- Alan Smith
Alan Christopher Smith (born October 25, 1936 in Hall Green, Birmingham, Warwickshire) is a former England Test cricketer. He made his mark as a batsman, a bowler but primarily as a wicket-keeper. He succeeded M. J. K. Smith, to whom he was unrelated, as County Captain. He once achieved the very rare feat of taking a hat-trick as bowler in a first-class match in which he had been selected as a wicket-keeper.
- Geoff Hurst
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born December 8, 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a legend of West Ham and England football, he is also a footballer enshrined in the game's history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4-2 win over Germany at Wembley.
- Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh (born: 3 July, 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and India's most successful off spin bowler. Harbhajan made his Test and One-Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially beset by investigations into the legality of his bowling action and disciplinary incidents that raised the ire of cricket authorities. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, …
- Owen Coyle
Owen Columba Coyle (born July 14, 1966 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish-born footballer who played international football for the Republic of Ireland, and a football manager. He is currently player-manager of St. Johnstone in the Scottish Football League First Division. Despite being born in Scotland he was never picked by that country, so he played for the Republic of Ireland, earning one international cap, against Holland in a friendly in Tilburg in April 1994.
- Chris Brown
Christopher Brown (born March 10, 1977 in Portland, Oregon) is an American soccer midfielder and forward who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Chris is an alum of Jesuit High School in Portland Oregon where he played soccer under the guidance of Dave Nicholas, varsity coach for the crusaders. Brown played college soccer at the University of Portland from 1995 to 1998, scoring a total of 33 goals in his four years there, …
- Matthew Hoggard
Matthew James Hoggard MBE (born 31 December 1976, Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He plays county cricket for Yorkshire and was first selected for the England cricket team in 2000, playing both Test cricket and One-day international cricket. However, in recent years he has been mainly viewed as a Test specialist by the England selectors, getting few opportunities in the shorter format.
- Darren Gough
Darren Gough (born September 18 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer and captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He has been arguably England's best pace bowler since Bob Willis. He is England's all-time highest wicket taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him England's ninth most successful wicket taker. Gough is a right arm fast medium bowler and right handed batsman.
- Bob Woolmer
Robert Andrew Woolmer was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and 6 One-day Internationals for England and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan. On 18 March 2007, Woolmer died suddenly in Jamaica, just a few hours after the Pakistan team's unexpected elimination at the hands of Ireland in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
- Ryane Clowe
Ryane Clowe (born September 30, 1982, Fermeuse, Newfoundland) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the NHL's San Jose Sharks. He was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 6th round, 175th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Clowe is on the first year of a three-year-deal signed in June 2006 worth US$1.625 million, ending in June 2008. The contract is a two-way deal for all but the final year of the contract.
- Charl Langeveldt
Charl Kenneth Langeveldt (born on December 17, 1974 in Stellenbosch, South Africa) is a South African ODI and Test cricketer. He is one of a couple of Cape Coloureds in the South African side, with the other being Herschelle Gibbs. Langeveldt is a right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. He made his Test debut in January 2005 against England at his home ground of Cape Town and took 5 for 46 in the first innings.
- Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith (born 20 March 1987 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club, most recently playing for Dundee on loan from Sunderland. He was signed by Sunderland from Leeds United in January 2006. He was one of only a handful of youth team players to remain at the club, with several of the youth team leaving. He is currently on trial at Lincoln City, having previously been on trial with Brentford F.C..
- Jerome Taylor
Jerome Everton Taylor (born 22 June, 1984 in St. Elizabeth) is a Jamaican born West Indian cricketer. He is expected to lead the fast bowling attack comprising Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup. After just one match playing for Jamaica, he was called into the West Indian series for the final match against Sri Lanka in 2003. Taylor had been named the most promising fast bowler of the Carib Beer series of 2003, …
- John Daly
John "Bunny" Daly was a former Australian rules footballer prominent in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during it's developmental years between 1887 and 1903. Daly played his first match for Norwood as a 17 year old in 1887, in a holiday exhibition match against Port Adelaide. In front of 15,000 spectators the debutant displayed an exciting running, dodging type of game for which he would become famous.
- Just Fontaine
Just Fontaine is a former French football player. He holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament, with thirteen in 1958. He has also scored the third most goals of any player in the world cup finals overall, beaten only by: Gerd Müller who scored fourteen goals (in two World Cup tournaments) and Ronaldo who scored fifteen goals (in four World Cup tournaments, though he only played in three).
