List of Famous Sportspersons
Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth is an Australian former professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 53, which he reached in August 2015. His career high in doubles was World No. 24, reached in February 2015. Groth's best singles result was a semi-final appearance at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He hit the fastest serve on record at 263 km/h (163.4 mph) in 2012 at the ATP Challenger in Busan. He currently works for Nine Network for the WWOS and as a host on Postcards.
Jake Livermore
Jake Cyril Livermore is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion, whom he captains, and the England national team.
Michael O'Neill
Michael Andrew Martin O'Neill is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of EFL Championship club Stoke City.
Rocky Graziano
Thomas Rocco Barbella, better known as Rocky Graziano, was an Italian-American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch. He was ranked 23rd on The Ring magazine list of the greatest punchers of all time. He fought many of the best middleweights of the era including Sugar Ray Robinson. His turbulent and violent life story was the basis of the 1956 Oscar-winning drama film, Somebody Up There Likes Me, based on his 1955 autobiography of the same title.
Stephon Gilmore
Stephon Stiles Gilmore is an American football cornerback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Gilmore played college football for South Carolina and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills tenth overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. After five seasons as a starting cornerback for the Bills and a Pro Bowl invite in 2016, Gilmore signed a 5-year, $65 million contract with New England in 2017. He has since emerged as one of the league's top defensive players, garnering three more Pro Bowl invites and first-team All-Pro recognitions in 2018 and 2019, as well as being named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2019.
Lance McCullers, Jr.
Lance Graye McCullers Jr. is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Astros selected McCullers in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2015, and was an All-Star in 2017.
Kyle Williams
Kyle Derrick Williams is a former American football defensive tackle who spent his entire 13 year career with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft, playing 13 seasons with them before retiring following the 2018 season.
Bafétimbi Gomis
Bafétimbi Gomis is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al-Hilal.
Andrea Belotti
Andrea Belotti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Torino, for which he is captain, and the Italy national team.
José Canseco
José Canseco Capas Jr. is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter. During his time with the Oakland A's, he established himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game. He won the Rookie of the Year (1986), and Most Valuable Player award (1988), and was a six-time All-Star. Canseco is a two-time World Series winner with the Oakland A's (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000).