Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is the former coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the

Is the former coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League. John Buchanan is a King's Old Collegian (University of Queensland, Brisbane)and is also an old boy of The Southport School, located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Buchanan is also known in cricketing circles as 'Ned Flanders', due to his similarity in appearance to The Simpsons character. Buchanan began his coaching career in England- he was player/coach/professional for Oldham in Central Lancashire league as well as Cambridgeshire in Minor Counties 1978 & 79. Oldham won the League and Cup double in 79 which was first time in some 40 odd years. Buchanan has, along with current captain Ricky Ponting, led the side to numerous successes, including a world-record 16 consecutive Test match victories and 23 ODI victories in world cup tournaments, Buchanan only not involved in the first one, a 2001 and 2002-03 Ashes domination winning both series 4-1, the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa, the 2004 tour of India, in which Australia hadn't won a series there in thirty-six years, and more recently, following their shock Ashes defeat, a whitewash of the Super Series that saw the Aussies up against a World XI.

Was an Argentine-born English cricketer who played for Essex. He was born in Rosario and died in She

Was an Argentine-born English cricketer who played for Essex. He was born in Rosario and died in Sherwood, Nottingham. Marston made two first-class appearances, the first during a 1923 West Indian tour of England, against whom Marston played in the tailen

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stevenage Borough. Martin began his career wi

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stevenage Borough. Martin began his career with Leyton Orient, making over 90 League appearances, before dropping into non-league football with Farnborough Town, Grays Athletic and later Stevenage.

Was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper. His son, Jock Wallace, Jr., managed Rangers, Leices

Was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper. His son, Jock Wallace, Jr., managed Rangers, Leicester City and Sevilla. He began his career at Raith Rovers, before moving south of the border in March 1934 to join compatriot Sandy MacFarlane's Blackpool.

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Der

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1960. He was playing for Bacup as a teenager in 1938 and 1939, and again in 1946 after World War II. Also in 1946 he played a match fo

Was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the Un

Was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for South Kerry 1900-1918. He was the first Olympic champion in te

Is a retired ice hockey player. Matchefts played for the American 1952 Winter Olympics ice hockey te

Is a retired ice hockey player. Matchefts played for the American 1952 Winter Olympics ice hockey team.

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. Matthews made a single first-class appearan

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. Matthews made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1872 season, against Sussex.

Is an English cricketer. Earlier in his career he represented England in U19 test cricket, and parti

Is an English cricketer. Earlier in his career he represented England in U19 test cricket, and participated in a U19 World Cup in India, but a stomach illness limited his game time.

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s. Richardson won the 1873 and 1874 Grand Nationals riding Disturbance and Reugny respectively. Both were

Was an English professional cricketer. Wrote Harry Altham of him in that truly magisterial work, A H

Was an English professional cricketer. Wrote Harry Altham of him in that truly magisterial work, A History of Cricket, "Maurice Read had been recognised as a dashing player up to Test Match form, to say nothing of being a wonderful fielder in the country." A hard-hitting and, according to Lord Hawke, "magnificent batsman who never had pretensions to be even a moderate change bowler", Read did little trundling except in 1883, when he claimed 27 first-class wickets including his career best of 6-41 against Kent.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and Wellington Firebirds. Born in

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and Wellington Firebirds. Born in Sydney, Australia, he was predominantly a left-handed batsman who played 46 first class matches and 39 one-day matches in a career spanning 12 years from

Was a rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Cambridge University and international rugby fo

Was a rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Cambridge University and international rugby for England.Batten first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Cambridge University while at St John's College. He won four sporting 'Blues' for

Was a Scottish footballer.He played on the wing and started his career at Paisley FC. He played for

Was a Scottish footballer.He played on the wing and started his career at Paisley FC. He played for a couple more clubs before he signed for Derby County. Whilst there he played in two losing FA Cup finals.He joined Rangers in May 1904 and went on to play 149 times and scored 16 goals before he moved on to Greenock Morton in 1910.

Is a former professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wand

Is a former professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.McAlle joined Wolves as an apprentice in July 1965, turning professional in February 1967. After a period playing in the reserve league, he made his first team debut on April 29, 1968 in a 0-1 defeat at Chelsea.

Was a former professional footballer who played as a winger for six English clubs during the 1950s a

Was a former professional footballer who played as a winger for six English clubs during the 1950s and 1960s.

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper, Blackham played i

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper, Blackham played in the first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the famous Ashes Test match of 1882. Such was his skill in the position that he revolutionised the art of wicket-keeping and was known as the "Prince of wicket-keepers". Late in his career, he captained the Australian team, but his nervous disposition was not suited to leadership.

Was a Scottish footballer who played at half-back for Liverpool. He was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Sc

Was a Scottish footballer who played at half-back for Liverpool. He was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland.John McCartney played for Newmilns F.C., St Mirren F.C. and New Brighton. McDonald was signed by John McKenna for the Reds in 1892, 1 of the 13 Scottish footballers that Liverpool brought in at the beginning of the clubs history.

Was an Irish–born Scottish professional footballer who played in Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales

Was an Irish–born Scottish professional footballer who played in Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and the United States.McCole began his career with Vale of Leven before signing a professional contract with Falkirk in 1956. McCole moved to England in 1958 to play with Bradford City, Leeds United (where he scored 45 goals in 78 league appearances, but was unable to prevent Leeds from being relegated from the First Division; McCole also set a club record by scoring four goals in the League Cup match against Brentford before returning to Bradford in October 1961) and Rotherham United, before spending a year in Ireland with Shelbourne.

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Port Vale.McCombe joined Huddersfi

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Port Vale.McCombe joined Huddersfield Town as a trainee, making his league debut on May 3, 2003 as a late substitute for Jon Stead in the 1–1 draw at home to Oldham Athletic. He then had to wait until September 2004 for his next first team appearance.

Is a former professional footballer. He began his career at Third Lanark, where he helped his hometo

Is a former professional footballer. He began his career at Third Lanark, where he helped his hometown club to a third-placed finish in the Scottish First Division, before moving to Aberdeen.

Is a former English footballer. McDermott, who is a right-back, has played his entire career at Grim

Is a former English footballer. McDermott, who is a right-back, has played his entire career at Grimsby Town, and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played 647 league games, 754 games overall for the Mariners. He is one of only 17 players in the history of English football to play more than 600 Football League matches for a single club.

Was a tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Beckley, West Virginia. In singles, McDia

Was a tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Beckley, West Virginia. In singles, McDiarmid was ranked as high as No. 7 in the United States, achieving that ranking in 1936. That year he was a semifinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships

Was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Dodds played am

Was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Dodds played amateur football for Queen's Park.

Is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years,

Is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years, missing only the 1976-77 season due to injury. He played as a defender, replacing Billy Bonds as right-back after the latter had switched to midfield.