Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is an Australian sportsman turned broadcaster, born in Stanmore, Sydney. He is the last man to have

Is an Australian sportsman turned broadcaster, born in Stanmore, Sydney. He is the last man to have played both rugby league and cricket for New South Wales. His father Noel Hughes played cricket for Worcestershire in the 1950s. As a sportsman, Hughes found most success in rugby league, playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs as well as representing his state at the age of 19. Hughes appeared in 20 first-class and three List A games, all for New South Wales between the 1975-76 and 1978-79 seasons. He never produced a spectacular batting performance, his top score being the 65 he hit against Victoria at the MCG in his final season.

Is a former Scottish football striker who is currently without a club. He previously played with Fal

Is a former Scottish football striker who is currently without a club. He previously played with Falkirk F.C. and Stirling Albion F.C.

Is an Australian cricketer. He grew up in the suburb of Camperdown in Sydney in New South Wales. He

Is an Australian cricketer. He grew up in the suburb of Camperdown in Sydney in New South Wales. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm Orthodox. He initially debuted for the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team on 5 March 1998. Batting at number six he only managed eleven when he was trapped in front by Colin Miller. His career suffered a major setback in 2002 when he tested positive for the banned masking agent probenecid. For his offence he received a one-month ban from all cricket and a AUS$2000 fine. Ahead of the following season he moved to Victoria in an effort to further his first-class career, yet despite large success at club level with St Kilda (where he won consecutive Ryder Medals as the best player in Premier Cricket), Rummans was unable to attain a regular position with the state team.

Is a cricketer who is captain of the South African cricket team, taking over from Shaun Pollock afte

Is a cricketer who is captain of the South African cricket team, taking over from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup. In 2003 on the tour of England he made double centuries in consecutive test matches: including a national record of 277,[2] a

Is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer. He played in two 1979 Cricket World Cup mat

Is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer. He played in two 1979 Cricket World Cup matches in England as a medium pace bowler taking three wickets at an average of 11.00. He also took 52 wickets in 32 first-class matches for Western Australia.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1966 to 1972. He also played

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1966 to 1972. He also played Australian rules football for Melbourne in the VFL.

Is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, whic

Is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots. He won the 2007 China Open and reached #2 in the game's World Rankings, but has subsequently suffered from depression and experienced a loss of form.Dott started his campaign with an easy 10-3 victory over former champion John Parrott, before beating veteran Nigel Bond 13-9 in the second round. His quarter-final match was against Australia's Neil Robertson, and, after leading 12-8, he was pegged back to 12-12, before edging through the final and deciding frame, winning the tie 13-12. In the semi-finals he faced former two-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. At 8-8 after the second session of four sessions, O'Sullivan failed to win a single frame in the third session and Dott dominated play to win easily 17-11.

Is a footballer, who is going to Nebraska, USA on scholorship. The striker was previously at Ayr Uni

Is a footballer, who is going to Nebraska, USA on scholorship. The striker was previously at Ayr United, Hamilton Accies, and Maybole Juniors, from whom he signed to Partick Thistle at the start of the 2007-08 season. He, among others, provides back-up for the First Team squad.

Is a former English first-class cricketer. A middle order batsman, he played a hundred first class m

Is a former English first-class cricketer. A middle order batsman, he played a hundred first class matches for Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 1999. He was awarded his Nottinghamshire cap in 1995. He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Staffordshire and Cheshire and club cricket in the Derbyshire Premier Cricket League.

Is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 44 ODIs from 1986 to 1992.

Is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 44 ODIs from 1986 to 1992.

Is a professional cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He played for England in the 200

Is a professional cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He played for England in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and now plays for Northamptonshire.

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1912 Sum

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1891 he helped to found the Amateur Fencers League of America.

Is a former Scottish football player. He began his career with Manchester United in 1984 and went on

Is a former Scottish football player. He began his career with Manchester United in 1984 and went on to play 83 league games for the club before joining Portsmouth in 1988.

Is a Scottish footballer who currently plays midfield for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish First

Is a Scottish footballer who currently plays midfield for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish First Division. Holmes began his career with Dundee United but made only four appearances (three in the league), all as substitute. In May 2008, it was reported that Dunfermline Athletic manager Jim McIntyre was interested in signing the Airdrie midfielder. In May 2008, Holmes left Airdrie to join Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic joining up with manager Jim McIntyre, whom he played with while at Dundee United.

A Scottish former professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known as the former c

A Scottish former professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known as the former captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, and as a manager notably with Rangers, Liverpool, Benfica, Galatasaray, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

Is a former New Zealand racing cyclist from Blenheim.He came out of retirement in Bermuda in 2008 af

Is a former New Zealand racing cyclist from Blenheim.He came out of retirement in Bermuda in 2008 after being asked to coach a start up team of amateur cyclists. He has won several races since his return to cycling, including the Sinclair Packwood Memoria

Is a Canadian Cross country skier on the Canadian national team. He has participated in the Fis Worl

Is a Canadian Cross country skier on the Canadian national team. He has participated in the Fis World Junior ski Championships in Praz de lys, France in 2009.In these competitions he place 14th in the classic sprint, 15th in the 20 km pursuit and 25th in

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for Stalybridge Celtic. His former teams include Yo

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for Stalybridge Celtic. His former teams include York City, Dundee Tamworth and Farsley Celtic.He played in The Football League during the 2003–04 season for York City and represented Scotland at u-19 level 4 times , playing 3 times in the UEFA u-19 European championships.

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bradford City. He has previously played for

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bradford City. He has previously played for Hartlepool United, Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers and also had loan spells with Hartlepool and Shrewsbury Town.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 59 Tests and 83 ODIs from 1978 to 1989. He scored nin

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 59 Tests and 83 ODIs from 1978 to 1989. He scored nine Test centuries in his career and it was a West Australian record until 2001-02 when it was passed by Justin Langer.

A former footballer. He started his playing career at Dumbarton before signing for Everton for £120

A former footballer. He started his playing career at Dumbarton before signing for Everton for £120,000 in 1980.Sharp was regarded as good in the air and able to hold the ball well and distribute it to provide more scoring opportunities for others than for himself. He formed successful scoring partnerships with Andy Gray, Adrian Heath and Gary Lineker. In the 1984-85 season Sharp scored 30 goals in 54 matches. In 426 appearances for Everton (21 as substitute), Sharp scored 159 goals (the top post-war scorer).

Is a Scottish football midfielder. McCracken started his career with Clyde, being on a YTS contract

Is a Scottish football midfielder. McCracken started his career with Clyde, being on a YTS contract between 2002 and 2004, before signing his first professional contract in July 2004. He made his senior debut in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stranraer in August 2004.

Is an English footballer.As a youth Tomlinson signed for his local side Bradford City and made his f

Is an English footballer.As a youth Tomlinson signed for his local side Bradford City and made his first-team debut on 5 March 1994, as a substitute against Blackpool. He soon attracted interest and was signed by Manchester United in 1994 for a fee of £500,000, but he only ever played one game for the club—as a substitute against Port Vale in the Football League Cup during the 1994–95 season.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a winger and was the first winner of the Scottish PFA

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a winger and was the first winner of the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year award. His brother Kenny was also a professional footballer who played for Forfar Athletic F.C.

Is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, but also bats right-h

Is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, but also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. Swann played