Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a British professional snowboarder based in Herten, Germany.[1] McKenna has to date competed in t

Is a British professional snowboarder based in Herten, Germany.[1] McKenna has to date competed in three Winter Olympic Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010 but has not won any medals. At the 2010 games, she crashed in both her qualification runs in the women's h

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Christchurch.

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. She finished eighth in the K-2 500 m even

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. She finished eighth in the K-2 500 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Is an Australian female tennis player. Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championship

Is an Australian female tennis player. Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championships. In 1963, she defeated Ann Haydon Jones in the final, and in 1965, she defeated Margaret Court in the final. Bowrey was the runner-up at four Grand Slam

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics,

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of seventh in the K-4 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.

Is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in sing

Is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.

Is a dual code professional rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing.He previou

Is a dual code professional rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing.He previously played rugby league for Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League and more recently Bradford Bulls in the European Super League. Vainikolo has also

Is a Dutch cricketer. Having worked his way through the national youth teams, he made his debut for

Is a Dutch cricketer. Having worked his way through the national youth teams, he made his debut for the Netherlands cricket team in a One Day International during Bermuda's 2008 tour of Netherlands, and appeared in an Intercontinental Cup game against Ken

Is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. He is currently manager at Nairn County.Fridge began his c

Is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. He is currently manager at Nairn County.Fridge began his career as a youth at Chelsea. He made one appearance for Chelsea where he let in 5 goals at home to Watford and ultimately failed to make the grade, and returned to Scotland. He spent 6 years with St. Mirren, before having spells with Clyde, Raith Rovers and Dundalk in Ireland.

Is a Scottish footballer, who played most of his games during the 1950s & 1960s for Huddersfield Tow

Is a Scottish footballer, who played most of his games during the 1950s & 1960s for Huddersfield Town. In 2006, he was named on Huddersfield's 100 fans' favourites of all time.

Is a Trinidadian soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. F

Is a Trinidadian soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. Fitzpatrick came to the United States to play college soccer, and spent four years at Columbia University, where he was named All-Ivy League his senior year

Is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Game

Is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in Shot Put, Discus and Weightlifting events. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he achieved his best resul

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olym

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the 1928 tournament he played three matches as goalkeeper for the British team. Eight years later he was part of the British team which finished e

Better known by the name Les Thatcher is a former professional wrestler who achievied many accolades

Better known by the name Les Thatcher is a former professional wrestler who achievied many accolades over his career. He now has a hand in running "Elite Pro Wrestling Training" in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, with other professional wrestlers, Harle

Was an American racecar driver.

Was an American racecar driver.

Was a British male tennis player. In 1923 Godfree and Randolph Lycett won the doubles in Wimbledon f

Was a British male tennis player. In 1923 Godfree and Randolph Lycett won the doubles in Wimbledon four times. Leslie and his wife Kitty were the only married couple ever to win the mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon. They won the title in 1926. He w

Was an Australian sportsman who played both rugby league and cricket at a high level. A right-handed

Was an Australian sportsman who played both rugby league and cricket at a high level. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, Cody played first-class cricket between 1912 and 1922. After matches for New South Wales Colts, he made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 1912. He played six further first-class matches that season. Whilst he never played Test cricket, Cody did play several times for the Australian national side. In 1913, he toured North America with Australia, playing matches in Bermuda, Canada and the USA. The Bermuda leg included one match against the Bermuda national side. The Canadian leg featured matches played all across the country, with matches in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Anderson made a s

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Anderson made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1923-24 season, against New South Wales. From the tailend, he scored 4 runs in the first innings in w

Is a first baseman/outfielder with the Cuban national baseball team and Camagüey of the Cuban Natio

Is a first baseman/outfielder with the Cuban national baseball team and Camagüey of the Cuban National Series[1]. He was part of Cuba's roster at the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Was a West Indian cricketer who played for Barbados between 1929 and 1936 and in one Test for the We

Was a West Indian cricketer who played for Barbados between 1929 and 1936 and in one Test for the West Indies in 1930. Walcott was born atSaint Michael Parish, Barbados. He was educated at Combermere School and Harrison College. In 1923 he became games ma

Was an American cross country skier who competed in the late 1980s. She finished eighth in the 4 x 5

Was an American cross country skier who competed in the late 1980s. She finished eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyl

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Although little is known about Boardman, he never won any Australian championships and was not among the orig

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971. His career for

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971. His career for Derbyshire started in the Second XI team in 1968, when he debuted against Leicestershire. With four wickets on his debut, and an economical return, he served the Second XI well for the next three years without securing a place in the first team. His only first-class appearance came in the 1971 season in May against Yorkshire when taking the position of number 11 batsman from team-mate Mike Hendrick, he bowled safely, but did not bat during the match. Bradbury was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, and wicket-keeper. He continued in the Second XI until 1973 maintaining a position of tailender batsman until the end of the 1973 season.

Is an Australian former rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Ru

Is an Australian former rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He holds the record for the third most number of tries in a NSWRL season, scoring 29 tries in 1954. This is the standing record for

Is a former English cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 2 ODIs in 1985 following a three year ban fo

Is a former English cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 2 ODIs in 1985 following a three year ban for joining Graham Gooch's rebel tour to South Africa (where Taylor was the leading bowler). Taylor won selection to the winter tour to the West Indies, but was dubbed Lord Lucan by certain members of the press due to his lack of matches on tour. Taylor played his last International game (a ODI) on May 24 1986 versus India.