List of Sacramento sports figures
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In addition to members of the Sacramento Kings, sports figures associated with Sacramento, California include: (listed in alphabetical order)
[edit] Baseball
- Dusty Baker - manager for the Cincinnati Reds
- Larry Bowa - New York Yankees third-base coach and former MLB shortstop
- John Bowker - right fielder for the San Francisco Giants
- Dallas Braden - pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
- Doug Davis - pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Jermaine Dye - right fielder for the Chicago White Sox
- Andy Fox - first base/infield coach for the Florida Marlins
- Toby Hall - catcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Steve Holm - catcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Joe Inglett - second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays
- J.P. Howell - pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Geoff Jenkins - outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Nick Johnson - first baseman for the Washington Nationals
- Brandon League - pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Derrek Lee - first baseman for the Chicago Cubs
- Brad Lidge - pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Mike Lincoln - pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- Jeffrey Marquez - pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Jerry Manuel - New York Mets bench coach and former Chicago White Sox manager
- Mark McLemore - pitcher for the Houston Astros
- Darren Oliver - pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Manny Parra - pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Dustin Pedroia - second baseman for the Boston Red Sox
- Matt Walbeck - Texas Rangers third-base coach and 11-year MLB outfielder
[edit] Baseball (inactive)
- Jeff Blauser - 13-year MLB shortstop with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs
- Frenchy Bordagaray - played with the Sacramento Solons
- Chris Bosio - 11-year MLB pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners
- Bob Elliott - 17-year MLB infielder and outfielder
- Bob Forsch - former MLB pitcher
- Ken Forsch - former MLB pitcher
- Stan Hack - 16-year MLB infielder
- Geoff Jenkins - 10-year MLB outfielder with the Milwaukee Brewers
- Buck Martinez - 17-year MLB catcher
- Rowland Office - 11-year MLB outfielder
- Geno Petralli - 12-year MLB catcher
- Jerry Royster - former MLB third baseman for five teams and current manager of the Las Vegas 51s of the Pacific Coast League
- Dick Ruthven - 14-year MLB pitcher
- F.P. Santangelo - seven-year MLB player and an analyst on the San Francisco Giants pregame show on Fox Sports Net
- Steve Sax - former MLB All-Star second baseman
- Bud Stewart - nine-year MLB outfielder
- Greg Vaughn - four-time MLB All-Star outfielder
- Fernando Viña - 12-year infielder for five MLB teams
[edit] Basketball
- Matt Barnes - Golden State Warriors forward who has played for five NBA teams
- Bill Cartwright - NBA center who played for three teams and won three championships
- David Cooke - one-year NBA forward with the Sacramento Kings
- James Donaldson - former NBA center
- Jim Eakins - former NBA/ABA center
- Darnell Hillman - former NBA/ABA forward
- Mel Hutchins - former NBA forward
- Joel Jones - member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team
- Kevin Johnson - former NBA guard who played for the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Jim Loscutoff - former NBA forward
- Rich Manning - former NBA forward
- Jameel Pugh - forward named the World’s Best Dunker in 2000, and the 33rd-best dunker of all time, by Slam Magazine
- Michael Stewart - former NBA center who played for five teams
- Don Verlin - men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho
[edit] Boxing
- Max Baer - former World Heavyweight boxing champion
- Peyton Boyea - boxer
- Diego Corrales - former World Lightweight and Junior Lightweight boxing champion
- Otis Griffin - boxer and winner of the reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox
- Tony Lopez - former World Super Featherweight and Lightweight boxing champion
- Juan Lazcano - light welterweight boxer
- Pete Ranzany - welterweight boxer
- Denis Yakimchuk - World Heavyweight boxing champion
[edit] Football (active - National Football League)
- Dek Bake - defensive tackle for the New York Giants
- Justin Bannan - defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
- Lance Briggs - linebacker for Chicago Bears
- Teddy Bruschi - linebacker for New England Patriots
- Jarrett Bush - defensive back for the Green Bay Packers
- James Campen - offensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers
