Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter B

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. His former teams are NEC Nijmegen

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. His former teams are NEC Nijmegen, Roda JC and FC Groningen.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NEC Nijmegen. Sibum is a midfielder who was born in Nieuw

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NEC Nijmegen. Sibum is a midfielder who was born in Nieuw Amsterdam and made his debut in professional football, being part of the FC Emmen squad in the 2000-01 season. He also played for FC Twente before joining Roda JC.

Is a Dutch Swimmer[2] who specializes in Freestyle. He is currently training in Amsterdam together w

Is a Dutch Swimmer[2] who specializes in Freestyle. He is currently training in Amsterdam together with Nick Driebergen, Femke Heemskerk and Chantal Groot with coach Martin Truijens.

A Dutch football player who currently plays for HFC Haarlem, after a 2008 summer switch from NAC Bre

A Dutch football player who currently plays for HFC Haarlem, after a 2008 summer switch from NAC Breda.

Is a fencer from the Netherlands.[1] He started fencing when he was five years old at fencing club Z

Is a fencer from the Netherlands.[1] He started fencing when he was five years old at fencing club Zaal Verwijlen in Oss, owned by his father Roel Verwijlen, who is also the Dutch national coach.[1] Until his twelfth he fights with two weapons, but since then he only choose to fight with the épée.[1] He became part of the Dutch national team and took part in the Universiade (17th in Beijing, 2001), Youth Olympics, Dutch national championships, but also European and World Championships.[1] As a junior he won eleven national titles, he became third at the World Championships under-16 in the United States and represented the Netherlands at every European and World Championship since 1998.[1] He won two World Cups for Juniors, a performance never achieved by another fencer.[1]

Is a Nepali cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played more t

Is a Nepali cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played more than 40 times for the Nepal national cricket team. In 2002, he played his first Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Nepal finished the tournament as runners-

A former Romanian football player and current coach of FC Farul Constanta.Panduru started his profes

A former Romanian football player and current coach of FC Farul Constanta.Panduru started his professional career with FCM Resita where he played between 1987 and 1991, before being signed by Steaua Bucharest at the beginning of 1991. Panduru's first game with Steaua was in the Romanian Cup, when the Steaua's officials did not take into consideration that just prior leaving FCM Resita, Panduru was set to miss the next game due to yellow cards, therefore Steaua lost that game after a federal decision.

An Iraqi football (soccer) Striker playing for the Al-Shorta football club in Iraq.

An Iraqi football (soccer) Striker playing for the Al-Shorta football club in Iraq.

Is an Afghan Olympic athlete, who competed in boxing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Is an Afghan Olympic athlete, who competed in boxing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was invited to participate by the International Olympic Committee.

An Afghani football player. He plays as a Defender and has played football with Maiwand Kabul FC sin

An Afghani football player. He plays as a Defender and has played football with Maiwand Kabul FC since 2000. Bashir is considered one of Afghanistan's best players. Bashir who is a 190 cm tall.Saadat has made five appearances for Afghanistan national football team, including two qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Is a Nigerian football Goalkeeper currently playing with Mervue United F.C.He has since signed with

Is a Nigerian football Goalkeeper currently playing with Mervue United F.C.He has since signed with Mervue United F.C., Onuya played from his secondary school years and also played for Kaduna state Polytechnic School in Nigeria and got Best Goalkeeper of the year award and best in the "HOD" Cup tournament in 2009. He moved to Mervue United F.C. in october 2009. Onuya was invited by FC Sheriff Tiraspol for a ten day trial on 04 January 2010, the deal fell through and Bashir returned back to Mervue United F.C. on 19th January 2010.

Is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Stuttgarter Kickers.

Is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Stuttgarter Kickers.

Was an English professional footballer, who played at full back.A native of Brantham, Basil Acres be

Was an English professional footballer, who played at full back.A native of Brantham, Basil Acres began his career in his home town, before signing with Ipswich Town F.C. in July 1951. In all, he spent nine seasons at the club, finally retiring in 1960, having made 109 appearances there, and scoring six goals. After the end of his football career, he remained with the club, in various working capacities, for many years.

Grieve played two cricket Test matches for England during the England tour of South Africa in 1888–89. The games represent the first two first-class cricket games played in South Africa.

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria. Onyons was originally an Australia

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria. Onyons was originally an Australian rules footballer and played for the Melbourne Football Club in the VFL between 1905 and 1908. He kicked 32 goals from his 37 games, with 16 of them coming in the 1906 season which was the most by a Melbourne player that year. A right-handed batsman who often opened the innings, Onyons made an inauspicious first-class cricket debut, bagging a pair at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the 25th of January 1919 against NSW. He didn't play another first-class match until exactly eight years later when he captained Victoria in a game against Tasmania at the MCG. Despite batting at number eight down the order he made 128.

Was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He competed for the United States i

Was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the hammer throw where he won the Bronze medal.

Was a British racehorse trainer. The son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshir

Was a British racehorse trainer. The son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire, and May Matilda Boughey,[1] he was educated at Eton College.[2] He ran a mixed stable from the family seat at Longstowe and then Newmarket and was the j

Was an English cricketer, who also played for the Singapore national cricket team. He played twice f

Was an English cricketer, who also played for the Singapore national cricket team. He played twice for the Royal Navy Cricket Club in first-class cricket. He made his first-class debut in 1919 against Cambridge University, taking the wicket of future England Test player George Wood. He played one more first-class match, also for the Royal Navy, against the British Army cricket team in 1926. In 1927, he played twice for Singapore against WAS Oldfield's XI.

Was an English cricketer who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Devizes. Chivers, who began his ca

Was an English cricketer who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Devizes. Chivers, who began his career in the Minor Counties Championship at the age of 17, made several appearances for Kent's Second XI between 1959 and 1962. Chivers' sole List A appearance came in the 1964 Gillette Cup, against Hampshire. Chivers scored a duck in the match, and Wiltshire lost the match by a margin of 120 runs.

Was an English cricketer. Hitchcock made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1896 Count

Was an English cricketer. Hitchcock made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1896 County Championship against Derbyshire and Yorkshire.

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 44 Tests from 1958 to 1969.

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 44 Tests from 1958 to 1969.

Was an Indian-born English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played county cricket for Gloucest

Was an Indian-born English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played county cricket for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire and also played twice for the Egypt national cricket team. Basil Clarke made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire during the 1914 English cricket season. He played two further county championship matches, against Lancashire and Yorkshire, that season.

Was a South African cricketer. Melle was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and medium pace

Was a South African cricketer. Melle was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and medium pace. Melle was one of the earliest leg theory bowlers. Melle made his first-class debut for Western Province in 1909 against Eastern Province. Melle played ni

Was a former Iraqi Assyrian international football player. Despite having a short career, he is cons

Was a former Iraqi Assyrian international football player. Despite having a short career, he is considered to be one of the best player of all time in Iraq, being known for his tenacity and attacking threat.As a player, Basil took the national team to uncharted territory, where he was part of the Iraqi "golden team" of the 1980s that included Hussein Saeed and Ahmad Radhi.

Was an Australian sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-c

Was an Australian sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-class cricket with Oxford University. Travers, a Shore old boy, moved from Australia to England in 1940 to study on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was capped six times in total for England, the first in the 1947 Five Nations Championship, which England were joint winners of, where he played in their games against both Ireland and Wales. Once leaving England, Travers was the Headmaster of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School from 1959 to 1984. An Australian Schoolboys rugby trophy has been named in his honour, called the BH Travers Shield.