Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Norwegian pair skater. She represented Oslo Skøiteklub. Her pairs partner was Christen Christ

Was a Norwegian pair skater. She represented Oslo Skøiteklub. Her pairs partner was Christen Christensen. They are the 1933 World bronze medalists. They finished fifth at the 1923 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1934 World Figure Skating Champi

Is an American-born Trinidadian soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the

Is an American-born Trinidadian soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Patterson spent four seasons at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a two-time Southern Confe

Is a former Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previ

Is a former Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater in Norway from the end of the Second World War to 1954. She was born in

Was an American Super middleweight boxer from Kansas City, Missouri.

Was an American Super middleweight boxer from Kansas City, Missouri.

Known as the Leamington Larruper, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's bes

Known as the Leamington Larruper, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Leamington Spa, to a black father who had emigrated from Guyana and a white British mother, he started

Is a Dutch baseball player, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for the Netherlands, s

Is a Dutch baseball player, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for the Netherlands, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). Twice he finished in sixth place (1996 and 2004), once in fifth place (2000).is a Dutch baseball player, who competed i

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays in Italy for the LegADue team Pall

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays in Italy for the LegADue team Pallacanestro Varese. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. Childress played in two NBA seasons for the Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 2.4 ppg in his career. He played collegiately at Wake Forest University.

Is a Canadian former soccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times for the Canadi

Is a Canadian former soccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times for the Canadian national team. Samuel, born in Trinidad, grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, graduating from McNair High School. After playing for Richmond South Warriors he was drafted by the Vancouver 86ers in the 1981 North American Soccer League draft, though he never signed with the club. Samuel earned his first cap for Canada in a 3-1 away loss to Honduras on 11 November 1983 and played his country's three matches in their only World Cup finals appearance, the 1986 World Cup finals.

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part o

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the American team which finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 24 goals.

Is a current Guyanese football player. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL

Is a current Guyanese football player. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Second Division.He spent season 2003 in North East Stars of the Professional Football League of Trinidad and Tobago. He scored 24 goals for North East Stars, tied for the league with Cornell Glen.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Keys played in 5 NBA seasons in his career for the Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. His best year as a pro came during the 1989-90 season when he split time between the Cavaliers and Hornets, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.8 ppg. Keys played collegiately at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Was a famous men's doubles tennis player. Lycett was the recognized as one of the dominant players i

Was a famous men's doubles tennis player. Lycett was the recognized as one of the dominant players in men's doubles. He was the champion at both the Australasian Championships and Wimbledon multiple times.

Is an American former profesisonal basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Mahaffey played college basketb

Is an American former profesisonal basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Mahaffey played college basketball at Clemson University. The Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the fourth pick of the second round of the 1967 NBA Draft (16th overall pick) and the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association also drafted him. Mahaffey signed with the American Basketball Association's Colonels.

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.Morris averag

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.Morris averaged 23.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg and 8.0 bpg as a senior for Atlanta’s Landmark Christian High School, earning him McDonald's All-American Team status. Randolph Morris was the #2 rated center and #10 overall prospect by Rivals.com in a year when a record eight high schoolers went directly to the NBA draft.[citation needed] Morris strongly considered a jump straight to the NBA as well, but decided to spend at least a year in school. Kentucky won a late recruiting battle, after drawing Morris away from early favorite Georgia Tech. Morris stated he chose Kentucky partly because of lower academics.[1] Morris, along with All-Americans Joe Crawford and Rajon Rondo, gave Kentucky the top-rated recruiting class in the nation.[2]

Is a retired American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games pl

Is a retired American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games played. From 1972-1982, Smith played in every regular season game, en route to the record of 906 straight games (since broken by A.C. Green).Smith was an outstanding all-around athlete at Buffalo State College, earning All-American honors in three sports: basketball, soccer and track. (In high school on Long Island, Smith set a state high jump record of 6-foot-6.) However, it was on the basketball court that Smith shown brightest, teaming with Durie Burns to lead the Bengals to three straight conference championships, including a trip to the Final Four of the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1970. He has two sons, Brandon and Dominique, and a daughter named Terran.

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was 6'3" tall, weighed 210 pounds and was right-handed

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was 6'3" tall, weighed 210 pounds and was right-handed. He attended Cordova High School.Originally drafted in the 32nd round (740th overall) of the 1984 draft by the New York Mets, he did not sign at that time. After spending a season at Sacramento City College, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers second overall in the 1985 January draft, and he did decided to sign.

Was a professional wrestling referee who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Croc

Was a professional wrestling referee who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling.Anderson started working as a referee upon his graduation in 1980 in Mid-South Wrestling. He also refereed

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd r

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (57th pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft. His draft rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers with Mark Bryant and John Salmons in exchange for Speedy Claxton on June 26 2002. He signed a 10-day contract with the Chicago Bulls on January 5 2006 and appeared in four games during the 2005-06 season. Holocomb currently plays for the San Germán Athletics in Puerto Rico.

American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward from Florida State

American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward from Florida State University, Allen was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play two years in the NBA form 1988 to 1990 for the Sacramento Kings.

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as, "The Double "R" Supertar" Randy Royal. He is

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as, "The Double "R" Supertar" Randy Royal. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including the Heartland Wrestling Association, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Classic Championship Wrestling,

Is a chess master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation.He was f

Is a chess master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation.He was first elected to the board for a one-year term in 2004. During his one year term, the board voted on and completed the move of the headquarters of the Unite

Is widely acknowledged as having started the multibillion dollar online poker industry with the laun

Is widely acknowledged as having started the multibillion dollar online poker industry with the launch of Planet Poker, the world's first real money online poker room on January 1, 1998. Randy Blumer was the younger of two boys. In 1970, the family moved to Europe when Randy’s father, Carl, got the opportunity to work as a school counselor on a 2 year exchange in Germany. Randy started playing poker in Germany in Grade 6 while traveling on road trips with the peewee all-star hockey team frequently returning from trips with additional pocket money gained from playing poker. Randy started Planet Poker in the summer of 1997. It became the first online real money cardroom when it converted from a free play site to a real money site on 1 Jan 1998.

Is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s.

Is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado. Phil Long is the largest privately owned car dealer group in Colorado.

Is a retired professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex. Colley competed in the World Wrestli

Is a retired professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex. Colley competed in the World Wrestling Federation, where in 1981 he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Moondog King (later replaced by Moondog Spot) as the Moondogs. In 1984, Rex had a WW

Is an American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight ch

Is an American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion and a two-time light-heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Couture is the first fighter to hold two UFC championship titles in