Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was the father of cricketer Bob He

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was the father of cricketer Bob Herman. Herman was a tall right arm paceman who bowled in-swingers. He took over 100 wickets in a county season on five occasions with his best effort coming

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Gloucestershire. He was born

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Clifton and died in Corbie. Wreford-Brown made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1900 season, against Middlesex.

Was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman. Cornwallis made his first-class debut

Was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman. Cornwallis made his first-class debut for the Army against the Royal Navy in 1920. Cornwallis would play four matches for the Army, the last of which came against the Royal Navy in 1926.

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual épée event at the 1948 Summer

Was a Swiss Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and bronze medals in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Brazilian footballer, who played the striker role, nicknamed by fans Cabecinha de Ouro (Golden

Was a Brazilian footballer, who played the striker role, nicknamed by fans Cabecinha de Ouro (Golden Head).In his career (1943-1959) he played for União Monte Alegre, Jabaquara, Corinthians, Juventus and União Paulista and for Brazilian team who participated in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1954 FIFA World Cup, he played in 4 matches and scored 3 goals. He died aged 71 years old.

Is a right handed pitcher within the Minnesota Twins organization currently assigned to the Twins' d

Is a right handed pitcher within the Minnesota Twins organization currently assigned to the Twins' double A affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats. He is 6'4" tall, weighs 225 lb, and signed with Twins as a nondrafted free agent on July 4, 2002.

Is a former Peruvian football striker. He was born on March 28, 1947, in the city of Lima in Peru. H

Is a former Peruvian football striker. He was born on March 28, 1947, in the city of Lima in Peru. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and he helped Peru to win the Copa América in 1975.

Is a Brazilian footballer. He is currently without a club after being released by Sydney FC who part

Is a Brazilian footballer. He is currently without a club after being released by Sydney FC who participate in Australia's A-League.He has scored five goals in 50 games for the Brazilian national team,[3] winning the 2002 FIFA World Cup championship and bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a Colombian football defender, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Copa Mustang. Henríque

Is a Colombian football defender, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Copa Mustang. Henríquez is a product of the Millonarios youth system and played with the Millonarios first team since October, 2007.

Is an Ecuadorian football player who plays goalkeeper Deportivo Quito.He played for the Ecuador nati

Is an Ecuadorian football player who plays goalkeeper Deportivo Quito.He played for the Ecuador national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at th

Is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the 2000 South American Open Championships (50m) in Mar del Plata. Two years later, at the later edition of the same Championship 2002 South American Open Ch

A former Argentine football defender, now a manager.He arrived at AS Saint-Étienne, in 1972, replac

A former Argentine football defender, now a manager.He arrived at AS Saint-Étienne, in 1972, replacing new coach Robert Herbin at fullback position.He was associated with Christian Lopez and had the habit to help the team offensively.He won lots of titles with AS Saint-Étienne.He was very popular at this time, and Bernard Sauvat wrote a song dedicated to him.He earned 15 caps for Argentina, but could not participate to 1978 FIFA World Cup in his country due to family problems even though César Luis Menotti wanted him to.In 1979

Is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Deportivo Cuenca.

Is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Deportivo Cuenca.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Essex. He was born in Westminster and died in Bexhill-on-Sea. Borradaile, who made his cricketing debut for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1879, made a single first-class appearance, for Essex in 1894, against Surrey. From the lower-middle order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 5 runs in the second, as Essex lost the match by an innings margin.

Is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.

Is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Is a Czechoslovak weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. After he ended his career, Zar

Is a Czechoslovak weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. After he ended his career, Zaremba admitted he used doping throughout his career with the acknowledgment of the sport officials and coaches. His statement confirmed that many sportspeop

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player (Defenseman) who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in th

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player (Defenseman) who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.

Is a retired ice hockey forward.Janecký represented Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga for several sea

Is a retired ice hockey forward.Janecký represented Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga for several seasons, and his number, 91, has been retired by Jokerit. Janecký also played SM-liiga for SaiPa and Blues.

Is a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Ludví

Is a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Ludvík Klíma finished fifth in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olym

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Oly

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1920s.Nemecký won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with golds in the 18 km and Nordic combined (1925) and a silver in the Nordic combined (1927).At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished 16th in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event and ninth in the Nordic combined competition.

Was a Czech Olympic fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.

Was a Czech Olympic fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.

Is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Augsburg.Khizaneishvili came from the youth team of Dinamo

Is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Augsburg.Khizaneishvili came from the youth team of Dinamo Tbilisi, and debuted for the Georgian national team at the age of 18. He went to Russian giants Spartak Moscow, but failed to make a breakthrough and had various spells for other Russian clubs as well as Dinamo in the following seasons.