Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game throughout the 1960s. Pulman first

Was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game throughout the 1960s. Pulman first reached the final of the World Matchplay in 1955, losing to Fred Davis. Davis beat him again in the 1956 final, but after Davis retired Pulman won the tit

Is an Australian chess player. He won the Australian Chess Championship twice, in 1955 and 1963.

Is an Australian chess player. He won the Australian Chess Championship twice, in 1955 and 1963.

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward from the University of Nevada, L

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Trapp played five seasons (1968-1973) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the San Diego Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 7.4 points per game in his NBA career and won a league championship with the Lakers in 1972.

Is a former American bodybuilder, professional wrestler, fitness model and art model of German and I

Is a former American bodybuilder, professional wrestler, fitness model and art model of German and Irish descent from Boston, Massachusetts. He has appeared in many publications, from World Physique to Planet Muscle Magazine.

Is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions inclu

Is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including NWA All-Star Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling during the 1960s and early 1970s. He also had a brief but memorable stint i

Is an English professional golfer.Garner was a member of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team in 1971 an

Is an English professional golfer.Garner was a member of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team in 1971 and the Great Britain and Ireland team in 1973. He made just one appearance in 1971, teaming up with Neil Coles in a four-ball match against Americans Frank

Is a Cuban–American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the f

Is a Cuban–American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger. As Romero he was one half of the tag team The Havana Pitbulls (formerly Los Cubanitos), along with Ricky Reyes. He also was

Is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He learned to ride in his native Puerto Rico and in 1990,

Is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He learned to ride in his native Puerto Rico and in 1990, under the guidance of agent and former jockey, Angel Cordero, Jr., he moved to New York State where he earned 24 riding titles at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmo

Is a former English football player.Playing mostly as an inside forward or centre forward (and occas

Is a former English football player.Playing mostly as an inside forward or centre forward (and occasionally as a right-winger), Radford spent most of his career at Arsenal. He joined the club as an apprentice in 1962, turning professional in February 1964.

Is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) performing on their ECW brand.[4] He came to WWE in 2002 after co-winning their reality television program Tough Enough, and has since held championships in the company on seven occasions; having held the WWE Tag Team Championship four times, Intercontinental Championship two times, and the ECW Championship once.Before getting into professional wrestling, Hennigan attended University of California at Davis studying both film and geology.[5] Upon deciding that he did not want to pursue either path, he began his professional wrestling career training at the Supreme Pro Wrestling professional wrestling school.[2] After failing his audition for the second series[10],

Was a Welsh jockey. Anthony was best known for his three victories in the Grand National steeplechas

Was a Welsh jockey. Anthony was best known for his three victories in the Grand National steeplechase: on "Glenside" in 1911, on "Ally Sloper" in 1915, and on "Troytown" in 1920. He was the sixth jockey to win three Grand Nationals, and also finished thir

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Hibernian as a midfielder. Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshi

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Hibernian as a midfielder. Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Rankin began his career with Manchester United, but he did not make a first team appearance.

Is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.Salmons was a memb

Is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.Salmons was a member of a Pennsylvania high school state championship team while at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in 1997, and is in the 1,000 point club at his high school. He went on to play college basketball at the University of Miami, in Florida.

Is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Victorian Football Leag

Is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with North Melbourne during the 1970s and first-class cricket for Victoria. From the Coburg Amateurs originally, Douglas made his VFL debut in the opening round of the 1972 season against St Kilda, whose Brownlow Medal rover Ross Smith was celebrating his 200th game. He played six further games that year and didn't appear again until 1975, when North Melbourne won their inaugural premiership with Douglas taking the field three times during the home and away season. He finished his football career after playing just two games in 1976, to finish with 12 games and eight goals for North Melbourne. A right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, Douglas claimed 30 wickets at 26.53 from his nine first-class matches.

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played two tests as a winger for the W

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played two tests as a winger for the Wallabies in 1949.In 1949, Fogarty was chosen in two tests against a New Zealand Maori side in Brisbane and Sydney. He was also a member of the Australian t

Is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'9" forward/center who played col

Is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'9" forward/center who played collegiately at the University of Portland, Scott was selected with the 4th pick in the 1961 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. Scott had an 11-year career in the NBA and the ABA, with the Pistons, the Baltimore Bullets, and the Virginia Squires.

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1970s. H

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1970s. He also represented Victoria at first-class cricket. He played the first six games of the 1971 VFL season before succumbing to a thigh injury which would keep him out of the side for the rest of the year. St Kilda made the Grand Final that year. He was St Kilda Football Clubs leading goalkicker in 1972 and participated in the finals series. As a cricketer, Stephens was a left-handed middle order batsman and appeared in a total of four first-class matches in the 1970/71 and 1971/72 Sheffield Shield seasons. On his debut against Queensland at the MCG he made his highest score of 48 in the second innings.[1] Stephens finished his career with a disappointing 123 runs at 15.37. He had played with fellow VFL footballers Peter Bedford, John Scholes and Max Walker.

Is a retired Scottish snooker player. The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Profes

Is a retired Scottish snooker player. The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo McLeod to become the Scottish champion. On February 18, 1989, he scored a maximum 147 break in a match against Ian

Is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 6 games (2 starts) for the D

Is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 6 games (2 starts) for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles during the 1993 and 1995 baseball seasons.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Active in both Scotlan

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Active in both Scotland and England, Reid made nearly 500 career league appearances between 1954 and 1968, scoring nearly 100 goals.

Was an Australian boxing champion. During his long career in the ring he fought over 100 battles, an

Was an Australian boxing champion. During his long career in the ring he fought over 100 battles, and held the titles of bantam, feather, and light-weight champion of Australia.

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a centre forward and helped Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a centre forward and helped Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup in 1923 and 1926.From there he moved on to Kilmarnock, where he scored seven of their 14 goals on the way to winning the Scottish Cup in 1920, including scoring the third goal for Kilmarnock in the final when they defeated his former team, Albion Rovers, 3–2.

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadi

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadian basketball team, which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Reilly began his career with D

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Reilly began his career with Dundee United, signing as a schoolboy and going to make over fifty league appearances in the first half of the 1980s, making enough appearances to earn a medal during United's Scottish Premier League win in the 1982–83 season. Signing for Motherwell in 1985, Reilly suffered an achilles tendon injury which looked to have ended his career at the age of 24, prompting early retirement.

Is an English football manager and former player, who previously managed Conference South side Bath

Is an English football manager and former player, who previously managed Conference South side Bath City before getting sacked after a poor string of results.He has held his current position since June 2005. He was also involved in the coaching setup which oversaw Wales win in the non-league Four nations tournament in 2006.