Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was better known, was a colorful, hard punching, American light heavyweight boxer. Fox fought from 1

Was better known, was a colorful, hard punching, American light heavyweight boxer. Fox fought from 1928 to 1950. Fox also fought and knocked out in two rounds former middleweight champion Bob Olin, and he knocked out Lou Brouillard in seven. He was kayoed

Was a professional footballer who played for Albion Rovers, Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic.Bor

Was a professional footballer who played for Albion Rovers, Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic.Born in Lennoxtown, the goalkeeper had spells with Albion Rovers and Dundee before joining Tottenham Hotspur. Britton played a total of 40 matches for the White Hart Lane club between 1926–27. He ended his career at Celtic.

Is a British professional boxer fighting out of Sheffield in England, he competes in the cruiserweig

Is a British professional boxer fighting out of Sheffield in England, he competes in the cruiserweight division and is a former British cruiserweight champion and three time British title challenger. Keeton won a number of fringe title belts including the

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules footbal

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Francis didn't continue as a footballer, instead concentrating on cricket, and in the 1932/33 season made his first appearance with Victoria. Opening the batting, Francis scored 135 to help the Victorians draw with Tasmania. He played two further first-class matches, both later in the season and as an opener, but didn't make any major contributions for his team.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Motherwell, Northfleet United, Tottenham Hotsp

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Motherwell, Northfleet United, Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Bournemouth Athletic and Folkestone.Richardson began his career at his home town club of Motherwell. He joined the Tottenham Hotspur "nursery" club Northfleet United before signing for Tottenham in 1927.

Was a Scottish footballer who played professionally for Airdrieonians, Bradford City and Preston Nor

Was a Scottish footballer who played professionally for Airdrieonians, Bradford City and Preston North End, as well as the Scottish national side. His playing career was interrupted by World War One, in which Ewart served.

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British sid

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974. During his managerial career he won the European Cup once, ten Scottish League Championships, nine Scottish Cups, and six Scottish League Cups. All but one of these honours (the 1961 Scottish Cup with Dunfermline) were won with Celtic. After a brief stint with Leeds United, Stein managed the Scottish national side from 1978 until his death in 1985. On 14 March 1960 he accepted the job of manager at Dunfermline.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. Dempster played with junior outfit Muirkirk before sig

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. Dempster played with junior outfit Muirkirk before signing for Queen of the South F.C. at the start of the 1969-70 season. Jocky Dempster is best known for his time at Dumfries club, Queen of the South. Queen of the South just missed out on promotion in Dempster's first season at Palmerston Park, season 1969-70, as the club finished 3rd in the table behind Falkirk and Cowdenbeath respectively, in Scottish League Division Two.

Was a Scottish/English footballer of the 1910s and 1920s. He played throughout most of his career at

Was a Scottish/English footballer of the 1910s and 1920s. He played throughout most of his career at Outside Right, though was occasionally used as an emergency Centre-forward. Although born in Pendleton, Lancashire, this was because his father and mother had moved south for employment. By the time he was three years old the family had returned to their native Laurieston, just outside Falkirk, where John spent his formative years.

Was a Newport-born, Wrexham-based former British and European Welterweight and Middleweight boxing c

Was a Newport-born, Wrexham-based former British and European Welterweight and Middleweight boxing champion.

Was a Scottish football player and manager. He is most notable as Motherwell's first and longest-ser

Was a Scottish football player and manager. He is most notable as Motherwell's first and longest-serving manager, guiding the team to their only League title in the 1931-32 season.He was part of the Liverpool side that won their first ever First Division Championship in 1900-01 but a year later he moved back to Scotland, signing for Hearts for £300 in a joint transfer with Tom Robertson. He was part of the Hearts side that lost the 1903 Scottish Cup Final to Rangers.

Is a Danish soccer manager currently working as reserve coach at Greve Fodbold. As a player he playe

Is a Danish soccer manager currently working as reserve coach at Greve Fodbold. As a player he played 176 matches for Køge Boldklub and scored 32 goals. He then went on to play in BK Frem, Herfølge BK and Ringsted BK before he returned home to Køge.

A Scottish former football player with Celtic, Crystal Palace and Sunderland.Signed from Shotts Bon

A Scottish former football player with Celtic, Crystal Palace and Sunderland.Signed from Shotts Bon Accord in 1960, Hughes scored 189 goals in 416 appearances for Celtic during his eleven season with the Parkhead side. He was part of the Celtic side who went to the final of the European Cup on 25 May 1967 and became known as the Lisbon Lions. Although Hughes was dropped for the side who won the trophy, he was awarded a winners medal in recognition of the part he played in the team

Is a former champion jockey and horse trainer. Miller rode more than 2200 winners in a career which

Is a former champion jockey and horse trainer. Miller rode more than 2200 winners in a career which started with his first win after just six races in 1947. He rode his last race in 1988 and then went on to a successful career as a trainer. He rode winner

Is a featherweight boxer from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan Ameri

Is a featherweight boxer from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Was an American prizefighter and Olympic boxer, who briefly held the World Boxing Association heavyw

Was an American prizefighter and Olympic boxer, who briefly held the World Boxing Association heavyweight title from 1979 to 1980. Tate lost in the finals of the 1975 National Golden Gloves to Emory Chapman. He lost in the quarterfinals the next year in a

Started his swimming career as a distance swimmer, scoring his first real successes in 1952 when he

Started his swimming career as a distance swimmer, scoring his first real successes in 1952 when he came in 3rd in the Australian 1500 meters, 2nd in the 800, and won the 400 meters. The distance work proved too arduous, perhaps due to a prolonged ear inf

Was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. Jack Small made his debut in 1784, his c

Was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. Jack Small made his debut in 1784, his career continuing until 1811. Jack Small had over 100 recorded appearances by the end of the 1800 season. His two highest recorded scores were 95 for R Leig

Is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a member of the Sacramento Kings of the National

Is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a member of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. His nickname is "Spanish Chocolate", an homage to flashy ex-NBA player Jason "White Chocolate" Williams and which was acquired afte

Is a bodybuilding expert. John Stamatopoulos was born to Dimitri and Helen Stamatopoulos in Athens,

Is a bodybuilding expert. John Stamatopoulos was born to Dimitri and Helen Stamatopoulos in Athens, Greece. He has written many important articles about dieting, nutrition, supplementation and exercising. He was the first to introduce the "Wave Supplement

Is an American chess player from Auburn, Massachusetts, best known for winning the Massachusetts sta

Is an American chess player from Auburn, Massachusetts, best known for winning the Massachusetts state championship over 17 times between 1948 and 1985 [1], as well as the US Senior Championship [2]. Though Curdo never attained the rank of Grandmaster or International Master, he has been known for over 50 years as one of the strongest players in New England, with victories over Grandmasters Pal Benko, Robert Byrne, and Arthur Bisguier, among many others.

Is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racin

Is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972. As a trainer, Nerud first drew national attention in 1956 after prepping Switch On to win the Palm Beach and McLennan Handicaps

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'3" forward from Hamline University, Norland

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'3" forward from Hamline University, Norlander played five seasons (1946-1951) in the Basketball Association of America (later National Basketball Association) as a member of the Washington Capitols. He averaged 8.3 points per game in his career.

Is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He has won a number of stakes races with his most imp

Is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset. In 2007, another Shirreffs-trained horse scored a major upset when Tiago, a hal

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the New South Wales R

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He played predominantly as a second row.