Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakl

Is a retired football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League.Gannon attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory and won three varsity letters each in football and crew, and twice in basketball.

Was an American basketball player and coach.The 6'2" Regan played collegiately at Seton Hall Univers

Was an American basketball player and coach.The 6'2" Regan played collegiately at Seton Hall University during the early 1950s. His team made three consecutive appearances in the National Invitation Tournament, winning in 1953. After graduation, he was selected by the Rochester Royals with the fifth pick of the 1953 NBA Draft. Regan played three seasons with the Royals and averaged 8.3 points per game. He appeared in the 1957 NBA All-Star Game.

Is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour.He had a decorated a

Is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour.He had a decorated amateur career during the 1980s, which included winning the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (Brabazon Trophy) in 1986 and the Southern T

Is a Slovak ice hockey center currently with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey Le

Is a Slovak ice hockey center currently with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

Was an English cricketer. He played mainly as a left-arm spinner.

Was an English cricketer. He played mainly as a left-arm spinner.

Is a former English cricketer. Kenway is a right-handed batsman. Kenyway made his List-A debut for t

Is a former English cricketer. Kenway is a right-handed batsman. Kenyway made his List-A debut for the Hampshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy against the Kent Cricket Board. His second and final List-A match came against Irel

Is an English footballer playing as a midfielder. He has broken his leg twice in his career.Kell beg

Is an English footballer playing as a midfielder. He has broken his leg twice in his career.Kell began his career as a junior with Middlesbrough, turning professional in July 1998 and soon becoming a regular in the reserve side at the Riverside Stadium.

Was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever. He achieved this fea

Was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever. He achieved this feat at the age of 37 years and 254 days. Gunn took up boxing at the Surrey Commercial Docks Boxing Club in 1893 after joining his father's East End tailoring

Is the Offensive Coordinator for the Ole Miss Rebels and former Head Coach of the Canadian Football

Is the Offensive Coordinator for the Ole Miss Rebels and former Head Coach of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. Prior to this he was an Offensive Coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts and a Quarterbacks Coach for the Ottawa Renegades.

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899 and for Sussex in 190

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899 and for Sussex in 1902. Kenward made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1899 season in a match against Essex in June when he made 56 in his second innings to help Derbyshire to vi

Is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Liberty Professionals FC.Boateng began his car

Is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Liberty Professionals FC.Boateng began his career by Saint Stars F.C. before in 2004 transferred to Liberty Professionals FC, in 2008 he was nominated as Defender of the year in Ghana.

Is an Austrian football (soccer) player for Red Bull Salzburg II in the Austrian Football First Leag

Is an Austrian football (soccer) player for Red Bull Salzburg II in the Austrian Football First League.He made his debut for Austria in April 1996 against Hungary but was ignored for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for ADO Den Haag. Knopper began his footballing career with F

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for ADO Den Haag. Knopper began his footballing career with Feyenoord youth team, however, he signed his professional contract with arch-rivals Ajax, and made his Ajax debut in November 1997, in the away match against Sparta Rotterdam. In 1999 he was voted by the Ajax supporters as most talented player, receiving the Marco van Basten Trophy. His best season at Ajax was unfortunately Ajax's poorest season of the recent years, in 1999/2000. Knopper was one of the most valuable players that season, scoring fifteen goals as a midfielder. He was a regular under Jan Wouters, but when Co Adriaanse took over as head coach in 2000,

Was a Lancashire cricketer who was one of the most important figures in Lancashire breaking Yorkshir

Was a Lancashire cricketer who was one of the most important figures in Lancashire breaking Yorkshire's stronghold on the County Championship between 1926 and 1930. Dick first played for Lancashire in 1919 and, with Dean out of form and Cook still in the

Was an Austrian football player and later coach of FC Bayern Munich and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was

Was an Austrian football player and later coach of FC Bayern Munich and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was a jew, born in Vienna. His nickname was Little Dombi, meaning little eminence.

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Energie Cottbus II.He began his career by FV Dresde

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Energie Cottbus II.He began his career by FV Dresden-Nord on youthside, before in summer 2007 joined to FC Carl Zeiss Jena, who played for the A-Youth (U-18) under his follow 2. Bundesliga coach Henning Bür

Is a Dutch former professional tennis player

Is a Dutch former professional tennis player

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Was a German footballeHe played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right wing

Was a German footballeHe played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right winger and won the German championship in 1959 and played the European Cup final in 1960 which was lost to Real Madrid 3-7 on May 18 at Hampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators. Kress scored 1-0 lead for Frankfurt.

Was an Estonian footballer - one of the most famous before II World War. He played 42 times for Esto

Was an Estonian footballer - one of the most famous before II World War. He played 42 times for Estonia national football team scoring 19 goals. He debuted on June 11, 1933 in game versus Sweden. Until 1995 he was the all-time top scorer in Estonian premier division with 65 goals, but oddly he never won the top scorer award.

Is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Barnes turned professional in

Is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Barnes turned professional in 2003 and joined the Nationwide Tour in 2004. His best finish on tour came in the 2006 Oregon Classic where he lost to Cliff Kresge in a playoff. Barnes fi

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'2" guard from Northeastern University, Weitzman played o

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'2" guard from Northeastern University, Weitzman played one season (1967-68) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics. He averaged 1.3 points per game and won an NBA Championship ring when the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1968 NBA Finals.

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'4" guard/forward from Winslow, Indiana, Farley pl

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'4" guard/forward from Winslow, Indiana, Farley played for the 1953 Indiana University national championship team. He also played three seasons (1954-1956;1958-1959) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.5 points per game in his career and won a league title with Syracuse in 1955.

Is a former American football defensive end who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. H

Is a former American football defensive end who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XX. He was the first defensive lineman to win the award since 1978.

Is a former American football punter in the National Football League who played the majority of his

Is a former American football punter in the National Football League who played the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. He punted the ball 108 times in 1992, tied for third-most in a season in NFL history.