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A host of figures from the world of sport passed away in 2022.
Here, we remember some of those sporting names.
AMERICAN SPORTS
Jeremy Giambi: Former Oakland Athletics baseball player depicted in the hit 2011 film 'Moneyball'
Lusia Harris: 'Queen of Basketball' and the only woman officially drafted by the NBA
Dwayne Haskins: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
John Madden: Legendary American football coach and commentator
Don Maynard: American football Hall of Fame wide receiver
Bill Russell: American basketball great
Bruce Sutter: Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Jim Sweeney: NFL player and coach
NBA All-Star Bill Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all timeATHLETICS
Max Boyes: Represented GB in the 400m hurdles at the 1960 Olympics
Robbie Brightwell: One half of Britain's 'golden couple' at the 1964 Olympics, where he won 400m relay silver
Eric Hall: Race walker competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics for Britain
Shavez Hart: Sprinter competed at 2016 Olympics for Bahamas
Brian Hewson: European 1500m champion in 1958 and one of the first men to run a sub-four minute mile
Ron Jones: Two-time Olympian and former sprint relay world record-holder
Wilson Kiprugut: Kenya's first Olympic medallist
Deon Lendore: Trinidad and Tobago Olympic relay medallist
John Landy: Legendary Australian athlete renowned for his rivalry with Britain's Roger Bannister in the 1950s
Les Piggot: Scottish sprinter competed in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games
John Parlett: Won 1950 European 800m title and competed for GB at the 1948 London Olympics
Jack Parker: Represented Britain in 110m hurdles at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics
Jim Redmond: Famously helped his injured son Derek cross the line at the 1992 Olympics
Viktor Saneyev: Three-time Olympic triple jump champion for the Soviet Union
Mary Tagg: Competed for GB in the 400m at the 1968 Olympics
John Webb: Represented GB in the 20km walk at the 1968 Olympics
BASKETBALL
Betty Codona: Founded the UK's first women's basketball club
Earnie Shavers (left) fighting Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1977BOXING
Mills Lane: Referee officiated the infamous Tyson-Holyfield title fight
John McNally: Bantamweight became Ireland's first Olympic boxing medallist after winning silver in Helsinki in 1952
Bobby Neill: Scottish boxer was a British featherweight champion
Dominic Oscar: Amateur boxing champion
Mark Potter: Fought for the British heavyweight title against Danny Williams in 2000
Ronnie Rush: Welsh former featherweight trained three world champions
Earnie Shavers: Fought heavyweight title fights against Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes
Cam Shaw: Won ABA elite 60kg title in 2018
Billy Taylor: Boxer represented GB at 1972 Olympics
Ali Tazeem: Amateur boxing champion
CANOEING
Heather Goodman: Competed for GB in the first-ever Olympic canoe slalom at the 1972 Games in Munich
The cricket world lost Australian greats Shane Warne (centre) and Andrew Symonds (right) within the space of two monthsCRICKET
Aftab Baloch: Former Pakistan batter
Travis Basevi: Australian web developer and cricket data analyst and statistician
David Carpenter: Former Gloucestershire cricketer
Ian Cockbain: Played 46 first-class and 28 one-day games for Lancashire between 1979 and 1983.
