Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Broo

Was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century. Statistics from his racing career as a jockey are limited but it is k

Was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of En

Was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England. Small was born in Princes Town, Trinidad. He was one of the many West Indian cricketers of his time whose Test career started at an advanced age; he

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road W

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, Laurinaitis was one-half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors.

Is a New Zealand cricketer. A solid all-rounder for Northern Districts, although it seemed he might

Is a New Zealand cricketer. A solid all-rounder for Northern Districts, although it seemed he might be considered for the Black Caps in the future at the beginning of his career, for various reasons he never made it. Born in Whangarei he was part of the W

Is a Ghanaian football player currently playing for Sekondi Hasaacas F.C..He was member for Ghana na

Is a Ghanaian football player currently playing for Sekondi Hasaacas F.C..He was member for Ghana national under-17 football team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic and played 7 games. On 19 August 2008 was called for the Satellites

Is a soccer player, who plays for the Brooklyn Knights of the USL Premier Development League.Afful c

Is a soccer player, who plays for the Brooklyn Knights of the USL Premier Development League.Afful came to the United States to play college soccer, first with St. Francis College where he was a three time All-Northeast Conference player from 2000 to 2003, and then an Atlantic Soccer Conference player in 2003 with Adelphi University.[1] After college, Afful went on to play with the Atlanta Silverbacks after being released from the New England Revolution[2] prior to joining the Knights in 2007.

Is a professional boxer from Ghana with a record of 26-1 (22 KO). He is the current IBF Bantamweight

Is a professional boxer from Ghana with a record of 26-1 (22 KO). He is the current IBF Bantamweight world champion. He dethroned Luis Alberto Perez on September 29, 2007. Agebko was inactive for 1 year, 2 months and 11 days before defending his title on December 11, 2008. In a fight that had been repeatedly postponed, he defeated William Gonzalez by majority decision.

Is a retired boxer from Kenya, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics

Is a retired boxer from Kenya, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Club Brugge.He later joined Bendel Insurance FC, Benin City

Is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Club Brugge.He later joined Bendel Insurance FC, Benin City in the premier Division of the Nigerian Professional League, in February 2005. He was to finish as joint top scorer with 13 goals in 19 games.

Is a professional footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest. He plays as a striker.Garner started h

Is a professional footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest. He plays as a striker.Garner started his career at Blackburn Rovers and playing as a striker played in the same position as his namesake Simon Garner, Blackburn's highest-ever goalscorer and club legend during the 1980's and early 90's.

Is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. A right-handed opening bat

Is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. A right-handed opening batsman, Ormrod was a key member in Worcestershire's back to back Championship winning sides of 1964 and 1965.

Was a French former football striker.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World

Was a French former football striker.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1934.

Was an American boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the sec

Was an American boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing to the upcoming gold medalist Harry Mallin.

Is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played left wing. He was selected in the f

Is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played left wing. He was selected in the first round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 13th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. He went on to play for the Oilers and Boston Bruins of the NHL, as well as fo

Was an American Bantamweight boxer. He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete He

Was an American Bantamweight boxer. He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year. Lynch regained the title from Johnny Buff after Buff defeated Herman, defended it success

Was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In

Was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In the 1904 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4x50 yard freestyle relay, and was a member of New York Athletic Club water polo team, which won a gold medal.

Was a Luxembourgian sportsman, competing at the Summer Olympics for Luxembourg in both weightlifting

Was a Luxembourgian sportsman, competing at the Summer Olympics for Luxembourg in both weightlifting (1920 Summer Olympics and 1924) and wrestling (1920 only). He won the silver medal at the 1920 Olympics in the heavyweight (+82.5 kg) weightlifting.

Liberian footballer (midfielder) playing currently for Gönyeli.

Liberian footballer (midfielder) playing currently for Gönyeli.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward. During his career, he played

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward. During his career, he played in the Football League with Burnley as well as being on the books at several Scottish teams.

Is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Latin America and Euro

Is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Latin America and Europe and the Ghana national football team.

Is a former English professional association footballer who played as a centre-half for Birmingham C

Is a former English professional association footballer who played as a centre-half for Birmingham City and various other clubs. He was a hard-working, competitive defender, good in the air (though less good on the ground), and his authority on the field was such that he was first chosen to captain the Birmingham side at the age of only 19.

Is a English footballer, contracted to Premier League club Newcastle United, for whom he plays for a

Is a English footballer, contracted to Premier League club Newcastle United, for whom he plays for as a central midfielder.His career and life have been marred by numerous controversial incidents and disciplinary problems,[2] and he has been convicted twice on charges of violence. On 20 May 2008 he was sentenced to six months imprisonment for common assault and affray during an incident outside a McDonald's restaurant in Liverpool City Centre

Is a Croatian Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, better known as Joey Didulica.He started to p

Is a Croatian Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, better known as Joey Didulica.He started to play football in the North Geelong Warriors. In 1996, he moved to the Melbourne Knights, a club whose team primarily consists of Australian Croats, and played for them until 1999.

Is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eight seaso

Is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eight seasons, from 1977 through 1984 after playing collegiately at New Mexico State University. His first professional team was the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, where he played from 1974 to 1976

Was an Italian-born, American football player and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, Savoldi beca

Was an Italian-born, American football player and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, Savoldi became known for his finishing move, the flying dropkick (the pro wrestling move known today as simply the "dropkick"). At the time Savoldi was often credited