Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a Finnish professional basketball player at the power forward position, who previously played for

Is a Finnish professional basketball player at the power forward position, who previously played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. Möttölä was the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.

Was a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s.

Was a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and Ko

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and KooVee.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. H

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for Kärpät, Espoo Blues, Jokerit, Winnipeg Jets, and Lukko.

Is former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach

Is former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach

But is probably best known in North America for being one of the first Finnish goaltenders to compet

But is probably best known in North America for being one of the first Finnish goaltenders to compete in the National Hockey League, where he played 13 games for the New Jersey Devils. He also appeared in net for the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association, as well as various minor league teams.

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the first round of the men's featherweight (– 57 kg) division to East Germany's eventual gold medalist Rudi Fink

Is a former athlete from Finland who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event.He competed fo

Is a former athlete from Finland who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event.He competed for Finland at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada where he won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw event.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Summer O

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.

A retired world champion rally driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland

A retired world champion rally driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.Mikkola's rally career spanned 31 years, starting with a Volvo PV 544 in 1963, but his most successful period was during the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s saw Mikkola a frontrunner in many international events, usually in a Ford Escort, and 1979 he made a serious challenge at the World Rally Championship title, ultimately finishing runner-up only one point behind champion Björn Waldegård.

Is a Finnish footballer who is best known as a central defender despite his history as a defensive m

Is a Finnish footballer who is best known as a central defender despite his history as a defensive midfielder. He made 47 caps for his Finnish club side FC Honka before agreeing on a move to Swedish Premier Division outfit Helsingborgs IF on July 12, 2008

Is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the

Is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.Taipale also won the silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He finished 5th in the 50 km event at those same games.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League. Tihinen starte

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League. Tihinen started his career with KePs in the lower divisions before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK for the 1997 season. He won both the Finnish championship and Finnish

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Peoria Rivermen in the Ame

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Peoria Rivermen in the American Hockey League.

Is a former Finnish footballer. Turunen played for Koparit and KuPS during his club career, also mak

Is a former Finnish footballer. Turunen played for Koparit and KuPS during his club career, also making 66 appearances for the Finland national football team, scoring 3 goals.

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Fin

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) four times, and was a five-time all-star.

Is an international cricketer who made eight One Day International appearances for South Africa nati

Is an international cricketer who made eight One Day International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team between 2000 and 2004.

Was a German footballer. The Defender and midfielder earned 25 caps for Germany from 1936 to 1942.

Was a German footballer. The Defender and midfielder earned 25 caps for Germany from 1936 to 1942. His team was Eimsbütteler TV of Hamburg.

A retired Swedish football striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several

A retired Swedish football striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, most of his career was spent with Napoli in Italy. Jeppson also played for Sweden and helped them to a third place finish in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

A former Swedish soccer player.Mattisson came to Malmö FF from Husie IF in 1995 - he would remain i

A former Swedish soccer player.Mattisson came to Malmö FF from Husie IF in 1995 - he would remain in the club for a decade, and was the team captain during the Superettan season of 2000. In August 2006, he left Malmö FF for Halmstad BK; the move came as a shock for MFF supporters, who held Mattisson in very high regard. Nevertheless, Mattisson received enormous applause from the MFF supporters who had travelled to Halmstad to watch him play against MFF the following month,

A former Swedish footballer.Hans played for Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan 1962-1968. Then he played

A former Swedish footballer.Hans played for Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan 1962-1968. Then he played for the minor club Uppsala IF because of university studies. He then played for IK Sirius FK. In 1973-74 he played one season in the German Regionalliga with VfR Wormatia 08 Worms. After that Selander did great work with Halmstads BK and won Allsvenskan in 1976 and 1979. He retired in 1981.

Was a German footballer.He played in defense for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1928 to 1944. He also play

Was a German footballer.He played in defense for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1928 to 1944. He also played 10 times for Germany, scoring one goal.He shot his only international against Hungary on a wet pitch from 60 metres.

A former German footballer, nowadays a football coach.Bongartz began his footballing career at SG Wa

A former German footballer, nowadays a football coach.Bongartz began his footballing career at SG Wattenscheid 09 and became a central midfielder to be reckoned with even before moving to FC Schalke 04 in 1974. He participated in the Euro 76 in Yugoslavia. After he had become champion with Schalke in 1977 he moved to 1.FC Kaiserslautern in 1978 where he was to finish his career in 1984.