Mike Cowan: Bowler played for Yorkshire played between 1953 and 1962
Billy Davies: Played for Glamorgan between 1954 and 1960
David English: Created annual Bunbury Festival, bringing together the country's best young players, many of whom have gone on to become stars of the game
Sheila Hill: Pioneering cricketer and umpire
Podge Hughes: Former Ireland bowler
David Holford: West Indies all-rounder played in 24 Test matches between 1966 and 1977
Mosharraf Hossain: Former Bangladesh spinner
Rudi Koertzen: South African umpired 108 Test matches between 1992 and 2010
Roy Lewis: Played 38 first-class and 14 one-day games for Surrey between 1968 and 1973
Jeremy Lloyds: Former all-rounder and international umpire
Robin Marlar: Sussex cricketer and chairman was also President of the MCC and a cricket journalist
Rod Marsh: Wicketkeeper played 96 Tests for Australia between 1970 and 1984
Easton McMorris: West Indies cricketer played in 13 Tests from 1958 to 1966
Hamish More: Played 45 times for Scotland between 1966 and 1980
Don Neely: New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and player
Jim Parks: Former England and Sussex wicketkeeper
Sonny Ramadhin: Spin bowler helped West Indies to their first Test series win in England in 1950
Asad Rauf: Former ICC elite panel umpire
John Rutherford: Australian who played one Test match in 1956
Andrew Symonds: All-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009
Barry Sinclair: Former New Zealand captain
Luke Swann: Coach at Northamptonshire
Alan Thomson: Australian fast bowler, famed for his unusual action, took the first wicket in ODI history
Shane Warne: Australian leg-spinner took 708 Test wickets across a 15-year career
Colin 'Tich' Wesley: Former South Africa batter
Cyclist Brian Robinson (left) was the first Briton to win a stage in the Tour de FranceCYCLING
Ercole Baldini: Italian was a former Olympic and world road race champion
Walter Beneteau: Former French cyclist completed every Tour de France he rode in
Mike Burrows: Designed what became the Lotus Type 108 bike, ridden by Chris Boardman at the 1992 Olympic Games
Suleiman Kangangi: Represented Kenya at the Commonwealth Games
Gerben Karstens: Dutch road cyclist was an Olympic gold medallist and multiple stage winner in the Grand Tours
Colin Lewis: Former Tour de France and Olympic cyclist
Davide Rebellin: Italian was first rider to win the Ardennes Classics treble, with victory in the Amstel Gold Race, La Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2004
Brian Robinson: First British rider to win a stage of the Tour de France
Rab Wardell: Scottish mountain bike champion
Dean Woods: One of Australia's Olympic gold-winning team pursuit quartet at the 1984 Games
DARTS
Tony Brown: British darts player reached the final of the 1978 World Masters
Shaun Greatbatch: First player to hit a perfect nine dart finish on live television
Mike Gregory: Played in epic World Darts Championship final against Phil Taylor in 1992
Equestrian legend Anneli Drummond-Hay stands with her horse Kittiwake in 1965EQUESTRIAN
Anneli Drummond-Hay: Equestrian all-rounder was a pioneer for women in the sport
Brendan Murray: Farrier to the British eventing championship team for more than two decades.
Jane Wykeham-Musgrave: Medal-winning eventer was instrumental in the formation of the Riding for the Disabled Association
FENCING
Brian Dickinson: British wheelchair fencer, swimmer and basketball player won three Paralympic medals
John McKenzie: Former Scottish champion and coach
Richard Oldcorn: Three-time Olympian
Florin Zalomir: Won silver with Romania's sabre team at 2012 Olympics
Midfielder David Armstrong celebrates his late winner for Southampton against Manchester United in 1981FOOTBALL
Assem Allam: Former owner of Hull City
Tony Allen: Made 473 appearances for Stoke City between 1957 and 1970, and won three England caps
Alan Anderson: Former Hearts captain
David Armstrong: Former Middlesbrough and Southampton player who also played for England
Ken Armstrong: Centre-half played for Kilmarnock, Southampton and Birmingham City
Eric Asiedu: Chelsea Academy kitman
Doug Baillie: Former Rangers and Airdrie centre-half who became a respected football journalist
Geoff Barker: Former Hull City and Grimsby Town player
Tommy Barnett: Former Crystal Palace forward
Joey Beauchamp: Made 428 appearances for Oxford United
Billy Bingham: Former Northern Ireland player and manager
Jordi Bongard: Under-23 player with Borussia Monchengladbach
Steve Braddock: Arsenal head groundsman
Bernd Bransch: Former East Germany captain
Ken Brownlee: Made 166 appearances for Aberdeen over eight seasons, scoring 39 goals
Steve Burtenshaw: Played for Brighton and worked as coach or manager at clubs including Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal
Drew Busby: Scored 90 goals in 277 appearances for Hearts
Fred Callaghan: Left-back made 336 appearances for Fulham
Len Casey: Former Chelsea and Plymouth Argyle midfielder
Davie Cattanach: Played for Celtic between 1966 and 1970
Stuart Chapman: Former Port Vale and Middlesbrough midfielder
Sammy Chung: Former Wolves manager made more than 300 appearances as a player for Reading, Norwich City and Watford
Frank Clarke: Played for Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers
John Connaughton: Goalkeeper began his career at Manchester United and went on to make 218 appearances for Port Vale
Frank Connor: Goalkeeper played for Celtic and went on to become assistant manager; also managed Cowdenbeath, Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers.
