Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Is a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned profes

Is a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 1996 and has been ranked in the top makuuchi division since 1997. He has earned twelve kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna, the second

Is a professional sumo wrestler from Mtskheta, Georgia. He is a member of the Kasugano stable and ma

Is a professional sumo wrestler from Mtskheta, Georgia. He is a member of the Kasugano stable and made his debut in March 2006. He reached the top makuuchi division just two years later in May 2008. His highest rank has been komusubi. As a teenager he pra

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 49th Yokozuna. After his retirement

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 49th Yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head coach of Kasugano stable. He was somewhat overshadowed by his yokozuna contemporaries Taiho and Kashiwado, but he was a noted technician a

Is a former sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned prof

Is a former sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1985, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1987. His highest rank was sekiwake. He was a runner-up in one tournament and earned six special pr

Is a sumo wrestler from Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and

Is a sumo wrestler from Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in March 2007. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He is regarded as one of the most promising Japanese rikishi in sumo t

Is a former sumo wrestler from Saga Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1993, reach

Is a former sumo wrestler from Saga Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1993, reaching the top division for the first time in 2000. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He suffered many illness and injury problems throughout his career. He

Is a former sumo wrestler from Nakagawa, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiw

Is a former sumo wrestler from Nakagawa, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He is now the head coach of Irumagawa stable. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Irumagawa Oyakata, and established Iruma

Is a Nigerian female goalkeeper with Bayelsa Queens and the Nigeria women's national football team.

Is a Nigerian female goalkeeper with Bayelsa Queens and the Nigeria women's national football team.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft. A 6'9" center-forward from the University of California, Irvine, Murphy played in 5 NBA seasons for 4 different teams. He played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors.

Was a three-year starter at Penn State, where he guided the Nittany Lions to 31-5 record including a

Was a three-year starter at Penn State, where he guided the Nittany Lions to 31-5 record including a national championship in 1982

Is an American professional poker player and the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson. Although Brunson

Is an American professional poker player and the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson. Although Brunson's father Doyle was a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young. It was not until he was studying law at Texas Tech University that he learned on his own how to play. Before his senior year, he dropped out of school to go pro.

Is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at light welterweight.Kid

Is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at light welterweight.Kidd hails from Caboolture, Queensland and can train full-time due to sponsorships and won the Australian title 2004-2006.

Is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from England, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athen

Is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from England, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 22nd position in the 100 m butterfly. Cooper, a member of swimming club Stirling, twice competed at the Commonwealth Games, in 2002 and 2006.

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1994 until 2001. An excell

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1994 until 2001. An excellent agile Wicketkeeper, Pinnington long suffered from being considered second choice behind the reliable Mark Atkinson. He is also an excellent lower order attacking batsman who has torn apart many attacks in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition.

Was an American football safety in the NFL for the Chicago Bears during the early 1980s.After gradua

Was an American football safety in the NFL for the Chicago Bears during the early 1980s.After graduating from Middletown High School, in Middletown, Ohio as a very highly recruited and standout ball player, Bell went on to play for the Ohio State University as a four-year starter at defensive back

Is the Oakland Athletics first base coach, and a former right-handed left and right fielder in Major

Is the Oakland Athletics first base coach, and a former right-handed left and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres.He spent three years in the Blue Jays' farm system, showing nothing more than mediocre statistics-he was speedy (he had a career high 23 stolen bases in 1992 while with the St. Catharines Blue Jays), but he also struck out a lot (118 times in 413 at bats in 1993 with the Dunedin Blue Jays) and was not an average hitter (.209 batting average in 1992).

Is a former Major League Baseball infielder.In 1994, the Minnesota Twins drafted Walker with the 8th

Is a former Major League Baseball infielder.In 1994, the Minnesota Twins drafted Walker with the 8th pick in the 1st Round of the amateur draft. On August 30, 1996, Walker made his major league debut with the Twins. In 1998, Walker became the starting second baseman for the Twins, hitting .316 with 12 HR, 62 RBIs, and a career best 19 stolen bases.Over the next season and a half, Walker's offensive performance began to decline, and the Twins traded Walker to the Colorado Rockies. He responded by hitting .316 through the rest of 2000 and .297 through the first half of 2001.

Is an American football player who currently plays tight end for the Baltimore Ravens in the Nationa

Is an American football player who currently plays tight end for the Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League. He went to Arizona State University. Heap holds the record for most receiving two-point conversions in a single season, with four, during his 2003 season with Baltimore. He is also noted as one of the few tight ends to lead his team in receptions 2 or more times.In 6 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Heap has played in 82 games, averaging 13.6 games per season. He has 316 receptions for 3658 yards and 26 touchdown receptions in his career.

A Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Most

A Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Most notably, he has played with the Vancouver Canucks earlier in his career, with whom he enjoyed his most successful seasons, but also infamously assaulted Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore in an on-ice incident in 2004. In his prime, he was a world-class power forward and was named to the NHL First All-Star Team in 2003.In addition to Calgary and Vancouver, Bertuzzi has also played for the New York Islanders, with whom he was first drafted (23rd overall in 1993), the Florida Panthers

An American curler.Birr relatively came out of nowhere when he skipped his team to a victory at the

An American curler.Birr relatively came out of nowhere when he skipped his team to a victory at the 2007 United States Curling Men's Championships beating out such teams as Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson and former national champion Jason Larway in t

Was a professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Todd Champion. He competed in the Southea

Was a professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Todd Champion. He competed in the Southeastern United States, winning titles in several promotions, including World Championship Wrestling (WCW).In 1992, the team disbanded and Champion went to th

Is a former alpine ski racer from Canada and is a ski commentator on television. Brooker learned to

Is a former alpine ski racer from Canada and is a ski commentator on television. Brooker learned to ski and race at Blue Mountain in Ontario and made the Canadian national team in 1977; he competed on the World Cup circuit from December 1981 to January 19

Is a Canadian former professional basketball player in the NBA.A Winnipeg, Manitoba native, the 7'0"

Is a Canadian former professional basketball player in the NBA.A Winnipeg, Manitoba native, the 7'0", 280 lb (2.13 m, 125 kg) center played four seasons in the NBA before being forced to retire prematurely due to a genetic neuromuscular disorder that affected his feet, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. In his first two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, MacCulloch played reserve center, averaging 9.4 minutes, 2.6 rebounds and just under 4 points in 56 and 63 games respectively from 1999 to 2001. In the 2001 off-season, he signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets and as their starting center averaged 9.7 points and 6.1 rebounds a contest. MacCulloch was then traded back to the 76ers for the 2002-2003 season, in which he averaged just under 20 minutes, 7.1 points, and 4.7 rebounds a contest. He went on the injured reserve list at mid-season, did not play the following season, and announced his retirement in September 2004.

Is an American professional basketball player, currently in his fourth spell at Sheffield Sharks of

Is an American professional basketball player, currently in his fourth spell at Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League (BBL). Cauthorn made his debut for the Sharks on September 17, 1994 against the visiting Sunderland Scorpions, and played for

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Martin played tennis for Northwestern

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Martin played tennis for Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, for two years before turning professional in 1990. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida.