Sports
- Baseball
- Johnny O'Brien (born 1930), 1950's baseball second baseman
- John O'Brien (second baseman) (1866–1913), baseball infielder
- Cinders O'Brien (John F. O'Brien, 1867–1892), baseball pitcher
- Football
- John O'Brien (Dublin Gaelic footballer), senior inter-county Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Round Towers, Clondalkin
- John O'Brien (Louth Gaelic footballer) (born 1985), Gaelic footballer for Louth
- John O'Brien (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
- John O'Brien (UCLA soccer) (born 1972), retired U.S. soccer defender
- Other
- John O'Brien (basketball) (1888–1967), basketball referee and executive
- John O'Brien (cricketer) (born 1961), former English cricketer
- John O'Brien (hurler) (born 1982), Irish hurler
- John O'Brien (outfielder) (1851–1914), outfielder
- John O'Brien (rower) (born 1927), New Zealand representative rower
- John O'Brien (tennis), Australian tennis player of the 1950s and 60s
- Ambrose O'Brien (1885–1968), founding owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)