List of People From Pennsylvania - Athletes

Athletes

• Abner Charles Powell, professional baseball player, manager, owner and innovator - Shenandoah
• John Abramovic, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
• Herb Adderley, professional football player—Philadelphia
• Rubén Amaro, Jr., professional baseball player and general manager—Philadelphia
• Joe Amato, professional drag racer—Old Forge
• John Andretti, NASCAR driver—Bethlehem
• Marco Andretti, auto racing driver—Nazareth
• Michael Andretti, auto racing driver—Bethlehem
• Kurt Angle, professional wrestler—Pittsburgh
• LaVar Arrington, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Bob Babich, professional football coach—Aliquippa
• Kayla Bashore, olympic field hockey player Summer 2008– Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Ralph Baker, professional football player-Lewistown
• Charlie Batch, professional football player—Homestead
• William Beatty, professional football player—York
• Joe Beimel, professional baseball player—Kersey
• Stan Belinda, professional baseball player—Huntingdon
• Brad Benson, professional football player—Altoona
• Fred Biletnikoff, professional football player—Erie
• Steve Bilko, professional baseball player—Nanticoke
• Steve Blackman, professional wrestler—Annville
• DeJuan Blair, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
• George Blanda, professional football HOF player—Youngwood
• Sam Bowie, professional basketball player—Lebanon
• Jerry Boyarsky, professional football player—Scott Township
• Kyle Brady, professional football player—Camp Hill
• Sid Bream, professional baseball player—Mount Holly Springs
• Steve Breaston, professional football player—North Braddock
• Tom Brookens, professional baseball player—Chambersburg
• Gary Brown, professional football player—Williamsport
• John Brown, HOF college football player—Canton
• Scott Brunner, professional football player—Sellersville
• Kobe Bryant, professional basketball player—Lower Merion
• Taylor Buchholz, professional baseball player—Lower Merion Township
• Marc Bulger, professional football player - Pittsburgh
• Leroy Burrell, track and field—Lansdowne
• Rasual Butler, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Alex Cabrera, professional baseball player-Lebanon
• Ray Caldwell, professional baseball player—McKean County
• John Calipari, college basketball coach—Moon Township
• Roy Campanella, professional HOF baseball player—Philadelphia
• John Cappelletti, professional football player—Upper Darby
• P. J. Carlesimo, professional basketball coach—Scranton
• Pete Carril, professional basketball coach—Bethlehem
• Matt Carroll, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
• Len Chappell, professional basketball player—Portage
• Wilt Chamberlain, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Barry Church, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Bruce Clark, professional football player—New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Maddy Crippen, Olympic swimmer-Conshohocken
• Fran Crippen, swimmer-Conshohocken
• Tom Clements, professional football coach—McKees Rocks
• Joe Collins, professional baseball player—Scranton
• Kerry Collins, professional football player—Lebanon
• Marques Colston, professional football player—Susquehanna Township
• Dan Conners, professional football player—St. Mary's
• Dan Connor, professional football player—Wallingford
• Mike Costanzo, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
• Jim Covert, professional football player—Conway, Pennsylvania
• Bill Cowher, professional football coach—Crafton
• Billy Cox, professional baseball player—Newport
• Mike Cox, professional football player—Lewisberry
• Russ Canzler, professional baseball player—Berwick
• Channing Crowder, professional football player—State College
• Chuck Daly, professional basketball coach—Kane
• Bob Davie, college football coach- Moon Township
• Ernie Davis, HOF college football player—New Salem-Buffington
• Phil Davis, UFC Fighter—Harrisburg
• Darrell Dess, professional football player-New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Dorin Dickerson, professional football player—Imperial
• Keir Dillon, professional snowboarder-East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
• Mike Ditka, professional football player and coach—Aliquippa
• Tim Donaghy, professional basketball referee—Havertown
• Keith Dorney, professional football player—Emmaus
• Tony Dorsett, professional football player—Hopewell Township
• Forrest "Jap" Douds, professional football player and coach—Rochester
• Shane Douglas, professional wrestler-Pittsburgh
• Jeff Dugan, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Kyle Eckel, professional football player—Philadelphia
• Al Babartsky, college football and professional football player. He was one of the Seven Blocks of Granite at Fordham University - Shenandoah
• Wayne Ellington, professional basketball player—Wynnewood
• Cody Eppley, professional baseball player—Dillsburg
• Jahri Evans, professional football player—Philadelphia
• Tyreke Evans, professional basketball player—Chester
• Bill Ferrario, professional football player-Scranton
• Randy Fichtner, professional football coach—Meadville
• Frank Filchock, professional football player and coach—Greene County
• Pat Flaherty, professional football coach—McSherrystown
• Tom Flynn, professional football player—Verona
• Nellie Fox, professional baseball player—St. Thomas Township
• Terry Francona, professional baseball manager—New Brighton
• Tito Francona, professional baseball player-New Brighton
• Buck Freeman, professional baseball player—Catasauqua
• Gus Frerotte, professional football player—Kittanning
• Jim Furyk, professional golfer—Lancaster
