Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

A former American football linebacker who played for the Baltimore Ravens. He is currently a candida

A former American football linebacker who played for the Baltimore Ravens. He is currently a candidate (the Republican nominee) for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.He played at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, and then graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play for Florida State University. He was an All-State pick for Spring Valley High School in 1992. He recorded 132 tackles, 14 sacks, and two blocked punts and was named one of the top 50 athletes in the Nation by the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also named one of the Nation's top 100 athletes by the Dallas Morning News. He accepted a scholarship to Florida State University.

Is an English chess player who won the British Chess Championship in 1965. Born in London and educat

Is an English chess player who won the British Chess Championship in 1965. Born in London and educated at Exeter College, Oxford, he represented Oxford University in the Varsity chess matches of 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966, and represented England in the Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1968, and 1970. Later, he turned to contract bridge, at which he has also been highly successful: he won the English Bridge Union's National Pairs title in 2003, and captained the team that won the Gold Cup, the premier teams event in Britain.

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew m

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event.

Is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side AC Horse

Is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side AC Horsens. He can play as defender and midfielder.

Is a German professional footballer for SV Werder Bremen. He plays as center back and defensive midf

Is a German professional footballer for SV Werder Bremen. He plays as center back and defensive midfielder.In September 29, 2007, Niemeyer participated in the 8-1 home crushing of Arminia Bielefeld, scoring the game opener and his first Bundesliga goal. I

Kiraten made his Test debut at the late age of 36 due to South Africa's ban on international cricket

Kiraten made his Test debut at the late age of 36 due to South Africa's ban on international cricket during the 1970s and 80s. Despite being well past his destructive best as a number 3 batsman, he still managed to post his one and only Test century at th

A retired German footballer.He earned 4 caps for the West Germany national football team in 1977. He

A retired German footballer.He earned 4 caps for the West Germany national football team in 1977. He was included in the West German team for the 1976 UEFA European Football Championship, but did not play.

Is a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. As a spymaster in the early Cold

Is a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. As a spymaster in the early Cold War, he is noted for his resourceful use of telephone tapping in espionage. He was a member of the British international ski team from 1931 to 1937, and i

Is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while play

Is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1996.

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) defender who currently plays for Danish Superliga side Ve

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) defender who currently plays for Danish Superliga side Vejle Boldklub. He started his career at Danish clubs Albertslund IF, Brønshøj BK and Akademisk Boldklub before he moved abroad to play for French club AS Saint-Etienne in 2000. After three years at the club, he moved back to Denmark to play for AaB in 2003.

Is a Danish handballer, currently the vetetan goalkeeper of Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbol

Is a Danish handballer, currently the vetetan goalkeeper of Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbold. He has previously played for the Spanish clubs Portland San Antonio and BM Altea. During the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, Nørklit was the first

Was an Irish athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won two Olympic meda

Was an Irish athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won two Olympic medals in the 1906 Games.As of June, 1900, the world record for the long jump was held by Myer Prinstein of Syracuse University, at 24’ 7¼”. In 1900 and 1901,

Was a Scottish footballer and manager. O'Rourke was a centre half who played for Celtic, Burnley, Li

Was a Scottish footballer and manager. O'Rourke was a centre half who played for Celtic, Burnley, Lincoln City, Third Lanark and Chesterfield before his final playing days at Bradford City. He became player-manager in 1905 following the departure of Robert Campbell while he was still captain.

Is a Ghanaian football striker who last played for Cypriot club AEL Limassol. Ofori-Quaye has spent

Is a Ghanaian football striker who last played for Cypriot club AEL Limassol. Ofori-Quaye has spent most of his career in the Greek division and has amassed 33 goals in his 10 seasons in the league. He came to Greece at the very young age of 15, signing f

Is a Nigerian football player, who has been playing since 2009 for Minerul Lupeni.

Is a Nigerian football player, who has been playing since 2009 for Minerul Lupeni.

Is a former Australian football (soccer) forward who represented Australia 55 times between 1974 and

Is a former Australian football (soccer) forward who represented Australia 55 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 20 goals. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and also represented Victoria. He was recently named as Head

Is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fif

Is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 19 goals.

Is a Slovak professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the

Is a Slovak professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), the top AHL affiliate of the Nashville Predators.

Is a Kenyan footballer who is currently playing for the Gor Mahia. Opiyo began his career with Tuske

Is a Kenyan footballer who is currently playing for the Gor Mahia. Opiyo began his career with Tusker FC and signed in January 2008 for Thika United. After only one year with Thika United, moved in February 2009 for Gor Mahia on loan and on 24 November 20

Is a German rower.

Is a German rower.

Was a Danish boxer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Born in Hillerød, Hovedstaden he won th

Was a Danish boxer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Born in Hillerød, Hovedstaden he won the bronze medal in 1932 in the light heavyweight class after winning the third place fight against James Murphy.

Is an Austrian former international football player who is now a manager, currently with Rapid Vienn

Is an Austrian former international football player who is now a manager, currently with Rapid Vienna.A prolific striker, however not for the national team, Pacult started his career at Vienna side Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with Wiener SC

Is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 2000s.

Is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 2000s.

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

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Eight years later Daji ended up in eight position at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelon

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of th

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.