List of Irish American sportspeople
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This is a list of famous Irish American sportspeople
[edit] Sportspeople
- Muhammad Ali - boxer [2] "Researchers at the County Clare Heritage Centre in the south west of Ireland have unearthed documentation to show one of Ali's great grandfathers came from the county town of Ennis."
- Rick Barry - basketball player [3]
- Brent Barry - basketball player, son of Rick Barry
- James J. Braddock - boxer [4] "James J. Braddock was born on June 7th, 1905, to Irish immigrant parents Joseph Braddock and Elizabeth O'Toole..."
- Tom Brady - football player [5] "TB: I have to be cued up on this. [laughter] My Irish heritage - can you come back tomorrow for a better answer for this? [laughter] Well, my father is all Irish and I'm half Irish. I've seen the family tree. I actually did a big family tree when I was younger. I don't know. You stumped me, sorry, I wish I had a better answer."
- Patrick Burke - first Irish-born basketball player to play in the NBA [6]
- Charles Comiskey - baseball player, White Sox owner [7] "Other legendary Irish politicians include “Honest John” Comiskey (father of White Sox owner Charles Comiskey)...
- James Connolly - In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic champion.
- Jimmy Connors - tennis player [8]
- Gerry Cooney - boxer[1]
- James J. Corbett - boxer [9] "One of ten children born to Irish immigrants in San Francisco, James J. Corbett continually aspired to a better life and increased social status..."
- Edward James Delahanty - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903.
- Jack Dempsey - boxer [10] "The restaurant serves as a tribute to Irish-American boxer Jack Dempsey..."
- Matt Doherty - basketball coach [11]
- Art Donovan - football player
- Billy Donovan, basketball coach
- Paddy Driscoll, football player
- John Duddy (boxer)
- Hugh Duffy, baseball player
- Mike Dunleavy, Sr., basketball player, coach
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, football player
- Ray Flaherty, football coach
- Mike Flanagan (American football)
- Peggy Fleming, figure skater
- Mike Flynn, football player
- Jeff Garcia, football player, half Mexican and half Irish
- Pat Garrity, basketball player
- Steve Garvey, baseball player
- Frank Gifford, football player
- Dorothy Hamill, figure skater
- Joey Harrington, football player
- Ed Healey, football player
- Ben Hogan, golfer
- Matt Hughes, mixed martial arts
- Derek Jeter, baseball player, half Irish - German and half African
- Bobby Jones (golfer)
- Jim Kelly, football player
- Johnny Kerr, basketball player
- Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater
- Frank Leahy, football coach
- Ed Macauley, basketball player
- Matt Maloney, basketball player
- Ed McCaffrey, football player
- Mike McCormack, football player
- John McDermott, golfer
- Robert McDermott, basketball player
- John McEnroe, tennis player
- Dylan McFarland, football player
- Al McGuire, basketball player
- Dick McGuire, basketball player
- Mark McGwire, baseball player
- Kevin McHale, basketball player, half Irish and half Croatian
- Sean McHugh, football player
- Jim McMahon, football player
- Mike McMahon (football)
- Pete McMahon, football player
- Shane McMahon,wrestler
- Stephanie McMahon,wrestler
- Vince McMahon,wrestler
- Peter McNeeley, boxer
- Casey Merrill, football player, running back
- Bode Miller, skier
- Ian Moran, ice hockey player
- Tommy Morrison, boxer
- Joe Mullen, ice hockey player
- Chris Mullin, basketball player
- Stretch Murphy, basketball player
- Bill Murphy, baseball player
- Bob Murphy, boxer
- Troy Murphy, basketball player
- Owen Nolan, ice hockeyplayer
- Dan O'Brien [12] "Dan O'Brien was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1966. His father was an African-American, and his mother was half Finnish, but he was adopted by an Irish-American couple from Klamath Falls, Oregon, at age two."
- Neil O'Donnell, football player
- Matt O'Dwyer, football player
- Sean O'Grady, boxer
- Shaun O'Hara, football palyer
- Troy O'Leary, baseball player
- Keith O'Neil, football player
- Paul O'Neill, baseball player
- Dennis O'Sullivan, football player
- J.T. O'Sullivan, football player
- Danica Patrick, auto racer
- Jerry Quarry, boxer [13] "the battler known as Irish Jerry Quarry"
- Mike Quarry, boxer, Jerry's brother
- Jonathon Quinn, football player
- Pat Riley, basketball coach
- Art Rooney, one of the NFL creators
- Nolan Ryan, baseball player
- Ken Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick) mixed martial arts fighter
- Tom Sharkey, boxer
- Patty Sheehan, golfer
- Sam Snead, golfer
- James E. Sullivan, early founder of Olympic Games, founder Amateur Athletic Union, namesake of annual Amateur Athletics prize
- John L. Sullivan, boxer
- Pat Sullivan, football player
- Don Sutton, baseball player
- Gene Tunney, boxer
- Bill Walsh (football coach)
- Micky Ward, boxer
- David Wright, baseball player
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
David Wright, baseball player
