Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a former Scottish footballer from Dumfries. Steel played over 100 games for Oldham Athletic and h

Is a former Scottish footballer from Dumfries. Steel played over 100 games for Oldham Athletic and had loans spells with Wigan Athletic and Wrexham.

Was a wine and spirit grocer and keen cricketer who played one first-class match for Victoria in 192

Was a wine and spirit grocer and keen cricketer who played one first-class match for Victoria in 1924–25. He was later a selector of the Australian Test team. Johnson's son, Ian, went on to captain the Australian Test cricket team.

Was an English cricketer. Kendle was a right-handed batsman. Kendle made his first-class debut for H

Was an English cricketer. Kendle was a right-handed batsman. Kendle made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1869. Kendle next represented the county in 1875 against Sussex.

Is an American Grandmaster of chess, writer, teacher, and one time Roman Catholic priest.He won the

Is an American Grandmaster of chess, writer, teacher, and one time Roman Catholic priest.He won the 1956 Canadian Open Chess Championship. In 1957, Lombardy became the first American to win the World Junior Chess Championship and, in so doing, the first American World Chess champion of any kind. He won the tournament in Toronto with a perfect score of 11-0, the only time such a result has been achieved. Lombardy drew a two-game match with World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik.

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand. McClure made his full All Whites debut i

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand. McClure made his full All Whites debut in a 0-0 draw with India on 1 September 1981. Including friendlies he played 45 times for the All Whites, of which 30 appearances were official A-internatio

Billy' Minter was a player, trainer, manager and assistant secretary at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.He beg

Billy' Minter was a player, trainer, manager and assistant secretary at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.He began his playing career at Woolwich Arsenal in 1905. However, due to a lack of first team opportunities he joined Spurs in March 1908 and remained as a player their for 18 years until 1926 making 334 appearances and scoring 101 goals the club in all competitions.The first of those came on his debut against Millwall which became the first of many that that led to him becoming top-scorer for the next three seasons which helped the club retain top flight status.

Better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler

Better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler and actor. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1989, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s. He also portrayed Swedish

Is a former Welsh first-class cricketer. He played for Warwickshire.

Is a former Welsh first-class cricketer. He played for Warwickshire.

Was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridg

Was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Cambridge University from 1920 to 1924. Tomlinson made his first class debut for Derbyshire in August 1920 when he bowled 5-53 against Sussex, taking the wickets o

Is a former professional American football quarterback. He is best known for being the starting quar

Is a former professional American football quarterback. He is best known for being the starting quarterback on the Chicago Bears' 1963 NFL championship team. Born in Vanderbilt Hospital, he is one of two sons of former 1921 Vanderbilt football captain, William J. Wade, Sr.

Is an Australian cricketer who played in four Tests in 1955. A right-hand opening batsman, he made a

Is an Australian cricketer who played in four Tests in 1955. A right-hand opening batsman, he made a century for New South Wales against the MCC at Sydney in 1954-55 in his second first-class match. He played in the Sydney Test commencing 25 February 1955, opening with Colin McDonald but only made 18 and 3, but managed to impress selectors enough that he was picked for the West Indies tour a few weeks later. Watson failed to find form against the West Indians in the Caribbean, averaging 21.25 in three innings and was dropped from the Australian team on the return home.

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Jason Cross and for his tenu

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Jason Cross and for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. After training under Roger Ruffen, Massengale made his professional wrestling debut in 1998. Under the ring name Jaso

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Christian and Christia

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Christian and Christian Cage. He currently wrestles for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), on its SmackDown brand.

Was an English professional cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 180

Was an English professional cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1800 to 1803.

Nicknamed “Hoss”, is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League, who

Nicknamed “Hoss”, is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League, who played for the New York Giants, Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins.

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila.

Is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila.

Is a former American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechag

Is a former American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechage of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In

Was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In the 1904 Olympics he won a silver medals as a member of American 4x50 yard freestyle relay team and as a member of Chicago Athletic Association water polo

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of t

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Is an English former professional football player. He played as a left-back.Bentley began his career

Is an English former professional football player. He played as a left-back.Bentley began his career with Stoke City in 1865, and went on to make 48 league appearances for the Potters.

Edrich's three brothers Brian, Eric and Geoff and his cousin John all played first-class cricket, an

Edrich's three brothers Brian, Eric and Geoff and his cousin John all played first-class cricket, and locally in Norfolk the Edriches were able to raise a full team of 11.

Is an English former professional footballer.Slater started his career as a 16-year-old amateur at B

Is an English former professional footballer.Slater started his career as a 16-year-old amateur at Blackpool in 1944, and played in the 1951 FA Cup Final in which Blackpool lost to Newcastle United, becoming the last amateur to play in an FA Cup Final at Wembley.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sheffield United and Small Heat

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sheffield United and Small Heath (renamed Birmingham in 1905).He made over 100 appearances for Sheffield United and scored the third goal in their 4–1 defeat of Derby County in the 1899 FA Cup Final.

Was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the

Was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road.

Played in four first-class cricket matches for Somerset in the 1950 season. He also played rugby uni

Played in four first-class cricket matches for Somerset in the 1950 season. He also played rugby union for the Somerset county side. He was born at Wiveliscombe, Somerset and died at Torquay, Devon. Conibere played as an amateur, and was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. A directory of Somerset's post-Second World War cricketers states that "he was probably a better rugby player, representing his county with typical zeal".