List of Famous Sportspersons
Ryan Getzlaf
Ryan Getzlaf is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). A first round selection, 19th overall, at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Getzlaf has played his entire professional career in the Ducks organization and ranks as one of the franchise's all-time leading scorers. He has played in three NHL All-Star Games and was a member of the Ducks' 2007 Stanley Cup championship team. A playmaker and power forward, Getzlaf is the Ducks' all-time leader in games played, assists, playoff points, and second in overall points after Teemu Selanne. He led the Ducks in assists twelve times, including a franchise record of 66 in 2008–09, and in points eight times.
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May 2002, his career was interrupted by injuries: Haas twice dropped out of the world rankings due to being unable to play for twelve months. His first period of injury saw him miss the whole of the 2003 season, and he did not return to the world's top 10 until 2007. He also missed over a year's tennis between February 2010 and June 2011, but afterwards returned to play on the tour. He returned to world No. 11 in 2013, after reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time in his career.
Ali Al-Habsi
Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi is an Omani retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Jalen Hurd
Jalen Tyler Hurd is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played running back for the Tennessee Volunteers and wide receiver for the Baylor Bears.
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver is an American former professional tennis player. She currently is a tennis broadcaster for ESPN and a pundit for BBC tennis coverage. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 titles, including 21 women's singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. In Grand Slam tournaments, Shriver won 21 doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. She also won a women's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Zina Garrison as her partner. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's doubles pair to have completed the Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four Major titles in 1984.
Paul Onuachu
Ebere Paul Onuachu is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Genk and the Nigeria national team, as a forward.
Dontari Poe
Dontari Poe is an American football nose tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Memphis and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs 11th overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. Though primarily a defensive lineman, at 6 ft 3 in and 346 lbs, he is also known for being the largest player to either rush or pass for a touchdown while also having a 100% pass completion percentage, passing TD, and rushing TD.
Cameron Wake
Derek Cameron Wake is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football for Penn State University, and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi
Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi is an American football wide receiver and kick returner for the Alphas of The Spring League. He played college football at Phoenix College.
Bill Nicholson
William Edward Nicholson was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who had a 36-year association with Tottenham Hotspur. He is considered one of the most important figures in the club's history, winning eight major trophies in his 16-year managerial spell, and most notably guiding the team to their Double-winning season of 1960–61.