Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual code rugby international. He repres

Was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in 4 tests in 1961 and the Australia national rugby league team in 13 matches on the 1963 Kangaroo tour.

Was a professional footballer, playing the centre forward position. In his career, McGarry played fo

Was a professional footballer, playing the centre forward position. In his career, McGarry played for Workington, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Barrow, Gateshead.

Is an American actor. Eldard, the second youngest of seven children (4 sisters and 2 brothers), was

Is an American actor. Eldard, the second youngest of seven children (4 sisters and 2 brothers), was born on Long Island, New York. Eldard's mother died in a car accident when he was a child, and Eldard and his siblings were sent to live with various famil

Is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his stints in Eastern / Extre

Is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his stints in Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was a one time World Television Champion. After debuting in 1984, Knight wrestled on independent circuit before making

Is a professional tennis player from Haïti. He has American citizenship.Agénor was born in Morocco

Is a professional tennis player from Haïti. He has American citizenship.Agénor was born in Morocco and lived there for ten years. He then lived in Zaire for four years, before moving to Bordeaux, France at the age of 14. He was ranked the World No. 8 junior tennis player in 1982. He turned professional in 1983.

Is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA.After attending Murray State Univers

Is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA.After attending Murray State University, he was selected by the Houston Rockets in the second round (41st overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft but his rights were traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for former University of Michigan center Eric Riley's draft rights. After playing professionally in Europe for a season, he played for the Mavericks for three seasons until being shipped to the Toronto Raptors for Riley's former Michigan Wolverines teammate, shooting guard Jimmy King. In addition, he has also played with the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Golden State Warriors. He also had a second stint with the Mavericks during the 2002-03 season, but played in only 26 of 82 games.

Is a former Major League Baseball player, minor league baseball manager and current bench coach for

Is a former Major League Baseball player, minor league baseball manager and current bench coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is also the younger brother of former Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Gary Roenicke.Roenicke continued to bounce around the major leagues, playing as an outfielder and first baseman for San Francisco (1985), Philadelphia (1986-7) and Cincinnati (1988). In his playing career, he compiled a .238 batting average, 17 home runs and 113 RBIs.

Is a former English cricketer who played a single game of first-class cricket, for Worcestershire ag

Is a former English cricketer who played a single game of first-class cricket, for Worcestershire against Cambridge University in 1955, in which he scored 2 and 23.

Is a former professional basketball player. He played part of one season in the National Basketball

Is a former professional basketball player. He played part of one season in the National Basketball Association and in the early 1980s for the Canadian national men's basketball team.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1928 to 1931.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1928 to 1931.

Is a former Dutch football defender and current manager. He is the brother of former Feyenoord coach

Is a former Dutch football defender and current manager. He is the brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman.

Is a former German professional footballer. Ronald Kreer began his career playing for the youth side

Is a former German professional footballer. Ronald Kreer began his career playing for the youth side of BSG Lokomotive Delitzsch and then 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. After being promoted to the Leipzig senior squad, Kreer played 241 games in the DDR-Oberlig

Is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored an

Is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the deat

Is an American boxer, the former undisputed light middleweight world champion and a current middlewe

Is an American boxer, the former undisputed light middleweight world champion and a current middleweight contender. In addition to Bernard Hopkins, Paul Williams, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, Angel Hernandez, Felix Trinidad, and Jermain Taylor, Wright has fought

Is a Bolivian defensive midfielder currently playing for Aris FC. He "graduated" from Bolivia's famo

Is a Bolivian defensive midfielder currently playing for Aris FC. He "graduated" from Bolivia's famous football academy called Tahuichi Aguilera located in Santa Cruz, which brought up some popular Bolivian football stars such as Erwin "Platini" Sanchez, Marco Antonio "El Diablo" Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno and some others.

Is a former American football quarterback and now the quarterbacks coach for the University of Notre

Is a former American football quarterback and now the quarterbacks coach for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.After Powlus received his undergraduate degree from the Notre Dame College of Business Administration in 1997, he signed as a free agent in 1998 with the Tennessee Oilers of the National Football League

Is a retired American starting/relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Br

Is a retired American starting/relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1966-75), St. Louis Cardinals (1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976-83) and Chicago White Sox (1984). He batted and threw right-handed.

Is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national tea

Is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made his debut on October 3, 2001 in a friendly match against Germany. He played several years for HGC

Was an English football player and manager.Rooke started his playing career with Crystal Palace, who

Was an English football player and manager.Rooke started his playing career with Crystal Palace, who were at the time in the Third Division South. A centre forward, he mainly played for the Eagles' reserve side, only playing eighteen league matches and scoring four goals between 1932 and 1936.

Is an English footballer.Baynham gained a total of 3 caps for England.

Is an English footballer.Baynham gained a total of 3 caps for England.

Was an English cricketer whose short-lived first-class cricket career comprised just two matches for

Was an English cricketer whose short-lived first-class cricket career comprised just two matches for Worcestershire in June 1922. Worcestershire lost both games inside two days, and Brinton made no impression in either.

Is a retired American basketball player. Rowan, a 6'5" 200 lb small forward, played collegiately at

Is a retired American basketball player. Rowan, a 6'5" 200 lb small forward, played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame and St. John's University.He was selected in the third round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but was cut from the team during training camp. He then played in the Continental Basketball Association and in 1987, he signed a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, for whom he averaged 1.7 points in 7 games played.

Is a cryptographer. He is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Computer Science at MIT's Departm

Is a cryptographer. He is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Computer Science at MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is a member of the Election Assistance Commission's Technical Guidelines Development Committee, tasked with assisting the EAC in drafting the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

Is a Scottish former football player, coach and manager. He played as a right half or inside forward

Is a Scottish former football player, coach and manager. He played as a right half or inside forward for Notts County, Aston Villa and Birmingham City, making more than 550 appearances in the Football League, and more than 700 in all competitions. On retirement as a player, Wylie joined the coaching staff at Aston Villa before moving to Coventry City, first as coach and later as assistant manager.

Is a former American football player who starred as a cornerback, free safety and strong safety in c

Is a former American football player who starred as a cornerback, free safety and strong safety in college football and the NFL. He is most well known for his hard hits on opposing players, rivaling fellow safeties Steve Atwater and Jack Tatum as the hardest hitter of all time. A Pro Bowler at both cornerback and safety, Lott is widely considered one of the best defensive backs in NFL history[