• Rich Gannon, professional football player-Philadelphia
• Ryan Garko, professional baseball player—Pittsburgh
• Jason Garrett, professional football coach/offensive coordinator—Abington
• John Garrett, professional football coach—Danville
• Eddie George, professional football player—Abington Township
• Sean Gilbert,professional football player-Aliquippa
• Robbie Gould, professional football player—Jersey Shore
• Bruce Gradkowski, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Aaron Gray, professional basketball player—Emmaus
• Ken Griffey, Sr., professional baseball player—Donora
• Ken Griffey, Jr., professional baseball player—Donora
• Russ Grimm, professional football player—Scottdale
• Dick Groat, professional baseball player—Wilkinsburg
• Peter Gruner, professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Billy Kidman—Allentown
• Brandon Guyer, professional baseball player—West Chester
• Jack Ham, professional football player—Johnstown
• Richard Hamilton, professional basketball player—Coatesville
• Marvin Harrison, professional football player—Philadelphia
• Leon Hart, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Artrell Hawkins, professional football player—Johnstown
• Chris Heisey, professional baseball player —Mount Joy
• Gerald Henderson, Jr., professional basketball player—Merion
• Chad Henne, college football player—Reading
• Tom Herr, professional baseball player and professional baseball manager—Lancaster
• Mark Herzlich, professional football player—Wayne
• Eric Hicks, professional football player—Erie
• Shawn Hillegas, professional baseball player—South Fork
• Al Holbert, professional automobile racer—Warrington
• Larry Holmes, professional boxer—Easton
• J. J. Hoover, professional baseball player—Elizabeth
• Bernard Hopkins, professional boxer—Philadelphia
• Jeff Hostetler, professional football player—Hollsopple
• Henry Hynoski, professional football player—Elysburg
• Gene Huey, professional football player—Uniontown
• Jerald Ingram, professional football coach—Beaver
• Qadry Ismail, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
• Raghib Ismail, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
• Marc Jackson, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Marlin Jackson, professional football player—Sharon
• Reggie Jackson, professional baseball player—Wyncote
• Brook Jacoby, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
• Hughie Jennings, professional baseball player—Pittston
• Larry Johnson, professional football player-State College, Pennsylvania
• Eddie Jones, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Kevin Jones, professional BMX rider—York
• George Karl, professional basketball coach—Penn Hills
• Don Kelly, professional baseball player—Butler
• Jim Kelly, professional football player—Bradys Bend Township
• Pat Kelly, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
• Ray Kemp, professional football player—Cecil Township
• Ethan Kilmer, professional football player—Wyalusing
• Bucko Kilroy, professional football player and coach—Philadelphia
• Betsy King, professional golfer—Reading
• Steve Kline, professional baseball player—Winfield
• Dan Koppen, professional football player—Whitehall Township
• Josh Koscheck, professional mixed martial artist—Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
• Kristy Kowal, Olympic swimmer—Reading
• Bruce Kozerski, professional football player—Plains Township
• Erik Kratz, professional baseball player Philadelphia Phillies--Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania
• John Kuhn, professional football player—York
• Floyd Landis, professional cyclist—Lancaster
• Ty Law, professional football player—Aliquippa
• Sean Lee, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Chad Levitt, professional football player-Cheltenham
• Ralph Lewis, professional basketball player and coach—Philadelphia
• Kyle Lowry, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Maurice Lucas, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
• Johnny Lujack, professional football player—Connellsville
• Joe Maddon, professional baseball manager—Hazleton
• Bam Margera, professional skateboarder—West Chester, Pennsylvania
• Ryan Malone, professional hockey player—Upper St. Clair
• Greg Manusky, professional football player—Dallas
• Pete Maravich, professional basketball player - Aliquippa
• Dan Marino, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Brandon Marshall, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Donyell Marshall, professional basketball player—Reading
• Tim Masthay, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Christy Mathewson, professional baseball player—Factoryville
• Pat McAfee, professional football player—Plum
• Ed McCaffrey, professional football player—Waynesboro
• Joe McCarthy, professional HOF baseball manager—Philadelphia
• Mike McCarthy, professional football head coach—Pittsburgh
• John J. McDermott, professional golfer-Philadelphia
• Jameel McClain, professional football player—Philadelphia
• LeSean McCoy, professional football player—Harrisburg
• Mike McCoy, professional football player—Erie
• Aaron Mckie, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Rocco Mediate, professional golfer—Greensburg, Pennsylvania
• Devin Mesoraco, professional baseball player—Punxsutawney
• Lou Michaels, professional football player—Swoyersville
• Walt Michaels, professional football player—Swoyersville
• Matt Millen, professional football player—Whitehall
• Eric Milton, professional baseball pitcher—Bellefonte
• Cuttino Mobley, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Joe Montana, professional football player—New Eagle
• Charles Morgan professional football player—Allentown
• Lenny Moore professional football player - Reading, Pennsylvania