- Erik Coleman - safety for the New York Jets
- Tyler Ecker - tight end for the Washington Redskins
- Daniel Fells - tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Mike Flanagan - center for the Houston Texans
- Malcom Floyd - wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
- Tyronne Gross - running back for the San Diego Chargers
- Spencer Havner - practice squad linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
- Adam Jennings - wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
- Greg Knapp - offensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders
- Keith Lewis - safety for the San Francisco 49ers
- Marcus McCauley - defensive back for the Minnesota Vikings
- Marvin Philip - offensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals
- J.T. O'Sullivan - quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Mike Patterson - defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Ephraim Salaam - offensive tackle for the Houston Texans
- Donte Stallworth - wide receiver for Cleveland Browns
- C.J. Wallace - safety for the Seattle Seahawks
- Seneca Wallace - quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
- Paris Warren - wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- D.J. Williams - linebacker for the Denver Broncos
[edit] Football (active - Arena Football League and Canadian Football League)
- Eddie Canonico - wide receiver/defensive back for the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League
- Marko Cavka - offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League
- Ryan Dinwiddie - quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
- Aaron Garcia - quarterback for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League
- Derrick Lewis - wide receiver for the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League
- Etu Molden - wide receiver/defensive back for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League
- Ricky Ray - quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
- Charles Roberts - running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
- Isaiah Ross - offensive lineman for the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League
- Damen Wheeler - defensive back for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League
[edit] Football (inactive)
- Robert Awalt - seven-year NFL tight end
- Jim Breech - 14-year placekicker for the Oakland Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals
- Matt Bouza - nine-year NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts
- Dan Bunz - eight-year NFL linebacker won two Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers
- Giovanni Carmazzi - quarterback, third-round draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers
- Rae Carruth - former NFL wide receiver found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder of his girlfriend
- Rick Cunningham - eight-year NFL lineman
- Don Doll - four-time NFL Pro Bowl defensive back
- Scott Galbraith - nine-year NFL tight end
- Harold Green - nine-year NFL running back
- Charles Mann - 12-year defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
- Trevor Matich - 12-year NFL lineman
- Bill Munson - 16-year NFL quarterback
- Darrin Nelson - 11-year NFL running back
- Ken O'Brien - 11-year quarterback for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles
- Chris Oldham - 12-year NFL defensive back
- Lonie Paxton - seven-year lineman for the New England Patriots
- Eason Ramson - seven-year NFL tight end
- Ricky Reynolds - 10-year NFL defensive tackle
- Ken Rose - eight-year NFL linebacker
- Adrian Ross - seven-year linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jason Sehorn - nine-year NFL defensive back for the New York Giants and St. Louis Rams
- Daimon Shelton - nine-year NFL fullback
- Onterrio Smith - former running back for Minnesota Vikings and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
- Eric Thomas - nine-year NFL defensive back
- Gerald Willhite - seven-year NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
[edit] Golf
- John Daly - PGA Tour golfer
- Natalie Gulbis - LPGA golfer
- Robert Hamilton - golfer on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour
- Jason Hartwick - golfer on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour
- Brian Henninger - PGA Tour golfer
- Vince Howell - professional long-drive competitor
- Tom Johnson - PGA Tour golfer
- Scott McCarron - PGA Tour golfer
- Kevin Sutherland - PGA Tour golfer
- Nick Watney - PGA Tour golfer
[edit] Martial Arts
- Urijah Faber - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the WEC and current WEC featherweight champion.
