List of Famous Sportspersons
Joe Baker
Joseph Henry Baker was an England international footballer. Born in Woolton in Liverpool, England, he spent virtually his entire childhood growing up in Motherwell, Scotland. He is notable for being the first professional player to have played for England without having previously played in the English football league system, and for scoring over 100 goals in both the English and Scottish leagues. His brother Gerry Baker was also a professional footballer, who played internationally for the United States.
Dwight Stephenson
Dwight Eugene Stephenson is an American former professional football player who was a center for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1987. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Stephenson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
Paolo Cannavaro
Paolo Cannavaro is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. After beginning his career with Napoli, he moved to Parma in 1999, where he played alongside his older brother Fabio. Paolo remained with the club for seven seasons, aside from a loan spell with Verona during the 2001–02 season, helping the club reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2005. In 2006, he returned to Napoli, where he was eventually named the club's captain, and contributed to the club's resurgence: he helped the team to earn promotion to Serie A in his first season, and subsequently aided his side to qualify for the UEFA Cup in 2008, earn a spot in the Champions League in 2011, and win the Coppa Italia in 2012, the club's first title in over 20 years. After eight seasons with Napoli, he moved to Sassuolo in 2014, where he remained until his retirement in 2017. Following the conclusion of his professional football career, he joined his brother at Guangzhou Evergrande as a member of the team's coaching staff.
Steven Taylor
Steven Vincent Taylor is an English professional footballer plays for Odisha as a defender in the Indian Super League
Tina Charles
Tina Alexandria Charles is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted first overall in the 2010 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun. In 2009 and 2010, she and teammate Maya Moore led the Connecticut Huskies to two undefeated national championships. She has won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA.
Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Danish national football team that won the 1992 European Championship tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of Merit. He is the father of Tommy Møller Nielsen.
Dănuț Coman
Daniel Dumitru Coman is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current chairman of Liga I club Hermannstadt.
Albert Goodwill Spalding
Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois yet graduated from Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. He played major league baseball between 1871 and 1878. Spalding set a trend when he started wearing a baseball glove.
Mark Price
William Mark Price is an American former basketball player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers. As a player, he played for 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic.
Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1988 to 1990, and the WBA welterweight title from 1991 to 1992. As an amateur, Taylor won a gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics.