Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former footballer who played most of his career for Cercle Brugge. He ended his career as playe

Is a former footballer who played most of his career for Cercle Brugge. He ended his career as player-coach with lower division side SV Loppem. During his career, De Caluwé played almost anywhere on the pitch, accept for goalkeeper.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger. Adie began his career shortly after the

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger. Adie began his career shortly after the Second World War with Heart of Midlothian, scoring three goals in as many appearances before moving to Dundee United in 1947.

Was an American boxer. In 1962, legendary fight manager Jack Kearns called Fields the “best all-ar

Was an American boxer. In 1962, legendary fight manager Jack Kearns called Fields the “best all-around battler the United States has ever produced.” He was an Olympic flyweight gold medal winner, and the world welterweight champion. In 1962, legendary fig

A lawyer who is the daughter of former world Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. In the year 20

A lawyer who is the daughter of former world Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. In the year 2000, she shocked the boxing world by announcing that at the age of 38, she would begin participating in the sport of Women's boxing. Frazier-Lyde had athletic experience, having played basketball at American University in Washington, D.C.Inspired by Laila Ali's participation in the sport and eager to avenge the losses her father suffered at the hands of Ali's father, Muhammad Ali in two of their three fights, Frazier-Lyde began her career on February 6 of that year, knocking out Teela Reese in one round. Eventually, she and Ali kept on winning. Laila was 8-0 and Jackie 7-0 with 5 knockouts when they starred on the first Pay Per View boxing card ever to be headlined by women. The bout, nicknamed Ali-Frazier IV by the media, in allusion to their legendary fathers' trilogy, was boxed on June 8, 2001 to headline the weekend activities of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies.Ali won by landing a solid jab on Fraziers face in the eighth round then Frazier started asking for a rematch. Frazier-Lyde continued her career, and on December 14, 2001, she won the WIBA Light Heavyweight Title by 4th round TKO over Suzette Taylor in Philadelphia, PA. she added the WIBF title one year later.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Graham began his career in the mid 1960s

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Graham began his career in the mid 1960s with Morton, spending a year with the Cappielow side before moving to Dundee United. After two seasons at Tannadice, Graham mvoed to English side Guildford City, where he spent a similar time before joining Brentford in 1970.

was a featherweight boxer from Minnesota. From 1944 to 1956 Graves compiled a career record of 82 w

was a featherweight boxer from Minnesota. From 1944 to 1956 Graves compiled a career record of 82 wins (48 KOs) and 11 losses with 2 draws. He won the Minnesota State Featherweight Title in only his seventh professional fight, and before his career was o

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 1999.

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 1999.

He played as a Test wicket-keeper in the West Indies cricket team from 1962 to 1969. After his caree

He played as a Test wicket-keeper in the West Indies cricket team from 1962 to 1969. After his career as a well-respected player (as a batsman as well as keeping) he moved to cricket managing. In 1984 and 1988 he managed tours to England, and during the 1

Was a professional Scottish international footballer. He signed for Partick Thistle in 1938 and, apa

Was a professional Scottish international footballer. He signed for Partick Thistle in 1938 and, apart from a brief spell as manager of Queen of the South, spent the rest of his adult life there. He was a centre back and is generally considered as one of Thistle's greatest ever players.

Is also known as Victor Ibeh is a Nigerian football player, who plays for Otelul Galati. The young l

Is also known as Victor Ibeh is a Nigerian football player, who plays for Otelul Galati. The young left midfielder can be seen on both sides of the pitch and is often remarked due to his good technique. Ibeh previously played at Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel, FC Amsterdam in Netherlands and UT Arad from Romania. Ibeh holds Spanish citizenship and he began his career at Hapoel Tel Aviv and moved in 2005 to FC Amsterdam. After two years he left Amsterdam and moved for 600.000 € to UTA Arad. He signed for Otelul Galati in early 2009.

Is a former professional American football player in the NFL. He played tight end for the St. Louis

Is a former professional American football player in the NFL. He played tight end for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys from 1963 to 1978. He has career marks of 480 receptions, 7918 yards, and 40 touchdowns

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfiel

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town & Scunthorpe United.

Was a Scottish association football player, who played for Kilmarnock for his whole senior career. H

Was a Scottish association football player, who played for Kilmarnock for his whole senior career. He also won three caps for the Scotland national football team.

A professional footballer, who will play for Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League[1], after leavin

A professional footballer, who will play for Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League[1], after leaving Aberdeen by mutual consent. He is a former Scottish international. He played for Scotland in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and has filled a variety of defensive roles in his international career.

Was an English footballer. He was born in Crook, County Durham and played for Crook Town, Willington

Was an English footballer. He was born in Crook, County Durham and played for Crook Town, Willington, Stanley United before the war and Newcastle United during the Second World War as left winger. Milburn's time at Newcastle lasted all the way through the WW2 and the majority of his appearances for The Magpies were in the Northern Combination League team and played one first team match for Newcastle, against Grimsby Town in December 1940.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Queen of the South, Blackburn Rove

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Queen of the South, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City. Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, his position was left wing. He died three days before his 76th birthday.In 1936, Oakes signed for Dumfries club Queen of the South for the first time signed by George McLachlan. Players at the club during this time included Willie Savage, Willie Culbert, Willie Ferguson, Joe Tulip and Irish international Laurie Cumming.

Was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flywei

Was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for Hibernian, Manchester City and Quee

Is a Scottish former association football player, who played for Hibernian, Manchester City and Queen of the South amongst others. Plenderleith was capped once by the Scotland national football team.

Is a former American football offensive tackle who played his entire 20-year career with the Rams or

Is a former American football offensive tackle who played his entire 20-year career with the Rams organization, playing 19 seasons for the Rams in Los Angeles (1976-1994) and one season for the St. Louis Rams in 1995.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'6" forward from UNLV, Robinson played in th

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'6" forward from UNLV, Robinson played in the NBA from 1978 to 1982 as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 3.8 points per game in his career and won an NBA Championship with Seattle in 1979.

Was an English footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th century.Jackie

Was an English footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th century.Jackie was born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England and played for Nuneaton and Manchester United before being signed by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in November 1913.

Was a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He participated in the 1997 ICC Trophy for his Namibian

Was a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He participated in the 1997 ICC Trophy for his Namibian team.

Was an American boxer from South Carolina. He was undefeated in his first 6 fights with a record of

Was an American boxer from South Carolina. He was undefeated in his first 6 fights with a record of 4-0-2. Wilson fought Tommy Paul twice. Wilson won both times in Pennsylvania by decision in the first fight and by TKO in the second fight. He fought Sammy

Is a boxer from Nigeria, competing in the heavyweight (– 91 kg) division. As an amateur he represe

Is a boxer from Nigeria, competing in the heavyweight (– 91 kg) division. As an amateur he represented Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A year later he won the silver medal at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere,

Is a former soccer striker who formerly played and trains Persebaya Surabaya. Now he is coach of the

Is a former soccer striker who formerly played and trains Persebaya Surabaya. Now he is coach of the winning team of Liga Indonesia 2008-09, Persipura Jayapura.