Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1965. Truscott was a right-handed batsman who

Was a cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1965. Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, but in the next two sea

Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He

Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, but in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland, and this remained his only first-class century.

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1968 he was a crew member of the West German boat which finished twelfth in the coxed fours event. Four years later he won the gold medal with the West German boat in the coxed fours competition.

Is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer

Is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. His best individual result was a 7th place on 200 m breaststroke 1980.

Is French football player who currently plays for Racing de Santander of the Spanish La Liga. His us

Is French football player who currently plays for Racing de Santander of the Spanish La Liga. His usual position is defensive or central midfield.Luccin arrived in Spain for Celta de Vigo in summer 2001 on loan, later became permanent.

Is a former Guyanese first-class cricketer who played for Somerset, Canterbury and British Guiana. W

Is a former Guyanese first-class cricketer who played for Somerset, Canterbury and British Guiana. Wight was a prolific run scorer at the top of the order, scoring 16,965 runs during his thirteen years at Somerset; only Harold Gimblett made more runs for

Is a Swedish retired ice hockey centre. He spent ten seasons with Västra Frölunda from 1989 to 199

Is a Swedish retired ice hockey centre. He spent ten seasons with Västra Frölunda from 1989 to 1996 and then again from 1997 to 2000. He also played for Färjestads BK, Örebro IK, HV 71 and Linköpings HC and also had a spell in Finland's SM-liiga for JYP.

Was a retired ice hockey player. Williamson played in the American Hockey League with the Cleveland

Was a retired ice hockey player. Williamson played in the American Hockey League with the Cleveland Barons, Springfield Indians, Providence Reds, and Pittsburgh Hornets.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Bedford. Having represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1968 and 1971, Bichener made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1971 Gillette Cup, against Essex, in a match which Bedfordshire lost by a 97-run margin. Bichener took two wickets in the match, including that of Brian Ward.

Is a retired English footballer.

Is a retired English footballer.

Is a Greek-Canadian-American chess grandmaster. He was Canadian champion in 1972 and 1975, represent

Is a Greek-Canadian-American chess grandmaster. He was Canadian champion in 1972 and 1975, represented Canada with fine success on four Olympiad teams, played in two Interzonals, and moved to the United States in 1979, settling in California. He has been retired from competitive play since the mid-1980s, and works as a computer programmer. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was a frequent training partner of Bobby Fischer, who stayed at his home in San Francisco for extended periods.

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Fleming was a highly successful profes

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Fleming was a highly successful professional tennis player. During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won an astonishing 50 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983).

Is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in four cons

Is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

Is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete. His personal best throw is 8

Is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete. His personal best throw is 88.70 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart. This ranks him third among German javelin (new implement) throwers, only behind Raymond Hecht and Boris Henry.

Is a former Australian Goalkeeper, now the goalkeeping coach at A-League side Adelaide United FC. He

Is a former Australian Goalkeeper, now the goalkeeping coach at A-League side Adelaide United FC. He used to play for Guangzhou Apollo in Chinese Jia-A League and is regarded as one of the best foreign players in Guangzhou football history.

Is a former German footballer. Blusch began his career at Sportfreunde Siegen, before beginning prof

Is a former German footballer. Blusch began his career at Sportfreunde Siegen, before beginning professionally in 1964 for Eintracht Frankfurt. He made it into the first team in Frankfurt and played 110 games altogether.

Is a former English former footballer who played as a winger. He spent his career playing for Covent

Is a former English former footballer who played as a winger. He spent his career playing for Coventry City F.C., Manchester City, Manchester United, Seiko(Hong Kong), Royal Antwerp (24 apps 9 goals), Happy Valley AA and Walsall FC.

Is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. Generally pl

Is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. Generally playing a defensive midfielder and central midfielder role, Schmidt is a midfield workhorse with a strong tackle and good technical and passing skills. His long range shooting ability has earned him quite a few goals.

Is a former Danish footballer and is currently the assistant manager of the Danish national team.

Is a former Danish footballer and is currently the assistant manager of the Danish national team.

A former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Netherlands natio

A former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Netherlands national football team in the 1990s.Bosz played for Vitesse Arnhem (1981-1984), RKC Waalwijk (1985-1988), SC Toulon (1988-1991), Feyenoord Rotterdam (1991-1997), JEF United Ichihara (1997-1998), Hansa Rostock (1998), NAC Breda (1999) and, finally, JEF United Ichihara (1999) once again. After his retirement he became a football manager, who coached AGOVV Apeldoorn (1999-2002), De Graafschap (2002-2003) and Heracles Almelo (2004-2006). In the summer of 2006 he signed as the new technical director of his former club, Feyenoord Rotterdam.

Is a retired West German triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 19

Is a retired West German triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him fifth on the German all-time list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai and Dirk Gamlin.[1]

Is a former Scottish-born football striker and manager, who played for Australia at international le

Is a former Scottish-born football striker and manager, who played for Australia at international level.Boyle began his career with Scottish junior side Larkhall Thistle, before signing for Clyde in 1972. He netted 32 goals in 119 league appearances for the Shawfield club, before moving to Australia in 1977.[

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea and West Ham United as a winger.

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea and West Ham United as a winger.Brabrook started his career at Redbridge Football club, formerly known as Ford United, then moved onto Chelsea, making his debut during the 1954-55 season, during which the club won the league championship, though he only made three appearances.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played fo

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Oxfordshire. He was born in Pill. Bradbury, who played in the Second XI Championship for Gloucestershire and Somerset, played for Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1978 and 1987. He made a single List A appearance for the side, during the 1980 Gillette Cup, against Warwickshire. He scored 22 runs with the bat, and took figures of 1-55 from 10 overs of bowling.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1826, having played for Nott

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1826, having played for Nottingham Cricket Club since 1813. He was primarily a batsman who fielded at cover point. He was a publican by trade and kept the Old Spot Inn at Daybrook in Nottinghamshire. A keen cards player, he had a reputation for gambling but was said to be "fundamentally kind at heart".