Sports
- John Abadie – baseball player
- Cal Abrams – baseball player
- Chris Albright - Major League Soccer defender for the Philadelphia Union
- Doug Allison – first baseball player ever to use a glove
- Eddie Alvarez – mixed martial artist, Bellator lightweight champion
- Rubén Amaro, Jr. – former player and current general manager, Philadelphia Phillies
- Paul Arizin – early NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors
- Bert Bell – founder of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, commissioner of the National Football League
- Mohini Bhardwaj – Olympic gymnast
- Tyrell Biggs – boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Audrey Bleiler – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Charles Brewer – boxer, former super middleweight champion
- Derek Bryant, American heavyweight boxer
- Kobe Bryant – professional basketball player, 5-time NBA Finals champion
- Roy Campanella – professional baseball player, 3-time National League Most Valuable Player 06
- Don Cohan – 1972 Olympic bronze medalist in sailing
- Bobby Convey – professional soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes and the United States Men's National Soccer Team
- Tyrone Crawley – boxer
- Fran Crippen - professional swimmer
- Maddy Crippen - swimmer, 2000 Olympics
- Steve Cunningham – boxer, current IBF cruiserweight champion
- Buster Drayton – boxer, former light middleweight (super welterweight) champion
- Jon Drummond – track and field athlete, 1996 and 2000 Olympic medalist
- Dave Dunaway – NFL football player
- Angelo Dundee – boxing trainer
- Fred Dunlap – professional baseball player
- John Edelman - professional baseball player
- Jahri Evans – NFL football player
- Francine Fournier – professional wrestling valet with Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Joe Frazier – boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, former heavyweight champion
- Marvis Frazier – boxer, son of Joe Frazier
- Harry Fritz – baseball player
- Jim "Sandman" Fullington – professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE
- Mark Gerban – First World Championship Rower for Palestine
- Kerry Getz – Professional skateboarder
- Eddie George- NFL football player, 1995 Heisman Trophy winner
- Tom Gola – NBA basketball player, former La Salle University men's basketball head coach, 1983 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- Randy Grossman – NFL football player
- Mark Gubicza - professional baseball player
- Matt Guokas – NBA basketball player and coach
- Brendan Hansen – Olympic Swimmer
- Eric Harding – boxer
- Marvin Harrison – NFL football player
- Kirk Hershey - NFL football player
- Bernard Hopkins – boxer, former middleweight champion
- Demetrius Hopkins – boxer, nephew of Bernard Hopkins
- John B. Kelly, Sr. – triple Olympic gold medal winning rower, father of Princess Grace of Monaco
- John B. Kelly, Jr. – champion rower, brother of Princess Grace of Monaco
- Matt Kilroy – professional baseball player
- Sam Kimber – professional baseball player
- Bart King – cricket bowler
- Sonny Liston – boxer, former heavyweight champion
- Tommy Loughran – boxer, former light heavyweight champion
- John Macionis – Olympic swimmer, silver medalist, 1936
- John McDermott, professional golfer
- Benny McLaughlin – professional soccer player, member of United States Soccer Hall of Fame.
- Levi Meyerle, professional baseball player
- Nate Miller – boxer, former cruiserweight champion
- Willie Mosconi – American professional pool (pocket billiards) player
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (a.k.a. Matthew Franklin) – boxer, former light heavyweight champion
- Browning Nagle - NFL football player
- Jim O'Brien – NBA basketball coach
- Vince Papale – NFL football player, inspiration for the motion picture Invincible
- Mike Powell – track and field athlete, 1988 and 1992 Olympic silver medalist, current holder of the long jump world record
- Zahir Raheem – boxer, 1996 Olympian
- Jack Ramsay – former head basketball coach, Saint Joseph's College men's basketball team, former NBA coach and general manager
- Merrill Reese – Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcaster
- David Reid – boxer, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, light middleweight division
- Stevie Richards – professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE.
- Ivan Robinson – boxer
- Allen Rosenberg - rower and rowing coach
- Kirk Shelmerdine – NASCAR driver, crew chief
- Steve Slaton – NFL football player
- Harry Stovey – professional baseball player
- Eric Tangradi – Professional hockey player
- Meldrick Taylor – boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, former welterweight and junior welterweight champion
- Aaron Torres – boxer, contestant on The Contender 2
- Najai Turpin – boxer, contestant on The Contender
- John Waerig – NFL football player
- Steve Wagner – Olympic field hockey player
- Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts – boxer
- Ike Williams – boxer, former lightweight champion
- Erik Williams – football player, defensive tackle for Dallas Cowboys
- Stevie Williams – Pro Skateboarder for D.G.K.
- Ned Williamson – professional baseball player
- George Winslow – NFL football player
- Jimmy Young – boxer
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behaviour, attire, grace, learning and all their words aimeth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)