Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Canadian swimmer, competing in the butterfly, freestyle and medley events during the 1970s and

Was a Canadian swimmer, competing in the butterfly, freestyle and medley events during the 1970s and early 1980s. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and won a total number of five medals at the 1979 Pan American Games.

Was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class

Was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Tests from 1897 to 1899, played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County. He scored nearly 13,000 runs for Derbyshire and achieved over 430 dismissal

Was an American swimmer, competing in the freestyle events.

Was an American swimmer, competing in the freestyle events.

Was an English professional cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of t

Was an English professional cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of the sport's underarm era. In 1997, he was selected by John Woodcock of The Times as one of his 100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time. In some sources, his name has been given as "Beldam" or "Beldum". Beldham's career spanned the 1782 to 1821 seasons and is one of the longest on record by a major player. He is credited with 189 first-class appearances from 1787 to 1821. The earliest mention of Billy Beldham seems to be in a reference to two players called Beldum (sic) who represented Farnham Cricket Club in its earliest known match at Odiham on Tuesday, 13 August 1782. In his reminiscences to James Pycroft in 1836, Beldham said that he had played for Farnham against Hambledon on Windmill Down in 1784 and scored 43 against an attack including David Harris. He was watched by George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea who was cricket's most influential patron at the time. Beldham had the unusual record of playing for both the Gentlemen and the Players in the inaugural and second Gentlemen v Players matches in 1806. He and William Lambert played as given men for the Gentlemen in the first match and Beldham returned to the Players team for the second match.

Was a cricketer who played four Test matches for England, sandwiched in between eight Tests that he

Was a cricketer who played four Test matches for England, sandwiched in between eight Tests that he played for Australia. Midwinter holds a unique place in cricket history as the only cricketer to have played for Australia and England in Test Matches against each other.

Is a Dutch cricket player. An allrounder, he bowls right arm fast medium and a right-handed batsman

Is a Dutch cricket player. An allrounder, he bowls right arm fast medium and a right-handed batsman who usually bats at 6 or 7. He has been a much-traveled player, starting his career at Western Province in his native South Africa, before moving on to pla

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstro

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1839 to 1860. A right-hand

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1839 to 1860. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Kent and Surrey, he made 182 known appearances in first-class matches.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1851 to 1870. A right-hand

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1851 to 1870. A right-handed batsman and slow underarm bowler who played for Surrey County Cricket Club, he made 191 known appearances in first-class matches. He represented the Pla

Is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.

Is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.

Is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of Ca

Is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, Edler won the September 2007 World Poker Tour title at the Gulf Coast Poker Championship, winning $747,615. At this event he set the record for the greatest come back in World Poker Tour history.

Was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth

Was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI. He joined Somerset when he was 38. He played his last and 350th first-class game for Somerset when he was 49. After stopping playing, he umpired first-class games for 16 years and also stood in 10 Test matches and 9 One Day Internationals as umpire. Alley was an all-rounder. He scored 19,612 runs at an average of 31.88 batting left-handed. He took 768 wickets at 22.68 runs per wicket, with a best of 8 for 65, bowling right arm medium fast. He also took 267 catches in the field. His best season was his testimonial season in 1961 when, at the age of forty-two, he scored over 3,000 runs for Somerset and achieved his highest score of 221 not out.

Was an Scottish association football Player who played for Blackburn Rovers ,Dundee and Stoke. He ma

Was an Scottish association football Player who played for Blackburn Rovers ,Dundee and Stoke. He made 18 appearances for English side Stoke before joining Dundee.

Was a Scottish footballer.Agnew played for Pollok, Ayr United and Falkirk before moving down to Eng

Was a Scottish footballer.Agnew played for Pollok, Ayr United and Falkirk before moving down to England to sign with Port Vale in September 1921. He enjoyed regular football in the 1921–22 season, however he was used more sparingly the next season and after undergoing cartilage operations in the spring of 1923 was released. He moved on to Arthurlie and Luton Town.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings. From his wild temperament and reckless behaviour, he was known as a "bad boy" of cricket. He debuted for the Derbyshire team in 1898, as a professional although still working in the mine in winter. He is one of only two bowlers to have hit ten wickets in a single innings for Derbyshire, a feat he achieved in June 1921, the other being five-time Test cricketer Tommy Mitchell. He became an umpire and umpired 238 first class matches, including three Tests in 1929 and 1930, the last of which was played less than a year before he died.

Was a former professional footballer, where he played in the Football League for Stoke for whom He m

Was a former professional footballer, where he played in the Football League for Stoke for whom He made nine appearances. He also played for Derby County.

Is a former Scottish footballer. Kellock played for Aston Villa, Cardiff City, Norwich City, Millwal

Is a former Scottish footballer. Kellock played for Aston Villa, Cardiff City, Norwich City, Millwall, Chelmsford City, Kettering Town, Peterborough United, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southend United before joining Port Vale in December 1984.

A former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He entered the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays and

A former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He entered the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays and most recently pitched for the Florida Marlins in 2004.Koch played college baseball for Clemson University from 1994 to 1996. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft and made his debut in 1999. Koch made an instant impression by regularly hitting 100 MPH on the radar gun. The pitch speed, posted on the SkyDome jumbotron after every pitch, consistently drew "ahs" from the crowd.

Is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player and member of the Canada national men's basket

Is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player and member of the Canada national men's basketball team. A 6'9½" forward, Njoku immigrated to Canada as a four year-old along with his parents Lawrence and Catherine. He starred for Halifax West High S

Was a famous English cricketer who played in the 1760s and 1770s. He played in first-class matches u

Was a famous English cricketer who played in the 1760s and 1770s. He played in first-class matches until 1776. He was a noted batsman in his day and had some fine innings in 1773 especially.

Was a Belgian tennis player. le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon i

Was a Belgian tennis player. le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1904 and 1908.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Douglas was born in Sydney, New South Wales and c

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Douglas was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia.

Was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in Scotla

Was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in Scotland and England in the 1880s and 1890s, including Celtic, Stoke and Southampton. Throughout his career he was known as "Chippy".In 1890, he moved to England to join Stoke of the Football League, for whom he made over one hundred appearances, generally at inside-right.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 5'11" guard/forward, Gabor played collegiatel

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 5'11" guard/forward, Gabor played collegiately at Syracuse University during the 1940s. He averaged 12.1 points per game during his freshman year before joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1943. He returned to Syracuse in 1945 and played three more seasons, finishing with a (then) team-record 1,344 career points.

Is an All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, an

Is an All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated players.