Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Morecambe.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Morecambe.

Was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Brute Bernard, and spent mu

Was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Brute Bernard, and spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Skull Murphy. He competed for several wrestling promotions associated with the National Wrestling All

Is a chess expert and President of the United States Chess Federation. He took office on August 9, 2

Is a chess expert and President of the United States Chess Federation. He took office on August 9, 2009. He was elected to a two-year term as President, after being re-elected to a four-year term as member of the Executive Board in July.

Played halfback for the University of Texas at Austin from 1969-1971. He was a highly regarded Wisco

Played halfback for the University of Texas at Austin from 1969-1971. He was a highly regarded Wisconsin high school football player, playing for the Hudson High School Raiders

Is a basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the Me

Is a basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the Men's National Team.

Is a professional American lacrosse player who has played with the Philadelphia Wings in the Nationa

Is a professional American lacrosse player who has played with the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League and the Los Angeles Riptide in Major League Lacrosse . Borell was signed by the San Jose Stealth of the NLL on March 18, 2009 and is a gr

Is a retired boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyw

Is a retired boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire. He represented Derbyshire in first-class cricket during the 1958 season, having represented the team in the Minor Counties league since 1956. Making his debut against Sussex in August 1958, he underperformed with the bat from an opening batting position.

Is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensiv

Is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensively in Europe and North America, most notably with Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City (with whom he won the 2004 Football League First Division title) and Toronto FC. He also played 49 times for the Canadian national team, was member of the Canada side which won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later represented his country at the Confederations Cup 2001, the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Brennan played at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan, in a team alongside Paul Stalteri and Jason Bent. He then made his senior debut for Canada in an April 1999 friendly match against Northern Ireland and went on to earn a total of 49 caps, scoring 6 goals.

Is a Scottish former football player, who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly su

Is a Scottish former football player, who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly successful Celtic sides of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He played in the 1970 European Cup Final and won four caps for Scotland.

Is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social

Is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. He is

Is a retired Scottish professional association football player. Calder played as a striker until he

Is a retired Scottish professional association football player. Calder played as a striker until he received a knee ligament injury at the age of 26. He then played as a goalkeeper, a highly unusual change given the specialist nature of that position.

Is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played 285 games in the National Hockey Lea

Is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played 285 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim before finishi

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season in the United States.Originally a schoolboy signing with Celtic, Casey signed a professional contract with the Bhoys in May 1974. He made his Celtic first team debut in the 1-0 League Cup win at home to Stenhousemuir on September 24 1975.

Is a former American professional football player who played nine seasons in the National Football L

Is a former American professional football player who played nine seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the San Francisco 49ers. He was selected to two Pro Bowls.

Was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career as a centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers in

Was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career as a centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers in the late 19th century.In 1889, Cassidy joined Bolton where he remained (with short spells with Carfin Shamrock and Celtic) for 9 seasons, making 219 appearances, scoring 101 goals.

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. Clunie played for Aberdeen in the 1959 Scott

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. Clunie played for Aberdeen in the 1959 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–1 to St. Mirren in front of a crowd of 108,000 at Hampden Park. A year later he transferred to St. Mirren, for who he played in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final.

Is a former ice hockey goaltender.Corsi was the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice ho

Is a former ice hockey goaltender.Corsi was the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice hockey team) and spent the majority of his career with Varese. He also played for HC Gardena, SG Cortina and HC Bolzano during his time in Italy's Serie A le

Is a Scottish former football goalkeeper, who played for Heart of Midlothian for most of his career.

Is a Scottish former football goalkeeper, who played for Heart of Midlothian for most of his career. He joined Hearts in 1960, making 528 appearances for the first team, and played his final game in 1977. He was capped by the Scotland national football team on six occasions, and was on the losing side only once.

Is a retired Scottish professional football player. Denny joined Rangers in 1970 from junior side Yo

Is a retired Scottish professional football player. Denny joined Rangers in 1970 from junior side Yoker Athletic. He made his debut in the Scottish Cup final replay against Celtic on May 12, 1971.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Docherty began his short professional caree

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Docherty began his short professional career with East Stirling, where a prolific spell saw him sign for Chelsea in a club record £45,000 deal, which is still a club record transfer to this day.

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. Doherty began his career with hometown team Kilmarnock, b

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. Doherty began his career with hometown team Kilmarnock, before moving to Clyde in 1981. He enjoyed the best spell of his career at Shawfield, making over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club. He had spells with Queen of the South and Stranraer, before injury forced him to retire in 1990.

Was an American professional poker player who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

Was an American professional poker player who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

Also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete, because his swimming accomplishments are of

Also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete, because his swimming accomplishments are often tied to extensive running and cycling feats. Dreyer has set various records on those distances and has won multiple marathon and triathlon awards. His

Was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, M

Was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and attended college at the University of Tulsa. After being selected as a 12th-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1949 NFL draft, he played for several years as defensive back and quarterback, retiring after the 1955 season