Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" power forward/center from Michigan State

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" power forward/center from Michigan State University, Green spent 14 seasons (1959–1973) in the NBA, playing for the New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, San Diego Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. He tallied 12,281 points and 9,083 rebounds in his career and appeared in the NBA All-Star Game four times (in 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1971).

Is a retired American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball

Is a retired American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Michigan and at Iowa State University.

Is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. His stables are located on "The Curragh" of Kildare, the st

Is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. His stables are located on "The Curragh" of Kildare, the stables are named Currabeg Stables. His father, John Oxx Sr., was also a very successful trainer who won eight Irish classics and it was the younger Oxx's am

Is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer

Is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch, his family has been part of the horse-training business for three generations. He then trained trained horses for John W. Galbreath at Da

Is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the General Manager of the National Basketb

Is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the General Manager of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.Paxson played collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame. In 1980-81, his sophomore year, Paxson led his team in assists with a career-high 138 that season. He earned his first All-America recognition as a junior in 1981-82, averaging 16.4 points and dishing out 9.9 assists. The following year, Paxson lead Notre Dame to a 19-10 record, averaging a career-high 17.7 points per game, tallying 112 assists en route to claiming his second All-America selection. He also helped guide the team to NCAA appearances in 1980 and 1981.

Is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of Hong Kong. He was originally from England, but liv

Is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of Hong Kong. He was originally from England, but lived in Hong Kong and did racing activity as a competitor of Hong Kong. He is best known as the most succeful driver in Macau Grand Prix in the early 1970s.

Was a New Zealand athlete who competed mainly in hurdles events. His greatest international success

Was a New Zealand athlete who competed mainly in hurdles events. His greatest international success was in the 400 metre/440 yards hurdles.

Was a Scottish explorer, travel writer and philanthropist. He is generally credited with the develop

Was a Scottish explorer, travel writer and philanthropist. He is generally credited with the development of the first sailing canoes and with popularising canoeing as a middle class sport in Europe and the United States. He founded the English Royal Canoe

Is a Kenyan football midfielder who is currently playing for Moss FK in Norway . Referred by fans in

Is a Kenyan football midfielder who is currently playing for Moss FK in Norway . Referred by fans in Kenya as John 'Mo', Muiruri is known for his close ball control and ability to dribble the ball. He is one of the talented midfield quartet of the Kenyan

Is a former American Football tight end who played for the Baltimore Colts (1963-1971) and the San D

Is a former American Football tight end who played for the Baltimore Colts (1963-1971) and the San Diego Chargers (1972). He starred collegiately at Syracuse University.

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager.Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Mackin played for

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager.Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Mackin played for Northampton Town, Lincoln City, York City and Darlington in the Football League.

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Canadian ice hockey player, and currently one of the assistant coaches of the New Jersey

Is a former Canadian ice hockey player, and currently one of the assistant coaches of the New Jersey Devils. During his playing career, he played for the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and Dallas Stars.

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 30th in the K-1 event at t

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 30th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former Scottish footballer. He won the York City Clubman Of The Year award two seasons running,

Is a former Scottish footballer. He won the York City Clubman Of The Year award two seasons running, winning the 1983–84 and 1984–85 awards.

Is an athlete from the United States, who competes in archery.

Is an athlete from the United States, who competes in archery.

Was a 19th century Irish-born American bare-knuckle boxer and pugilist. He was a noted heavyweight f

Was a 19th century Irish-born American bare-knuckle boxer and pugilist. He was a noted heavyweight fighter in the Northeastern United States during the 1870s and billed as having "an unbeaten record" until his prizefight with future heavyweight champion J

Is an Australian former footballer. John Maisano was born in Melbourne to Italian parents. He holds

Is an Australian former footballer. John Maisano was born in Melbourne to Italian parents. He holds dual nationality and began his professional football career at Italian Serie A team Atalanta. However his introduction to football came at the world renown

Is a retired Colombian football midfielder.Ramírez is well known in Bogotá where he was a fan's f

Is a retired Colombian football midfielder.Ramírez is well known in Bogotá where he was a fan's favorite during the mid-1990s when he played for Millonarios. He also played club football for Deportes Tolima, Boyacá Chicó F.C. and Deportivo Pereira. Ramír

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in th

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 198-lb. wide receiver from Nicholls State University, Carrier played in 12 National Football League seasons from 1987 to 1998.

Is a Scottish footballer who played for Stirling Albion, Celtic, Hearts, Sunderland, Millwall and St

Is a Scottish footballer who played for Stirling Albion, Celtic, Hearts, Sunderland, Millwall and St. Johnstone.A slightly-built but very pacy striker, Colquhoun was a popular and prolific goalscorer for his hometown club Stirling Albion when he was snapped up by Celtic in 1983. A relatively unsatisfying period at Celtic Park followed, in which he was played mostly on the wing instead of in the central striker's role at which he had excelled and which had brought him to the attention of the major Scottish clubs.

Is an English football player, currently playing for Watford as a central-midfielder.Eustace was a t

Is an English football player, currently playing for Watford as a central-midfielder.Eustace was a trainee at Coventry City but found life difficult and in his seven years at the club he only recorded 86 appearances, so when he went out on loan to Dundee United.

Played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season. A right-handed midd

Played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season. A right-handed middle-order batsman, Jewell played in the first first-class match of the West Indies tour, scoring 4 and 24 and taking two catches as Worcestershire won the m

Is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer

Is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer League for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions (former Preston Makedonia), Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, Auckland Kingz, Carlton SC, Melbourne Knights

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia. Marks is be

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia. Marks is best remembered for finishing runner-up in singles at the 1978 Australian Open, although he never won a singles title in his career. He achieved a career-hig