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Was an amateur English cricketer. Bodle made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1838.

Was an amateur English cricketer. Bodle made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1838. This was Bodles only first-class appearance for Sussex. In 1842 Bodle made his debut for pre-county club Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1842. Bodle played 14 first-class matches for Hampshire from 1842 to 1849, with his final appearance for the county coming against an All-England Eleven. In his 14 matches for Hampshire he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 12.37, with one five wicket haul against Petworth in 1845. Bodle also stood as an Umpire in 2 first-class matches, one in 1842 when Hampshire played an early England side and in 1866 when Hampshire played the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Is a Cameroonian footballer (defender) who currently plays for Al-Karamah in the Syrian Premier Leag

Is a Cameroonian footballer (defender) who currently plays for Al-Karamah in the Syrian Premier League. In his career he has played for clubs in Malaysia, Belarus and Syria including Kuala Muda Naza FC and FC Gomel.

Is a French football defender.After his playing career, he became a coach with Toulouse FC

Is a French football defender.After his playing career, he became a coach with Toulouse FC

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinal

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part o

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the American team which finished 14th in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored four goals.

Is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently plays for Ross County in the Scottish First Div

Is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently plays for Ross County in the Scottish First Division.Brittain started his career with Almondvale side Livingston in 2002, playing 47 league games and scoring 4 goals. He was loaned out to Raith Rovers in 2003 and in July 2006, he signed for Scottish Premier League side St. Mirren on a free transfer.

Is an Australian rugby union footballer.He is one of six players to have represented the Western For

Is an Australian rugby union footballer.He is one of six players to have represented the Western Force in all of its Super 14 games in 2007, and one of 14 Force players selected in the Wallabies train-on squad in May 2008. In 2009 Brown became the Wallabi

Played nine One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1988 and 1991, but no Test matches.

Played nine One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1988 and 1991, but no Test matches.

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the foil competitions at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Oly

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the foil competitions at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a professional footballer.He is a tough tacking defensive midfielder, whose career has spanned ov

Is a professional footballer.He is a tough tacking defensive midfielder, whose career has spanned over 13 years, having started with Crystal Palace in 1992. He played for Palace until 1995 when he joined Millwall where he stayed until 1999 when he left for Reading.

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right winger.Budding started his career in his town o

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right winger.Budding started his career in his town of birth, Renkum where he played for CHRC Renkum, before he joined his first Eredivisie side FC Wageningen in 1975. FC Wageningen was underperforming that season and Budding was hardly used. The club relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season. Once there Budding became a key factor in the team soon and played in most of their matches and also managed to score some goals. Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam showed their interest and signed the player in March 1977. At Feyenoord Budding was a first team regular and won the KNVB Cup in 1980,

Was a professional footballer who played for Floriana, Sliema Wanderers and Marsaxlokk during his ca

Was a professional footballer who played for Floriana, Sliema Wanderers and Marsaxlokk during his career, he played as a defender.

Is a former English cricketer. Elms was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. El

Is a former English cricketer. Elms was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Elms made his first-class debut for Kent in the 1970 County Championship against Hampshire, where on debut he four wickets in the match. Elms made just one a

Is a footballer for Notts County.Richard was realesed from his native Peterborough, to roam the fore

Is a footballer for Notts County.Richard was realesed from his native Peterborough, to roam the forests of Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England. he was adopted by a pack of wolves but sadley, fell out with his leader,Mufasa, and faced expulsion.

Was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestl

Was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name (The) Renegade, where he was a one time World Television Champion. On June 18, 1995, Renegade defeated Arn Anderson for the World T

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Minnesota Muskies (1967-68) and Houston Ma

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Minnesota Muskies (1967-68) and Houston Mavericks (1968-69) in the ABA for 58 games.

Is a former American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He played three se

Is a former American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He played three seasons for the Eagles from 1970-1972. He attended the University of Tulsa and the University of Georgia. He is the father of former ESPN college football sideline reporter Jill Arrington.

Is a former American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA).[1]Mount was con

Is a former American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA).[1]Mount was considered an excellent professional prospect, but because the general managers of the NBA knew that Mount was already signed by the ABA, he was not drafted until the middle of the 8th round of the 1970 NBA Draft.[3] Mount was, however, drafted in the ABA by the Indiana Pacers as an early pick in 1970.[4] As a result, his legendary status in Indiana made it a foregone conclusion that he would sign with the Indiana Pacers of the rival ABA. At the time, the ABA was the only professional league that featured a three-point line, which worked to Mount's advantage, as he was an outside shooter. He led the league in three-point shooting during most of the 5 seasons he played and averaged 11+ ppg.

Was an English cricketer. Court was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. Court made his

Was an English cricketer. Court was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. Court made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Lancashire in the 1937 County Championship. In Court's eighteen first-class matches for Hampshire he scored 224 runs at a batting average of 10.18 and a high score of 35. With the ball Court took 33 wickets at a bowling average of 37.21, with best figures of 4/53.

Was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz play

Was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand cricket team between 1961 and 1969.

Was the father of Mike Nolan and a former head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in the 1960s and 197

Was the father of Mike Nolan and a former head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in the 1960s and 1970s.In his youth, he was quarterback at White Plains High School and later a standout at the University of Maryland.[1] In the NFL, he played for a total of nine seasons (1954-62) in the defensive halfback, safety, and defensive back positions

Is a former first-class cricketer. Chee Quee is notable for being the second player of Chinese origi

Is a former first-class cricketer. Chee Quee is notable for being the second player of Chinese origin to play first-class cricket in Australia after Hunter Poon in 1923. A cult figure and dashing bat, he played from 1992-93 to 2000-01 for New South Wales. He continued to score heavily for Randwick, and when he retired at the end of the 2005-06 campaign, he had made almost 11,000 runs for them, and only six other batsmen had ever made more in Sydney grade cricket.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1846. He was mainly ass

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1846. He was mainly associated with Sussex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 10 known appearances in first-class matches including one for Sussex in the second of the roundarm trial matches in 1827.

Was a Trinidad soccer defender who had an extensive career, primarily in the United States. Chinapoo

Was a Trinidad soccer defender who had an extensive career, primarily in the United States. Chinapoo spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, eight in the National Professional Soccer League and at least eight in the Major Indoor Soccer Leag

Played cricket for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties between 1967 and 1989 and had one season as a fir

Played cricket for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties between 1967 and 1989 and had one season as a first-class cricketer for Somerset in 1972. He appeared in just one first-class match, but had a much longer career in List A cricket for Wiltshire, Somerset and Minor Counties representative teams. Cooper was a burly, hard-hitting right-handed middle-order batsman and an irregular right-arm medium-pace bowler whose physique and style brought comparisons with Colin Milburn. he scored more than 5000 runs for Wiltshire and was captain of the side right up to 1989, the season before his early death.