Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired Montenegro-born Bosniak footballer.His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Deci

Is a retired Montenegro-born Bosniak footballer.His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Decic Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Buducnost and moved there shortly after. Before the 1983/1984 season, he moved to FK Željeznicar Sarajevo whe

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 14 Football League a

Is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 14 Football League appearances for his hometown club, Chester.A lifelong Chester fan,[1] Barton signed for the club in 1957 and progressed through the ranks to turn professional four years later. He made his first–team debut in a 3–2 home defeat to Doncaster Rovers on September 27, 1961 in place of regular goalkeeper John Hardie.

Was an Australian football (soccer) international and prolific goalscorer who plied his trade after

Was an Australian football (soccer) international and prolific goalscorer who plied his trade after the Second World War. In 2000 he was selected as a member of the Australian team of the century by respondents to a rsssf.com vote, beating Frank Farina in

Is a former English professional footballer. He played as a defender in The Football League for thre

Is a former English professional footballer. He played as a defender in The Football League for three clubs, making 394 appearances in the process.

Was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town in England, and a manager of the Dani

Was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town in England, and a manager of the Danish football team.

Was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1939, and was the mainstay of Worcestershire's bow

Was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1939, and was the mainstay of Worcestershire's bowling for a long period from the middle 1930s until the middle 1950s. He was also an aggressive left-handed tail-end slogger, who frequently hit up thirty runs in twenty or so minutes, and on three occasions hit three sixes off consecutive balls. His highest first-class score of 75 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1938 took just thirty minutes. He does, however, hold the world record for the most ducks in a first-class career, with 156.[1]

Was an English footballer and manager, who played outside left (the modern day equivalent of left wi

Was an English footballer and manager, who played outside left (the modern day equivalent of left wing).

A Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He is currently skip of the Dutch national team. Wiebe

A Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He is currently skip of the Dutch national team. Wiebe has played in six European Curling Championships, including a 10th place finish in the 1999 Championships as a third for Wim Neeleman. Wiebe has skipped t

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100 m medley relay team. He retired after the Games. After retirement he began swimming recreationally with Ginn

Is an Irish cricketer. He has played for the Central Districts and the Wellington in the State Champ

Is an Irish cricketer. He has played for the Central Districts and the Wellington in the State Championship in New Zealand. He bowls left-arm, either fast-medium or slow left arm orthodox, and a left-handed batsman. Despite being born in New Zealand, West

Is a football Midfielder. He currently plays in Panama for Liga Panameña de Futbol team Tauro F.C..

Is a football Midfielder. He currently plays in Panama for Liga Panameña de Futbol team Tauro F.C.. Was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Cup in Netherlands.

Is an American former professional wrestler. She is best known for her work in joshi puroresu organi

Is an American former professional wrestler. She is best known for her work in joshi puroresu organizations such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Bennett began wrestling on the Californian independent circuit in 1986, primarily for the Independent Wres

Is a southpaw American boxer of 178 cm height. Johnson is best known for a loss at Light Heavyweight

Is a southpaw American boxer of 178 cm height. Johnson is best known for a loss at Light Heavyweight to Roy Jones Jr, but he held the WBA middleweight title and IBF light heavyweight title during his career. Johnson, nicknamed "Sweet", began his pro caree

Is a retired American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers (1996-1997), and Sa

Is a retired American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers (1996-1997), and San Antonio Spurs (1997-1998). He played college basketball at the University of Arizona under Lute Olson. As a player at Arizona, the Wildcats had a 104-23 (.819) record, two Pac-10 Conference Championships, and an appearance in the 1994 Final Four. He remains the school's all time leader in steals (208), and is third all time on the assist charts with 560. He also played in Europe, most notably in Portugal as an F.C. Porto player.

Was a journeyman heavyweight boxer in the 1980s. His most notable wins were upsets of undefeated Smo

Was a journeyman heavyweight boxer in the 1980s. His most notable wins were upsets of undefeated Smokin' Bert Cooper (TKO8) and outstanding amateur and 14-0 pro Jimmy Clark (TKO9). He was most famously stopped in one round by Mike Tyson, in an exciting bu

Is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'4" guard from New Mexico State University,

Is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'4" guard from New Mexico State University, Jordan was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play in 6 NBA seasons from 1993 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards.

Was an American basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993. He averaged 20.8 p

Was an American basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993. He averaged 20.8 points per game in each of his last two seasons with the Celtics, and finished with a career average of 17.6 points per contest. He died suddenly during a Celtics practice in 1993. His #35 jersey was retired by the Celtics as a memorial to him -- one of only two Celtics to have a retired number but not a championship in the 62-year history of the franchise. The other was Ed Macauley.

Was an Australian cyclist known as a roughhouse velodrome rider with a string of dramatic crashes an

Was an Australian cyclist known as a roughhouse velodrome rider with a string of dramatic crashes and broken bones over 20 years.He was known as the Iron Man. He specialised in six-day races but rode races from 200m sprints to 100 km endurance races. He r

Best known for having the most fights of any active fighter during his career(363) and more known lo

Best known for having the most fights of any active fighter during his career(363) and more known losses than any boxer in history

Is an American retired basketball player and is currently the head coach for the NBA's Sacramento Ki

Is an American retired basketball player and is currently the head coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, a position he has held since June 19, 2007.Prior to taking over as the Kings' coach Theus coached New Mexico State University's men's basketball team. On March 31, 2005, NMSU hired the 13-year NBA veteran. In just his second year as head coach, Theus led NMSU to their 17th NCAA Tournament, their first tournament appearance since 1999, and coached NMSU to its 14th conference tournament title which earned them an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. He was also previously an assistant coach for the University of Louisville under Rick Pitino.

Is a former American professional basketball player. His nickname during his playing days was "Silk.

Is a former American professional basketball player. His nickname during his playing days was "Silk."Williams was selected with the fourth pick overall of the 1987 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He spent ten seasons (1987–1997) in the league, playing for the Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and New Jersey Nets. He retired with career totals of 7,508 points and 2,393 rebounds.

A former boxer from The Netherlands, who made his fame by knocking out reigning world champion Kelci

A former boxer from The Netherlands, who made his fame by knocking out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

A Dutch football player currently playing in Belgium for Beveren. He formerly played for Sparta Rott

A Dutch football player currently playing in Belgium for Beveren. He formerly played for Sparta Rotterdam.He is the nephew of Clarence Seedorf and Chedric Seedorf, and a cousin of Stefano Seedorf.

A Dutch professional football player. He is currently a free agent having been released by Irish clu

A Dutch professional football player. He is currently a free agent having been released by Irish club Galway United of the FAI Premier Division due to Financial difficulties. Regillio joined Galway United in 2007 on a two year deal and in 2008 he was scheduled to move to [[Drogheda United] they agreed a 2 year deal but he decided to ga back to holland. He was a fan favourite during his playing time in ireland.Nooitmeer can play centre-back, right-back and right winger. He has also played left-back for Galway United. He is 6’1” (1.85m) and weights 12st 11lbs.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the in 19

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the in 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.