- Chris Tremlett
Christopher Timothy Tremlett (born 2 September 1981 in Southampton, Hampshire) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He is 6 ft 7 in (2.05 m) tall. Tremlett took a wicket with his first ball in first-class cricket against New Zealand A in 2000, dismissing Mark Richardson. He went to India with the Under-19s in 2000/01, and was one of the first cricketers to attend the ECB Academy the following year.
- Gary McSheffrey
Gary McSheffrey, is an English football player, currently playing for Birmingham City in the English Premiership. McSheffrey started his career for his home town club Coventry City, where he won England U-21s honours. During his time at Coventry he spent loan spells at Luton Town and Stockport County. He plays either on the left of midfield or as a striker.
- Alok Kapali
Alok Kapali (born January 1, 1984 in Sylhet) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up (walk up) similar to that of Shane Warne. Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka at Colombo. He took 2 wickets, Michael Vandort and Upul Chandana as well as making 39 and 23 with the bat. In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included a hat-trick against Pakistan in 2003.
- Peter Parker
Peter Douglas Parker, (born 20 July 1959 in Herston, Queensland), is an Australian Test cricket match umpire. He umpired six Test matches between 1993 and 2000. His first match was between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane on 3 December to 7 December 1993, won by Australia by an innings and 96 runs, with Allan Border and Steve Waugh scoring centuries, and Shane Warne and Craig McDermott taking 8 and 6 wickets respectively. Parker’s partner was Steve Randell.
- James Franklin
James Edward Charles Franklin (born November 7, 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler who can swing the ball and also a capable left handed lower order batsman. He is one of only two New Zealanders to ever take a hat-trick in Test cricket (the other being Peter Petherick). He achieved the feat on 20 October 2004 against Bangladesh.
- Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart (born 7 October, 1964 in Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who played for the full England side. Stewart started his career as an apprentice with Blackpool, turning professional in October 1981. He made his debut for the Seasiders as a substitute for Dave Bamber in a home draw with Rochdale on February 10 1982. For the remainder of the season, he alternated between midfield and forward.
- Bert Patenaude
Bertrand "Bert" A. Patenaude (November 4 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts - November 4 1974, Fall River, Massachusetts) was an American football player. Although earlier disputed, he is now officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. He is a member of the United States Soccer Hall of Fame. Patenaude's historic day came on July 17 1930, as the United States played Paraguay in the inaugural World Cup. Bert scored in the 10th minute.
- Andrew Surman
Andrew Surman (born August 20 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African born footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for English side Southampton. Surman was born in South Africa, where his British parents had moved whilst his father worked for an insurance company. His parents returned to Southampton in 1995, and he joined tyro-league club Hedge End Rangers, where he was spotted by Southampton scouts and invited to join the Saints academy.
- Jake Robinson
Jake Robinson (born October 23, 1986 in Brighton) is an English footballer who plays professional football as a striker or winger for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. A product of Albion's youth system, Jake made his debut in September 2003 against Middlesbrough and became the club's youngest ever scorer (16) three weeks later in a cup match against Forest Green Rovers.
- Jimmy Smith
James "Jimmy" Smith (born 24 September, 1911 in Airdrie) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for East Stirlingshire and Rangers. During his time at Rangers he scored 249 goals in 259 games. Smith moved from East Stirlingshire to Rangers in 1928 and made his debut against Hamilton Academical in March 1929. He only featured twice in his first season at Ibrox and only played once the following season, and scored in a 3-1 win against Dundee.
- Andreas Johansson
Andreas Johansson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for AaB Aalborg as a midfielder. His career began at Melleruds IF, where played for 3 seasons. During this time he played 38 times, scoring 11 goals. It was scoring 10 of these in the final season that prompted Degerfors IF to sign him for the beginning of the 1996 season. Again, he spent 3 years at the club, regularly securing a place in the team and a modest supply goals.
- Stan Mortensen
Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as "The Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup Final at the original Wembley Stadium.
- Naohiro Takahara
is a Japanese footballer. Born in Mishima, Shizuoka, he is a striker and currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina and Hamburger SV in Germany. He played for Japan in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney but missed the 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by his home country and South Korea, because of injury.
- Damien Fleming
Damien William Fleming (born April 24, 1970, Bentley, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001. He has been recognised as one of Australia's premier pace bowlers, an expert in the art of swing bowling. Fleming's 20 Tests between 1994-95 and 2000-01 returned 75 wickets at an average of 25.89 with best figures of 5/30.
