Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is the men's basketball head coach at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He is one of the

Is the men's basketball head coach at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He is one of the UA's highest-paid employees, though a substantial percentage of his salary is supplemented by private interests (primarily UA alumni organizations). The 2006–07 season marks his 24th season with Arizona and 34th season at the Division I college level. Olson is known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA after playing under him.

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, San D

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals. Stoddard attended Fresno State University and he threw and batted right-handed.Stoddard, who was 6'1" and 200 (some sources say he was 190 or 210) pounds, was drafted four times. He was drafted in the 19th round of the 1975 draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, in the 3rd round of the 1976 draft by the Oakland Athletics. In 1976, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the third round too, this time in a different draft (there are multiple drafts held each year). He wasn't drafted at all in 1977, and in 1978-when he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round-he finally decided to sign.

Is a Scottish football defender currently without a club following his release from Clyde.Halliday s

Is a Scottish football defender currently without a club following his release from Clyde.Halliday started his career with Clyde. He never made a senior appearance for the club, though he did appear as an unused substitute. He was released by Clyde in January 2004.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1936.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1936.

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 20 firs

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 20 first-class cricket matches, mostly for Oxford University. Braddell made his first-class debut for their cricket team, playing against Lancashire in May 1908. His second first-class match the following year was against the university team, playing for the MCC. He also played for the university against Worcestershire the same year. In 1910, he played seven first-class matches for Oxford University, gaining his blue when he played against Cambridge University in July. The remainder of his cricket career was spent in the Far East, playing for the Straits Settlements between 1927 and 1930, also playing for the combined Malaya cricket team against Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Was an American basketball player.He played for the Fort Wayne Pistons (1949-50, 1950-51) and Tri-Ci

Was an American basketball player.He played for the Fort Wayne Pistons (1949-50, 1950-51) and Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1950-51) in the NBA for 122 games.

Is a former National Basketball Association player and coach. He played college ball at Grambling, a

Is a former National Basketball Association player and coach. He played college ball at Grambling, and then played in the NBA for four seasons with the Syracuse Nationals. He later would coach the Seattle SuperSonics during part of the 1977-1978 season, posting a 5-17 record before being fired midseason. He was replaced by Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to the NBA Finals that and next season, winning the NBA championship in 1979.

Is a Cameroonian–French footballer currently with Calcio Como. In September 2010 he signed a 1-yea

Is a Cameroonian–French footballer currently with Calcio Como. In September 2010 he signed a 1-year contract with Como.[1]

Is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while pla

Is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 3 doubles events. Machan participated in 21 Davis Cup ties for Hungary from 1969 to 1985, posting

Is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won a silver med

Is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics[1]. Mackowiak has also won other relay medals as well as individual medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres.He belonged to the most famous and successful Polish relay team in 90's together with Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek and Piotr Rysiukiewicz. Unfortunately many injuries stayed on their way to join the best relays of all time. The worst thing happened to them in the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Fed

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, as a member of the Truth Commission and the Oddities, wrestling under the name Kurrgan.

Is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist (MMA), professional wrestler and former professional

Is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist (MMA), professional wrestler and former professional American football player. Sapp currently has an MMA record of 11–6–1, mostly fighting in Japan but most recently lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. He is we

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'1" guard from New York University, Graham w

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'1" guard from New York University, Graham won two NBA chmapionships as a member of the Boston Celtics from 1967 to 1969. He scored 327 points in his career. He is currently a judge on the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.

Is a cricketer who played for Lancashire from 1972 to 1980. He was a right-handed medium pace bowler

Is a cricketer who played for Lancashire from 1972 to 1980. He was a right-handed medium pace bowler and a middle to lower order batsman. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland.

Is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former world champion professional wr

Is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former world champion professional wrestler and former professional American Football player. Sapp currently has an MMA record of 9-3-1 as of February 2008, mostly fighting in Japan.

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he played once for the Ire

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he played once for the Ireland cricket team in 1901 and also played four first-class matches for Dublin University in 1895.

Is a French-born Togolese football striker who currently plays for AS Cannes.In January 2008, signed

Is a French-born Togolese football striker who currently plays for AS Cannes.In January 2008, signed for Nîmes Olympique, formerly having terminated his contract with Montpellier HSC by mutual consent. On 24 August 2009 AS Cannes have signed the Togolese

Is a Kenyan football midfielder who is playing for GIF Sundsvall in Sweden. His previous club (up un

Is a Kenyan football midfielder who is playing for GIF Sundsvall in Sweden. His previous club (up until the spring of 2006) was Viking F.K. in Norway. His previous clubs include Örebro SK, BK Häcken and K.A.A. Gent, and he played for Coast Stars and Tuske

Was an American professional wrestler who was best known for his work with National Wrestling Allian

Was an American professional wrestler who was best known for his work with National Wrestling Alliance in the 1940s as Bobby Managoff. His older sister, Armenuhi Manoogian, (b. November 2, 1915-), known professionally as Kay Armen, is a still-performing s

Is a professional German basketball player currently with Bayern Munich. Being a part of the German

Is a professional German basketball player currently with Bayern Munich. Being a part of the German squad that won the Bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the Silver medal at the 2005 EuroBasket, Maras has been a member of two of the most

Is a Welsh born former England international footballer who made his name whilst he was with Liverpo

Is a Welsh born former England international footballer who made his name whilst he was with Liverpool.The right-back settled quickly, quietly going about his defensive duties until being spotted during the 1991/92 season , accidentally, by Liverpool manager Graeme Souness who was at Gresty Road looking at a different player. Jones' performance was so good that it prompted Souness to act straight away, he put in an offer of £300,000 which was accepted, so on the 4th October 1991, a month before his 20th birthday, he became a Liverpool player.

Is an American medley swimmer who won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley event at th

Is an American medley swimmer who won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley event at the 2003 Pan American Games. At the next edition, four years later in Rio de Janeiro, he captured three silver medals.

Is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Villarreal in Spain. Flores began his career with River Pla

Is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Villarreal in Spain. Flores began his career with River Plate (Uruguay) and signed in July 2008 for Villarreal CF, after one month went on-loan in August 2008 to River Plate (Argentina) on loan for one season. He received first cap at the friendly match against Turkey on May 25, 2008.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Persema Malang. An attacking midfielder, Gaspar is a f

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Persema Malang. An attacking midfielder, Gaspar is a former player of Malaysian side Sabah FA where he played for 2 seasons and in this time he reached the Malaysian cup final. Robert also spent 2 years with

Was a Welsh international footballer who played for many teams including Swansea City, Stoke City an

Was a Welsh international footballer who played for many teams including Swansea City, Stoke City and Queens Park Rangers.James later signed for Queens Park Rangers in November 1984 and played 87 league games for them, scoring four goals, before a brief spell at Leicester City. In 1987, he rejoined Swansea City, who by now were in the Fourth Division, and helped them win promotion in his first season back at the Vetch Field. He then turned out for Bradford City, and wound up in the Football League with Cardiff City in 1994.