Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an English football player and manager.Crayston played for local school sides and Ulverston Town

Was an English football player and manager.Crayston played for local school sides and Ulverston Town before moving to Third Division North Barrow in 1928. He spent two seasons there before moving to Second Division Bradford (Park Avenue), where he developed into a strong and aerially powerful right-half.

Is a former English professional footballer.A youth player at Manchester United, Anderson spent four

Is a former English professional footballer.A youth player at Manchester United, Anderson spent four years as understudy to George Best and only appeared in twelve first team games for the club, including two cup semi-finals, before being allowed to join Aston Villa for £20,000 in January 1967

Is a former professional footballer and was the coach of Újpest FC in 2009-10.McStay played for Cel

Is a former professional footballer and was the coach of Újpest FC in 2009-10.McStay played for Celtic from 1979 to 1987. McStay made his debut on 2 April 1983 when he came on as a sub in Celtic's 3-1 home win over Motherwell and went on to make 65 league appearances, including 10 as a substitute, scoring two goals.

Was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games f

Was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games for Aston Villa.Kirton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Kirton was a member of the Temperance Society and played for Pandon Temperance before joining Leeds City in May 1919. After only playing one game for the club he was transferred to Aston Villa for £500 in October 1919.

Is a former professional footballer and football manager. In his playing career he was a full-back.

Is a former professional footballer and football manager. In his playing career he was a full-back. He was born in Risca.Edwards began his career as an amateur with Cardiff City before moving on to Lovells Athletic from whom he joined Crystal Palace in September 1949. The previous year he had played in the Army Cup Final between The Royal Armoured Corps (Bovington) and No 121 Training Regiment of the Royal Artillery (Oswestry) in which two players died after being struck by lightning.

Was a first class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1909 and 1926. He was

Was a first class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1909 and 1926. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler, either medium-fast or leg-breaks and googlies. He was born in South Bermondsey and died in Stockwell, London. His brother Tom Abel and father, the renowned Surrey batsman Bobby Abel, were also first class cricketers. Abel won his Surrey cap in 1910 and scored his only first class hundred, 117, against Cambridge University. He took 5 wickets in an innings 3 times, with a best of 5 for 28 against Middlesex. He also played as the professional for Accrington Cricket Club in the Lancashire League.

Was a Scottish footballer. He was known for his trait of bouncing the ball on his whilst running alo

Was a Scottish footballer. He was known for his trait of bouncing the ball on his whilst running along the touchline, and was normally known as Willie or Billy.After Vale were elected to the Football League in October 1919, the Vale were forced to pay £500 to Rangers for his and Peter Pursell services. He was in the cup winning sides of 1920, but was sold on to Newcastle United for £2,500 in May 1920, which was considered a bargain at the time.

Was an English professional football left winger.Billy Bell began his career with Chopwell Institute

Was an English professional football left winger.Billy Bell began his career with Chopwell Institute, later moving to Blyth Spartans. In 1923 he had an unsuccessful trial with Aston Villa and the following year joined Lincoln City. He scored 3 times in 20 league games for Lincoln before joining non-league Mansfield Town.

Was a former British swimmer and captain of the British swimming team at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic G

Was a former British swimmer and captain of the British swimming team at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. He was born in Bristol and died in Newport. Brockway made his Olympic début at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. He reached the final

Was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1930s.Burke was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut.

Was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1930s.Burke was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut. His greatest season was 1931, when he won the U.S. Open, reached the semi-finals of the PGA Championship, and won four events on the professional circuit,

Was a Welsh football player, who also played for Leeds United F.C.. Rated by many as the greatest al

Was a Welsh football player, who also played for Leeds United F.C.. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain,he was equally adept at centre-forward or centre-back.He was never cautioned or sent off during his entire career, due to his philosophy of never kicking or intentionally hurting opposing players. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches, he was nicknamed Il Gigante Buono – The Gentle Giant.

