Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Welsh football club Cardiff City.Despite be

A Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Welsh football club Cardiff City.Despite being a fervent Celtic supporter[1], McCormack started his career at Rangers where, coincidentally, he made his first appearance in May 2004 against future club Motherwell at the age of 18.[2] McCormack scored his first goal for the club in the final match of the 2003-04 season against Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park. [3]

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Gainsborough Trinity.He started to play football fro

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Gainsborough Trinity.He started to play football from an early age and initially played for his school side and also Copmanthorpe Junior Football Club, where he played in the Under 9s team.

Is a professional boxer. Ross Minter is the son of Alan Minter, the former World Middleweight Champi

Is a professional boxer. Ross Minter is the son of Alan Minter, the former World Middleweight Champion. Ross began boxing professionally in 2001. In his career, he has faced a mixed bag of competition -- some legitimate contenders, some who were nothing m

Is a football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. Nicholson made

Is a football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. Nicholson made his full All Whites debut as a substitute in an 8-1 win over Vanuatu at the Oceania Nations Cup in Australia on 28 September 1998. He was included in the

Was a Safety with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League from 1960 to 1965. He was an A

Was a Safety with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League from 1960 to 1965. He was an All-League AFL player in 1960.

Is a retired Canadian soccer player who earned one cap each with the Canada U-20 men's national socc

Is a retired Canadian soccer player who earned one cap each with the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team and Canadian Olympic soccer team. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and American Indoor Soccer Association. Ongaro signed with the Edmonton Drillers in the North American Soccer League (NASL). In the fall of 1981, he moved to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he played two seasons. In 1979, Ongaro played one game with the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team. He was on the roster of the team at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship but did not play a game in the tournament. His coaching experience began as a Player - Assistant Coach with the Edmonton Brickmen (WSA/CSL) from 1985 to 1987. In 1990, he spent one season as head coach of the Brickmen. In 1996, the Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League came under new ownership which moved the team to Edmonton.

Is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200

Is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200 m freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay.

Is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from South Londonderry, Vermont. Though he origin

Is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from South Londonderry, Vermont. Though he originally rode at Stratton Mountain, Vermont, his home mountain is now Okemo,[2] VT. Ross helps with the design of the Superpipe and also helped design the Ross

Is a retired heavyweight professional boxer. A high-level journeyman and occasional heavyweight cont

Is a retired heavyweight professional boxer. A high-level journeyman and occasional heavyweight contender, Puritty is best remembered for his shocking upset of Wladimir Klitschko in 1998 that won him the WBC international Heavyweight title.

Is a Canadian professional snowboarder. Rebagliati was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He turne

Is a Canadian professional snowboarder. Rebagliati was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He turned pro in 1991. He was the first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for this sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After winning the gold, he was found to have

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, h

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Staffordshire. Salmon, who played for Derbyshire Second XI in 1983, made a single List A appearance for Staffordshire, during the 1992 NatWest Trophy c

Is an Canadian soccer player currently playing for Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professio

Is an Canadian soccer player currently playing for Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professional League. Smith attended E.C. Drury High School in Milton, Ontario, and played college soccer at the University of Rhode Island. He was named to the Verizon Academic all-District One team, earned third-team All-New England honors, and was also a first-team all-Atlantic 10 performer as a junior in 2001.

Is a retired Scottish footballer who currently lives in Florida. In the spring of 1994, Tannock sign

Is a retired Scottish footballer who currently lives in Florida. In the spring of 1994, Tannock signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Professional Soccer League. The team released him in June 1994.[1] In 1997, Tannock signed with the Orlando Sundogs of the USISL.[2] In 2000, he played for the Palm Beach Pumas.

Is a Scottish professional football player, who currently plays for Scottish First Division side Inv

Is a Scottish professional football player, who currently plays for Scottish First Division side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Along with Don Symon, Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott and Brett Hollister (cox) Tong won the Bronze medal in the coxed four.

Is an English football goalkeeper. He plays for Middlesbrough.After coming through the club's youth

Is an English football goalkeeper. He plays for Middlesbrough.After coming through the club's youth ranks, Turnbull signed a professional contract with Middlesbrough in 2002. He represented England U20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Sunderland.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Sunderland.

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Derbyshire. Whiteley was born in Sheffield. He playe

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Derbyshire. Whiteley was born in Sheffield. He played with the Derbyshire Second XI from the 2006 season, in the Second XI Championship and Trophy. In the 2008 season Whiteley made his List A debut in Septem

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 56 first-class matches for Central Districts & Wellington wit

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 56 first-class matches for Central Districts & Wellington without being selected for the Black Caps. In 1981-82 he and Evan Gray added 226 for Wellington against Central Districts.

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 20 Tests for New Zealand. He was a good batsman and bowler sc

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 20 Tests for New Zealand. He was a good batsman and bowler scoring 97 in his second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch in 1965. He was dropped after New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in 1972.

Is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for the latter country at

Is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for the latter country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on th

Is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now lives in Miami, USA, with her 10-year-old daughter Ana Paula Neffa de l

Is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town. His main strength is his versatility

Is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town. His main strength is his versatility. He can play in central and right sided roles in both defence and midfield.

Is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze m

Is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the 2005 Pan American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She plays as a wing-spiker.