Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Commonly known as "Dickie" Bird is a retired English international cricket umpire. The son of a min

Commonly known as "Dickie" Bird is a retired English international cricket umpire. The son of a miner, he gained the nickname 'Dickie' at school. He resides in the South Yorkshire village of Staincross. In 1944 Bird failed his Eleven-plus exam and went to Raley Secondary Modern, leaving in 1948 at the age of 15. For a while, he worked at a coal mine on the surface, but gave it up, deciding it was not for him. Instead, he set out for a career in sport. When a knee injury put paid to playing football professionally, he followed his second love, cricket. In his early career in Barnsley, he played club cricket in the same team as Geoff Boycott, and journalist and chat show host Michael Parkinson, who became a lifelong friend. In 1956, he signed up with his home county, Yorkshire. Between 1956 and 1964, Bird played first class cricket as a batsman for Yorkshire and Leicestershire in the English County Championship. After his county career, he coached and played league cricket before becoming an umpire. He stood (i.e. officiated) in his first county game in 1970. Three years later he officiated at his first Test match, England vs. New Zealand at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. He gained a reputation for stopping play for weather and not giving batsmen out LBW. Bird umpired in 66 Test matches (at the time a world record) and 69 One Day Internationals including 3 World Cup Finals. He came out of retirement in January 2007 to umpire in the XXXX Gold Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series involving cricketing legends from England, the West Indies, and Australia, which took place at Scarborough Beach in Perth, Australia.

Is a former American football inside linebacker who played his entire career for the New York Giants

Is a former American football inside linebacker who played his entire career for the New York Giants in the NFL (1976-1988). Originally from South Carolina, he played at Wilson High School and later at McClenaghan High School, from which he graduated. Carson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Was a college and professional American football player. An offensive tackle, he played college foot

Was a college and professional American football player. An offensive tackle, he played college football at Oklahoma State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the San Diego Chargers in 1967 and 1968.

Was a professional and college American football player. He was a charter member of both the College

Was a professional and college American football player. He was a charter member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was named the greatest college football player of all time by ESPN.

Was an English swimmer and water polo player who was born in Croydon. He competed in the 1920 Summer

Was an English swimmer and water polo player who was born in Croydon. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was an English footballer.Clamp joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1950, turning professional in Apri

Was an English footballer.Clamp joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1950, turning professional in April 1952, before breaking into the first team to make his debut on March 6, 1954, away at Manchester United.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" (1.96 m) guard from Morehouse College,

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" (1.96 m) guard from Morehouse College, Ellis was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play in 3 NBA seasons. He played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 1993-1995 and the Denver Nuggets during the 1997-98 season.

Is a former professional basketball player.He played college basketball at Marshall University and w

Is a former professional basketball player.He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958. Greer played for Syracuse for five seasons, raising his scoring average to 22.8 points a game in 1961. He was selected for the NBA All-Star team that year. In 1963, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers. There, Greer became well-known as a teammate of Wilt Chamberlain, and starred on the powerful 1966-67 team that ended the eight-year championship reign of the Boston Celtics). In the 76ers' 15 playoff games that season, Greer averaged a team-best 27.7 points. Greer had an unusual but highly effective free-throw technique, shooting a jump shot from the charity stripe. He is usually considered the third-best guard of the 1960s, behind Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Long Island University, Uplin

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Long Island University, Uplinger spent the 1953-54 NBA season with the Baltimore Bullets, scoring 86 points in 23 games.

Is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship

Is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled under the ring names Ice Train and M.I. Smooth.

Was the British president of swimming's world governing body, FINA from 1936 – 1948. He was a memb

Was the British president of swimming's world governing body, FINA from 1936 – 1948. He was a member of the British Olympic Association.

