Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer.Backer was one of the players in the inaugural Rugby

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer.Backer was one of the players in the inaugural Rugby League State of Origin match in 1980. He also played in the 1981 match and game II of the 1982 series, of which all were played on the wing. Backer scored

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a shortstop with the Gauting Indians

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a shortstop with the Gauting Indians in the Bundesliga.In 2006, he played for the Rockford RiverHawks in the independent Frontier League and hit .217/.269/.286. In the 2007 Claxton Shield, he

Is a retired tennis player from Australia. Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975

Is a retired tennis player from Australia. Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975 and 1977. During his professional career, he won 2 singles and 7 doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He also achieved a high doubles ranking of No. 18. He reached the semifinals in doubles (partnering Martin Davis) at the Australian Open in 1988 and 1989.

Is an Australian basketball player with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League.

Is an Australian basketball player with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League.

Was an Australian football (soccer) player who played for several National Soccer League clubs, incl

Was an Australian football (soccer) player who played for several National Soccer League clubs, including Marconi Fairfield, Perth Glory and Newcastle Breakers. Maloney won the Johnny Warren Medal for player of the year in NSL season 1998/99. He also play

Is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Bulldogs club of the National Rugby Le

Is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Bulldogs club of the National Rugby League. His usual position is at second-row. Morrin has extended his contract with the Bulldogs until the end of the 2011 NRL season.

Is a New Zealand soccer player, who currently plays for Floreat Athena in the Football West State Le

Is a New Zealand soccer player, who currently plays for Floreat Athena in the Football West State League. During the 2005 Northern League season, Scott scored 17 goals for North Shore United and finished as the top scorer in the league. Scott made two A-i

Is an Australian basketball player with the Townsville Crocodiles of the National Basketball League.

Is an Australian basketball player with the Townsville Crocodiles of the National Basketball League.

Is a former cricketer who captained the Australian under-19 ODI team on two occasions and played fir

Is a former cricketer who captained the Australian under-19 ODI team on two occasions and played first-class cricket for Devon County Cricket Club and the Victorian Bushrangers.

Was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 400 m f

Was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He is the only Australian to have won an Olympic gold medal after finishing second, after the International

Is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Middlesbrough, having p

Is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Middlesbrough, having previously played for Bayswater City SC, in his native Australia."He was then signed in 2000 by Middlesbrough. He made his first-team debut in the FA Cup th

Is an Australian professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall small forward that

Is an Australian professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall small forward that can also play at the shooting guard position. Notably, a member of the junior Australian national team, that won the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Is an football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-Leag

Is an football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.Porter first came to the Mariners late in the 2005-06 A-League season for a four-week stay as cover for the crippling injury

An Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Minist

An Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Minister Assisting the Premier on Infrastructure NSW in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government. Hazzard is a member of the New South Wales

Is a retired male flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Sum

Is a retired male flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by USA's Ronald Siler (18-32).

Is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales and also List A cr

Is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales and also List A cricket once for the Middlesex Cricket Board versus Cumberland at Southgate in 1999. McNamara was for over a decade an all-rounder for the NSW in Australian domestic cricket. A pugnacious competitor, when without injuries, he was always amongst the first picked for The Blues, particularly in one-day teams. As a medium pace bowler, his strength was his ability to worry batsmen with a shrewd combination of accuracy and unorthodoxy.

Is a member of the Northern Districts cricket team having previously played for Otago. He is a left

Is a member of the Northern Districts cricket team having previously played for Otago. He is a left arm fast medium bowler and useful lower order batsman. Scott made his first-class debut for Otago in the 2000/01 season, he played for the club until the

Is a former Australian cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner who was also an aggressive lower order

Is a former Australian cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner who was also an aggressive lower order right hand batsman, he played six One Day Internationals for Australia but no Tests in the 1998/99 period. His last match ended after he slid into the fence trying to prevent a boundary and needed to be carried from the Sydney Cricket Ground in considerable pain after injuring his leg. Nowadays he lives and plays cricket in Adelaide for Grange Cricket Club in the Adelaide Turf Cricket association.

Is a retired male flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Sum

Is a retired male flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by USA's Ronald Siler (18-32).

(born on February 10, 1967) is an Australian golfer.

(born on February 10, 1967) is an Australian golfer.

Is a professional golfer from New Zealand who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Iles has never

Is a professional golfer from New Zealand who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Iles has never won on the Nationwide Tour, but has come close, losing in a two-hole playoff at the Knoxville Open to Kevin Johnson.

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Haddin was selected in t

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Haddin was selected in the first ever Mercantile Mutual Cup season of 1997–98 for the Canberra Comets, with whom he began his professional cricketing career. In the 1999–2000 season, he began playing for the New South Wales Blues in order to pursue further cricketing opportunities. Since then, he has produced several memorable batting innings, including a top score of 133 against Victoria. ODI debut (cap 144) 30 January 2001 v Zimbabwe, Last ODI 11 March 2010 v New Zealand. On 18 September 2006, playing against West Indies at Kuala Lumpur in the DLF Cup, Haddin and Australian captain Mike Hussey put on 165, which at that time was a world-record stand for the sixth wicket in ODIs. On February 15, 2009, Haddin became acting Australian captain for the Twenty20 against New Zealand after Ricky Ponting was rested and Michael Clarke was injured.

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a pitcher with the Minnesota Twins or

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a pitcher with the Minnesota Twins organisation.Tippett debuted as a professional with the GCL Twins in 2006, going 3-5 with 10 saves and a 2.53 ERA. Despite playing on a sub-.500 team, Brad m

An Australian and Victorian cricketer. His high school was St. Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria.

An Australian and Victorian cricketer. His high school was St. Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria. He is a right hand batsman who bats in the middle order, as well as a part time right arm off spin bowler.Hodge debuted for the Victorian Bushrangers as a 19-year-old and was nicknamed "Bunkie" by Dean Jones for the fact that he shared a bunkbed with his brother at the time of his debut.Hodge played Lancashire League Cricket for Ramsbottom in 2000 and 2001 breaking the clubs batting record in 2001.Hodge has played with County Cricket teams Durham, Lancashire and Leicestershire, where he made his highest first class score of 302*. During his time at Leicestershire he was accused of cheating by then Derbyshire captain,

Is a former Australian professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProT

Is a former Australian professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.As a track cyclist he met success in individual an