Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an Australian football (soccer) player.

Was an Australian football (soccer) player.

Is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California, and is the first African-American professiona

Is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California, and is the first African-American professional skater to become famous. He started skateboarding in 1984 when he was in seventh grade. Barbee was on the cutting edge of skateboarding in the late '80s,

Was a professional ice hockey player who played 18 games in the National Hockey League. He played fo

Was a professional ice hockey player who played 18 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Boston Bruins.

Was an English football player, born in Wrexham. He played at half-back. In his early life, he playe

Was an English football player, born in Wrexham. He played at half-back. In his early life, he played for Gwersyllt School. He then had successful spells at Ragtimes and Chrichton's Athletic (Saltney) before joining Manchester United in April 1921. His debut for United came on 27 August 1921 against Everton at Goodison Park. While at United, he played at right-half. After scoring three goals in 301 appearances for the club, he moved to Burnley in November 1932.

Is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. Borner play

Is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. Borner played 518 NBL games over 22 seasons for four separate teams: (Coburg/North Melbourne, Illawarra/Wollongong, Geelong and Canberra.

Is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired American football wide receiver.Butler played in the National Football League between 1

Is a retired American football wide receiver.Butler played in the National Football League between 1980 and 1988. In 1981, he was fourth in the league with 9 receiving touchdowns

Known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promoti

Known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promotions and various other regional wrestling territories. He was responsible for training New Jack as a professional wrestler.

Is a retired ice hockey player. Chaisson played professionally in the Eastern Hockey League and Paci

Is a retired ice hockey player. Chaisson played professionally in the Eastern Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey League.

A retired American professional boxer. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely consi

A retired American professional boxer. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler.

Is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons and the

Is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons and the Washington Redskins. Thielemann played college football at the University of Arkansas.

Was a boxer from Luxembourg. He was born in Esch-sur-Alzette.Cillien was member of the Luxembourgish

Was a boxer from Luxembourg. He was born in Esch-sur-Alzette.Cillien was member of the Luxembourgish Olympic team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After a bye in the first round of the light-heavyweight division, he was eliminated in the second round by Russian Gennadiy Shatkov.

A retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the fiv

A retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes. Ray received a Flat Jockey Special Recognition Lester Award in 2000.

Is an American boxer who has battled many great boxers. He fought Rob Calloway for the WAA Light Hea

Is an American boxer who has battled many great boxers. He fought Rob Calloway for the WAA Light Heavyweight Title but lost by TKO in 1996.

Was a Canadian boxer, who won a light middleweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1990

Was a Canadian boxer, who won a light middleweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1990 he gained silver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Is a former English professional player of English billiards and a top-class amateur snooker player,

Is a former English professional player of English billiards and a top-class amateur snooker player, winning the World Amateur crown twice in the early 1970s. He was less successful as a professional, but became World Professional Billiards Champion despi

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder for a handful of Scottish clubs. In Novem

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder for a handful of Scottish clubs. In November 2008, he returned to former club Dundee as assistant manager.Farningham was part of the sides which won the 1983–84 Scottish Second Division title and which earlier reached the 1981–82 Scottish Cup semi-final, losing to Rangers after a replay. Full-time football backoned for Farningham and he joined Motherwell for £12,000 in 1986.

Was a professional football player in the National Football League from 1926-1935. He was the Head C

Was a professional football player in the National Football League from 1926-1935. He was the Head Coach of the Boston/Washington Redskins from 1936-1942, where he won four division titles (1936, 1937, 1940, 1942) and two NFL Championships (1937, 1942). Flaherty served in the United States Navy until 1945.

A Dutch football player. Fränkel usually plays the role of defender or left midfielder. Fränkel st

A Dutch football player. Fränkel usually plays the role of defender or left midfielder. Fränkel started his playing career at the local SV Transvaal, before being snapped by the Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam. After failing to break into the Fyenoord's first team, Fränkel moved to the Estonian Meistriliiga side Flora Tallinn. He made a total of 14 appearances for Flora, before returning to the Netherlands for the 2003-2004 season, when he signed with FC Groningen. After failing to make any real impact and finding his first-team opportunities limited at the Eredivisie club, Fränkel moved again. This time to the Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard, but after one season and not much first-team action at the new club, Ray moved to Fortuna's Eerste Divisie rivals HFC Haarlem.

Holds the Football League appearance record for Chester City.The full-back played in 406 league game

Holds the Football League appearance record for Chester City.The full-back played in 406 league games for Chester from 1951 to 1962, putting him seven ahead of Ron Hughes (whose Chester career ran almost parallel to Gill's) and 10 ahead of Trevor Storton.

Is an English football manager and retired football player. He was recently employed as First Team C

Is an English football manager and retired football player. He was recently employed as First Team Coach of Championship team, Leicester City while Rob Kelly was manager during the 2005-06 season.

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer. Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993, and compl

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer. Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993, and completed his schooling at Ivanhoe Grammar School. After swimming the heat of the 4 × 200 freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, J

Is an English footballer who played as a right winger.Henderson began his League career with Middles

Is an English footballer who played as a right winger.Henderson began his League career with Middlesbrough before moving to Hull City in 1961. He attained legendary status at Hull, forming part of a formidable forward line with Ken Wagstaff, Chris Chilton, Ken Houghton and Ian Butler whose goals won Hull City promotion in 1966.

Was a former professional footballer who played in defence for Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, H

Was a former professional footballer who played in defence for Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Halifax Town & Scunthorpe United.

Is a retired professional football player and former coach who currently works as an English-languag

Is a retired professional football player and former coach who currently works as an English-language football commentator on Gol TV.Hudson signed with Newcastle United in 1973 at the age of 17. He made over 40 appearances for the club and fans there nicknamed him "Rocky."