Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

Is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

Is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s.Competing in three Wint

Is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s.Competing in three Winter Olympics Delle Karth earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

Is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's.

Is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Meißen and is the twin brother of Ullrich Dießner. They have a different date of birth since Walter Dießner was born before midnight and Ullrich Dießner shortly thereafter.

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Winterthur.He also has Italian and English des

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Winterthur.He also has Italian and English descent.

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Diggelmann won one stage in the 1952 Tour de France.

Was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Diggelmann won one stage in the 1952 Tour de France.

Was an English cricketer[1] who played two first-class matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club in

Was an English cricketer[1] who played two first-class matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1882. He later played for the Straits Settlements against Hong Kong in November 1904.

Was an English football player who earned three caps for the national team between 1935 and 1938. He

Was an English football player who earned three caps for the national team between 1935 and 1938. He played club football for West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Notts County and Scunthorpe United.

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was mainly associated with I Zingari but did make 1 known appea

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was mainly associated with I Zingari but did make 1 known appearance in first-class cricket for Southgate v. Cambridge University in 1868. He played for I Zingari from 1864 to 1879. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB)

Was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.Egan won the Western Amateur golf to

Was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.Egan won the Western Amateur golf tournament in 1903, and was runner-up three times, including twice to his cousin, Chandler Egan. In 1901, Egan was the runner-up in the U.S. Amateur.

Was an English amateur football player who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well

Was an English amateur football player who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well as making one appearance for the English national side, when he scored three goals. He subsequently became an ordained minister in the Church of England

Was a center for the New York Knickerbockers (1955-56), Minneapolis Lakers (1956-57) and Detroit Pis

Was a center for the New York Knickerbockers (1955-56), Minneapolis Lakers (1956-57) and Detroit Pistons (1957-63).Dukes led the NBA in Personal Fouls in 1958 (311) and 1959 (332) and led the NBA in disqualifications four consecutive seasons between 1958-59 and 1961-62[2] — still an NBA record. His 121 career disqualifications (in only eight seasons) rank second in the NBA to Vern Mikkelsen, and he holds the record for the highest career percentage of games fouled out (21.9%) for any player with over 400 games played.[3]

Is a Uruguayan association footballer who plays for Central Español.Coelho born in Artigas, near to

Is a Uruguayan association footballer who plays for Central Español.Coelho born in Artigas, near to the Brazil border and furthest city from Uruguayan capital.

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows. Fellows was an all-rounder w

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows. Fellows was an all-rounder who was first noted as a schoolboy cricketer at Westminster School. In first-class cricket, he was mainly associated with Oxford University and Marylebone

Is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.

Is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.

An Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling

An Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire. He was born in Far

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire. He was born in Fareham, Hampshire and died in Sarisbury Green. Fielder made a single first-class appearance, during the 1923 County Championship, against Leicestershire. As

Was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Four ye

Was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Four years later he won the silver medal as member of the German boat in the coxless fours competition. He was also part of the German boat which eliminated in the repechage of the eights event.

Is an Olympic gold medalist in the high jump, and later basketball player, from the United States of

Is an Olympic gold medalist in the high jump, and later basketball player, from the United States of America.The Philadelphia Warriors selected the 6 ft 8 in (2.0 m) Davis in the second round of the 1952 NBA Draft. He spent five seasons with the Warriors and St. Louis Hawks, averaging 4.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.

Is a former American football offensive lineman, who played college football at Syracuse University,

Is a former American football offensive lineman, who played college football at Syracuse University, where he made the school's all-century team. He also played in the North-South Game and the College All-Star Game. A first-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in 196

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the g

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the great all-rounder George Giffen.

Is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currentl

Is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a spokesman for Just for Men hair products and a commentator for telecasts of New York Knicks games. Denzel Washington's character in Inside Man was named after him and Keith Hernandez

Was a German football player and trainer.Fritzsch joined Dynamo Dresden as trainer on 30 June 1969 a

Was a German football player and trainer.Fritzsch joined Dynamo Dresden as trainer on 30 June 1969 and the club soon began the most successful period of its history. Under his guidance the black and yellow won five East German championships in the first d

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. He played as a defender for Queen's Park, Cl

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. He played as a defender for Queen's Park, Clyde, New Brighton and Grimsby Town. He then managed Accrington Stanley, Bradford Park Avenue, New Brighton, Tranmere Rovers, Hibernian, Stockport County and Berwick Rangers.

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager. During his playing career, Speirs played for St Mirren,

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager. During his playing career, Speirs played for St Mirren, Kilmarnock (on loan), Dunfermline Athletic (on loan), Hartlepool United, Airdrieonians, Bathgate Thistle and East Stirlingshire. He was on the coaching staff at Clyde, and from 1996 to 1998 held the position of Manager. Subsequently he joined the coaching staff at Aberdeen, eventually taking the role of assistant manager and in December 2002 was briefly named caretaker manager following the resignation of Ebbe Skovdahl.