Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.As a youngster Joslin was rej

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.As a youngster Joslin was rejected by Plymouth Argyle after a trial and instead joined Torquay United in 1936 and was the first choice goalkeeper at the club up until the outbreak of World War II.

Is an English football player. He is a defender and midfielder, and he joined Manchester United as a

Is an English football player. He is a defender and midfielder, and he joined Manchester United as a junior. Picken was an important member of the reserve team at United that won the quadruple in 2005.

Is a professional boxer in the Junior Middleweight (160lb) division. He is the current Australian Ju

Is a professional boxer in the Junior Middleweight (160lb) division. He is the current Australian Junior Middleweight champion. Holiday turned pro in 1991 and captured the Vacant IBF Lightweight Title in 1995 with a win over Miguel Julio. He defended the

Is a Filipino footballer who plays as a Forward for the Philippine national team. He has been a free

Is a Filipino footballer who plays as a Forward for the Philippine national team. He has been a free agent since 2008 after being released by Chelsea.He plays as a striker and turned professional in March 2005, having been at Chelsea since the age of nine

Is a former American football linebacker in the NFL. He played in four Pro Bowls and was a part of t

Is a former American football linebacker in the NFL. He played in four Pro Bowls and was a part of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI winning team.

An English-Filipino professional football player currently attached to Chelsea F.C. He plays as a st

An English-Filipino professional football player currently attached to Chelsea F.C. He plays as a striker and turned professional in March 2005, having been at Chelsea F.C. since the age of nine.Younghusband was born in Ashford, Middlesex, England, the son of Philip Younghusband, a chartered accountant and Susan Placer-Younghusband, a Filipina[citation needed].He was the youth team's top scorer in the 2003–04 season and made his first reserve start in November 2004. In the 2004-05 he was the youth team's top scorer.[1] In the 2005–06 season, Younghusband made 21 appearances for the Chelsea reserve team, including 18 starts, and scored five goals. He also made one appearance as a substitute for the Chelsea youth team

Is a former New Zealand representative hammer thrower.His biggest success came at the 2002 Commonwea

Is a former New Zealand representative hammer thrower.His biggest success came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England where he won the silver medal. He also competed in the IAAF World Cup held in Madrid, Spain that same year.

Is a former professional footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southa

Is a former professional footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs. He also made one appearance for England.

Is an English football manager and former player. He currently works for Charlton Athletic as assist

Is an English football manager and former player. He currently works for Charlton Athletic as assistant manager to Alan Pardew.Parkinson, a former Southampton trainee, made his Football League debut in 1988 with Bury, and later joined Reading for a bargain £37,500 in 1992.

Is a former professional footballer.Hubbard, a midfielder, began his career as an apprentice with Li

Is a former professional footballer.Hubbard, a midfielder, began his career as an apprentice with Lincoln City before playing for Norwich City, Grimsby Town, a second spell at Lincoln and Boston United. He had a short spell as player/manager at Skegness Town. He was highly regarded at Lincoln and in 2006 was voted 28th in Lincoln's 100 league legends.

Newport made his first-class debut against the touring Pakistanis at New Road in July of that year.

Newport made his first-class debut against the touring Pakistanis at New Road in July of that year. However, he had an unpromising beginning to his career at this level, failing to take a wicket and seeing his 11 overs disappearing for 64 runs as the tourists piled up 467 for 4 declared on their way to an innings victory. He returned to the Second XI for a while, but was then called up for the local derby with Warwickshire at Edgbaston. In this game he did manage a wicket - and a good one too, that of Dennis Amiss - picking up another in the second innings.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963 to 1964. He is married to Gloria and h

Is a former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963 to 1964. He is married to Gloria and has two sons and one daughter and now lives in Nottingham.

Is an Australian former basketball player and previous head coach of the National Basketball League'

Is an Australian former basketball player and previous head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.Smyth played over 350 NBL games for the St Kilda Saints (1982), Canberra Cannons (1983-1992), the Adelaide 36ers (1993-1994) and the Sydne

Is a former English cricketer who played 34 first-class matches between 1949 and 1953. 26 of these w

Is a former English cricketer who played 34 first-class matches between 1949 and 1953. 26 of these were for Oxford University, and eight for Worcestershire. He was a wicket-keeper, though he did play in some games as a batsman only. Whitcombe made his fir

Was an American basketball player.A 6'10" center from Whitworth University, Jordon played seven seas

Was an American basketball player.A 6'10" center from Whitworth University, Jordon played seven seasons (1956-1963) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals, and St. Louis Hawks. He averaged 10.9 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per game in his career.[1] Jordon was a member of the Knicks' team that surrendered 100 points to the Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain on March 2, 1962. However, Jordon missed that specific game because of the flu, and his absence is often cited as a reason for Chamberlain's high point total, since it left the Knicks with only one player (Darrall Imhoff) large enough to guard Chamberlain.[2]

Is a former Welsh international football player. He attained 10 caps for Wales and played his club f

Is a former Welsh international football player. He attained 10 caps for Wales and played his club football for Cardiff City as a centre-half.Dwyer, affectionally known as "Joe" by Cardiff City fans was born on Wednesday, 28 October 1953 in Grangetown, Cardiff and is is one of Cardiff City's best loved players. He currently has the record number of appearances for the club with 471 in league competition between 1972 to 1985.

Is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the

Is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Is an English professional golfer.Golding has been a regular fixture at the European Tour's qualifyi

Is an English professional golfer.Golding has been a regular fixture at the European Tour's qualifying school, where in 2007 he stretched his record to 18 appearances. He has often won a tour card, but up to the age of forty he had never done well enough

Phil Lee was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler of off breaks. He played sev

Phil Lee was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler of off breaks. He played several matches for South Australia from 1925-26, originally batting in middle order and bowling infrequently. From 1930, his off-break bowling developed and he was called into the Australian Test side for the second match of the rather one-sided series with South Africa at Sydney in 1931-32. With Clarrie Grimmett and Bert Ironmonger in the side, Lee had limited bowling and took only one wicket.

Is an English goalkeeper, currently playing for Grimsby Town.Barnes started his playing career with

Is an English goalkeeper, currently playing for Grimsby Town.Barnes started his playing career with Rotherham United, making his debut against York City in April 1997.[1] He made two appearances for Rotherham and then moved to Blackpool in August 1997 for a fee of £100,000,[2] as cover for Tony Caig but eventually made the position his own.

Is a cross-county skier and the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics. His first name i

Is a cross-county skier and the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics. His first name is sometimes spelled as "Phillip". Kenya had only one slot for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, which was taken by Philip Boit, while Henry Bitok finishe

Is a former Ghanaian professional football midfielder who played professionally in Ghana and the U.S

Is a former Ghanaian professional football midfielder who played professionally in Ghana and the U.S. USL First Division. Before moving to the United States, Kutsu played with Great Olympics and Hearts of Oak in Ghana. In the spring of 2007, he attended a

Is a Belgian who competed at the international and world level in the Japanese martial art of Judo,

Is a Belgian who competed at the international and world level in the Japanese martial art of Judo, including at the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is a former Canadian professional wrestler also known as Dan Kroffat (taking this name from the orig

Is a former Canadian professional wrestler also known as Dan Kroffat (taking this name from the original Dan Kroffat) in Japan, Montreal and Extreme Championship Wrestling, Phil Lafleur in Stampede Wrestling, Phil Lafon in the World Wrestling Federation (