List of People From The Bronx - Sports

Sports

  • Nate Archibald (born 1948) – former NBA player
  • Elías Larry Ayuso (born 1977) – Puerto Rican basketball player
  • Margaret Bailes (born 1951) – Olympic gold medalist
  • Iran Barkley (born 1960) – boxer
  • Bobby Bonilla – former MLB player
  • Willie Cager, Nevil Shed – stars on 1966 Texas Western University NCAA basketball championship team
  • Rod Carew (born 1945) – Baseball Hall of Famer signed by the Minnesota Twins in the Bronx
  • Cus D'Amato (1908–1985) – boxing manager
  • Aaron Davis (born 1967) – boxer
  • Bizunesh Deba (born 1987) – marathoner
  • Art Donovan (born 1925) – former NFL football tackle
  • Mike "SuperJew" Epstein (born 1943) – MLB first baseman
  • Chris Eubank (born 1966) – boxer
  • Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees first baseman
  • Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – athlete and sports announcer
  • Mitch Green (born 1957) – boxer
  • Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Baseball Hall of Famer
  • Nat Holman – Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
  • Cullen Jones (born 1984) – swimmer
  • Max Kellerman (born 1973) – sports-radio host
  • Ed Kranepool (born 1944) – Former MLB player- NY Mets
  • Marie Kruckel (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Jake LaMotta (born 1921) – boxer
  • Fred Lewis (born 1947) – American-handball player
  • Anibal Lopez, (born 1942) – bodybuilder
  • Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (born 1952) – boxing trainer
  • Doug Marrone (born 1964) – head coach – Syracuse University football team
  • Nat Militzok (1923–2009) – basketball player
  • Marvin Miller (1917-2012) – founder, Major League Baseball Players Association
  • Davey Moore (1959–1988) – WBA world middleweight champion boxer
  • Juan Orozco (born 1993) champion gymnast, 2012 Olympian
  • Justin Pierce (1975–2000) – skateboarder
  • Alex Ramos (born 1961) – boxer
  • Randy Ruiz (born 1977) – baseball player Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter
  • Dolph Schayes (born 1928) – Hall of Fame NBA basketball player and coach
  • Vin Scully (born 1927) – sportscaster
  • Amanda Serrano (born 1988) – IBF Female World Super Featherweight champion boxer
  • Hilton White (1933–1990) – basketball coach and community leader
  • Kemba Walker (born 1990) – basketball player; Charlotte Bobcats point guard

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Famous quotes containing the word sports:

    “Come, my Celia, let us prove
    While we may the sports of love;
    Time will not be ours forever,
    He at length our good will sever.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
    —Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)

    “The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
    —Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)