Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian sabre fencer. He is the recipient of two Olympic medals.

Is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian sabre fencer. He is the recipient of two Olympic medals.

Was a football (soccer) player who played for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He was also a Spanish citizen

Was a football (soccer) player who played for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He was also a Spanish citizen and played at the international level with Spain. He played against Turkey, in a 0-0 tie in 1973. He played together with Ayala and Garate in a famous forward line known as the three daggers. He played 99 games in the La Liga scoring 16 goals. He died in a car accident on March 14, 1977 in Argentina.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He has also played cricket for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club and Moors Sp

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He has also played cricket for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club and Moors Sports Club. His bowling style is slow left arm orthodox. He made his Test match debut at Galle, Sri Lanka against the Australian cricket team in 1999, and h

Was an American professional wrestling promoter from New York. Abrams founded the Universal Wrestlin

Was an American professional wrestling promoter from New York. Abrams founded the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1990 and remained CEO of the company until his death. He was the head booker of the UWF from 1990 to 1992, and again in 1994.

Is a former tennis player who was nationally ranked in the 1960s and 1970s. Fitzgibbon played four y

Is a former tennis player who was nationally ranked in the 1960s and 1970s. Fitzgibbon played four years of high school tennis for Garden City High School and never lost a match. He played collegiate tennis at Princeton University and was a gold and bronz

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name of Killer Karl Kox, who compete

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name of Killer Karl Kox, who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Alliance and World Ch

Is a former heavyweight boxer. He won 15 fights (including seven by the way of knock outs) and lost

Is a former heavyweight boxer. He won 15 fights (including seven by the way of knock outs) and lost 12, but did not have any draws. His career started in 1960 and ended in 1967. Siler lost to Muhammad Ali through a 4th round knockout in 1960. In 1972 he

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays as a forward for C.D. Luís Ángel Firpo.

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays as a forward for C.D. Luís Ángel Firpo.

Was a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three

Was a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 10000 m event at London in 1948.

Was a German football player and coach. Burdenski began his football career with the Erle 08 in Gels

Was a German football player and coach. Burdenski began his football career with the Erle 08 in Gelsenkirchen. In 1935 he was discovered playing in the local school championships by Ernst Kuzorra, who signed him to FC Schalke 04. After retiring from play

A former soccer player. Besides winning 5 national championships and two UEFA Cups with his club sid

A former soccer player. Besides winning 5 national championships and two UEFA Cups with his club side Borussia Mönchengladbach he won the 1974 World Cup and the 1972 European Football Championship with Germany.Herbert Wimmer started his playing career with lowly Borussia Brand (a place close to the city of Aachen). Between 1966 and 1978 the played in 366 Bundesliga matches for Borussia Mönchengladbach and scored 52 goals. With the club he won five national championships (1970, 71, 75, 76, 78), the German Cup in 1973 and in 1975 the UEFA Cup.

Was an American water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Ol

Was an American water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was an American water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Ol

Was an American water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. He played all four matches as goalkeeper.

Is a former German footballer. As a central defender, he played for SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich.

Is a former German footballer. As a central defender, he played for SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich. He was known for his hard tackling, doggedness and captain like performances. The DFB German Football Association (German FA) list him in the top 20 best Ge

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL. A wingman, Howson pla

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL. A wingman, Howson played with South Melbourne for six seasons in the VFA before joined their inaugural VFL side in 1897. He participated in their losing 1899 Grand Final team. In 1903 he appeared in a first-class cricket match for Victoria, against Tasmania. He scored 40 in his first innings and took a couple of wickets.

Is a retired Irish cricketer and rugby union player. Martin was a right-handed batsman. Martin repre

Is a retired Irish cricketer and rugby union player. Martin was a right-handed batsman. Martin represented Ireland in 19 first-class matches, scoring 671 runs at an average of 19.17 with a high score of 88. Martin made 5 half centuries for Ireland.

Was an American tennis player. Considered to be one of the best male Jewish tennis players in histor

Was an American tennis player. Considered to be one of the best male Jewish tennis players in history, he was ranked World No. 5 by World Tennis Magazine in 1957. In 1945, as a high school junior, he won both the USLTA interscholastic 18s singles and doub

Is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys

Is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL.Adderley was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 1961 NFL Draft as the 12th draft pick, and was projected to be a halfback or flanke.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal as member

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed pairs competition.

Was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He was an all-rounder: a right-handed batsman and a

Was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He was an all-rounder: a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played six times for the Players against the Gentlemen between 1923 and 1928. He was Surrey coach from 1935 to 1939 and di

Is a former Major League Baseball player. He had only 1 at-bat in only 1 game for the St. Louis Card

Is a former Major League Baseball player. He had only 1 at-bat in only 1 game for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952. Gorman was born San Francisco, California and died in San Diego, California.

Was an Indian-born English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Le

Was an Indian-born English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Leicestershire, in 1914. His part in the drawn game was minimal: he scored 2 not out from number 11 in his only innings, and made no dismissals.

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Alianza F.C..Sosa's professional career began in

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Alianza F.C..Sosa's professional career began in July 2007, when he signed a contract with C.D. Chalatenango. He officially made his debut on September 23, 2007, in a league match against Once Municipal.

Was an American chess player, and Lieutenant Commander in US Navy. He was born in New York.During an

Was an American chess player, and Lieutenant Commander in US Navy. He was born in New York.During and after World War II, he worked at the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. The sensitive nature of his intelligence work meant that he could never be alone with Soviet chess players- many of whom were intelligence agents for their country- in chess tournaments or at chess clubs. However, this rarely, if ever, proved a problem.

Was a British male tennis player and the younger of the Baddeley twins. In February 1895 the brother

Was a British male tennis player and the younger of the Baddeley twins. In February 1895 the brothers qualified in London as solicitors. They joined their uncle and father Thomas and E. P. Baddeley in Leadenhall Street at the family firm, founded by their