Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chi

Is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pennsylvania.

Is a former Scottish footballer and manager.Fleeting began his career with Norwich City, making only

Is a former Scottish footballer and manager.Fleeting began his career with Norwich City, making only 1 appearance before joining Ayr United, where he stayed for 6 years. He went on to have play for Clyde and Greenock Morton (where he was assistant manager to Willie McLean), before joining Clyde again.

Was a former professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1884-1890.

Was a former professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1884-1890. Fogarty played for the Philadelphia Quakers of the National League and was a player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the Players League.[1]

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center, Ligon starred at Kokomo

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center, Ligon starred at Kokomo High School in Indiana but never played in college due to legal issues. In 1967, he earned a spot with the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association and went on to have a seven year ABA career with the Colonels, Pittsburgh Condors, and Virginia Squires. Ligon averaged 12.8 points per game and 10.9 rebounds per game in his career and appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game.

Is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles

Is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was the world's # 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.Grabb was twice ranked the world's # 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993.

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Gurfein reached a career-high singles

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Gurfein reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 96 in September, 1983. He won 1 doubles title and reached his high doubles ranking of World No. 100 in June, 1984.

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Harley carried on in much the same way with 27 appearances

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Harley carried on in much the same way with 27 appearances in 45 matches, yet again he started the 3 opening games of the 1939/40 and probably would have carried on playing in either of the full-back roles if it were not for the outbreak of the Second World War curtailing the careers of Harley and his peers.

Was a light heavyweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Hegerle made his professional

Was a light heavyweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Hegerle made his professional debut against Walter Quinn on June 8, 1954, recording a win by fifth-round knockout. His first lost came in only his third professional fight, against Al

Was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and Somerset. Jim Hilton was a lower-order right-handed ba

Was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and Somerset. Jim Hilton was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Even in a side as poor as Somerset's – the county finished bottom of the County Championship for four consecutive s

An American, was one of the first of a new generation of boulderers for whom the sport was a lifesty

An American, was one of the first of a new generation of boulderers for whom the sport was a lifestyle rather than a recreation. He began bouldering in the early 1970s in Boulder, Colorado, and in 1973 established his first notable route, Just Right (so n

Is a former football player.He played as a midfielder and was brought to Newcastle United from Notti

Is a former football player.He played as a midfielder and was brought to Newcastle United from Nottingham Forest, as manager Joe Harvey tried to rebuild the side to earn promotion to the old Division One.

Is an American retired basketball player. A point guard, Jarvis played collegiately at Oregon State

Is an American retired basketball player. A point guard, Jarvis played collegiately at Oregon State University, where he helped the Beavers win the NCAA West Regional championship in 1963 and earn their first Final Four appearance.

Is a Chinese race car driver who competed in the 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.

Is a Chinese race car driver who competed in the 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.

Was a professional footballer (full back) of the 1950s and 1960s playing for Fulham F.C. He was born

Was a professional footballer (full back) of the 1950s and 1960s playing for Fulham F.C. He was born in Kilburn, London.Langley joined QPR from Fulham in 1965 in the twilight of his career and was a member of the double winning side of 1966-67 that captured both the Third Division Championship and League Cup.

Is a Danish football player, who plays for the Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF. On 11 October 200

Is a Danish football player, who plays for the Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF. On 11 October 2009, Larsen was called up for the Danish national team for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary, after Per Krøldrup was injured.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger. Lovie began his career in the early 195

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger. Lovie began his career in the early 1950s with Dundee United before moving back to hometown club Peterhead, where he had begun his youth career. In 1957, Lovie headed south to join Bury, moving on to Bournemouth and Chesterfield before finishing his career in the lower leagues.

Played college football at Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played

Played college football at Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.

Is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton.McAlister, although predominan

Is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton.McAlister, although predominantly right footed plays on the left hand side of midfield. He is considered a skilful and hard-working player.McAlister made his Morton debut as a substitute against Peterhead at Cappielow Park on 28 December 2002 at 17 years old. His first start was made a few months later on 15 February 2003 away at Elgin City - as an attacker. At the time McAlister was very raw and extremely thin.

Is a Scottish retired football player and manager. Born in Dundee, McAnearney played in England for

Is a Scottish retired football player and manager. Born in Dundee, McAnearney played in England for Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Bradford City, who he also briefly managed in 1968 with Tom Hallett. He later managed Rotherham United, Frickley Athletic, Scarborough and Hallam.

Is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian for the majority of h

Is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian for the majority of his career, appearing in over 200 Scottish Football League games for the club. He played in the 1974 Scottish League Cup Final and the twice-replayed 1979 Scottish Cup Final.

Is a former professional soccer player. He played several times for the Canadian national soccer tea

Is a former professional soccer player. He played several times for the Canadian national soccer team. He played against Haiti twice, Bermuda, Malta twice, Denmark, Luxembourg, Northeren Ireland, Mexico, Argentina as away games and played against Hungary in Montreal. In 1974 he toured eastern Europe with Team Canada where they played West Germany (World Cup Champions for 1974), Poland (Third place in 1974 World Cup), East Germany (who placed 5th in the 1974 World Cup), Checkoslovakia (although it ended due to rain) and Hungary. His first cap for Canada came when he played against Nuremberg of the German Bundesleague. While in Mexico Jim McDonald also played against the USA, Cuba and Jamaica as part of CONCACAF/ Pan-American games.

Is an American volleyball coach. Currently, he is the head coach for the University of Washington wo

Is an American volleyball coach. Currently, he is the head coach for the University of Washington women's volleyball team. In 2005, he led the Washington to their first NCAA title in after defeating the Nebraska in San Antonio, Texas, and took the #1 rank

Was a footballer with Sunderland, Preston North End and Stockport County.He began his career at Sund

Was a footballer with Sunderland, Preston North End and Stockport County.He began his career at Sunderland, making 285 League appearances and scoring 13 goals between 1958 and 1967. He was part of Sunderland's Second Division promotion winning side in 1963/64.

Is a retired English professional snooker player who has latterly been a coach and a commentator on

Is a retired English professional snooker player who has latterly been a coach and a commentator on the game.

Best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim, is an American professional wrestler and disc jockey. He was on

Best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim, is an American professional wrestler and disc jockey. He was one of the World Wrestling Federation's most popular wrestlers of the mid-to-late 1980s.Hillbilly Jim appeared in a few tag team matches with friend Hulk Hog