Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an American basketball player who had a long and productive career in the NBA and ABA during the

Was an American basketball player who had a long and productive career in the NBA and ABA during the 1960s and early 1970s. He was a 6'8" power forward and center.

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Derbyshire until the end of the 2008 season. He was released and Leicestershire signed him on trial. He impressed in pre-season and was subsequently si

Is an English football centre forward who is currently assistant manager at Chester City. In a caree

Is an English football centre forward who is currently assistant manager at Chester City. In a career spanning over 20 years; he has played for eight clubs and scored more than 170 goals.

Is an American professional basketball player. He was a member of the NBA's Miami Heat for two seaso

Is an American professional basketball player. He was a member of the NBA's Miami Heat for two seasons before being recently traded to, and then waived by, the Minnesota Timberwolves.Simien was selected with the 29th overall selection of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat, with whom he won a championship in 2006. He could not participate in the Miami Heat's 2006 Summer League program because of a salmonella infection.

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Premier Soccer League club Santos.

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Premier Soccer League club Santos.

Was an Australian professional tennis player. He retired after Wimbledon 2007. His serve was his str

Was an Australian professional tennis player. He retired after Wimbledon 2007. His serve was his strongest weapon by far, and had been referred to as the "best in the world" by several of his fellow players, including Jim Courier , Andre Agassi and Thoma

Is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He was selected

Is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He was selected to represent Australia and Queensland during his career, which he spent playing for the Gold Coast Seagulls, St. George Dragons and St. George Illawarra D

Phillips played for South Australia and Australia as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He took over the s

Phillips played for South Australia and Australia as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He took over the senior team wicket-keeping role immediately after the retirement of Rod Marsh.

Is a former professional footballer. He was a striker and was nicknamed 'Bertie' throughout his care

Is a former professional footballer. He was a striker and was nicknamed 'Bertie' throughout his career.Biggins was a latecomer to league football, for although he began his career with Lincoln City he played just 8 games for them before he was released and played non-league football with Matlock Town F.C. and Kings Lynn while working as a hod carrier. It was during this time he met close friend and fitness advisor Garry Kyle who influenced his aggressive style of play, upped his fitness levels and reduced his body fat percentage.

Is a former professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestli

Is a former professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and the World Wrestling Federation between 1988 and 1999.A tournament was set up to crown new tag-team champions; in the tournament, the De

Is a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Big Truck", Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that wou

Is a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Big Truck", Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that would rebuild credibility in the cruiserweight ranks, but the invincibility was short lived.

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and a former NHL head coach. He is currently an

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and a former NHL head coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Boston Bruins.Cashman played his junior hockey as a teammate of Bobby Orr's on the Oshawa Generals of the OHA. He played parts of three seasons in the minor leagues for the Oklahoma City Blazers and the Hershey Bears before making the Bruins' squad for good in 1969.

Is a former football player who played 11 seasons as a wide receiver for the New York Jets of the NF

Is a former football player who played 11 seasons as a wide receiver for the New York Jets of the NFL from 1995 to 2005.Chrebet played for Hofstra University, the site of the Jets’ year-round training facility. At Hofstra, Chrebet was a four-year letter-winner who twice led the Flying Dutchmen (now known as The Pride), in receiving

Is an English former professional association footballer who played as a striker. He made nearly 450

Is an English former professional association footballer who played as a striker. He made nearly 450 appearances in the Football League for several different clubs, scoring nearly 150 goals. He is the youngest of five brothers, Frank, Allan, Derek, and Kelvin being the others, who all went on to play league football.

Is an English football midfielder.

Is an English football midfielder.

Is an English professional snooker player from Bradford, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for th

Is an English professional snooker player from Bradford, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for the main tour in 1997, but soon dropped of the main tour and had remained as an amateur for 11 years. Wayne Cooper manage to regain his place in the 2008/09

Is a professional footballer currently without a club after being released by Leyton Orient.Corden c

Is a professional footballer currently without a club after being released by Leyton Orient.Corden came through the ranks at local side Port Vale and made his debut as a substitute against Notts County in May 1995.

Is an English football striker.He began his career with Holker Old Boys, and was signed by Jimmy Har

Is an English football striker.He began his career with Holker Old Boys, and was signed by Jimmy Harvey in 1998 for Morecambe. His Morecambe debut came against Dover Athletic on 25 April 1998.

Was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races

Was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years. In 1939, Wright appeared in the Columbia Pictures film, Columbia World of Sports: Jockeys Up in which future Radio Hall of Fame and Am

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished ten

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut for his native country in 1995, against Australia at the Indra Gandhi Gold Cup in

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who playe

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in a three-year first-class cricketing career. He first represented Nottinghamshire in the Second XI Championship in 1

Is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the

Is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Is a cricketer who plays Tests, One Day International and Twenty20 matches for South Africa. At dome

Is a cricketer who plays Tests, One Day International and Twenty20 matches for South Africa. At domestic level he plays for the Warriors having previously represented Eastern Province, he has also played county cricket for Kent. In 2010, Parnell was signe

Is a retired American-Spanish basketball player, who acquired Spanish citizenship on May 22, 1968.Af

Is a retired American-Spanish basketball player, who acquired Spanish citizenship on May 22, 1968.After playing college basketball at the University of Minnesota Morris, Brabender came to Spain in order to gain experience and he ended up contributing to f

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is the current part-owner, head of hockey o

Is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is the current part-owner, head of hockey operations and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL).