List of Famous Sportspersons
Shaun Phillips
Shaun Jamal Phillips is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for Purdue and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Phillips has also been a member of the Denver Broncos, Tennessee Titans, and Indianapolis Colts.
Scott Hogan
Scott Andrew Hogan is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Birmingham City and the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Lyndon Dykes
Lyndon John Dykes is an association footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Queens Park Rangers. Dykes previously played for Merrimac, Redlands United and Surfers Paradise Apollo in Australia, and for Queen of the South and Livingston in Scotland.
Morgan Frost
Morgan Frost is a Canadian professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. Frost was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the Flyers in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
Thomas Gravesen
Thomas Gravesen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
John Ryder
John Ryder is a British professional boxer who held the WBA interim super-middleweight title in 2019. At regional level he has challenged twice for the British middleweight title in 2013 and 2015, and once for the British super-middleweight title in 2017.
Marco van Ginkel
Wulfert Cornelius "Marco" van Ginkel is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for PSV, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.
John Hopoate
John Hopoate is a former professional rugby league footballer, and boxer. A Tonga, Australia and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, he played in the NRL for Sydney clubs, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Wests Tigers and the Northern Eagles. Hopoate also became the Australian Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He was born in Tonga, but moved to Australia with his family while he was still young and took up the game of rugby league.
Randall Cunningham
Randall Wade Cunningham Sr. is a former American football quarterback and punter who played in the National Football League (NFL) in the NFL for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. A four-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time first-team All-Pro, Cunningham is also known for his tenure with the Minnesota Vikings. He is the younger brother of former college and professional football player Sam Cunningham and the father of Randall Cunningham II and world champion high jumper Vashti Cunningham.
Branch Rickey
Wesley Branch Rickey was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. He also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, encouraged the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and introduced the batting helmet. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.