Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a full-back. Briggs played the majority of his career

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a full-back. Briggs played the majority of his career with Dundee United, making nearly 400 appearances and captining the side when they defeated Barcelona in their first European campaign in the 1960s. After leaving the club he briefly played for Montrose and Highland League team Keith.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Sheffield Wednesday & Huddersfield Town.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Sheffield Wednesday & Huddersfield Town.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a out

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a outside left. He was born in Renfrew, Scotland.His Sunderland career lasted from 1930 to 1939, although the later years were halted due to a severe injury in 1937, and he never fully recovered.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. He began his football career

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. He began his football career during the Second World War as an amateur with Wolverhampton Wanderers. After the war he returned home and signed for Third Lanark. When he arrived at Sheffield Wednesday from Scotland as an 18-year-old, the team were struggling. He scored seven goals in his first eight games to start their recovery.

Was a Scottish footballer, who played for Stoke and Southampton St Mary's in the 1890s. Dale was bor

Was a Scottish footballer, who played for Stoke and Southampton St Mary's in the 1890s. Dale was born in Motherwell, Scotland but started his football career south of the border with Sunderland in 1893. He failed to break into Sunderland's first-team and moved on to Stoke of the Football League First Division in June 1984. He made his debut for the "Saints" on 19 October 1895, taking the place of Ernie Taylor at right-half for the visit of Clapton to the Antelope Ground. The match ended in a 3–7 "thrashing" by Clapton and after two further league matches and two in the FA Cup,[3] Dale returned to Staffordshire, but never again played professional football.

Was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League. Deacon began his league career with Da

Was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League. Deacon began his league career with Darlington, making two appearances in the Third Division before joining Second Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1929 for £250.

Was a Scottish football player who enjoyed a 24-year playing career. Delaney joined Celtic on provis

Was a Scottish football player who enjoyed a 24-year playing career. Delaney joined Celtic on provisional forms in 1933 from Stoneyburn Juniors, signing a permanent contract the following year. He spent thirteen years with the Glasgow club, making 305 appearances in all competitions. He won 15 caps for Scotland and scored 6 goals.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Perth Glory in the A-League as a right midfielder or w

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Perth Glory in the A-League as a right midfielder or winger. Downey holds the AIS football program beep test record (16.3). Downey was with the Queensland Academy of Sport between 2003 and 2004 before joining

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for Heart of Midlothian and appeared tw

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for Heart of Midlothian and appeared twice for the Scotland national football team in 1938. His senior career was effectively curtailed by the Second World War, and he made guest appearances for a variety of clubs in England and Northern Ireland during that war.

Is a tennis coach and former tennis player from the United States. He is the father of Chris Evert,

Is a tennis coach and former tennis player from the United States. He is the father of Chris Evert, who was one of the world's top women tennis players in the 1970s and 1980s. As a youngster, Evert was a two-time U.S. age-group champion. After serving bri

Is an American swimmer who swims for the The University of Texas at Austin. At the 2008 Olympic Tria

Is an American swimmer who swims for the The University of Texas at Austin. At the 2008 Olympic Trials, Feigen placed 28th in the 50 m freestyle (22.86) and 40th in the 100 m freestyle (50.34). Feigen barely missed spots on the 2009 World Championship tea

Was a Scottish football player, trainer and physiotherapist, who made more than 350 appearances in t

Was a Scottish football player, trainer and physiotherapist, who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League playing as a left half or inside left for Portsmouth, Gillingham and Millwall. Born in Armadale, West Lothian, he began his playing career in his native Scotland with Armadale and Bathgate, and finally retired from playing in 1943 to become assistant trainer of Millwall.

Is a former Scottish association football player and manager.A managerial career was started in Marc

Is a former Scottish association football player and manager.A managerial career was started in March 1970 when Frizzell became manager of Oldham Athletic, following a spell as a coach under Jack Rowley. At the time, the club was near the bottom of Division Four, with the distinct possibility of having to re-apply for League status. He then guided the team to nine wins and six draws in the remaining 22 matches and a comfortable midtable finish.

