List of People From Kent - Sportsmen

Sportsmen

• Edward Stead (1701–1735) – cricketer for Dartford
• John Bell (Kent cricketer) (1718–1774) – cricketer for Kent and England
• George Louch (1746–1811) – cricketer
• Robert Clifford (1752–1811) – cricketer for Kent
• Fuller Pilch (1804–1870) – cricketer for Kent and Norfolk
• Henry Tracey Coxwell (1819–1900) – balloonist
• H T Waghorn (1842–1930) – cricket statistician and historian
• Spencer Gore (sportsman) (1850–1906) – first Wimbledon tennis champion
• Cuthbert Ottaway (1850–1878) – England football captain
• Frank Marchant (1864–1946) – cricketer for Kent
• Fred Waghorne (1866–1956) – ice hockey referee in Canada
• David Frank Ballard (born 1931) - cricketer for Kent
• Douglas Carr (1872–1950) – cricketer for Kent and England
• Syd King (1873–1932) – footballer and manager of West Ham United
• Archie Cross (1881–unknown) – footballer for Woolwich Arsenal
• Edward Walter Solly (1882–1966) – cricketer for Worcestershire
• Walter Tull (1888–1918) – UK's second black professional footballer & first black infantry officer
• John Stanton Fleming Morrison (1892–1961) – golf course architect
• Louis Zborowski (1895–1924) – racing driver
• Wally Hammond (1903–1965) – cricketer for Gloucestershire and England
• Dick Edmed (1904–1983) – footballer for Liverpool
• Les Ames (1905–1990) – cricketer for Kent and England
• Alec Rose (1908–1991) – sailed single-handed around the world
• Hopper Levett (1908–1995) – cricketer for England
• Sam King (1911–2003) – golfer
• Peta Taylor (1914–1989) – cricketer for the England women's team
• Arthur Fagg (1915–1977) – cricketer for Kent and England
• William Murray-Wood (1917–1968) – cricketer for Kent
• Jack Conley (footballer) (1920–1991) – footballer for Torquay United
• Ted Ditchburn (1921–2005) – footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and England
• Malcolm Allison (born 1927) – footballer for West Ham United and football manager
• Brian Moore (commentator) (1932–2001) – TV sports commentator
• George Wright (footballer) (1936–2000) – footballer for West Ham United
• Brian Luckhurst (1939–2005) – cricketer for Kent and England
• Barry Davies (born 1940) – TV sports commentator
• Bill Ivy (1942–1969) – motorcycle racer
• Brian Rose (cricketer) (born 1950) – cricketer for Somerset and England
• Paul Gilchrist (born 1952) – footballer for Southampton, Portsmouth and Swindon Town
• Kevin Jarvis (cricketer) (born 1953) – cricketer for Kent and Gloucestershire
• Tony Godden (born 1955) – footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea and Birmingham City
• Dave Carr (1957–2005) – footballer for Luton Town and Torquay United
• David Gower (born 1957) – England cricket captain and TV presenter
• Bob Bolder (born 1958) – footballer for Charlton Athletic, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday
• Graham Dilley (born 1959) – cricketer for Kent and England
• Richard Ellison (born 1959) – cricketer for Kent and England
• Barry Knight (referee) (born 1960) – football referee
• Steve Bennett (referee) (born 1961) – football referee
• Gary Brazil (born 1962) – footballer for Fulham, Preston North End and Sheffield United
• Jamie Spence (born 1963) – golfer
• Andy Townsend (born 1963) – TV presenter, and footballer for Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland
• David Bowman (footballer born 1964) (born 1964) – footballer for Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United and Scotland
• Geoff Parsons (born 1964) – Commonwealth Games silver medal winning high jumper
• Tim Berrett (born 1965) – Canadian Olympic race walker
• Andy Hessenthaler (born 1965) – footballer and manager of Gillingham
• Mark Ealham (born 1969) – cricketer for Nottinghamshire and England
• Nigel Llong (born 1969) – cricketer for Kent
• Kelly Holmes (born 1970) – 800 metres and 1500 metres Olympic gold medalist
• Mark Hammett (born 1972) – rugby union footballer for New Zealand
• Rob Short (born 1972) – field hockey player for Canada
• Jamie Staff (born 1973) – Commonwealth Games medal winning cyclist
• Gary Breen (born 1973) – footballer for Coventry City, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland
• Neil Shipperley (born 1974) – footballer for Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Wimbledon
• Takaloo (born 1975) – Iranian boxer
• Matthew Rose (footballer) (born 1975) – footballer for Arsenal, QPR and Yeovil Town
• Kevin Hunt (born 1975) – footballer for Gillingham, Hong Kong Rangers and Bohemian FC
• Ed Smith (cricketer) (born 1977) – writer, and cricketer for Kent and England
• Georgina Harland (born 1978) – 2004 Olympic bronze medallist in the Modern pentathlon
• Peter Hawkins (footballer) (born 1978) – footballer for Wimbledon, York City and Rushden & Diamonds
• Jon Harley (born 1979) – footballer for Sheffield United, Fulham and Chelsea
• David Flatman (born 1980) – rugby union footballer for Bath and England
• Michael Yardy (born 1980) – cricketer for Sussex
• Sarah Ayton (born 1980) – Olympic gold medal winning sailor
• Gary Mills (footballer born 1981) (born 1981) – footballer for Rushden & Diamonds
• Danny Spiller (born 1981) – footballer for Gillingham
• Richard Rose (footballer) (born 1982) – footballer for Gillingham and Hereford United
• James Tredwell (born 1982) – cricketer for Kent and England Under–19s
• Matt Corker (born 1982) – rugby union footballer for the London Wasps
• Rhys Lloyd (born 1982) – American footballer for Frankfurt Galaxy
• Lisa Dobriskey (born 1983) – Commonwealth Games 1500 metres gold medallist
• Billy Jones (footballer born 1983) (born 1983) – footballer for Leyton Orient and Kidderminster
• Barry Fuller (born 1984) – footballer for Barnet and Stevenage
• Adam Birchall (born 1984) – footballer for Mansfield Town, Barnet and Wales Under–21s
• Andrew Crofts (footballer) (born 1984) – footballer for Gillingham
• Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) (born 1985) – footballer for Crystal Palace
• Tom Varndell (born 1985) – rugby union footballer for Leicester Tigers and England
• Joe Denly (born 1986) – cricketer for Kent and England Under–19s
• Sammy Moore (born 1987) – footballer for Ipswich Town
• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born 1991) – Formula BMW racing driver
• Zack Sabre Jr (born 1987) - British professional wrestler