Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English association football player who for more than fifty years held the record for the fas

Was an English association football player who for more than fifty years held the record for the fastest hat-trick scored in the history of the Football League.

Was a football (soccer) player who captained the Australia national association football team in fiv

Was a football (soccer) player who captained the Australia national association football team in five matches in 1923 and 1924. Masters was recognised as one of Australia's best players of his time. In over 400 club and representative games he was never c

Was an English football player.Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Ports

Was an English football player.Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth (764). Only Swindon Town's John Trollope (770) has made more appearances for a single club.

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Taylor made his

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Taylor made his professional debut for Leicestershire on 24 April 2008 in the county championship match against Worcestershire, a club he had had links with as a younger t

Was an English footballer who played for West Ham United.Barrett began playing football at the city'

Was an English footballer who played for West Ham United.Barrett began playing football at the city's Park School, after moving from Abbey School because it lacked a team. He played at Park with Billy "Bubbles" Murray, who is linked with the history of West Ham's anthem "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".

Was a first class cricketer who played five matches for Auckland in 1950-51 and twice for Yorkshire

Was a first class cricketer who played five matches for Auckland in 1950-51 and twice for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1954 against Cambridge University and Surrey. A leg break and googly bowler, he took 25 first class wickets at 31.24 with a best of 6 for 93 for Auckland against Canterbury. He was less successful with the bat, scoring only 31 runs with a best of 7* at 4.41. He also played for Yorkshire's Second XI in 1953 and 1954.

Is an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns and is a retired American NBA basketball player, a 7'1"

Is an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns and is a retired American NBA basketball player, a 7'1" (2.16 m) center who played 16 seasons for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics, helping the Bulls capture consecutive championships in 1991, 1992 and 1993. He attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California, and played college basketball at the University of San Francisco.

Was an English cricketer who played 46 first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the First

Was an English cricketer who played 46 first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the First World War, as well as appearing twice for H. K. Foster's XI. Turner made his debut for Worcestershire against Essex at Amblecote on 31 July 1911.

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1982-1995.

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1982-1995.

Is an American football coach and broadcaster. He was the first football coach whose teams won both

Is an American football coach and broadcaster. He was the first football coach whose teams won both a NCAA Division 1A National Championship and a Super Bowl. In 1993, Johnson wrote Turning The Thing Around: My Life in Football (ghostwritten by Ed Hinton). Johnson currently lives in Islamorada in the Florida Keys where he spends most of his time fishing.

Is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. Like former Mi

Is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. Like former Middlesex team-mates Andrew Strauss and Ben Hutton he was educated at Radley College, before going on to study Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford U

Is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, be

Is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between 1970 and 1981, for the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics. In 1975, he played for the Nankai Hawks in Japan, and in 1976 he played in the Mexican League. Following his playing career, Nettles managed in the minor leagues from 1983 until 1996.

Is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Su

Is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. He is best known for his time in t

Is an American professional wrestler and the son of professional wrestler "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. He

Is an American professional wrestler and the son of professional wrestler "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring names Sim Snuka and Deuce between 2007 and 2009. Reiher began wrestling i

Was a professional footballer, football manager and football scout.Thompson, a striker, began his ca

Was a professional footballer, football manager and football scout.Thompson, a striker, began his career as an amateur with Charlton and Wimbledon before playing for Millwall, Coventry City, Clapton Orient, Luton Town, Chelsea, Norwich City, Sunderland, Fulham and Hull City.

Is an American professional basketball player for the Turkish Basketball League champion Fenerbahçe

Is an American professional basketball player for the Turkish Basketball League champion Fenerbahçe Ülker. He is a 6'7", 200 lb. guard/forward. White signed a four year contract with Turkish champions Fenerbahçe on 8 September 2007, that will play in the 2007-08 Euroleague. He earned the nickname Flight 75 due to his leaping ability.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool.

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Gorgeous" Jimmy "Jam

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Gorgeous" Jimmy "Jam" Garvin and as a member of the legendary Fabulous Freebirds. Throughout his career, Garvin competed in the Mid-Southern and Florida regions, along with Wo

Is a Welsh former football (soccer) player and manager. He went on to become commissioner of the Nor

Is a Welsh former football (soccer) player and manager. He went on to become commissioner of the North American Soccer League. He played as an inside-right.Woosnam played football with Montgomeryshire Schoolboys and gained youth international honours with Wales. He also gained eight amateur caps, the first against England in 1951. While reading Physics, he captained the Bangor University varsity team at the Welsh Universities' Championship.

Is a former Malaysian footballer who is a striker for Malaysia national football team and Sabah FA.

Is a former Malaysian footballer who is a striker for Malaysia national football team and Sabah FA. He was known as King James Wong by the local fans and Ah Fook by his teammates.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hertfordshire. Wright, who represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1972 and 1983, made two List A appearances for the team, the

Was an English cricketer who played county cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was a right

Was an English cricketer who played county cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who only ever played 3 first-class matches.

Was a Scottish football player, best known for playing as a right half for the highly successful Cel

Was a Scottish football player, best known for playing as a right half for the highly successful Celtic side in the early years of the 20th Century. Young also helped the club win the Scottish Cup six times. Despite all this success, Young "surprisingly" made only one appearance for the Scotland national football team, against Ireland in 1906.

Is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.McDonald was selected by

Is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.McDonald was selected by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the June 2002 MLB Draft out of Long Beach Poly High School. As a draft and follow pick he played at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. He pitched for the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 2003, but missed all of the 2004 season and most of the 2005 season due to injury. He returned to pitch for the Ogden Raptors at the end of 2005 and the Columbus Catfish in 2006.

Is a weightlifter from Great Britain.

Is a weightlifter from Great Britain.