Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Portsmouth and Gillingh

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Portsmouth and Gillingham between 1960 and 1967 before moving to South Africa.

Professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward/center from the University of Illinois, he was

Professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward/center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the third pick of the second round (31st overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia. He is a right-hand batsman

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia. He is a right-hand batsman and occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He showed great promise as a junior cricketer - being a skillful middle-order batsman and handy bowler. He was represented the Australian Under 19 side in 1993 and 1994 (as captain) and attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 1994. Baker was the first Western Australian to take a hat-trick in a domestic one-day match.

Is a Dutch racing driver. He was the third driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team until the

Is a Dutch racing driver. He was the third driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team until the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix

Is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder.In 1999, Kielty began his minor league career

Is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder.In 1999, Kielty began his minor league career with the Quad City River Bandits of the Midwest League. An eye problem forced him to miss more than a month of action (May 21-June 24), and he was disabled with a strained right hamstring (August 25-September 3). In only 69 games, Kielty batted .294 with 13 HR and 43 RBI and 12 SB. He homered in 3 consecutive games from August 14-16.

Is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1977-1985. D

Is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1977-1985. During his career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Oakland Athletics.Picciolo is the longest-tenured coach in San Diego Padres history, serving 16 consecutive years between 1990 and 2005. He currently works as a minor-league instructor for the Angels.

Is a retired English footballer who played professionally for Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers,

Is a retired English footballer who played professionally for Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City and Nottingham Forest before playing and coaching in the United States.

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from Saint Francis Prep and St.

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from Saint Francis Prep and St. John's University, Zawoluk played three seasons (1952–1955) in the NBA as a member of the Indianapolis Olympians and Philadelphia Warriors.

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who is the Football Operations Manager for the North

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who is the Football Operations Manager for the North Queensland Fury in the A-League.

Is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Milkins' highest ever world ranking is 21

Is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Milkins' highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season. In 2009, Milkins joined player management company On Q Promotions.

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British team which finished eighth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches.

Is former professional American football player in the NFL. He was originally selected by the St. Lo

Is former professional American football player in the NFL. He was originally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 6'5", 248-lb. tight end from San Diego State University, Awalt played in seven NFL seasons from 1987 to 1993 for the Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, and Buffalo Bills.

Is an American professional poker player. Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami

Is an American professional poker player. Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino. He introduced the game of poker to his younger brother, World Poker Tour champion Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Robert also has two other younger brothers, Michael’s twin Eric Mizrachi who is also a poker player and his youngest brother Daniel Mizrachi, who is a professional magician.

A former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He previously played as a defender for FC Vol

A former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He previously played as a defender for FC Volendam, Leeds United and Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal.He was signed for Leeds United by the then manager George Graham from FC Volendam for £1m in January 1997 to try to shore up the defence. He became a regular in the side until the end of the 1996–97 season. In the 1997–98 season however his performances were not up to scratch and he fell down the pecking order playing around half the matches. In 1998–99 he was once again a first choice centre-back, above David Wetherall but a challenge by Nicolas Anelka,

Was a cricketer and British army officer who, whilst serving in South Africa in 1896, played in thre

Was a cricketer and British army officer who, whilst serving in South Africa in 1896, played in three Tests for the South African cricket team. Much of his cricket was played when he held the rank of Major, but he eventually became a Brigadier-General.

Was a British Olympic fencer.

Was a British Olympic fencer.

Is a former French footballer. He was part of the French squad which finished third at the 1958 FIFA

Is a former French footballer. He was part of the French squad which finished third at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but he never won a cap for the France national football team.

Was a German professional ice hockey goaltender

Was a German professional ice hockey goaltender

Is a former first-class cricketer who played for both his native Rhodesia and Natal in the Currie Cu

Is a former first-class cricketer who played for both his native Rhodesia and Natal in the Currie Cup. Bentley lined up for Rhodesia for the first time in the 1978/79 Currie Cup. In the following season's campaign the team was renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia be

Was a Scottish professional footballer.McKean started his career at local club Blantyre Victoria bef

Was a Scottish professional footballer.McKean started his career at local club Blantyre Victoria before moving to St Mirren in 1969. After five seasons in Paisley he joined Rangers for £50,000 in September 1974.He enjoyed a successful spell in Govan and won the league twice in his first two seasons. He was also part of the 1976 Scottish Cup winning team.

Is a Congolese football player who, as of 2007 was playing for TP Mazembe. He was part of the Congol

Is a Congolese football player who, as of 2007 was playing for TP Mazembe. He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quart

Was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He is still t

Was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He is still the only Kenyan olympic gold medal winner outside athletics.

Is an American former Major League Baseball player. An infielder, Floyd played for the Baltimore Ori

Is an American former Major League Baseball player. An infielder, Floyd played for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals.After his MLB career, Floyd became a manager in Minor league baseball. In 1981, as a second year manager of the Lynn Sailors of the Eastern League, Floyd pitched four innings and allowed one run in a game. [1] What is unique about this is that Floyd had never played in a professional game six years prior to that game, nor had he ever pitched in a game throughout his professional playing career from 1964 to 1975.

Was a swimmer from Australia. Nay competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but failed to reac

Was a swimmer from Australia. Nay competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but failed to reach the finals. His daughter Meagen Nay, competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, coming seventh in the 200 m backstroke.

Is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963.

Is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. An attacking left-handed batsman, sharp fielder and occasional off-spin bowler, Harvey was the senior batsman in the Australian team for much of the 1950s and was regarded by Wisden as the finest fielder of his era. One of six cricketing brothers, four of whom represented Victoria,