Old Harrovians - Sports

Sports

  • C. W. Alcock, creator of the FA Cup
  • Richard Attwood, F1 racing driving
  • Edward Baily
  • John Barham, Athlete
  • Morton Betts, 19th Century sportsman
  • Guy Butler (athlete), Olympic gold medalist
  • Major Allan Cameron (soldier), Founder of the International Curling Federation
  • Nick Compton, Cricketer
  • Michael Doughty (English footballer)
  • Tom French, rugby footballer of London Wasps
  • Spencer Gore, tennis player, first Wimbledon champion
  • Douglas Robert Hadow, died on Matterhorn first ascent
  • Patrick Francis Hadow, tennis player, Wimbledon champion
  • Edward Harrison, cricketer and squash doubles champion
  • Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet, Racquets World Champion 1862
  • Arthur Haygarth, cricketer
  • Damian Hopley, Chief Executive of Professional Rugby Players' Association
  • A. N. Hornby, Only one of two men to have captained England at cricket and rugby
  • David Ireland, equestrian and horse breeding expert
  • Charles Leaf, Olympic gold medallist
  • Douglas Lowe, Olympic gold medallist
  • Alastair McCorquodale, Olympic silver medallist
  • Archie MacLaren, cricketer
  • John McCririck, racing commentator
  • Sir Rupert Mackeson, racing author
  • Charles Morice (footballer), played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland.
  • Tony Nash (bobsleigh), Olympic gold medallist
  • Sam Northeast, cricketer
  • Walter Paton (1853–1937), English barrister who played for Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final
  • Gareth Rees (rugby player), Canadian fly-half
  • Sir Lancelot Royle KBE, Olympian & businessman, Governor of Harrow School
  • Fraser Waters, member of the London Wasps rugby union team
  • Reginald de Courtenay Welch, England international footballer
  • Dorian Williams, Equestian broadcaster
  • Julian Wilson, racing commentator
  • George Whatford, cricketer and British and Indian Army officer
  • Major Hugh Wyld, cricketer and British Army officer

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