Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Matthews played 33 Test matches for Australia between 1983 and 1993. He scored 1,849 runs, hitting 4

Matthews played 33 Test matches for Australia between 1983 and 1993. He scored 1,849 runs, hitting 4 centuries at an average of 41 and took 61 wickets with his off spin. He also played in 59 One Day Internationals. Greg is known for his off-beat personality, which possibly shortened his Test Match career.

Is a Guyanese international soccer player who currently plays professionally for Colorado Rapids in

Is a Guyanese international soccer player who currently plays professionally for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.Richardson formerly played for FC Georgetown and Camptown Georgetown in his home country, and for Joe Public from Trinidad and Tobago, before being signed by Colorado.

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts and for Nelson in the Hawke Cup compe

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts and for Nelson in the Hawke Cup competition. After scoring 98 on first-class debut, he went on to continue scoring runs for the Stags, scoring 55 on List A debut. His sustained form at a young

Is a former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professi

Is a former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professionally in the English Football League.

Is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Cincinnati Red.

Is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Cincinnati Red. When his former student Paul Ventimiglia started Millennium Pro Wrestling, Daves returned to the ring as the promotion's top heel. He defeated Little Guid

Is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championship

Is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow

Is an International Grandmaster of chess.He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Sociali

Is an International Grandmaster of chess.He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (present Uzbekistan). At age 6, he learned to play chess from his grandfather. In 1985, at age 16, he started studies at Mo

Working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand. He is currently inactive due to a

Working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand. He is currently inactive due to a neck injury.He began his career in OMEGA, alongside Matt and Jeff Hardy, and moved to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2000. There he gained fame as "Sugar" Shane Helms, a member of 3 Count, and won the WCW Hardcore Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight title. When WCW was bought by the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Helms' contract was kept by WWF. Helms renamed himself "The Hurricane" and won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Was an Australian first-class cricketer and is currently coaching Delhi DareDevils. As a player he r

Was an Australian first-class cricketer and is currently coaching Delhi DareDevils. As a player he represented Western Australia from 1977–78 to 1984–85 and finished his career with the Tasmanian Tigers in 1990–91. He went on to coach Tasmania and as of 2004 is the current coach of the Victorian Bushrangers. A right-hand top-order batsman, Shipperd never played a Test or ODI for Australia, but was part of two rebel tours to South Africa in 1985–86, and in 1986–87. On the 1985–86 tour Shipperd scored 397 runs at 28.35, with a top score of 79. On the second tour he played in one match scoring 53 runs at 26.50. Shipperd went on to coach Tasmania for 11 seasons and guided them to their maiden Sheffield Shield final in 1993–94. Under Shipperd, Tasmania made the final again in 1997–98 and 2001–02.

Is a former Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s.

Is a former Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s.

Is an English former footballer and is currently on the coaching staff at Carlisle United, where he

Is an English former footballer and is currently on the coaching staff at Carlisle United, where he also served a spell as caretaker manager. During his playing career, he played for Coventry City, Bradford City, Halifax Town and Hull City.

Is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway Wo

Is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, which he held until 1983.[1] The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the preeminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke making to fierce concentration.[2] An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his retirement, held the world record for the most catches in Test cricket,[3] Chappell’s career straddled two eras as the game moved toward a greater level of professionalism after the WSC schism.[4]

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball second baseman and pinch runner who played for the Te

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball second baseman and pinch runner who played for the Texas Rangers in 1987.Drafted by the Rangers 10th overall in the January Regular phase of the 1981 amateur draft, Tabor split time with the GCL Rangers and Asheville Tourists that year. Combined, he hit .193 in 161 at-bats that season.In 1982, Tabor played for the Burlington Rangers and Tulsa Drillers, he hit .240 with 32 stolen bases in 392 at-bats. He spent 1983 with the Drillers, hitting .268 with 30 stolen bases in 370 at-bats. Again with the Drillers in 1984, he hit .299 with 22 stolen bases in 462 at-bats.

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olym

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the repechages of the C-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Barcelona, Steward was disqualified in the semifinals of th

Is a former American college and international swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200-meter indiv

Is a former American college and international swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He represented the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games.

Is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Dobbs is primarily a third basem

Is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Dobbs is primarily a third baseman, but can also field the corner outfield positions and first base.Dobbs was signed by the Mariners as an amateur free agent on May 28, 2001. He was placed on waivers by the Mariners on January 15, 2007, and quickly claimed by former Mariners general manager (GM) Pat Gillick (then GM of the Philadelphia Phillies), who had previously drafted Dobbs while still with Seattle. After a strong 2007 spring training with the Phillies, Dobbs made the major league roster, platooning at third base with Wes Helms.

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who is a left-arm bowler, although his bowl

Is a Bahamian cricketer. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who is a left-arm bowler, although his bowling style is unknown. Taylor also plays as an occasional wicketkeeper and is the current captain of the Bahamas national cricket team. Taylor made his debut for the Bahamas in the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship against the Turks and Caicos Islands. Taylor made his Twenty20 debut for the Bahamas in the 1st round of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 against Jamaica, where he scored 10 runs and stumped Xavier Marshall off the bowling of Narendra Ekanayake. Taylor represented the Bahamas in the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2. Taylor will represent the Bahamas in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 1.

Is a former water polo player who won the silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olym

Is a former water polo player who won the silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

An American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers

An American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.Oden played basketball for Ohio State University for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Champion and the tournament runner-up in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.On June 28, 2007, Oden was selected first overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Trail Blazers. He underwent microfracture knee surgery in September 2007, and missed the entire 2007-2008 NBA season as a result. He has recovered well and run drills with the team, and is expected to debut at the beginning of the 2008-2009 NBA season, which will be considered his rookie season.

Is a retired Scottish football goalkeeper. Young signed for Clyde in 1978, and made over 100 appeara

Is a retired Scottish football goalkeeper. Young signed for Clyde in 1978, and made over 100 appearances for the club in his 6 year spell. He left in 1984 to join Whitley Bay.

Is a Venezuelan college basketball player. He is currently a junior guard on the University of Maryl

Is a Venezuelan college basketball player. He is currently a junior guard on the University of Maryland men's basketball team. He was born in Caracas and moved to the United States to attend high school at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland.

Is a former New Zealand first class cricketer for Otago, Canterbury and Northern Districts. A winner

Is a former New Zealand first class cricketer for Otago, Canterbury and Northern Districts. A winner of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year Award in 1972, Alabaster was a right-arm off-break bowler. He represented New Zealand on occasions

Was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Leeds United between 1948 and 1964. H

Was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Leeds United between 1948 and 1964. He later became the manager of Wellington Town and Bradford City. He died following a Bradford City training session.

Was a leading football player in the 1880s. He was a Welsh International, and was a player in the Pr

Was a leading football player in the 1880s. He was a Welsh International, and was a player in the Preston North End side which became known as "The Invincibles".He was born at Penmachno, Caernarfonshire on 5 August 1862. As a student he played both association football and rugby football, but he eventually emerged as a first rate goalkeeper while studying at St Thomas's Hospital, London. He made the first of his eight appearances for Wales in 1885, and in 1887 was invited to play as an amateur for Preston North End in their FA Cup ties.