Is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.H

Is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.He once grabbed a record 27 rebounds in a game vs. Clemson on February 16, 1963. Cunningham also set a single-game North Carolina record with 48 points against Tulane on December 10, 1964. In his UNC career, he scored 1,709 points (24.8 points per game), and grabbed 1,062 rebounds (15.4 rebounds per game). Upon graduation, his 1,062 rebounds were the best in North Carolina history and he held seasonal records for most rebounds (379 in 1964) and rebound average (16.1 in 1963).

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a gold medal in th

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

Is an International Master of chess. He has been an IM since 1983. He is also an author, organizer,

Is an International Master of chess. He has been an IM since 1983. He is also an author, organizer, journalist and chess politician. He was Captain of the US Team in six Chess Olympiads from 1986 to 1996, including the 1986 World Chess Olympiad in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and again at the 1988 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (also called Salonica), Greece.

Is the head coach of the Florida Gators basketball team. He has taken the Gators to three NCAA champ

Is the head coach of the Florida Gators basketball team. He has taken the Gators to three NCAA championship game appearances, in 2000, 2006 and 2007. The Gators lost to the Michigan State Spartans in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball final[1]. The Gators won the national championship in 2006 with a 73-57 win over UCLA and again in 2007 with an 84-75 win over Ohio State, making Donovan the first coach since Mike Krzyzewski to win back-to-back titles. He is one of only four (Dean Smith, Joe B. Hall and Bobby Knight being the others) to play in the Final Four and win the national championship as a coach.[2]

Was a right wing in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and

Was a right wing in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba.

Was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "

Was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" (actually Hartack detested being called "Willie" because of his dislike for fellow jockey Willie Shoemaker) during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Small in stature, at age 17 he stood 5 ft. 4 in. (1.63 m) and weighed 111 lb (50 kg), a size that enabled him to pursue a career as a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. By his third season of racing, Hartack was the United States' leading jockey, going on to win that honor on three more occasions. He and Eddie Arcaro are the only two jockeys to ever win the Kentucky Derby five times. As well, Hartack won the Preakness Stakes three times and the Belmont Stakes once. He rode Tim Tam to victory in the 1958 Florida Derby but two weeks before the Kentucky Derby, Hartack broke a leg and had to give up his ride on Tim Tam, who won the race.

Was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "

Was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" (actually Hartack detested being called "Willie" because of his dislike for fellow jockey Willie Shoemaker) during his racing career, Ha

Was an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Was an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1877. In 1869 he w

Was an English clergyman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1877. In 1869 he was playing for Staveley against an All England XI and in 1874 for Worksop against the same team. Humble made his debut for Derbyshire in 1873 and scored 11

Is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town a

Is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town and Birmingham City. He also appeared for Somerset County Cricket Club. He made three appearances for the club in the Third Division, and moved on to Birmingham City in January 1965 as cover for Johnny Schofield. In June 1969, Beel made his only major appearance as a cricketer, making 1 not out and taking 0/18 from 2 overs for Somerset in a Sunday League match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Was an English footballer who played for England, firstly as a forward and later in goal, in the fir

Was an English footballer who played for England, firstly as a forward and later in goal, in the first international match against Scotland.He was selected to play as a forward for England's first ever international match against Scotland on 30 November 1872 but at some point in the game he switched places with Robert Barker in goal and, like Barker, kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw.

Was a Scottish footballer and football manager whose career lasted from 1884 to 1929.In 1893 he join

Was a Scottish footballer and football manager whose career lasted from 1884 to 1929.In 1893 he joined Newton Heath, playing 19 league games and scoring once before joining Luton Town in 1894. He helped Luton gain election to the Football League and played in Luton's first-ever league match on 4 September 1897, a 1–1 draw away to Leicester Fosse. He played 27 times that season, leaving at the end of it to join Barnsley. He scored 3 times in 63 league games for Barnsley before retiring in April 1901 to become Barnsley's secretary-manager.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played first–class cricket for Northern Districts and Otago

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played first–class cricket for Northern Districts and Otago. A Right–handed batsman and occasional right–arm medium pace bowler, Mitchell played 14 first–class matches in all from 1964 to 1969, scoring 634 runs at 27

Was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs the Corinthi

Was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs the Corinthians and Casuals, and captained the England team once, in a match against Ireland in 1901.