List of Famous Sportspersons
Kenyatta Jones
Kenyatta Lapoleon Jones was an American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Florida.
Frédérick Gaudreau
Frédérick "Freddy" Gaudreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Donald Penn
Donald Ward Penn is a former American football offensive tackle. Penn played college football at Utah State, and was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Penn has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins.
Mike Towell
Mike Towell was a Scottish professional boxer from Dundee, Scotland.
Frédéric Veseli
Frédéric Shtjefan Veseli, also known as Freddie Veseli, is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie B club Benevento and the Albania national team. His main position is centre back but he can also play at right-back and left-back.
Freddie Freeman
Frederick Charles Freeman is a Canadian-American professional baseball first baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has been with the Braves organization since he was drafted by them out of high school in 2007. He made his MLB debut in 2010, and is a four-time MLB All-Star. Freeman won a Gold Glove Award in 2018, the Silver Slugger Award in 2019 and 2020, and the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2020.
Conor Sheary
Conor Michael Sheary is an American professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL). He most recently played for the Pittsburgh Penguins with whom he won a Stanley Cup.
Brown Ideye
Aide Brown Ideye is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Göztepe and the Nigeria national team.
Charlie Manuel
Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr., is an American baseball coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, and a former professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB), as well as a former Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six MLB seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, before playing another six seasons in NPB with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Over four successive seasons in NPB, Manuel hit at least .312 with 37 home runs each season and won the 1979 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award. After his playing career, he coached and managed the Cleveland Indians and managed the Philadelphia Phillies, winning the 2008 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays. On August 13, 2019, Manuel replaced John Mallee as hitting coach for the Phillies for the remainder of the season.
Andy Bowen
Andy Bowen was an American lightweight boxer best known for fighting the world's longest boxing match against Jack Burke.