season every year from 1955 to 1967 with a best of 1741 runs in 1960. He finished his career with 21893 runs for Essex. Barker also played professional football, and made 57 league appearances for Southend United between 1954 and 1959.

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 Hampshire. He was born in Kemp Town and died just outside Richebourg. Belcher made a single first-class appearance, for Hampshire in 1905. As a lower-middle order batsman, he scored a duck in each of his first-class innings. Belcher played frequently for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1910 and 1913.

Was a English-American Football midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons wi

Was a English-American Football midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at the age of 30. During the Canadian off-season, he played and coached in the U.S. based German American Soccer League. In 1971, he became a player and head coach for the New York Cosmos.

Was a Scottish footballer. He made over 200 appearances in The Football League for Newport County an

Was a Scottish footballer. He made over 200 appearances in The Football League for Newport County and Gillingham between 1955 and 1961.Brown was born in Dunfermline and, upon leaving school, worked at Blairhall Colliery, where he also played football for the colliery's team.

Is a retired American ice hockey defenceman. He played for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL.

Is a retired American ice hockey defenceman. He played for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 17 Tests from 1906 to 1912.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 17 Tests from 1906 to 1912.

Is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played for Vancouver Whitecaps of USSF Division 2. Chi

Is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played for Vancouver Whitecaps of USSF Division 2. Chin has represented Canada internationally as a member of the under-20 and under-23 teams. He was a member and co-captain of the Canada under-20 squad that qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Is a Scottish professional football former player and manager who is currently the manager of Dundee

Is a Scottish professional football former player and manager who is currently the manager of Dundee. Chisholm played as a central defender for Sunderland, Hibernian, Dundee and Partick Thistle. After retiring as a player, Chisholm became a coach, mainly serving as an assistant to Ian McCall at various clubs.

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1963 to 1964 for the Clevelan

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1963 to 1964 for the Cleveland Indians. He was 6'0" tall and he weighed 185 pounds. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Woodrow Wilson High School.[1]Seyfried was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1956. In this minors, he had some success. For example, he led Eastern League in wins in 1958, with 17, while playing for the Lancaster Red Roses. In 1960, he played with the Denver Bears. In 1964, The Sporting News said his number one pitch was a slider. However, other sources say he threw a knuckleball. On November 27, 1962, Seyfried was traded with Ron Nischwitz to the Cleveland Indians for Bubba Phillips.[2]

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played 66 t

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played 66 times for Ireland between 1994 and 2005. He made his debut for Ireland on 11 June 1994, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. He played for Irel

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played five times for Worcest

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played five times for Worcestershire between 1932 and 1935.

Is a former Scottish footballer, and ex manager of Ayr United and Raith Rovers and Glenafton Athleti

Is a former Scottish footballer, and ex manager of Ayr United and Raith Rovers and Glenafton Athletic. During his playing career he played as a striker for Rangers, Manchester City, Partick Thistle, East Stirlingshire, Raith Rovers and Ayr United. His greatest success was achieved at Raith Rovers as he became the club's top goal scorer of all time, winning the Scottish League Cup in 1994-95 as well as two First Division titles. In May 2007, he returned to junior side Glenafton as manager, taking over from the departing former Partick Thistle boss Gerry Collins.