- Jarryd Hayne
Jarryd Hayne (born February 15, 1988) is a rugby league player currently playing for the Parramatta Eels, in the National Rugby League. Before the start of the 2006 NRL season, Hayne was virtually unknown, but by the end of the season, he was the talk of the league as Eels winger stormed home with the "2006 NRL Rookie of the Year Award." Hayne started off the year in the lower grades, but after the Eels poor start to the 2006 NRL season, …
- Leon Knight
Leon Knight (born 16 September 1982 in Hackney, London) is a English dwarf currently playing for League Two "side" Milton Keynes Dons. He joined the club from Swansea City in January 2007, just one year after joining the Welsh club from Brighton & Hove Albion. Knight began his career as a rentboy at Chelsea, spending loan periods at Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton & Hove Albion before joining Brighton on a permanent contract in 2003.
- Julie Fleeting
Julie Fleeting (married name Stewart) (b. December 18, 1980, Kilwinning) is a Scottish international football (soccer) striker currently playing for Arsenal Ladies in the [[Women's Scottish Premier League]. She wears number 10. Fleeting has more goals (92) than caps (85) as of May 2, 2006. Fleeting scored a hat-trick for Arsenal in their 2005 FA Cup Final win over Charlton Athletic Ladies only one day after suffering a shin injury playing for Scotland.
- Kenny Deuchar
Kenny Deuchar (born 8 June 1980) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Gretna. In 2005, he equalled Jimmy Greaves' British record of six league hat-tricks in a season. Deuchar was born in Stirling and began his footballing career at Falkirk, but after suffering a string of injuries, including two broken legs, he left to join East Fife.
- Jermaine Lawson
Jermaine Jay Charles Lawson (born January 13, 1982, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer who has played in 13 Tests and 13 ODIs. Lawson is a fast bowler capable of bowling over 150 km/h. He played at a remarkable level early in his Test career. His accomplishments in his first few matches include the extraordinary figures of 6/3 against Bangladesh in his third Test, a hat-trick against Australia in 2003/04, claiming the wickets of Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill and Justin Langer, …
- Alex Scott
Alexander "Alex" Silcock Scott was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger. Born in Falkirk, Scott started his career at Rangers, whom he joined aged 16 in 1954 from Bo'ness United. He scored a hat-trick in his debut against Falkirk at Ibrox while just 19 years old. In nine years with the club he scored 108 goals in 331 matches and won four Scottish Football League First Division titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups.
- Nuwan Zoysa
Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa (born May 13, 1978 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-arm seam bowler. In only his eighth Test, Zoysa became one of the few players in history to take a hat-trick off his first over of the match. He achieved this against Zimbabwe at Harare in November 1999. In his first three balls of the Test match he took the wickets of Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson.
- Sue Smith
Sue Smith (born November 24 1979) is a footballer, currently playing for Leeds United Ladies. Sue played for Tranmere Rovers since she was a teenager, but after years of fielding several offers from top clubs around the country, she signed on for Leeds United in the summer of 2002. Sue has played for England from an early age and one of her brightest England moments was scoring a hat-trick of tremendous goals in a home friendly against Spain in February 2001.
- Fritz Walter
Fritz Walter (October 31, 1920 - June 17, 2002) was one of the most popular German football players. In his time with the German and West German national team, he earned 61 caps and scored 33 goals. As the son of a "Vereinswirt" (clubs innkeeper) of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Walter began his football career early. At age 8, he joined the Kaiserslautern youth academy, and he made his first team debut at just 17, where he would faithfully remain throughout his career.
- David White
David White (born October 30, 1967 in Manchester) is a former English footballer, best remembered for his eight-year spell at Manchester City. He also played for Leeds and Sheffield United, and was capped once by England. David White began his career at Manchester City, where he was a member of City's "golden generation" that won the FA Youth Cup in 1986 and was expected to bring back the glory days to Maine Road. White made his debut for City's first-team the same year, …
- Martin Devaney
Martin Devaney (born June 11980) is a footballer currently playing for Barnsley F.C.. Born of Irish parents, Martin has played for the Republic of Ireland under-16s. He had been on Coventry City's books as a youngster, but had been released from the then Premiership club, and after playing pre-season for hometown club Cheltenham Town the then manager Steve Cotterill offered him a contract. His initial efforts as a striker for the Robins were fairly underwhelming, …
- Bob Latchford
Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford is a football player who played for Birmingham City, Everton, Swansea and England. Latchford was the complete centre-forward: good in the air and on the ground. Despite his size - 6 feet (1,83m) tall - he was very fast over short distances, making him a great 'poacher' of goals and he also scored with some great diving headers. He was transferred from Birmingham City to Everton for £350,000, …