Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an American boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he finished fourth in the ba

Was an American boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he finished fourth in the bantamweight class. After losing in the semi-finals to Hans Ziglarski he was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout against José Villanueva.

Is a Nigerian football player currently with English Premier League club Everton. He is the current

Is a Nigerian football player currently with English Premier League club Everton. He is the current vice-captain of the Nigeria national football team and of Everton.He is the younger brother of former Nigeria international Albert Yobo. At the beginning of July 2008, his younger brother Norum Yobo[1] was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on July 17, 2008[2].Joseph Yobo grew up in Port Harcourt and is close friends with Crewe Alexandra's George Abbey with whom he grew up with and consulted when deciding whether to move to England or not.

Is a former French international footballer and manager, of Polish origin, who played as a defender,

Is a former French international footballer and manager, of Polish origin, who played as a defender, and was part of the famed Lille team of the late 1940s.

Was an English amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part

Was an English amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.

Was an English professional footballer who played either as a forward or full back for Southampton,

Was an English professional footballer who played either as a forward or full back for Southampton, Grimsby Town and Newcastle United.

Is a professional wrestler and referee better known as Scott Armstrong. He is the oldest son of Bob

Is a professional wrestler and referee better known as Scott Armstrong. He is the oldest son of Bob Armstrong and has three brothers that wrestle, Brad, Steve and Brian. James started wrestling in 1983 as "Scott Armstrong". He wrestled primarily in the Ge

Is a boxer from Namibia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country

Is a boxer from Namibia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Light Flyweight (48 kg) division by Russia's eventual bronze medal winner Sergey Kazakov.

American athlete who was active as a welterweight boxer in 1953 and 1954, and as a long distance run

American athlete who was active as a welterweight boxer in 1953 and 1954, and as a long distance runner from 1975 to 1980.

Is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was the 13th overall pick of the

Is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was the 13th overall pick of the 1987 NBA Draft, selected by the Los Angeles Clippers. He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. He averaged 4.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game throughout a 11 year professional career. While he was also a player in the NBA, Wolf also owned a local Dairy Queen in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.

Is an American former professional basketball player. Roberts played forward for Ohio State Universi

Is an American former professional basketball player. Roberts played forward for Ohio State University's 1960 NCAA champions, and later played in the NBA for the Syracuse Nationals before going into coaching. Roberts also played with Hall-of-Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Bobby Knight. Coach Fred Taylor also was a Hall-of-Famer for Ohio State.

Is a retired NBA professional basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors. The 6ft 9in, 220 lb,

Is a retired NBA professional basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors. The 6ft 9in, 220 lb, center-forward is an alumnus of Princeton High School and Northwestern University.He is known for giving the final assist to legendary Warriors teammate Wilt Chamberlain in his 100 point game, with a pass in the final minute of the game.

Was an American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers, and

Was an American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers, and Cincinnati Bengals.

American professional basketball player.

American professional basketball player.

Is an English football player of Irish heritage who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club

Is an English football player of Irish heritage who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.Keenan started his career with English giants Chelsea, but suffered a broken leg playing against Arsenal Reserves in October 2002.

Is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Oxford University Centre of Cri

Is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University and Yorkshire. He is a left-handed opening batsman and right arm off spin bowler. Joe currently plays his club cricke

Was an English footballer who was captain of Woolwich Arsenal in their first season of League footba

Was an English footballer who was captain of Woolwich Arsenal in their first season of League football. He is also notable for being one of the few footballers to die as a result of an injury incurred whilst playing.

Is an American Canadian fighting in the junior middleweight division. Judah is the brother of welter

Is an American Canadian fighting in the junior middleweight division. Judah is the brother of welterweight champion Zab Judah and former U.S. Boxing Association light heavyweight champion Daniel Judah. His trainer is his father, Yoel Judah. Judah has a pr

Was a Belgian middleweight boxer who competed in the 1920s.

Was a Belgian middleweight boxer who competed in the 1920s.

Is a Zimbabwean footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the USSF Division 2 Professio

Is a Zimbabwean footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Kabwe began his collegiate career at Lindsey Wilson College in the NAIA where he was a 2003 second team All American. Kabwe has played for the Zimbabwe U-20 and U-23 national teams in 2001 and 2003.

Is a Malaysian footballer who can operates as a striker or midfielder for Sarawak FA in Malaysia Pre

Is a Malaysian footballer who can operates as a striker or midfielder for Sarawak FA in Malaysia Premier League.Joseph is well known for his ability to score a long shot goals. He made into the senior squad during season 2006/07 scoring two league goals and one goal in Malaysia Cup group match against PDRM FA.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who played for L

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who played for Lancashire. He was born in Honley, Holmfirth, Yorkshire and died in Kirkham, Lancashire. Kaye, who played his club cricket for East Lancashire, since their

Is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for FK Ventspils.Ogunnupe began his career with Ab

Is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for FK Ventspils.Ogunnupe began his career with Abuja based New Academy Football and signed in January 2009 with FK Ventspils and joined in summer on loan to their farmteam FC Tranzits.

Is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics.In Atlanta, th

Is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics.In Atlanta, the hot favourite to 3000 m steeplechase gold medal was a world record holder Moses Kiptanui. But in the Olympic final, Kiptanui was strongly challenged by h

Is a former footballer, and former England national team coach who has been manager of various clubs

Is a former footballer, and former England national team coach who has been manager of various clubs in the English leagues, most notably Newcastle United earning him the nickname The Geordie Messiah.

Is the current UBO Intercontinental and IBF Australasian Super middleweight champion, having defeate

Is the current UBO Intercontinental and IBF Australasian Super middleweight champion, having defeated Fiji's Joy Ali on a points decision on 19 December 2009. Kwadjo did not respond to these comments and won the hearts of Fiji's people. He kept cool and s