Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he is an assistant co

A Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he is an assistant coach to Eduard Malofeyev at FC Dynamo St. Petersburg. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1984 for FC Dynamo Irpen.[1]

Was an American swimmer. Bauer attended Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois and Northwestern Uni

Was an American swimmer. Bauer attended Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. From 1921 to 1926, she set twenty-three world records in women's swimming, mostly in the backstroke. During a 1922 meet in B

Best known as Queenie Newall, was a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympic

Best known as Queenie Newall, was a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games.

Is a professional female tennis player from Austria and one of only three mothers on the WTA tour (t

Is a professional female tennis player from Austria and one of only three mothers on the WTA tour (the other two being Lindsay Davenport, who announced her return to tennis after she gave birth, and Paraguaian Rossana de los Ríos who now plays mostly in ITF Tournaments). Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007.

Is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She finished 11th in the K-1 event

Is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She finished 11th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany. At age fifteen she won the silver medal in the wome

Is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany. At age fifteen she won the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Is a South African cricketer. Engelbrecht was born in Johannesburg. He is a right-hand allrounder wh

Is a South African cricketer. Engelbrecht was born in Johannesburg. He is a right-hand allrounder who bats in the middle-order and bowls offspin. He made his first-class debut for Northerns in October 2007 and scored 45 and took four wickets against North

Is a Dutch bobsledder.

Is a Dutch bobsledder.

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player.He represented New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League Worl

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player.He represented New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup where he tested positive for ephedrine.

Was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative half-back who captained th

Was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative half-back who captained the Wallabies' on 45 occasions between 1928 and 1933. His first representative rugby union appearances were on the 1927-28 Waratahs tour of Britain, France a

Is a champion boxer (super middleweight) and a certified coach and trainer at the Game Day Fitness g

Is a champion boxer (super middleweight) and a certified coach and trainer at the Game Day Fitness gym in Kitchener, Ontario. Syd, the youngest of five brothers, was encouraged by his father, a boxing fanatic, who incorporated his love of the sport into

Played eight matches for the All Blacks in 1896 & 1897 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer. In 1

Played eight matches for the All Blacks in 1896 & 1897 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer. In 1909-10 Orchard took a hat-trick for the Canterbury Wizards against the Auckland Aces in Auckland. His great-grandson Mark Orchard plays for the Northern Di

Was an English aristocrat who owned and raced Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and who m

Was an English aristocrat who owned and raced Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and who managed the racing operations for prominent owners, William C. Whitney and James Ben Ali Haggin. In the pre-U.S. Triple Crown era, Sydney Paget owned the Am

Was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played at both half-back and left-wi

Was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played at both half-back and left-wing during his career.Syd Beaumont was born in Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire and began his career with Colchester Town. He moved on to Lincoln City, making his league debut in the 1904-05 season.

Was a British heavyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal i

Was a British heavyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a footballer who played as a forward for West Ham United. He was also a cricketer for Essex and

Was a footballer who played as a forward for West Ham United. He was also a cricketer for Essex and later went into football management.Puddefoot was a pupil at Park School in West Ham and played with Condor Athletic and Limehouse Town before being spotted by West Ham manager Syd King in a London Juniors match against Surrey Juniors.

Was an English cricketer who played five first-class games, one for Surrey and four for Worcestershi

Was an English cricketer who played five first-class games, one for Surrey and four for Worcestershire. Of his 26 first-class wickets, 22 were bowled and four caught.

Sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Austral

Sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career spanning 1890 to 1912. A right-handed batsman, he was also a renowned fielder, particularly at cover point. Test debut (cap 58) 21 July 1890 v England, Last Test 19 August 1912 v England. He is one of only three cricketers to have batted in every position of the batting order, from one to eleven, in his Test career.

Was a prominent South African professional golfer.He turned pro in 1914. He who won the South Africa

Was a prominent South African professional golfer.He turned pro in 1914. He who won the South African Open title a total of eight times between 1925 and 1952, when he became the tournament's oldest-ever champion aged 53. He also won the South African PGA

Usually known simply as S. F. Barnes, was, by the assertion of most of the players and critics of hi

Usually known simply as S. F. Barnes, was, by the assertion of most of the players and critics of his era, both English and Australian, one of the finest bowlers in cricket history. In 27 Test matches, all of them against Australia and South Africa (the only other two countries with Test status), he took 189 wickets at an average of 16.43 runs each and is ranked first in the LG ICC Best Ever Test Bowling rating.[1]

Is a former South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1962 to 1965.

Is a former South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1962 to 1965.

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler who made a single

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler who made a single first-class appearance, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in May 1936. After World War II, Shepherd played for some years in minor counties cricket for

Was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northam

Was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. He also played for representative sides – for the West Indies side that toured England in 1906; for t

A right-handed opening batsman, Graham Gedye played unobtrusively for Auckland for several seasons b

A right-handed opening batsman, Graham Gedye played unobtrusively for Auckland for several seasons before coming into prominence with two centuries in the match against Central Districts in 1963-64.