contestant

United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)

United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)

United States baseball player (born 1925)

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)

outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952)

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)

United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)

United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999)

United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003)

United States basketball forward (born in 1950)

United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)

United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943)

United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)

baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)

United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)

high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961)

New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)

notable English cricketer (1882-1963)

United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)

Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)

English writer on card games (1672-1769)

English cricketer (1916-1990)

United States golfer (1902-1971)

Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)

Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)

Russian chess master (born in 1931)

Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)

United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)

United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)

United States baseball player (1931-1997)

United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930)

United States baseball player (born in 1931)

United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934)

United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)

United States baseball player (born in 1920)

United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956)

United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)

Australian golfer (born in 1955)

Canadian hockey player (born 1948)

United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

United States baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)

United States golfer (born in 1929)

United States basketball guard (born in 1938)

United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)

United States basketball center (born in 1934)

United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999)

United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973)

United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)

Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)

Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)

outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)

United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953)

United States golfer (born in 1939)

English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)

United States baseball player (born in 1939)

United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956)

English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)

New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)

someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

a person trained to compete in sports

a contestant who forfeits a match

one who enters a competition

a contestant that is unlikely to win

a contestant who loses the contest

a contestant that you are matched against

a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies

a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition

the contestant you hope to defeat

a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning

the contestant who wins the contest

a contestant who withdraws from competition

a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested

an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination

an athlete who does not play for pay

a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball

an athlete who plays baseball

an athlete who plays basketball

someone who plays billiards

a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins

someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games

someone who has won first place in a competition

someone who plays the game of chess

someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains

someone with a promising future

an athlete who plays cricket

someone who plays the game of darts

a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition

a personal enemy

an athlete who plays American football

a competitor thought likely to win

someone who plays the game of golf

a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge

an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics

an athlete who plays hockey

(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot

an athlete who runs the hurdles

an athlete who competes at jumping

a competitor who holds a preeminent position

an athlete who plays lacrosse

an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport

the loser in a game of old maid

someone who has won a medal

the player judged to be the most important to the sport

an athlete who participates in the Olympic games

an athlete who competes in a pentathlon

a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score

someone who shoots pool

an athlete who plays for pay

a trained athlete who competes in foot races

the competitor who finishes second

a player who makes a score in a game or contest

a competitor who has withdrawn from competition

one of the outstanding players in a tournament

one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination

(court games) the player who serves to start a point

an athlete noted for accurate aim

(sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)

an athlete who competes in the shot put

someone who skates

someone who skis

someone who rides a sled

an athlete who plays soccer

someone who engages in sports

(baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game

a member of a squad on a team

a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods

a forward on a soccer team

an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

someone who swings sports implements

an athlete who plays tennis

any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

someone who engages in a tilt or joust

an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor

an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

someone who plays the game of volleyball

a winner by a wide margin

an athlete who lifts barbells

(sports) player in wing position

one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience

someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

a dissenter from political orthodoxy

someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard

a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others

a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action