Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a drifting driver from Japanese American. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the 3rd round

Is a drifting driver from Japanese American. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the 3rd round in 2001, driving the Blitz D1 Spec ER34 Skyline which he still drives. His nickname is Nomuken (????) or Monkey Magic (as a reference to his company).

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A former world champion heavyweight boxer.

A former world champion heavyweight boxer.

Was an American-born middleweight boxer who fought professionally from 1931 to 1944, compiling a rec

Was an American-born middleweight boxer who fought professionally from 1931 to 1944, compiling a record of 131 wins (23 by knockout), 18 losses, and 9 draws.

Is a former professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor. Patera is a forme

Is a former professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor. Patera is a former Olympic weightlifter and American powerlifter. He competed at Brigham Young University and won several medals at the Pan American Games (including gold),

A former Canadian elite professional soccer player.Pears was the top goalkeeper in Canada in the 195

A former Canadian elite professional soccer player.Pears was the top goalkeeper in Canada in the 1950s and early 1960s. He made six appearances for the British Columbia All-Stars including shutting out English First Division club Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Empire Stadium in 1957.

Is a Swedish professional poker player, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He was also the chairman of the

Is a Swedish professional poker player, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He was also the chairman of the Swedish Poker Federation until he resigned in October 2006. Lennaárd first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in 1998 when he finished 6th in the $1,500 pot limit Omaha event won by Donnacha O'Dea. His continued exposure to the European poker tournament circuit led to his appearance in season 5 of Late Night Poker. He finished 2nd to Padraig Parkinson in his opening heat, qualifying him for the semi-final won by Joe Beevers. In Late Night Poker's sixth season, he defeated Victoria Coren in the heads-up confrontation to win his heat, qualifying for the grand final won by Peter Costa. Lennaárd was also the team captain for Sweden in both the Poker Nations Cup and the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup.

Was an offensive coordinator and receivers coach in the National Football League and briefly the hea

Was an offensive coordinator and receivers coach in the National Football League and briefly the head coach of the New York Jets during the 1975 season. He assumed the job after the firing of Charley Winner, who was 2-7 on the season. The team was 1-4 under Shipp.[1]

Is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles playe

Is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007. His breakthr

Is a former utility in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 19

Is a former utility in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1967 season. Listed at 6' 1", 190 lb., he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.Poulsen played three years of varsity baseball at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, where he helped his team won the championship of the West Valley League each of those three years (1963-65), being named a first-team all-star in the league and third-team all-star on the All-City team. He was selected by Boston in the third round of the 1965 draft and debuted with the big team on July 3, 1967. Poulsen gained his promotion as a replacement for Dalton Jones, who had to report for two weeks of Army reserve duty at Camp Drum in New York. The departure of Jones reflected a common occurrence during the Vietnam War era.

Was an American professional wrestler who, with longtime tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as on

Was an American professional wrestler who, with longtime tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as one half of the Fabulous Blondes in several regional territories including Southwest Championship Wrestling and International World Class Championship Wrestl

Was an English footballer who played as a left winger.Signed by Charlie Paynter from Finchley, Tucke

Was an English footballer who played as a left winger.Signed by Charlie Paynter from Finchley, Tucker made his West Ham United debut in October 1947, scoring a hat-trick at home against Chesterfield. He had first come to the attention of Paynter a year earlier.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosco

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event.

He had been playing in the Mansfield youth leagues and making quite a name for himself. The then Man

He had been playing in the Mansfield youth leagues and making quite a name for himself. The then Mansfield Manager Raich Carter signed him for Mansfield Town in 1960 and immediately put him in the first team squad, for whom he made his league debut on 30 August 1960 in a 2–1 victory over Rochdale with 'Waggy' netting both goals, he then went on to make a further 27 appearances that season scoring 7 goals.

Is an American former bodybuilder featured in the 1977 movie Pumping Iron, which starred Arnold Schw

Is an American former bodybuilder featured in the 1977 movie Pumping Iron, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Waller also won the 1975 International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) Mr. Universe contest in Pretoria, South Africa. He was known for his c

Is an Australian motorboat racer, who currently holds the Water speed record of 317.60 miles per hou

Is an Australian motorboat racer, who currently holds the Water speed record of 317.60 miles per hour (511.13 kilometres per hour). This was set in Blowering Dam, part of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme, near Tumut, New South Wales, roughly 250 

Was the 1997/98 World Freestyle Kayaking Champion, the 1998 Japan Open Champion, and a five-time Can

Was the 1997/98 World Freestyle Kayaking Champion, the 1998 Japan Open Champion, and a five-time Canadian National Champion in freestyle or whitewater kayaking. Since 1998, Ken has started an industry-leading kayak school, founded the Canadian Freestyle K

Is a former football (soccer) player. Wilson played in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic

Is a former football (soccer) player. Wilson played in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic between 1977 and 1982, playing 126 matches. For the 1983 season Wilson transferred to St George where he lasted just one season.

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.As an amateur, Wright played for Cambridge City be

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.As an amateur, Wright played for Cambridge City before joining West Ham United. He signed pro forms with the East London club in 1946, playing for them for three seasons before leaving in 1949. He was the club's top scorer for the 1948-49 season with 11 goals.

Is a Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for FK Karvan.

Is a Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for FK Karvan.

Was a Turkish footballer who played for Besiktas J.K. as a striker. He wore the unusual shirt number

Was a Turkish footballer who played for Besiktas J.K. as a striker. He wore the unusual shirt number 80.

Is a former basketball player of Bahamian ancestry.

Is a former basketball player of Bahamian ancestry.

Is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder and defender and for OFI Crete in the Greek Beta Et

Is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder and defender and for OFI Crete in the Greek Beta Ethniki.[1 Ucar began his professional career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, but he would only make two appearances for the club in Ligue 2.[2] He moved to Ionikos F.C. in July 2002, where he would play three seasons in the Greek Super League, appearing 63 times and scoring 3 goals.[3]

Is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. 16 years old, at the 2006 Winter Olympics sh

Is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. 16 years old, at the 2006 Winter Olympics she finished 25th and at the 2010 Winter Olympics she ended 15th, after dislocating her shoulder twice in the semi finals.

Is a retired American professional basketball player, now professional boxer and sports analyst.Gill

Is a retired American professional basketball player, now professional boxer and sports analyst.Gill attended Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Graduating in 1986, as a senior Gill led Rich Central to a 2nd place finish in the IHSA class AA state boys basketball tournament. Gill led Rich Central in scoring with 54 points in the 4 games of the tournament finals, and was named to the six-player All-Tournament team.