Sports
- John Byrne (Australian rules footballer) (born 1956),played for North Melbourne in the 1970s and 80s
- John Byrne (cricketer) (born 1972), Irish cricketer
- John Byrne (footballer born 1961), played for QPR, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland, among others in the 80s and 90s
- John Byrne (footballer born 1962), Irish soccer player during the 1980s and 1990s
- John Byrne (Irish sportsman) (1934–2006), footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers
- John Byrne (Scottish footballer), played for a number of clubs in the 1960s, most notably Peterborough
- Johnny Byrne (footballer) (1939–1999), England international footballer and long-time soccer coach in South Africa
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)