Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Is a boxer, powerlifter and Strongman competitor. Prior to competing in strongman, Szczepanski coach

Is a boxer, powerlifter and Strongman competitor. Prior to competing in strongman, Szczepanski coached boxing and Powerlifting, and in 1993 he won a bronze medal in boxing at the Polish Junior Championships. Robert began competing in strongman in 2002. He

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an American professional golfer. He was born and died in Evansville, Indiana.Hamilton won the 19

Was an American professional golfer. He was born and died in Evansville, Indiana.Hamilton won the 1944 PGA Championship at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington defeating Byron Nelson 1 up in match play. He was a three-time winner of the Ind

Was a Canadian businessman and Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in To

Was a Canadian businessman and Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he studied at Park School and Upper Canada College, in the early 1870s Robert Davies married Margaret Anne Taylor, the daughter of John Tay

Was an American football player. He was an NFL defensive back, most recently playing for the Seattle

Was an American football player. He was an NFL defensive back, most recently playing for the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played for the Eagles until the 2003 season and went to one Pro Bowl. Taylor retired from the NFL after being released by the Seattle Seahawks in their 2005 training camp.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Kingstonian Football Club.He started his career at Br

Is an English footballer currently playing for Kingstonian Football Club.He started his career at Brentford, where he made two substitute appearances in 2002-03. He went on loan to Crawley Town before moving on to Farnborough Town and then Maidenhead United before joining Walton & Hersham in November 2005.

Is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Associati

Is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for 18 seasons as a power forward and occasional center.

Is a German footballer who currently plays as a offensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club Hamb

Is a German footballer who currently plays as a offensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. In 1993, he began his footballing career for VfL Menighüffen. In 2001-02 he moved to Arminia Bielefeld's youth department.

Was a Swedish water polo player, diver, and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympi

Was a Swedish water polo player, diver, and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympic

Was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey Lea

Was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins.Along with fellow Hall of Famers Woody Dumart and Milt Schmidt, Bauer helped lead the Bruins to two Stanley Cups in 1939 and 1941. The trio of players grew up playing together with the Kitchener Greenshirts of the OHA (Ontario Hockey Association) and became collectively known as the Kraut line.

Was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. Born in a log cabin in the backwoods of northwest G

Was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. Born in a log cabin in the backwoods of northwest Georgia, as a young man he trained horses for the United States Cavalry and worked on a cattle ranch. In 1934, he got a job with the wealthy businessman Charles S. Howard who owned the racehorse, Seabiscuit.

Is a retired American basketball player. The 6' 2" guard out of Roman Catholic High School in Philad

Is a retired American basketball player. The 6' 2" guard out of Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania played college basketball for Villanova University from 1952 to 1955. Schafer was the first Villanova player to score 2000 points. Schafer earned All-America honors in 1954.

Is an American professional wrestler and is best known for his seven year stint with World Wrestling

Is an American professional wrestler and is best known for his seven year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently wrestling on the independent circuit. Rob Conway began his career in Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) and Ohio Valley W

Is a Rwandan-American basketball player currently playing for CS Gaz Metan Medias of the Romanian Ba

Is a Rwandan-American basketball player currently playing for CS Gaz Metan Medias of the Romanian Basketball League. He is a member of the Rwanda national basketball team. Thomson played Division 1 college basketball at Fairfield University. Thomson later

Was an English cricketer. Thorne represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1883. Thorne ma

Was an English cricketer. Thorne represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1883. Thorne made his debut against Sussex and played his second and final first-class match against the same opposition in the same season.

Is a former English cricketer, and current cricket commentator for the British national radio statio

Is a former English cricketer, and current cricket commentator for the British national radio station, TalkSport. Cowdrey played for Kent, Glamorgan and England as an all rounder. He is the eldest son of the cricketer and life peer, Colin Cowdrey.

Is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball. Tolan, who batted and threw left-hand

Is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball. Tolan, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1965-68), Cincinnati Reds (1969-73), San Diego Padres (1974-75, 1979), Philadelphia Phillies (1976-77) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1977). He also played one season in Japan for the Nankai Hawks (1978).

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Trajkovski began his senior career with Altona befo

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Trajkovski began his senior career with Altona before moving to National Soccer League team Melbourne City. After a season with Melbourne City Trajkovski transferred to Sydney United. He played two season f

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1846 to 1851. This fast-medium

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1846 to 1851. This fast-medium roundarm bowler was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), where he made 45 known appearances in first-class matche

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28.Jones is most famous for his unique "Grand Slam," consisting of his victory in all four major golf tournaments of his era (the open and amateur championships in both the U.S. & Britain) in a single calendar year (1930).

Is a Nigerian footballer currently playing in Italy for Castrovillari.Ugbomeh began his career in hi

Is a Nigerian footballer currently playing in Italy for Castrovillari.Ugbomeh began his career in his home country of Nigeria playing for (Pepsi football academy) where he spent 3 years before relocating with his family in Italy joining US Malo F.C. in January 2003. During his time at US Malo F.C. he attracted lots of interest from many Italian clubs.

Is former a professional footballer, most recently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where

Is former a professional footballer, most recently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he played as a defender.Predominantly a left-sided defender or midfielder Robert Ullathorne was a successful product of Norwich City youth team. He chose to join Norwich City despite having schoolboy trials with the likes of Everton, Cambridge United, West Ham United and Luton Town.

Is a Belgian judoka.At the 1980 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's half-heavyweight

Is a Belgian judoka.At the 1980 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's half-heavyweight category and in 1988, at the relatively late age of thirty-four, he won a second medal: a bronze one in the same category.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.