Sport
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bairstow | Born in Bradford, Yorkshire | 1951 – January 1998 | cricketer | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | Born in Fitzwilliam | 1940– | Yorkshire CCC and England Cricketer | |
| Alistair Brownlee | Born in Dewsbury | 1988 - | Olympic gold medalist, world champion in triathlon | |
| Jonathan Brownlee | Born in Leeds | 1990 - | Olympic bronze medalist, world champion in triathlon | |
| Brian Clough | Born in Middlesbrough | 1935–2004 | footballer and football manager | |
| Jessica Ennis | Born in Sheffield | 1986 – | Olympic gold medalist, world champion in heptathlon | |
| Leonard Hutton | 1916–90 | cricketer, Ashes-winning captain | ||
| Alan Hinkes | 1954– | mountaineer, first Briton to climb world's highest 14 peaks | ||
| Kevin Keegan | 1951– | footballer, 2 x European footballer of the year | ||
| Jamie Reeves | Born in Sheffield | 1962- | world champion strength athlete, World's Strongest Man of '89 | |
| Jane Tomlinson | 1964–2007 | amateur athlete and cancer charity fundraiser | ||
| Fred Trueman | 1931 – July 2006 | cricketer |
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“Americans living in Latin American countries are often more snobbish than the Latins themselves. The typical American has quite a bit of money by Latin American standards, and he rarely sees a countryman who doesn’t. An American businessman who would think nothing of being seen in a sport shirt on the streets of his home town will be shocked and offended at a suggestion that he appear in Rio de Janeiro, for instance, in anything but a coat and tie.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can’t go at dawn and not many places he can’t go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking—one sport you shouldn’t have to reserve a time and a court for.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)