• Michael Moorer, professional boxer—Monessen
• Marcus Morris, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Markieff Morris, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Mercury Morris, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Jamie Moyer, professional baseball player—Sellersville
• Terry Mulholland, professional baseball player—Uniontown
• Mike Munchak, professional football player—Scranton
• Ryan Mundy, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• James Mungro, professional football player—East Stroudsburg
• Flip Murray, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Stan Musial, professional baseball player—Donora
• Mike Mussina, professional baseball player—Montoursville
• Joe Namath, professional football player—Beaver Falls
• Jameer Nelson, professional basketball player—Chester
• Marty Nothstein, professional cyclist, 2000 Summer Olympics gold medal winner—Emmaus
• Jared Odrick, professional football player—Lebanon
• Bo Orlando, professional football player-Berwick, Pennsylvania
• Kit Osbourne, professional wrestler—King of Prussia
• Doug Overton, professional basketball coach—Philadelphia
• Billy Owens, professional basketball player—Carlisle
• Arnold Palmer, professional golfer—Latrobe
• Cory Patterson, professional wrestler—Greensburg
• George Parros, professional hockey player—Washington
• Jason Pinkston, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Lousaka Polite, professional football player—North Braddock
• Paul Posluszny, professional football player—Hopewell Township
• Andre Reed, professional football player—Allentown
• Frank Reich, professional football player—Lebanon
• Nolan Reimold, professional baseball player—Greenville
• Nicole Reinhart, professional cyclist—Macungie
• Darrelle Revis, professional football player—Aliquippa
• Mike Richter, professional hockey player—Abington
• Jon Ritchie, professional football player - Mechanicsburg Cumberland Valley
• Malik Rose, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Tim Ruddy, professional football player—Dunmore
• Matt Ryan, professional football player—Exton
• John Salmons, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Bob Sanders, professional football player—Erie
• Jerry Sandusky, college football coach—Washington
• Carl Sawatski, professional baseball player-Shickshinny
• Matt Schaub, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Marty Schottenheimer, professional football coach-pennsylvania
• Brian Schneider, professional baseball player—Northampton
• Mike Scioscia, professional baseball manager—Morton
• Da'Rel Scott, professional football player—Conshohocken
• Mustafa Shakur, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Bobby Shantz, professional baseball player—Pottstown
• Dick Shiner, professional football player—Lebanon
• Greg Skrepenak, professional football player, admittedly corrupt politician—Wilkes Barre
• Steve Slaton, professional football player—Levittown
• Kevin Slowey, professional baseball player—Upper St. Clair
• Musa Smith, professional football player—New Bloomfield
• Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler—Nesquehoning
• Jimmy Spencer, professional racecar driver—Berwick
• Shawntae Spencer, professional football player—Rankin
• Eddie Stanky, professional baseball player and manager—Philadelphia
• Larod Stephens-Howling, professional football player—Johnstown
• Mark Stepnoski, professional football player—Erie
• Tony Stewart, professional football player—Allentown
• Joe Stydahar, professional football player and coach—Kaylor
• Matt Suhey, professional football player—Bellefonte
• Bob Sura, professional basketball player—Wilkes-Barre
• Bruce Sutter, professional baseball player—Lancaster
• Chuck Tanner, professional baseball player and manager-New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Jason Taylor, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Walter Tewksbury, track and field olympiast—Ashley
• Jaimie Thomas, professional football player—Harrisburg
• Myles Thomas, professional baseball player—State College
• Carol Semple Thompson, amateur golfer-Sewickley
• Jim Thorpe, various—Carlisle, only connected to Jim Thorpe posthumously
• Charley Trippi, professional football player—Pittston
• Wallace Triplett, professional football player—Cheltenham Township
• Bob Tucker, professional football player—Hazleton
• Emlen Tunnell, HOF professional football player—Bryn Mawr
• R.J. Umberger, professional hockey player—Pittsburgh
• Johnny Unitas, professional football player—Pittsburgh
• Honus Wagner, professional baseball player—Chartiers Township
• Neil Walker, professional baseball player-Pittsburgh
• Art Wall, Jr., professional golfer—Honesdale
• Rasheed Wallace, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Ed Walsh, professional baseball player—Plains Township
• Joe Walton professional football coach-Beaver Falls
• Hakim Warrick, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
• Kenny Watson, professional football player—Harrisburg
• Ricky Watters, professional football player-Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Reggie Wells, professional football player—South Park
• Randy White, professional football player—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Brian Williams, professional football player—Mt. Lebanon
• Josh Wilson, professional baseball player—Mt. Lebanon
• Kris Wilson, professional football player—Harrisburg
• Coy Wire, professional football player—Camp Hill Cedar Cliff
• Tom Woodeshick, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
• John Woodruff, Olympic gold medalist in track and field—Connellsville
• Frank Wycheck, professional football player—Philadelphia
• Lee Woodall, professional football player—Carlisle