Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a big hitting left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowl

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a big hitting left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Because of his abilities with both bat and ball, he is a regular fixture in the current New Zealand test and one day sides. He usually bats around 6 or

An American wrestler, won a position on the United States Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team in June

An American wrestler, won a position on the United States Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team in June 2008. Deitchler, from Ramsey, Minnesota, is a University of Minnesota recruit and is only the third wrestler in history to come directly from high school

Is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays center for the Chicago Blackhawks

Is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays center for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for A-League club Perth Glory. Jacob B

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for A-League club Perth Glory. Jacob Burns began his career with the local team Sydney United. He then moved to local rivals Parramatta Power, whom he left in 2000 to join the English Premier L

Was a British–Canadian chess master.Ascher won twice Canadian Chess Championship; the 6th CAN-ch a

Was a British–Canadian chess master.Ascher won twice Canadian Chess Championship; the 6th CAN-ch at Montreal 1878/79 and jointly the 10th CAN-ch at Montreal 1882/83. He defeated George Henry Mackenzie at Montreal 1879.

Was a Norwegian-American who represented Norway in the 1908 Olympics. He was a freestyle wrestler an

Was a Norwegian-American who represented Norway in the 1908 Olympics. He was a freestyle wrestler and Olympic medalist.

Was one of the top English chess players of the late 18th and early 19th century. Sarratt was renown

Was one of the top English chess players of the late 18th and early 19th century. Sarratt was renowned as a player and author and adopted the title "Professor of Chess" (Golombek 1977). He was the first professional player to teach chess in England (Sunnu

Is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Bas

Is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL). He formerly played for Sturt in the Australian Basketball Association. He won the Central ABL's Woollacott Medal for Best & Fairest i

Was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scand

Was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scandal that almost destroyed NCAA basketball. Molinas attended Stuyvesant High School[2] and graduated from Columbia University in 1953. He played briefly in the NBA in 1954, participating in 29 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons before being banned for game-fixing activities. Molinas was said to have contact to New York City mobster Thomas Eboli. Molinas was murdered in 1975.

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Martin has appeared 10 times for

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Martin has appeared 10 times for India at One Day International level, but never in Test cricket, at the turn of the 21st century. He is the current captain of Baroda. Martin made his firs

Is a sprint canoer from Antigua and Barbuda who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympi

Is a sprint canoer from Antigua and Barbuda who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he advanced to the semfinals of the C-2 1000 m event, but did not compete.

A Canadian football player who will retire completely from professional football on September 1, 200

A Canadian football player who will retire completely from professional football on September 1, 2008. [1] He currently plays in midfield for Feyenoord. On 4 September 2006 he signed with the Rotterdam based team on a 2.5 year deal starting at 1 January 2007. Before that period the player already trained with the squad on an amateur basis. In his first week as a professional he and the rest of the team moved to Turkey for a week of training and to play several matches in preparation for the second half of the season.

Was a Swedish amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Levin was a member of

Was a Swedish amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Levin was a member of the Swedish Olympic squad in 1912. He played as defender in one match of the main tournament.

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. Norenberg also competed at the 2004 Summ

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. Norenberg also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing fifth in the K-4 1000 m event.

Was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a decathlete from Germany. He set his personal best in the event (8099 points) on 13 August 2007

Is a decathlete from Germany. He set his personal best in the event (8099 points) on 13 August 2007 at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, earning him the gold medal.

A Zambian footballer striker. He currently plays for LB Châteauroux.

A Zambian footballer striker. He currently plays for LB Châteauroux.

Is a Danish football midfielder. He signed with his new club Stavanger IF in the start of August 200

Is a Danish football midfielder. He signed with his new club Stavanger IF in the start of August 2009. Although his first team début came on 2006-09-20 in the Danish Cup, he was not promoted to the first team before the summer 2007. The début was very strange, when he after two minutes was damaged in a violent tackle. The damage stopped him out for 8 months.

Is a Ghanaian football defender. Nettey played for Hearts of Oak from 1994 to 2002 and Heart of Lion

Is a Ghanaian football defender. Nettey played for Hearts of Oak from 1994 to 2002 and Heart of Lions from 2003 to 2005. He was part of the Ghanaian 2000 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals after losing to South Africa.

Is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Super

Is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Superliga. Olesen, who has played in Vejle since 1996, is known as a fighter, which he has proved several times by always regaining his position on the right back even though supplements have been brought in from other clubs. In his career in Vejle he has been playing as a semi-professional while finishing his education as a carpenter.

Is an English footballer who plays for Solihull Moors. His brother Ben Sedgemore was also a professi

Is an English footballer who plays for Solihull Moors. His brother Ben Sedgemore was also a professional footballer who now plays for Chelmsford City.Sedgemore began his footballing career at home in the Midlands with West Bromwich Albion, whom he joined as a trainee in August 1997.

Was an Indian cricketer. he was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Maharashtra.

Was an Indian cricketer. he was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Maharashtra. Reuben made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1952-53 season, against Holkar.

Is an Australian minor league baseball player for the Gulf Coast Indians. He was signed as a pitcher

Is an Australian minor league baseball player for the Gulf Coast Indians. He was signed as a pitcher to the Cleveland Indians organisation in February 2007 and was released April 2009.

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who now plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand

Is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who now plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship. He was the 1st choice keeper for New Zealand's matches at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. Spoonley was included in the New Z