Is a former Scottish footballer who became notorious for being convicted of instigating the British

Is a former Scottish footballer who became notorious for being convicted of instigating the British betting scandal of 1964.However, it was to transpire that Gauld had pursued a shadow career of match fixing and, in search of a final "payday", in 1964, he sold his story to the Sunday People for GBP7,000, incriminating three Sheffield Wednesday players that he had enticed into the scheme: Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.

Is an American professional wrestler, who is better known as Bunkhouse Buck. Golden has many relativ

Is an American professional wrestler, who is better known as Bunkhouse Buck. Golden has many relatives in wrestling: his cousins are Robert & Ron Fuller, his father is Billy Golden and his uncle is Buddy Fuller and his nephew is Eddie Golden. His grandfat

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Ayr, Glossop F.C., Celtic, Newcastle United, Ayr United and

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Ayr, Glossop F.C., Celtic, Newcastle United, Ayr United and the Scotland national team.He left Celtic in 1911 after the club failed to meet his improved contract demands[1] and joined English club Newcastle United. He returned to Scotland in 1915 with Ayr United where he remained for three years[2].

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for four teams in the English Football League in th

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for four teams in the English Football League in the immediate post-WWII years.Hernon was spotted by a Leicester City scout in 1942, and signed for the Foxes shortly afterwards. He made his debut in a wartime match against Crystal Palace. In 1943, he was called into service and served in the Royal Artillery and saw action in France, Belgium and Germany.

Was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a defender. He was born in Stenhousemuir. He

Was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a defender. He was born in Stenhousemuir. He played for Stenhousemuir, Manchester United, Millwall Athletic, Norwich City and Southend United.

Was a Scottish footballer who later became a manager. he joined Kilmarnock from local side Galston A

Was a Scottish footballer who later became a manager. he joined Kilmarnock from local side Galston Athletic in 1898. He was in the side which won the 1899 Second Division title and the following season earned selection to the Scottish League representative side. He joined Kettering Town in 1901 then moved to Bristol Rovers the next season.

Was a Scottish-Australian football (soccer) player. He first played for junior side Newton Thistle,

Was a Scottish-Australian football (soccer) player. He first played for junior side Newton Thistle, and then signed for Rangers in 1894, although he was only a fringe player at the club.

Is a Scottish former association football player.Brown was signed from Midlothian boys by English fo

Is a Scottish former association football player.Brown was signed from Midlothian boys by English football club Aston Villa in May 1969. He was Aston Villa's youngest ever player to play in a first team game at 15 years 349 days. He signed professional in 1970. He played in 75 League matches for Villa scoring 1 goal.

Was a Scottish football player and later manager. A goalkeeper he played for Newcastle United betwee

Was a Scottish football player and later manager. A goalkeeper he played for Newcastle United between.Lawrence's first club was Partick Athletic, from where he moved to Glasgow Perthshire. Although still connected to Glasgow Perthshire, he sporadically played for Edinburgh side Hibernian when their regular custodian Harry Rennie was unavailable.[1] He played with Newcastle for eighteen years after joining the Tyneside club in 1904 and still holds the record for making the most appearances for them, 496 matches in total.

Is a retired Scottish footballer and football manager.He began his footballing career with Leeds Uni

Is a retired Scottish footballer and football manager.He began his footballing career with Leeds United in 1964, playing just four games before his transfer to Southend United in 1970. Over the next six years he had spells with Greenock Morton, St. Mirren, Cork Hibernians and finally Clydebank.

Is a former Scottish professional footballer who is best known for his career with Aston Villa. Befo

Is a former Scottish professional footballer who is best known for his career with Aston Villa. Before playing for Villa MacEwan started his career at Raith Rovers. MacEwan then went onto play for Walsall and won one cap for the Scottish B side.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.An Inside Forwa

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.An Inside Forward, Mason played for the now defunct Third Lanark between 1936 and 1952, where he earned selection for the Scottish League representative side on seven occasions. During the Second World War he "guested" for Charlton Athletic, Portsmouth and Brentford while stationed in southern England. He also won 7 caps for the Scotland national team, scoring 4 goals.