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:
“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
“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)