Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a utility player who had a ten-year career from 1947 to 1956. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirat

Was a utility player who had a ten-year career from 1947 to 1956. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies of the National League, and the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles of the American League. He played third base and outfield.

Was a Brazilian football midfield player who played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winni

Was a Brazilian football midfield player who played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winning the latter two. He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders ever. He had incredibly accurate passing, great stamina and strength and he score

Is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player for the Al-Shabab football club based in Riyadh. He is A

Is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player for the Al-Shabab football club based in Riyadh. He is Al-Shabab's first goalkeeper and was also the Saudi Arabia Olympic team's first goalkeeper during their participation in the 2008 Asian Olympic Qualifiers. Ever since June 2007 he has been called to the Saudi Arabia national football team in every participation.

Is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ahli. Walid Abd

Is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ahli. Walid Abdrabh Jahdali started his career with Al Ahli as a striker before being switched into the backline. The 25-year-old started in four of Al Ahli’s 2005 AFC Champions League matches before leading the Jeddah-based side to the Crown Prince Cup and the Saudi Federation Cup last season.

Is an Emarati footballer who plays for Al Ain. He was the first choice goalkeeper at 2010 AFC Champi

Is an Emarati footballer who plays for Al Ain. He was the first choice goalkeeper at 2010 AFC Champions League, played 5 out of possible 6 matches.

Was an Estonian - Polish basketball player and later a coach, as well as a professor at the Józef P

Was an Estonian - Polish basketball player and later a coach, as well as a professor at the Józef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw. In 1936 he became coach of the national basketball team of Poland, which at the 1936 Summer Olympics wa

Was a Polish soccer player, who represented HCP Poznan in the 1930s. Musielak was capped once for th

Was a Polish soccer player, who represented HCP Poznan in the 1930s. Musielak was capped once for the national team of Poland, during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, in the Austria - Poland 3-1 game, which took place on August 11, 1936. In 1938 Musielak moved to Skarzysko-Kamienna, to play for the local team Granat Skarzysko-Kamienna, and his further fate is unknown.

Was a Polish soccer forward, who capped seven times for the national team of Poland (1931-1937), sco

Was a Polish soccer forward, who capped seven times for the national team of Poland (1931-1937), scoring 2 goals.Kisielinski played in several teams, after starting his career in Sola Oswiecim, he moved among others to Fablok Chrzanów (1926-1930), then Wisla Kraków (1930-1932), Cracovia Kraków (1932-1935) finally to settle in Warsaw, to play for Polonia Warszawa (1936-1939, 1945). He was twice champion of Poland with Wisla Kraków (1927 and 1928), also in 1931 was the top scorer of the Polish Football League.

Is a female volleyball player who has competed for Brazil in three consecutive Summer Olympics, star

Is a female volleyball player who has competed for Brazil in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a bronze medal with the Women's National Team in Sydney, Australia and a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Walewska also cl

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur f

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for ES Viry-Châtillon.

Is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al-Ittihad. He is a member of the Libya national

Is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al-Ittihad. He is a member of the Libya national football team.

A Swedish footballer of Eritrean descent, currently playing for AIK. He came to the club in the begi

A Swedish footballer of Eritrean descent, currently playing for AIK. He came to the club in the beginning of 2008 from Väsby United.[1] He made his first match for his new club on 10 April 2008 against GIF Sundsvall at Råsunda when he played the whole match as a right-back.[2] During 2008 Atta also became a member of the Swedish U-21 team, making his debut in a friendly against Ukraine on 5 February 2008 in a game that was played in Alcanena, Portugal.[3]

An Israeli of Palestinian heritage, or Arab Israeli, and a footballer currently at Hapoel Tel Aviv.

An Israeli of Palestinian heritage, or Arab Israeli, and a footballer currently at Hapoel Tel Aviv. He became a national hero for the 83rd-minute goal that gave Israel a tie against France in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match.

Is a French football player who is currently playing for Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He is the brother

Is a French football player who is currently playing for Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He is the brother of CS Louhans-Cuiseaux defender Sofiane Cherfa. He is of Algerian descent.

Is a boxer from Tunisia.

Is a boxer from Tunisia.

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who is currently playing as a forward for FC Istres

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who is currently playing as a forward for FC Istres in the French Championnat National.

Known as Tofaha (Apple in English), is a Libyan football midfielder currently playing for Al-Ittihad

Known as Tofaha (Apple in English), is a Libyan football midfielder currently playing for Al-Ittihad, he was a member of the libyan Olympic team who won the silver medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games[1], now he is a member of the Libya national football team.

Is an Egyptian football player and a Zamalek international forward.

Is an Egyptian football player and a Zamalek international forward.

Is an Egyptian footballer. Walid plays Attacking midfielder, he was playing for Egypt's El-Ahly as w

Is an Egyptian footballer. Walid plays Attacking midfielder, he was playing for Egypt's El-Ahly as well as Egypt's National Football Team.

Is a professional boxer based in Montreal, Canada, who is known as "Tempete de Sable" ("The Sand Sto

Is a professional boxer based in Montreal, Canada, who is known as "Tempete de Sable" ("The Sand Storm") who fights in the middleweight division. Walid is renowned as a devastating puncher with both hands.

Is an Egyptian footballer, He used to play as a Playmaker or Attacking Midfielder for Saudi Side Al-

Is an Egyptian footballer, He used to play as a Playmaker or Attacking Midfielder for Saudi Side Al-Ahli Jeddah on loan from Egyptian side Petrojet as well as National Side Egypt.

American basketball player.

American basketball player.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'5" 190 lb guard.Russell played coll

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'5" 190 lb guard.Russell played collegiately for Oakland Community College, the University of Houston, and Western Michigan University. He was selected with the 9th pick of the fourth round (78th overall) of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.

Is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played in Scotland, the United States, and Hong Ko

Is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played in Scotland, the United States, and Hong Kong.Beginning as an apprentice at Hurlford United, McCall played professionally in Scotland for Aberdeen, Ayr United, St. Johnstone and Dundee, in the United States for the San Diego Sockers and the Atlanta Chiefs, and in Hong Kong for South China.

Was a world lightweight boxing champion. Smith represented the United States at the 1948 Olympic Gam

Was a world lightweight boxing champion. Smith represented the United States at the 1948 Olympic Games in the lightweight division. Smith defeated Chuck Davey of Michigan State College, to earn a spot on the team. Smith had been the 1948 A.A.U. Lightweigh