Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a Welsh rugby union footballer. Brought up in Aberdare, and playing his Rugby for Pontypridd RFC,

Is a Welsh rugby union footballer. Brought up in Aberdare, and playing his Rugby for Pontypridd RFC, he quickly made his mark upon Wales' Age-Grade selectors with a succession of athletic and promising performances for the Valleys' team. Joining up with Swansea RFC in 2004, he progressed through the internal system to play for the Ospreys in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup, and has played for the national team. His usual position is at lock. He was the tallest member of the national team at 2.03 meters, but has since been demoted to 2nd tallest with the inclusion of Luke Charteris.

A former professional footballer. Ferguson, who possessed the superstition of having to play with th

A former professional footballer. Ferguson, who possessed the superstition of having to play with the right side of his shirt hanging outside of his shorts, is one of the Rangers players elected to the club's Hall of Fame.Nine months after winning the Scottish Cup, he transferred to Rangers for £850,000 - still the record fee received by St Mirren. He is remembered as a key Rangers player, appearing 336 times and scoring 46 goals. He is the only player to play a part in every season of Rangers historic run of nine titles in a row. He won ten Scottish League titles

Is a Welsh former professional tennis player. Flanagan grew up in the village of Graianrhyd, and att

Is a Welsh former professional tennis player. Flanagan grew up in the village of Graianrhyd, and attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd between 1993 and 1997.

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Fletcher enjoyed most of his tennis success w

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Fletcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler, initially a medium-pa

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler, initially a medium-pacer and latterly a spinner. Initially Folley played for Lancashire, starting his career as a seamer in 1982, though he switched to spin bowling after coach

Although overshadowed by express speedster Shane Bond, Butler's fast bowling has proved a potent for

Although overshadowed by express speedster Shane Bond, Butler's fast bowling has proved a potent force in itself. His ability to get lift from benign surfaces winning him a test best 6 for 46 against Pakistan in Wellington in 2004. Following a series of b

Is a former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer. Cox joined Crystal Palace from non-League

Is a former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer. Cox joined Crystal Palace from non-League side Carshalton Athletic for a fee of £40,000 in 1994. Opportunities were limited and he eventually joined Bournemouth on a free transfer in 1996 having ma

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1993 and 1994. Steer first played for Warwicks

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1993 and 1994. Steer first played for Warwickshire's Second XI in 1986, making his debut in June at the age of fifteen years, ten months. Steer played in the International Youth Tournament and the Oxbr

Was a first-class cricketer who appeared for Yorkshire from 1983 to 1989 and for Somerset in 1990 an

Was a first-class cricketer who appeared for Yorkshire from 1983 to 1989 and for Somerset in 1990 and 1991. Swallow was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed batsman.

Is an English former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.Gore began his career as an

Is an English former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.Gore began his career as an apprentice with Birmingham City, turning professional in May 1986, but was released without playing a first-team game.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.Gibson began his professional career with

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.Gibson began his professional career with Partick Thistle and made over 100 league appearances for The Jags during his seven years at Firhill. A move to Dundee United during the 1980-81 season beckoned, although Gibson played little over twenty league matches during his eighteen months at Tannadice, spending time on loan with Morton and St Johnstone.

Is New Zealand's most successful Olympian, competing in K1, K2, and K4 kayak events. He first compet

Is New Zealand's most successful Olympian, competing in K1, K2, and K4 kayak events. He first competed at the Montreal, Canada Olympic Games in 1976 and again at Moscow, Russia Olympic Games in 1980.

Is a former football manager.Branfoot was manager of Reading from 31 January 1984 to 23 October 1989

Is a former football manager.Branfoot was manager of Reading from 31 January 1984 to 23 October 1989, where he successfully managed the club to a record breaking start to the season of 13 straight wins in 1985, and led them to promotion to Division 2 as champions in 1986.

Is a Scottish former footballer who is currently a coach for Brechin City. He played as a midfielder

Is a Scottish former footballer who is currently a coach for Brechin City. He played as a midfielder before finishing his playing career in 2007 and works full-time in law. Johnson played for Dundee United until his mid-twenties, making over eighty appearances for The Terrors. He left the club in August 2007, returning a year later in a coaching role.

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer, one of only a handful of Indigenous Australians to hav

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer, one of only a handful of Indigenous Australians to have played first-class cricket.

Is a Welsh professional golfer. Nicknamed 'Woosers`, `Woosie`, or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was on

Is a Welsh professional golfer. Nicknamed 'Woosers`, `Woosie`, or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, who all won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup. His peers in this group were Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, and Sandy Lyle.

Better known by his ring name, "British Storm" Ian Harrison, is a British born former professional w

Better known by his ring name, "British Storm" Ian Harrison, is a British born former professional wrestler and bodybuilder. In professional wrestling, Harrison is best known for his time in the short lived XWF promotion ran by Jimmy Hart. While in the XW

Is an English former professional footballer. He is currently manager of Leatherhead.Hazel began his

Is an English former professional footballer. He is currently manager of Leatherhead.Hazel began his career as an apprentice with Wimbledon, turning professional in December 1985. He was never a regular with the Dons and moved to Bristol Rovers on loan in February 1989.

Is a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. Played coll

Is a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. Played college lacrosse at the University of Maryland, College Park. Scored his first-ever game-winning goal in 9-5 win over #2 Duke to win the ACC championship. Tied

Is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Is a former English footballer. He is now an electrician living and working in Rotherham.

Is a former English footballer. He is now an electrician living and working in Rotherham.

Is an English footballer who is currently playing for Northampton Town. He was released by Norwich C

Is an English footballer who is currently playing for Northampton Town. He was released by Norwich City in the summer of 2007 after his contract expired. He is a striker, although he has also played a number of games as a right midfielder.

Is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. Black played for Aberdeen, Southampton and Fulham, and als

Is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. Black played for Aberdeen, Southampton and Fulham, and also played one game for Scotland.

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Barnet F.C., where he also serves as as

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Barnet F.C., where he also serves as assistant manager.A defender, primarily at right-back but sometimes in the centre or in midfield, he began his career with Tottenham Hotspur, winning the FA Youth Cup in 1990.

Is a founding member and bassist for the Birmingham-based heavy metal band, Judas Priest. Hill learn

Is a founding member and bassist for the Birmingham-based heavy metal band, Judas Priest. Hill learned how to play the double bass from his father, a bass player for local jazz acts. His father died when he was only fifteen, but his contribution to Hill was the foundation for years to come. In 1970, together with schoolmate K.K. Downing, Hill went off to form pioneering heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has been playing bass for the band ever since and has witnessed the band achieve platinum-covered status around the world.