Was a footballer for St. Marks F.C. and Swindon Town F.C.. Fleming was an Inside Forward and began h

Was a footballer for St. Marks F.C. and Swindon Town F.C.. Fleming was an Inside Forward and began his career at St. Marks before being invited for a trial at Swindon Town by manager, Sam Allen.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Woods, a prop, was born in Boulder, Western Austr

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Woods, a prop, was born in Boulder, Western Australia and claimed a total of 8 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class games for Worcestershire in 1911. He made his fi

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class games for Worcestershire in 1911. He made his first-class debut in the same match as the slightly more successful James Turner. Neither of Baker's two appearances were a success. He never reached double figures with the bat, and bowled a total of 23 overs without taking a wicket. He did manage one catch, to dismiss Gloucestershire player Arthur Nott.

Was an English footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Millwall, Leyton Orient and West Ham U

Was an English footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Millwall, Leyton Orient and West Ham United.Neary played as an amateur for West Ham, Finchley and then Fulham, before joining the Army. While stationed in Ireland he played for Glentoran. After the war he joined Q.P.R. and featured in 30 regional wartime matches, scoring 23 goals.

Was a South African cricketer and English rugby player. He played cricket in 5 Tests in 1929 and was

Was a South African cricketer and English rugby player. He played cricket in 5 Tests in 1929 and was capped 10 times by England from 1934 to 1937. He was captain throughout the 1937 Home Nations championship, thus he captained England three times. He was

Was an English cricketer. Barton was a right-handed batsman. Barton made his debut in county cricket

Was an English cricketer. Barton was a right-handed batsman. Barton made his debut in county cricket for Buckinghamshire in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. Barton played two further matches for Buckinghamshire in 1907 against Berkshire and the Surrey Second XI. Barton made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship against Northamptonshire. Jones played five first-class matches for Hampshire from 1910 to 1912, with his final first-class appearance coming against Gloucestershire.

His entry into first-class cricket in May 1935 was the stuff of legend. Called into the county team

His entry into first-class cricket in May 1935 was the stuff of legend. Called into the county team at short notice for a match against Essex at Frome, he came to the wicket with Somerset six wickets down for only 107 runs. He raced to a century in just 63 minutes, the fastest century of the season, and finished with 123 out of 175 in 80 minutes, with three sixes and 17 fours.[1] Somerset won the match with an innings to spare.

Was an English sportsman. He played 20 first-class matches between 1907 and 1910, 17 of them for Wor

Was an English sportsman. He played 20 first-class matches between 1907 and 1910, 17 of them for Worcestershire. He also played three times for Cambridge University, but was not awarded a Blue. He was also a fine footballer, playing for West Bromwich Albion and winning an England Amateur cap. Bache made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Surrey at Worcester late in the 1907 season, scoring 9 in his only innings and holding three catches. The following season he played twice for the county, but he made nine appearances in 1909 and eight in 1910. Mostly he played for Worcestershire but he turned out three times for Cambridge University.

Is a former professional boxer. He fought 60 times between 1951 and 1963; winning 50 (24 by knockout

Is a former professional boxer. He fought 60 times between 1951 and 1963; winning 50 (24 by knockout) and losing 10. The highlight of Gomes's career came in 1959 when he won the world super featherweight title against Paul Jorgensen.

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round of the 1990 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 222-lb. running back from the University of South Carolina, Green played 9 NFL seasons from 1990 to 1998.

Was the International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion twice in the mid 1990s. He was born

Was the International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion twice in the mid 1990s. He was born in Arjona, Bolivar.Grey turned pro in 1990 and won his first 16 fights, setting up a IBF super flyweight title fight against Julio Cesar Borboa in 1994. Grey won by split decision, and defended the belt three times before losing it to Carlos Gabriel Salazar by decision in 1995. Grey regained the belt in a win over Salazar in a rematch in 1996, but lost the belt later that year when he was destroyed by Danny Romero in less than two rounds. Grey retired in 2004.

Was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished fourth

Was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished fourth with the British team in the Olympic tournament.

Was an England born first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire and Argentina. He was killed dur

Was an England born first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire and Argentina. He was killed during World War I in the fighting at Cambrai, France. A wicketkeeper, in 152 first class games he scored 5798 runs and made 203 dismissals.

Was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played once for the England national

Was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played once for the England national side.Harry Hadley joined Halesowen in 1895 from Colley Gate United. In February 1897 he joined West Bromwich Albion where he established himself at wing-half.