Sport: Rugby, Cricket, Boxing, Athletics
Sport in Wales usually means Rugby, it seems to overshadow some great achievments Welsh sportsmen and women have made in Boxing, Athletics, Cricket and Football. Our list of welsh sport personalities includes well known names like Alf Sherwood , Ryan Giggs , Ian Lougher and many more - including some here time has overlooked...
Terry Yorath
Football (Soccer Captain) player for Leeds United and Tottenham and Wales. He went on to captain then manage the Wales squad.
Father of sport presenter Gabby Yorath
Ian Lougher, Isle of Man TT biker from Bonvilston, Cardiff
Ian Lougher
Guts, skill and force of will, Ian has brought victory after victory home, a true Welsh sporting hero! His first motorcycle was a Demm Dove moped/shopping bike which he got when he was twelve for ten pounds, he rode it in the fields and forestry around his home in Bonvilston (near Cardiff) where he was born.
Johnny Owen, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Merthyr Tydfil)
Johnny Owen
Boxing European, British and Commonwealth Bantamweight champion 1977 - 1980.
Chris Hallam, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
Chris Hallam
Won medals for wheelchair racing and swimming in three Paralympic Games and the London Marathon twice. Often cited by Tanni Grey-Thompson as the reason she began racing.
Brian Orritt, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Caernarfon)
Brian Orritt
Professional Footballer (Soccer). Played for Birmingham.
Tommy Walley, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Caernarfon)
Tommy Walley
Football coach for Watford.
Cliff Jones, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Swansea)
Cliff Jones
Footballer (Soccer) capped fifty-eight times for Wales. Welsh wizard, played for Tottenham Hotspur in the glory days of the 1960's
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- Eddie Thomas, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Merthyr Tydfil)
- Jayne Ludlow, sportswoman with a Welsh connection!
- Micheal Owen, sportsman with a Welsh connection!