* 1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.

* Andy Mitchell, Former professional baseball player

Former professional boxer Danny Sewell ( brother of television actor George Sewell ) was the original Bill Sikes, and remained in the role ( including the original Broadway & US touring productions ) for the best part of six years.

* Former professional PRCA and PBR bull rider Cody Custer was born in Kingman.

* Jeffrey Talan, Former professional footballer and Dutch international

Former professional football player Jeff Kinney is a 1968 graduate of McCook High School.

* Ricky Steamboat – Former professional wrestler

* Richard Huntley, Former professional American football running back in the National Football League

Former professional baseball player, Terry Mulholland was born and raised in the Hopwood area.

* Former professional tennis player Cliff Richey, who won 45 career singles titles, 1970 World Grand Prix Champion, two-time Davis Cup Champion, No. 1 ranked player in the United States in 1970 and the coauthor of " Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion's Toughest Match " was born in San Angelo and currently lives there.

* Maven Huffman – Former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment

Former 5 time world professional darts champion Eric Bristow lives in the town.

Eric Gerets ( 1954 ) Former professional football ( soccer ) player for Belgium, born in Rekem

* Malcolm Manley Former Scotland Schools International ; professional with Leicester City and Portsmouth

* Ken Griffey Jr., Former professional Baseball player, diagnosed with Pleurisy in April, 2007.

* Mark Patterson, Former professional Footballer.

* Julian James, Former professional footballer

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

* Dan Pastorini, Former professional Football Player and Pro Bowler, Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders

Former NVA officers are not permitted to append their NVA rank to their name as a professional title ; no such prohibition applies to rank attained in the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Nazi era.

* Tim James – Former NBA player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army on September 12, 2008

; Wildcat ( Ted Grant ): Former professional boxer and current member of the Justice Society, Ted serves as a mentor to Dinah and has helped her on several missions.

Former world # 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic | Novak Đoković is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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* John Gardner ( tennis ), Former pro Australian who participated in the 1971 U. S. Open-Men's Singles

* Gilbert Schaller, Former Austrian tennis player

Former tennis star Carling Bassett-Seguso is the daughter of John F. Bassett.

* Former Bavarian tennis champion

* Hans Olsen-Women ’ s tennis coach at North Carolina State University ; Former Men ’ s tennis player at CSU 1989-92 and Head Coach 1997-2001 ; Big South Hall of Fame and CSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Former tennis professional Jan-Michael Gambill also attended Mead High School.

Former Milan player Nils Liedholm was the manager at the time, with players such as Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcão.

Former dual premiership winning coach and Essendon triple-premiership winning player Mark Thompson later joined Hird on the coaching panel.

* David Fairleigh – Former Rugby League forward, 1994 Rothman's Medal winner, NSW & Australian representative player, North Sydney Bears " Team Of The Century " second-rower, current coach of the Central Coast Bears

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

Former Braves minor league player and sportswriter Pat Jordan said, " Aaron gave much of the credit for his own swift rise to stardom.

Former Wizard / Sporting Kansas City player Sasha Victorine provided color commentary in the beginning of 2011 but stepped down to spend more time with family.

Former Australian Test player, Bruce Yardley, who himself was an off spinner in his day, was assigned with the task of ensuring Muralitharan bowled all his deliveries with the same vigour as he would do so in match conditions when tested in 2004.

* January 25 – Gordie Dwyer Former NHL player and coach

* Former Monkee still a player

* Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team

Former Wales and British Lions rugby player John Bevan now teaches at the school.

Former Feyenoord player Mike Obiku once said " Every time you enter the pitch, you're stepping into a lion's home.

Former pitcher Josh Kinney who played for the Rascals in 2001 ( 21 innings, 18 strikeouts, 1. 71 ERA ) became the first Rascal player, and second in franchise history, to make it to the Major Leagues.

* Nate Thurmond – Player 1985 ( Former player 1975 – 1977 )

* Walt Frazier – Player 1987 ( Former player 1977 – 1980 )

* Lenny Wilkens – Player 1989 and Coach 1998 ( Former player ( 1972 – 1974 ) and coach ( 1986 – 1993 )

Former Stars goalkeeper Andy Moog was promoted to Assistant General Manager for Player Development ( he kept his job as goaltending coach ), and former player Ulf Dahlen was hired as an assistant coach.

Former captain Mark van Bommel returned to his old club from A. C. Milan and was officially presented as a PSV player on May 14.

Former World Champion Bobby Fischer, noting that " Morphy and Capablanca had enormous talent ", stated further that Morphy had the talent to beat any player of any era if " given time to study modern theory and ideas ".

* Former NBA player Xavier McDaniel once lived in this county.

* Greg Taylor – Former NFL player

* Brian Smith – Former NFL player who played defensive end for the Denver Broncos in the early 1990s.