Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a retired Maltese football player who played for Floriana and Sliema Wanderers in Malta, as well

Is a retired Maltese football player who played for Floriana and Sliema Wanderers in Malta, as well as Queens Park Rangers in England. He also played for the Malta national side.

Was an Irish-American boxer. In 1862 he claimed the Heavyweight Championship from John Carmel Heenan

Was an Irish-American boxer. In 1862 he claimed the Heavyweight Championship from John Carmel Heenan based on Heenan refusing to fight him. Mike McCoole claimed Coburn's title in 1866 after Coburn retired. Coburn came out of retirement in 1871 against Jem

Was an English footballer.Cockroft played for Yorkshire Paper Mills, Barnsley Old Boys, Ardsley Athl

Was an English footballer.Cockroft played for Yorkshire Paper Mills, Barnsley Old Boys, Ardsley Athletic, Wombwell, Rotherham United and then Gainsborough Trinity before moving to West Ham United, then of Division Two, in 1933.

Is an English professional footballer playing as a right winger for League Two side Bradford City. B

Is an English professional footballer playing as a right winger for League Two side Bradford City. Born in Bradford, England, he joined his hometown club as a youth team player in 2002, making his debut two years later.

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfield player who currently plays for Adelaide United in the Hy

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfield player who currently plays for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League. On June 3, 2009 he was signed to a two year deal by Adelaide United after having made 9 appearances for their inaugural National Youth Leag

Is an American professional golfer.He did not turn pro until 1992 at the age of 32, having been a wh

Is an American professional golfer.He did not turn pro until 1992 at the age of 32, having been a wholesale credit manager since graduating from college. Daley has been a member of the Nationwide Tour since 2004. He also played the tour in 1997 as well as

Is a former American football running back who played ten seasons for the San Diego Chargers, the Ba

Is a former American football running back who played ten seasons for the San Diego Chargers, the Baltimore Colts, the Washington Redskins, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1976 to 1985 in the National Football League.

Was a professional American football player for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football Leag

Was a professional American football player for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. The defensive lineman was a third-round draft pick in the 1981 NFL Draft by the Saints out of Auburn University. He went on to play 189 games during his 13-year career with New Orleans, recording 52½ sacks. His impressive career earned him an induction into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame.

Is a former Ghanaian professional boxer who competed in the 1960s. A middleweight he competed in Box

Is a former Ghanaian professional boxer who competed in the 1960s. A middleweight he competed in Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Middleweight, but was defeated in the third round.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Bury and Blackburn Rover

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Bury and Blackburn Rovers.

Was an English professional player of English billiards and later snooker. Joe's brother Fred, twelv

Was an English professional player of English billiards and later snooker. Joe's brother Fred, twelve years his junior, was also a snooker player and multiple World Champion. When Joe met Fred in the world championship final of 1940, Joe won 37-36.

Is a retired American ice hockey center. He played in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers and New York

Is a retired American ice hockey center. He played in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers and New York Islanders.

Is an Irish professional snooker player. Delaney reached the final stages of the 2003 UK Championshi

Is an Irish professional snooker player. Delaney reached the final stages of the 2003 UK Championship and the last 64 of the 2006 World Snooker Championship. In 2007 he made the final stages of the UK Championship where he lost in the first round to Joe S

Is an Ivorian football goalkeeper playing for Issia Wazi.He began his career at Académie de Sol Ben

Is an Ivorian football goalkeeper playing for Issia Wazi.He began his career at Académie de Sol Beni, before called up for ASEC Mimosas and played with his team 2004 in the MTN Champions League . He left in January 2007 ASEC and moved to league side club Issia Wazi.

Is an English semi-professional footballer, currently playing as a defender for Conference South sid

Is an English semi-professional footballer, currently playing as a defender for Conference South side Basingstoke Town.Joe started his career as a trainee at Chelsea before moving onto Millwall where he was a first team regular for them before breaking his leg, when he returned he never reproduced the form that got him in the first team before the injury and went on loan to Crawley, Stockport County and Brighton.

Is an American amateur wrestler commonly referred to as "The Champ". He was originally from New Jers

Is an American amateur wrestler commonly referred to as "The Champ". He was originally from New Jersey. Dubuque attended Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, where he was a two-time state champion wrestler. Competing for the Ind

Was an English professional football goalkeeper.Duckworth began his career with Accrington Stanley,

Was an English professional football goalkeeper.Duckworth began his career with Accrington Stanley, but made his league debut in the first season after the first world war for Blackburn Rovers. He played 5 times in the league for Rovers before joining Aberdare Athletic.

Is a former basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball

Is a former basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations. At 6'3" (190 cm) Joe-D could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best backcourts in NBA history. Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved over to point guard following Thomas's retirement in 1994, sharing ball-handling duties with Grant Hill. Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Is an American handball player. At age 47 he made the semis in the 2002 Nationals.Championships in o

Is an American handball player. At age 47 he made the semis in the 2002 Nationals.Championships in one-wall singles handball: 1982 1984 1987-1992 1994

Is a Canadian gymnast, martial artist, and stunt performer.

Is a Canadian gymnast, martial artist, and stunt performer.

is an Uruguayan football player, who current plays for Albacete. Bizera played for Peñarol Montevi

is an Uruguayan football player, who current plays for Albacete. Bizera played for Peñarol Montevideo and for Cagliari in Italy. On January 25, 2008, he made a loan move to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. until the end of the season. In the same year, he signed for PAOK FC.

British and British Empire heavyweight boxing champion.

British and British Empire heavyweight boxing champion.

Is a retired Scottish footballer.A right sided winger, Fascione started out with Scottish junior sid

Is a retired Scottish footballer.A right sided winger, Fascione started out with Scottish junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, before being signed for Londoners Chelsea by Tommy Docherty in September 1962. Fascione would remain with the club until 1969, but the presence of fellow wingers Bert Murray and Charlie Cooke ensured that he featured only sporadically in the first team, making a total of just 34 appearances. He was, however, one of the eight players infamously sent home by Docherty for breaking a pre-match curfew in Blackpool in April 1965.

Is a retired Scottish football defender.Filippi began his career with hometown club Ayr United, stay

Is a retired Scottish football defender.Filippi began his career with hometown club Ayr United, staying with the Honest Men for 8 years. He had a year long spell at Celtic, before joining Glasgow neighbours Clyde. He dropped out of the senior game in 1981.

A former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. Frazier, considere

A former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. Frazier, considered one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, is perhaps most famous for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali, the first of which, won by Frazier in a unanimous decision, has often been called one of boxing's greatest bouts.