Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a mostly retired female professional wrestler and is currently a WWE Ambassador. Beginning in 199

Is a mostly retired female professional wrestler and is currently a WWE Ambassador. Beginning in 1999, Young had a high-profile "second career" in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Young, along with best friend The Fabulous Moolah were a part of the W

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Jackson is referred to as the World's Strongest Bodybuilder. Ja

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Jackson is referred to as the World's Strongest Bodybuilder. Jackson first competed in an NPC (National Physique Committee) in 2001, where he won the NPC USA. His first IFBB competition was the GNC Show of Strength (no

Is a Colombian professional footballer.Montaño was a highly-rated young player at Quilmes in Argent

Is a Colombian professional footballer.Montaño was a highly-rated young player at Quilmes in Argentina and set records by featuring for the Colombian National Team at the young age of 15, doing well enough to earn a spot on the team that went to the 1999

Is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion. Dubbed "Bump City," Bumphus began his c

Is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion. Dubbed "Bump City," Bumphus began his career as a hot prospect, winning his first 22 fights, including the Vacant WBA Light Welterweight Title with a decision win over Lorenzo Luis Garcia in 198

Is a professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Asso

Is a professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a former member of the Philippine National team, as well as a former 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the said award.

Is an alpine skier from Denmark. He competed for Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best resul

Is an alpine skier from Denmark. He competed for Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 40th place in the Super-G.

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. A 6'9" small forward from the Un

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. A 6'9" small forward from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Taylor was selected 17th overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. In his brief NBA career he played with the Magic (1997-98 and 1999-00) and the Denver Nuggets (1998-00); his last appearance in an NBA game was in April 2000. He was under contract for a brief period with Chicago Bulls (2000 preseason) and Portland Trail Blazers (2001 preseason), but has not played in NBA games for these clubs.

Is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio,

Is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio, and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues). He has also been a regular on the successful US Mosconi Cup team, having joined them eleven times, winning on

Was a former American football linebacker and tight end. He played college football at Mississippi S

Was a former American football linebacker and tight end. He played college football at Mississippi State University, where he was a linebacker and an offensive end. He played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1963 through 1966, and for the San Diego Chargers in 1967.

Was an early twentieth century Scottish football (soccer) inside forward who played professionally i

Was an early twentieth century Scottish football (soccer) inside forward who played professionally in Scotland, England and the United States.

Was a professional rugby league player who played for Balmain, North Sydney and Manly Warringah in t

Was a professional rugby league player who played for Balmain, North Sydney and Manly Warringah in the NSWRL between 1942 and 1951. A Manly junior who started out as a hooker with North Narabeen Surf Club, he was shifted to the wing as a 16 year old after

Was a Scottish association football goalkeeper, most famous for his time at Celtic. Bonnar signed fo

Was a Scottish association football goalkeeper, most famous for his time at Celtic. Bonnar signed for Celtic from Arbroath on August 9 1948 and made his league debut in the 4-0 victory over Clyde on the 6 November that year. Although small, Bonnar was agile enough to make over a century of league appearances for Celtic, and over 200 appearances altogether. He was Celtic's goalkeeper and hero in the 1953 Coronation Cup final against Hibs, where he kept their Famous Five forward line at bay.

Was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters o

Was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division. Bratton started boxing at age 14 and competed in several Golden Gloves events before turning pro.

Is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. Bredahl is the former WBA world banta

Is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion.Bredahl fights at the bantamweight division but could has also competed at divisions either side.

He was a great cricketer. A left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and

He was a great cricketer. A left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham. In the early days of Test cricket, Briggs was one of the most successful bowlers, proving deadly whenever wickets were affected by rain, whilst both for his county and country his batting – though at times too careless – was very useful. He was the first bowler in Test cricket to take 100 wickets,[1] and held the record of most wickets in Test cricket on two occasions, the first in 1895 and again from 1898 until 1904, when he was succeeded by Hugh Trumble.[2]

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. An Australian international an

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative halfback, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Norths, with whom he won the 1968

Is a legendary Irish boxing manager and promoter from Boston, Massachusetts mostly during the first

Is a legendary Irish boxing manager and promoter from Boston, Massachusetts mostly during the first half of the 20th century who has handled some of the most famous boxers in the world including 3 World Champions. He guided Jack Sharkey, Lou Brouillard an

Was an American boxer.

Was an American boxer.

Is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Olimpia. He previously played for Vida. He mad

Is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Olimpia. He previously played for Vida. He made his debut for the national side on May 22, 2008 in a friendly against Belize.

Is an American professional wrestler, and is the younger brother of Chris Candido. He appeared on TN

Is an American professional wrestler, and is the younger brother of Chris Candido. He appeared on TNA Unbreakable on September 11, 2005, to watch the four-way elimination match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. The winners of the TNA 2005 Chris Can

Is a professional poker player.Chan attributes some of his early success to the fact that many playe

Is a professional poker player.Chan attributes some of his early success to the fact that many players had not previously played against Asian players. He shot to fame in the late 1980s, winning the championship event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) i

Was an American professional middleweight and light heavyweight boxer, active between 1939 and 1948.

Was an American professional middleweight and light heavyweight boxer, active between 1939 and 1948. He was the only fighter out of 48, who managed to lose to Billy Fox, and not be knocked out. Johnny started off his career with a second round knockout o

Is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Associação Atlética Anapolina on loan from Corinth

Is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Associação Atlética Anapolina on loan from Corinthians.

Is a Haitian professional footballer who currently plays for Violette AC.Descolines played for Viole

Is a Haitian professional footballer who currently plays for Violette AC.Descolines played for Violette and Roulado in the Haitian League before moving abroad to play for Salvadoran league side A.D. Isidro Metapán. He rejoined Violette in summer 2007.

Was a Scottish footballer.Born in Glasgow, he became a prolific goalscorer and became the first West

Was a Scottish footballer.Born in Glasgow, he became a prolific goalscorer and became the first West Ham United player to play for the Scottish national team. He joined West Ham from Crittal Athletic while on National Service. Between 1953 and 1963, Dick made 351 appearances for the club, mainly at inside left. He scored 166 goals for West Ham, placing him joint third on the club's all-time top scorers list. He eventually moved to Brentford for £17,500. He was later in charge of West Ham Juniors. John died in 2000.