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:
“The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I wish glib and indiscriminate critics of industrialists had some conception of the problems that have to be met by factory management.... General condemnation of employers is a favorite indoor sport of the uninformed intelligentsia who assume the role of lance- bearers for labor.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“Rabelais, for instance, is intolerable; one chapter is better than a volume,—it may be sport to him, but it is death to us. A mere humorist, indeed, is a most unhappy man; and his readers are most unhappy also.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)