- Tyson Griffin - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
- James "Sandman" Irvin - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
- Scott Smith - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
- David Terrell - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
- Christian "The Hungarian Nightmare" Wellisch - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
[edit] Olympians
- Norman Foster Darrell Alvis - finished 10th in the 100 kilometer individual time trial the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Evelyn Ashford - five-time medalist in the 100-meter and 4x100 m relay and track athlete at five Olympic Games
- Mike Burton - Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- John Freeman Callahan - skiier in the 30-kilometer classicial at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell - captain of the judo team at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Malachi Davis - ran in the 400-meter and 4x100-meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the United Kingdom
- Rodney DeHaven - finished 69th in the marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jeff Float - Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- George Michael Frenn - participated in the hammer throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Eric Heiden - Olympic gold medalist speed skater
- Sheila Hudson - finished 10th in the triple jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Allen James - racewalking competitior at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics
- Tommy Kono - three-time medalist in weightlifting in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics
- Brian Lewis - gold medalist in 4x100-meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Lauren McFall - bronze medalist as part of the synchronized swimming team at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Debbie Meyer - three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Derek Miles - finished seventh in the pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Jamie Nieto - finished fourth in the high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Roger "Jack" Parker - bronze medalist as a member of the decathlon in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Vladimir Sabich - finished fifth in the slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Summer Sanders - Olympic gold medalist swimmer at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broadcaster
- Mark Spitz - Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- George Stanich - bronze medalist in the high jump in the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Michael Stember - middle distance runner finished ninth in the semifinal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Mary Whipple - silver medalist in rowing as part of the women's eight at the 2004 Summer Olympics
[edit] Soccer
- D.J. Countess - goalkeeper for the Chilean club Provincial Osorno
- Steve Cronin - goalkeeper for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer
- Kevin Goldthwaite - defender for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer
- Taylor Graham - defender for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division
- Patrick Ianni - defender for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer
- Stephanie Lopez - defender for the United States women's national soccer team
- Sasha Victorine - midfielder for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Randall Bal - member of the United States men's swim team
- Michael Bennett - professional angler
- Scott Boras - sports agent, minor league baseball player
- Abigail Burris - 2006 member of the United States women's free skating senior world team
- Kimberlee Butler - speed roller skating United States national team member in 2000 and from 2002 to 2005
- Josh Combs - FLASHCO SRL Southwest Tour Series racer
- Sally Edwards - triathlete
- Vic Grimes - professional wrestler
- Chris Hughes - FLW Outdoors fisherman
- Kevin Christopher Jones - nine-time medalist at the X-Games
- Shelby Kantar - MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour 2007 Pro Tour titlist
- Angela Lewis - AVP tour volleyball player
- Dane Lewis - 1998, 1999 and 2006 speed roller skating national team member
- Jeanette Menacho - member of the United States women's national bowling team in 2001 and 2002
- Chris Miller - former national national team member for USA Rugby
- Nathan Miller - member of the BMC pro cycling team
- Leonore Modell - at age 14 swam the English Channel in 15 hours, 30 minutes[1]
- Kris Netherton - member of the United States men's national bowling team in 2000
- Scott Pruett - racer (NASCAR, Champ Car, IMSA GT, Trans Am and Grand-Am)
- Michelle Quirk - member of the United States girls national bowling team in 2005 and 2006
- Chris Raza -FLW Outdoors fisherman
- Stacy Robards - member of the United States women's national bowling team in 1993
- Mike Sayers - member of the BMC pro cycling team
- Kort Schubert - former national national team member and blindside flanker for USA Rugby
- Louis Stanfill - national team member and blindside flanker for USA Rugby
- Chloe Sutton - member of the United States women's swim team
- Delano Thomas - member of the United States men's volleyball team
- Sam Warburg - tennis player
- Stacy Werth - member of the United States women's national bowling team in 1996, 1998 and 2003
- James Williams - member of the United States fencing team
- Josh Wood - speed roller skating national team member from 2002 to 2007
[edit] See also
- Sacramento Kings (NBA), (1985–present)
- Sacramento Capitals (WTT), (1987–present)
- Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA), (1997–present)
- Sacramento River Cats (PCL), (2000–present)
- Sacramento Knights (CISL, WISL), (1993–2001); (NPSL), (2003–present)
- Sacramento Sirens (IWFL), (2003–present)
- Sacramento Heatwave (ABA), (2006-present)
- Sacramento Gold Miners (CFL), (1993–1995)
- Sacramento Surge (WLAF), (1991–1992)
- Sacramento Solons (PCL), (1903, 1905, 1909–1914, 1918–1960, 1974–1976)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- EXPN.com - EXPN Athlete Bios
- MLB.com - Major League Baseball Bios
- MLSnet.com - Major League Soccer Bios
- NBA.com - National Baseball Association Bios
- NFL.com - National Football League Bios
- PGATour.com Professional Golf Association Bios
- UFC.com Ultimate Fighting Championship Bios