Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Honduran football player. He currently plays for Motagua as a midfielder. He was part of the na

Is a Honduran football player. He currently plays for Motagua as a midfielder. He was part of the national team in which he participated at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Harvey, a fly-half, was born in Waratah, New Sout

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Harvey, a fly-half, was born in Waratah, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.

A German former footballer. Maul, who was a left-midfielder, has been capped twice by Germany, both

A German former footballer. Maul, who was a left-midfielder, has been capped twice by Germany, both appearances coming at the 1999 Confederations Cup.

Is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 20

Is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the final Mendez' team defeated Cuba 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-20).

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'9" center from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York Ci

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'9" center from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, Behagen played basketball at the University of Minnesota during the early 1970s. One of his teammates was future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield. After his college career ended in 1973, Behagen played seven seasons of professional basketball in the NBA as a member of the Kansas City Kings, New Orleans Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and Washington Bullets and in Italy for Antonini Siena[1]

Better known as Ron or Ronnie is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in middle distance running.

Better known as Ron or Ronnie is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in middle distance running.Delaney qualified for the Olympic 1500 m final, in which home runner John Landy was the big favourite. Delaney kept close to Landy until the final lap, when he started a crushing final sprint, winning the race in a new Olympic Record [1]. Delaney thereby became the first Irishman to win an Olympic title in athletics since Bob Tisdall in 1932.

Is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in middle distance running.Delany qualified for the Olymp

Is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in middle distance running.Delany qualified for the Olympic 1500 m final, in which home runner John Landy was the big favourite. Delany kept close to Landy until the final lap, when he started a crushing final sp

Was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1968 to 1980;

Was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1968 to 1980; he became known for his flamboyant style, simple love for the game, clever quotes, and humorous books he wrote about his umpiring career.

Nicknamed "Flip", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's In

Nicknamed "Flip", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 197 lb (89 kg/14.1 st) point guard/shooting guard played college basketball at Shaw University, after attending Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, where he starred on the basketball team. Nicknamed "Flip" as result of his friends teasing him and comparing him to the character Flip (Bernie Mac) in the movie "Above The Rim" Murray was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, after being NCAA's Division II Player of the Year during his senior season at Shaw.

Is an Australian theatre, film and voice actor. Haddrick was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the

Is an Australian theatre, film and voice actor. Haddrick was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only son of Olive May (née Gibson) and Alexander Norman Haddrick. During the 1950s Haddrick represented South Australia on three occasions in the Sheffield Shield competition.

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for South Fremantle in the West Aus

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and first-class cricket with Western Australia. A member of the famous Doig family of Fremantle, Ron was a first cousin of George Doig. He made his debut for South Fremantle at the age of just 17 in 1927 and by 1930 was representing Western Australia at interstate football. In the finals of the 1932 season, where he was captain-coach, Doig was seriously injured in a match against East Perth and died as a result. On the cricket field, Doig was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He made three first-class cricket appearances for Western Australia, the first of which came in 1926/27 against South Australia. Doig didn't bowl and instead played as a top order batsman, making scores of eight and five.

Was a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952.

Was a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952. He can be considered one of the most outstanding Tasmanian batsman of his era, and was unlucky never to be selected to play test cricket for Australia, despite having toured India with the national side. Morrisby was somewhat surprisingly called up for the Australian team's tour on India in 1935-36, led by Frank Tarrant.

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Newcastle United and Liverpool Football Club

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Newcastle United and Liverpool Football Club amongst others in the early 20th century.Orr joined Liverpool in April 1908, when manager Tom Watson paid £350 for his transfer. He made his debut in a Football League Division One match at Villa Park against Aston Villa on the 4 April 1908, bagging his first goal in the same match. Unfortunately for Orr and Liverpool, it was a consolation goal in a 5-1 defeat. This wasn't to be his only strike of the season however, as he managed a more than respectable 4 goals in the final 5 matches of that 1907-08 season.

Is a Salvadoran footballer who last played for the Carolina Railhawks of the USL First Division.Cerr

Is a Salvadoran footballer who last played for the Carolina Railhawks of the USL First Division.Cerritos has spent the bulk of his career playing in MLS, being signed by the league on March 21, 1997 and allocated to the San Jose Clash. While with San Jose he achieved great success, being named in the MLS Best XI in his first year with the club. In the offseason after 2001, however, Cerritos was traded to the Dallas Burn for Ariel Graziani.

Was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and represented Englan

Was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and represented England at rugby union. A right arm fast bowler, Lagden batted in the lower order but often contributed valuable runs. Apart from University Matches, Lagden also

Is a former American swimmer. Mills won a bronze medal at the 19booty Summer Olympics in Mexico iluv

Is a former American swimmer. Mills won a bronze medal at the 19booty Summer Olympics in Mexico iluv da booty.

Was a Peruvian international footballer who played most successfully for Universitario de Deportes w

Was a Peruvian international footballer who played most successfully for Universitario de Deportes where he was a prolific goalscorer.Baroni was known for is great heading ability and powerful physique. He played for a number of clubs in South America, an

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Slovak ice hockey right wing formerly playing for Kontinental Hockey League (KHL0 team Dinamo R

Is a Slovak ice hockey right wing formerly playing for Kontinental Hockey League (KHL0 team Dinamo Riga. He is currently with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. He has played professionally in Europe and in North America in the Nationa

Is a former English professional footballer.Bird began his career as an apprentice at Birmingham Cit

Is a former English professional footballer.Bird began his career as an apprentice at Birmingham City but found first team chances hard to come by and left to join Bradford Park Avenue, being signed by manager Jimmy Scoular.

Is a French sprint athlete.[1] He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the

Is a French sprint athlete.[1] He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances. He was formerly the European record holder for the 60 metres indoors [2] and is the first Frenchman to go under 10 seconds at the 100 metres.[3] As a junior athlete he participated at the 2000 World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He also competed individually in the 200 metres,

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He also made

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He also made five one-day cricket appearances for Wellington Firebirds in 2008–09, scoring thirteen runs and claiming three wickets.

Is a Bolivian football defender. He currently plays for Cruz Azul in the Mexican Primera División.D

Is a Bolivian football defender. He currently plays for Cruz Azul in the Mexican Primera División.Due to his high performance displayed with Oriente Petrolero and the Bolivian national team, Raldes was signed by Argentine club Rosario Central in 2003.

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event (gold: 2004, silver: 2008, bronze: 2000). Rauhe has won 13 world championship gold medals (21 overall) in the

Was a British heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olym

Was a British heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.