Professional cheerleaders and dancers cheer for sports such as football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, or hockey.

Professional football players include former Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler, linebacker Reggie Williams, three-time Pro Bowler Nick Lowery, quarterback Jeff Kemp, and Tennessee Titans tight end Casey Cramer.

Professional sports teams in Kansas City include the Kansas City Chiefs in football, the Kansas City Royals in baseball, and Sporting Kansas City in soccer.

* Tommy Mooney Professional football player

Professional football in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul area ( the " Twin Cities ") began with the Minneapolis Marines / Red Jackets, an NFL team that played intermittently in the 1920s – 30s.

* July 20 – Professional football ( soccer ) is legalized in Britain.

* November 26 – Karl Henry, Professional football player

* Professional football player Darrell Shropshire.

* Professional football player Sheldon Brown.

* Professional football player Bill Belk ( San Francisco 49ers ).

* Professional football player Will Brice ( St. Lois Rams, Cincinnati Bengals )

* Professional football player and coach Bruce Coslet was born in Oakdale.

* Earnest Byner, Professional football player, was born and raised here.

* Tom Crabtree, NFL Professional football player for the Green Bay Packers hometown is Carroll, Ohio.

* Haruki Nakamura, Professional football player

The Professional Football Researchers Association ( PFRA ) web site includes articles about the early years of this rivalry, as well as articles about the history of football through the 1970s.

* Grant Wistrom, Professional football player, NFL Defensive End, retired

* James Kilian, Professional football player

* Gene Heeter, Professional football player New York Jets

* Professional football players, and brothers Aaron Hunt and Reggie Hunt play in the Canadian Football League.

* Kelley Washington – Professional football player in the National Football League

* Roy Vassau, Professional football player for the Milwaukee Badgers.

Association football has gained wide popularity since the founding of the Japan Professional Football League in 1992.

Professional football game at Saitama Stadium in 2006.

* Brendan Dolan ( 1973-), Professional darts player for the PDC

* 1985 – Paul Rabil, Professional lacrosse player

At the end of each season, members of the Professional Hockey Writers ' Association vote to determine the player who was the best defenseman during the regular season.

* January 28 – Dottie Hunter, Canadian Professional baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* Professional basketball players Steve Nash ( who was an award winning player " MP3 " according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English due to being Canadian ), Ben Wallace ( who he accuses of " playa-hating "), Shaquille O ' Neal ( who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society ), Tim Duncan ( from whom tried to get a pair of free sneakers ), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade ( who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to " hang with mah man Shaquille O ' Neal "), Richard Jefferson ( whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son ), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller

* Helen Walulik ( 1929 – 2012 ), birthplace and childhood home, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.

In a PFA Fans ' Favourites survey published by the Professional Footballers ' Association in December 2007, Chris Grimshaw was listed as the all-time favourite player amongst Accrington Stanley fans.

Originally a player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ), Ichiro moved to North America in 2001 to play in MLB for the Seattle Mariners, with whom he spent 12 seasons.

Professional basketball players include three-time NBA champion Danny Ainge ' 81, 1952 NBA Rookie of the Year and 4-time NBA All-Star Mel Hutchins ' 51, three-time Olympic medalist and Hall of Famer Krešimir Ćosić ' 73, and consensus 2011 national college player of the year Jimmer Fredette ' 11, currently with the Sacramento Kings.

* Professional baseball player Danny Clyburn ( Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates ).

* Professional baseball player Pep Harris ( Cleveland Indians, Anaheim Angels ).

* Professional baseball player Jeff Twitty ( Kansas City Royals ).

* Professional baseball player Brian Williams ( Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox ).

* Jeff Mead, 1994, Professional hockey player.

* Betty Jane Fritz, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

* Bob Oliver, Professional Baseball player

* Darren Oliver, Professional Baseball player