Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a Scottish football player. He is perhaps best known as being the only Scottish footballer to ha

Was a Scottish football player. He is perhaps best known as being the only Scottish footballer to have been a champion with three different clubs. What is even more notable is that none of the clubs he won championships with were either of the traditionally dominant Old Firm of Rangers and Celtic.Smith spent much of his childhood in Angus and showed great footballing promise playing for Montrose Roselea and Dundee North End. Smith was to return to Edinburgh to pursue a career as a professional. It wasn't to be with his boyhood favourites Heart of Midlothian however,

Is an English former footballer. He represented England at schoolboy international level.Staniforth

Is an English former footballer. He represented England at schoolboy international level.Staniforth was born in Hull and attended Greatfield High School. He began his career as an apprentice with Hull City, making his league debut towards the end of the 1974-75 season. He moved to York City in December 1976, scoring 33 times in 128 league games.

Is a retired Canadian association football player. Sweetzer earned 3 caps for the Canadian national

Is a retired Canadian association football player. Sweetzer earned 3 caps for the Canadian national side in 1981. He played club football in England for Brentford and Cambridge United, and in Canada for the Toronto Blizzard and the Edmonton Drillers. His brothers Billy and Jimmy also played professional soccer.

Is a former Scottish footballer.Logan graduated through Vale juniors to sign professional forms in M

Is a former Scottish footballer.Logan graduated through Vale juniors to sign professional forms in March 1967. He played 42 games (35 in the league) for the club over the next two seasons, however never had a regular run in the team and was given a free transfer in May 1970. He moved on to Kettering Town.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Scunthorpe Uni

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Scunthorpe United and Goole Town.

Was an Australian cricketer who played 26 matches for Southern Redbacks between 1961 and 1964.

Was an Australian cricketer who played 26 matches for Southern Redbacks between 1961 and 1964.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a fullback. He later undertook various manageri

Was an English professional footballer who played as a fullback. He later undertook various managerial, coaching and scouting positions.Clark was born in Guisborough. He managed West Bromwich Albion between 1959 and 1961.

Was a British racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing. He trained two winners

Was a British racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing. He trained two winners of the Grand National with Lucius in 1978 and Hallo Dandy in 1984 In 1964 he took out a licence to train, initially at Beadnell, Northumberland before movi

Is a former Scottish professional footballer who was a record-setting goal-scorer in the Scottish le

Is a former Scottish professional footballer who was a record-setting goal-scorer in the Scottish league. He was named Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year for 1967-68. Wallace began his career in 1961 with Montrose. He went on to play for Raith Rovers, Dundee, and Dundee United.

Is a former English footballer.He made his debut for Blackpool at the age of 17. After 33 games for

Is a former English footballer.He made his debut for Blackpool at the age of 17. After 33 games for Blackpool he signed for Everton for £27,000 in March 1962, replacing Albert Dunlop.

Is a former association football player and manager. He played for East Stirlingshire, Kilmarnock, Q

Is a former association football player and manager. He played for East Stirlingshire, Kilmarnock, Queen of the South and Clyde, and managed East Stirlingshire from 2006 to 2008. Wylde began his senior career at the Shire, before joining Kilmarnock in 1988. Wylde was appointed assistant coach to the reserve team during his time at Broadwood Stadium, and was promoted to assistant manager of the first team when Gardner Spiers was appointed manager.

Is a German slalom canoer who competed in the 1990s.

Is a German slalom canoer who competed in the 1990s.

Is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist currently riding for Silence-Lotto. He's currently not

Is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist currently riding for Silence-Lotto. He's currently not riding because of a fall in the 1st stage of the 2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux. As a result of that fall, he fractured his right shoulder blade, and he won't

A Spanish footballer who currently plays with UD Salamanca, as a centre forward.Azkorra emerged thro

A Spanish footballer who currently plays with UD Salamanca, as a centre forward.Azkorra emerged through local giants Athletic de Bilbao's youth system, but could only amass five first team appearances, all in 2004-05, after having scored prolifically with the Basque side's B and feeder clubs.Released in that January transfer window, he resumed his career in the second division, with Recreativo de Huelva, Club Deportivo Numancia, Albacete Balompié and Unión Deportiva Salamanca (in the latter, in 2008-09, he reunited with former Athletic teammate Mikel Dañobeitia).

A Spanish footballer who currently plays striker for CD Numancia, in La Liga.Having grown through th

A Spanish footballer who currently plays striker for CD Numancia, in La Liga.Having grown through the ranks of Real Sociedad and played with modest outfits in the Basque Country autonomous community, Brit debuted in the Spanish first division with CA Osasuna, in 2002-03.

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Sociedad of the Spanish La Liga. His usual po

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Sociedad of the Spanish La Liga. His usual position is midfielder.

Is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 2002 and ended his pr

Is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 2002 and ended his professional career in 2006. He rode his entire career for the Euskaltel-Euskadi team. González was the only one out of 189 enlisted riders who was not allow

A Spanish footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish first division.Ira

A Spanish footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish first division.Iraizoz debuted professionally with modest Basque outfits, also having stints with Athletic Bilbao affiliates, CD Baskonia and Bilbao Athletic.Arriving in RCD Espanyol in July 2005, he was the squad's second choice-goalkeeper behind Carlos Kameni for the 2006-07 season, but was the regular in the club's brilliant UEFA Cup run. Despite being from Navarre he has learned to speak fluent Catalan.

A Spanish footballer, currently playing midfielder for Levante UD.Larrea is a product of Real Socied

A Spanish footballer, currently playing midfielder for Levante UD.Larrea is a product of Real Sociedad's youth system, and represented the side from 2002-08. In 2006-07, after three meaningless first-team seasons, he was loaned to UD Almería, playing an important role in the Andalusia side's La Liga promotion.

A Spanish striker who currently plays as a striker for Swansea City in the Football League Champions

A Spanish striker who currently plays as a striker for Swansea City in the Football League Championship. Pintado signed from Spanish Segunda B side Granada CF, where he scored 18 goals last season, on 6 June 2008. He signed for a fee believed to be around €200,000. Pintado will hook up with fellow Spaniards Roberto Martinez, Guillem Bauza, Angel Rangel, Jordi Gomez and Albert Serran at Swansea City. Pintado scored his first league goal for Swansea City during a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest at the Liberty Stadium.

Is a minor league baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization currently assigned to t

Is a minor league baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization currently assigned to their double A Eastern League affiliate, the Altoona Curve.

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Heimueller pitched parts of two seasons for the Oakland A

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Heimueller pitched parts of two seasons for the Oakland Athletics in 1983 and 1984.

A professional Go player[1].Miyazawa turned professional in 1966 and reached 9 dan in 1993. He curre

A professional Go player[1].Miyazawa turned professional in 1966 and reached 9 dan in 1993. He currently resides in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan[2].

Is a Bulgarian football defender.He was capped for the Bulgarian national team, playing two games at

Is a Bulgarian football defender.He was capped for the Bulgarian national team, playing two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was also in the Bulgarian Euro 1996 squad.

Was an Indian professional football player. He was born in Bhojeswar, Faridpore, Bengal Presidency (

Was an Indian professional football player. He was born in Bhojeswar, Faridpore, Bengal Presidency (currently located in Bangladesh). He moved to Kolkata when he was an infant and lived there till his very last days. He started playing for Kumartuli A.C.