List of Famous Sportspersons
Art Schlichter
Arthur Ernest Schlichter is an American former gridiron football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the Colts franchise. He also played one Canadian Football League (CFL) season with the Ottawa Rough Riders and three Arena Football League (AFL) seasons with the Detroit Drive and Cincinnati Rockers. A highly-touted collegiate prospect at Ohio State, Schlichter's professional career was cut short by a gambling addiction that has resulted in him facing legal problems for the better part of four decades.
Terry Sawchuk
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy in four different seasons, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his final season, one of only ten players ever for whom the three year waiting period was waived.
Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur is a Bosnian professional tennis player and currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, and he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, being selected as the first male tennis player from his country to do so.
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech professional tennis player.
Aaron Maybin
Aaron Michael Maybin is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). His college football career was at Penn State University where he received consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, and also played for the New York Jets.
Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager and former player who is the manager of the Italy national team. As a player, Mancini operated as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped the team win the Serie A league title, four Coppa Italia titles, and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He was capped 36 times for Italy, taking part at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, achieving semi-final finishes in both tournaments. In 1997, after 15 years at Sampdoria, Mancini left the club to join Lazio, where he won a further Scudetto, as well as the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and two more Coppa Italia titles.
Patrick Roberts
Patrick John Joseph Roberts is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Manchester City. He has previously played for Fulham, Celtic, Girona and Norwich City.
Trey Burton
Lawrence Godfrey Burton III, known professionally as Trey Burton, is an American football tight end for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Florida and was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2014. Burton also played for the Chicago Bears.
Ryan Burnett
Ryan Burnett is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2019. He is a former unified bantamweight world champion, having held the WBA (Unified) and IBF titles between 2017 and 2018. At regional level he held the British bantamweight title from 2015 to 2017. As an amateur, he represented Ireland at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and won a gold medal in the light-flyweight division.
Héctor Herrera
Héctor Miguel Herrera López is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Mexico national team.