Bobby Arthur:, external Former English welterweight champion
Dean Byrne:, external Irish former professional light-welterweight boxer
Ken Buchanan: Scotland’s first undisputed world champion and arguably the country’s greatest boxer
Gerrie Coetzee:, external First African to fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, having held the WBA title from 1983 to 1984
Ron Cooper:, external Competed in the men’s lightweight division in the 1948 Olympics
Juan Meza:, external Won the world super-bantamweight title in 1984
Jim McCourt: Won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Olympics and gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games
Claude Noel:, external From Trinidad and Tobago, held the WBA world lightweight title in 1981
Thomas Profitt:, external Represented Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics
Hugh Russell: Northern Irish flyweight won bronze medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics
CANOEING
Vladimir Morozov, external: Won gold medals for the Soviet Union at three consecutive Olympics between 1964 and 1972
CRICKET
Bishan Singh Bedi: Widely considered one of the game’s finest left-arm spinners, he represented India in 67 Tests and took 266 wickets
Brian Booth: , externalPlayed 29 Test matches and captained Australia, and also represented his country at hockey at the 1956 Olympics
Clyde Butts:, external Guyanese cricketer played seven Tests for the West Indies and later became a team selector and briefly served as the chairman of West Indies Cricket Board selection panel.
Mike Crawhall: Northumberland cricketer appeared in the 1962 Minor Counties Championship
Bob Cunnell:, external Made 116 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Suffolk
Michael Dilley:, external Played for Northamptonshire from 1957 to 1963
Alan Dowding:, external Australian first-class cricketer played for Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club, and the Commonwealth XI
David Gardner:, external Made 78 appearances for Wiltshire
Norman Hill:, external Played for Nottinghamshire from 1953 to 1968 and also captained the county
Albert Lightfoot:, external Played for Northamptonshire from 1953 to 1970
Cleveland Lindo:, external Jamaican-born cricketer played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Somerset
David Lupton:, external Played in the Minor Counties Championship for Cumberland
Gerald Parsons:, external Played for Cornwall from 1966 to 1973
Robert Pomphrey:, external Played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1971 to 1985
Rob Ratcliffe:, external Played for Lancashire from 1972 to 1980
Piloo Reporter:, external Indian international cricket umpire who stood in 14 Test matches and 22 one-day internationals
Paul Reynolds:, external Englishman who umpired Ireland matches
Gwyn Richards: Made more than 200 appearances for Glamorgan
Edward Slinger:, external Played a first-class match for Marylebone Cricket Club
Joseph Solomon:, external Played 27 Test matches for the West Indies and was renowned as a brilliant fielder
Derek Stirling:, external Played in six Tests and six one-day internationals for New Zealand
David Stripp:, external Represented Sussex in first-class cricket
Heath Streak: Former Zimbabwe captain is his country’s all-time leading wicket-taker in Test and one-day cricket. He was banned in 2021 by the International Cricket Council following corruption charges
Roy Swetman:, external Surrey wicketkeeper won 11 Test caps for England
Brian Taber:, external Regarded as one of the finest wicketkeepers in Australian history
Faith Thomas:, external First Aboriginal woman to play Test cricket for Australia and the first Indigenous woman to represent the country in any sport
Henry Tilly:, external Played 56 first-class matches for Middlesex
Derek Tulk:, external Represented Hampshire in first-class cricket
John Waring:, external Played for Yorkshire and Warwickshire
Bob White:, external Played or umpired more than 1,200 matches of first-class or List A cricket between 1958 and 2001
Lawrence Williams: Key member of Glamorgan’s 1969 Championship-winning side
John Gus Williamson:, external Played for Northamptonshire in the 1959-1962 seasons
David Wilson:, external Scotland’s first national cricket coach who became president of the Scottish Cricket Union
Morison Zuill:, external First-class cricketer made seven appearances for Scotland
CYCLING