Rangers legend Andy Goram won 43 caps for Scotland and was affectionately nicknamed 'The Goalie'Eamonn Darcy: Goalkeeper won two league titles with Shamrock Rovers
Terry Darracott: Full-back played 179 times for Everton, and later became a coach there
Norman Davidson: Scored 84 goals in 146 games for Aberdeen
Leslie Deans: Former Hearts chairman
Albert Derrick: Played for Newport County and Hereford United
John Duncan: Former Dundee and Tottenham player guided Chesterfield to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1997
Keith Eddy: Former Watford captain was an expert penalty-taker
Jimmy Elder: Clubs included Portsmouth and Colchester United, where he made over 200 appearances.
Ron Farmer: Footballer from Guernsey made 318 appearances for Coventry City
Craig Farrell: Former Carlisle United, Exeter City and York City striker
Syd Farrimond: Left-back made 153 appearances for Tranmere Rovers
Steve Finney: Forward's clubs included Swindon Town and Carlisle United
Bernard Fisher: Goalkeeper made 142 appearances for Hull City before joining Bradford City
John 'Jack' Fisher: Left-back played alongside twin George at Millwall before signing for Bournemouth
Graham Fyfe: Winger was part of the Rangers squad that won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1972
Andy Geddes: Former Dundee winger
Francisco 'Paco' Gento: Former Spain international won a record six European Cups playing for Real Madrid
Fernando Gomes: Former Portugal striker
Andy Goram: Former Scotland and Rangers goalkeeper
Colin Grainger: 'Singing Winger' won seven England caps and scored twice on his debut against Brazil
Bob Gray: Made over 500 appearances for Gateshead
Clive Griffiths: Played for Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle, Tranmere Rovers and several US clubs
Martyn Guest: Non-league goalkeeper whose clubs included Bowers & Pitsea and Canvey Island
Peter Gunby: Leeds player had two stints as a caretaker manager in the 1980s
Neil Hague: Defender made 170 appearances for Rotherham and more than 100 for Plymouth Argyle
Freddy Hall: Former Northampton Town goalkeeper
Paul Hampshire: Played for Raith Rovers, Berwick Ranges and East Fife
George Harris: Winger played for Watford and Reading
Jimmy Harris: Scored 72 goals in 207 appearances for Everton before moving on to Birmingham City
Paul Hinshelwood: Right-back made 319 appearances for Crystal Palace
Billy Hodgson: Clubs included Sheffield United, Leicester City, Derby County and York City
Ivan Hollett: Clubs included Chesterfield, Mansfield Town and Crewe Alexandra.
Bobby Hope: West Brom and Scotland midfielder
John Hughes: Former Celtic and Scotland forward
Geoff Hunter: English midfielder played for Crewe, Port Vale and Wrexham
Alex 'Dixie' Ingram: Scored 117 goals for Ayr United
Wim Jansen: Former Celtic manager who guided them to the Scottish league title in 1997-98
Len Johnrose: Former Burnley and Bury midfielder
David Johnson: The first man to score for both Liverpool and Everton in the Merseyside derby
Glyn Jones: Played for Mansfield Town, Rotherham United and Sheffield United
Mick Jones: Played for Peterborough and Notts County, where he later became assistant manager
Francis Joseph: Forward's clubs included Brentford, for whom he played 137 games
Gordon Lee: Former Everton and Newcastle manager
Billy Legg: Former Huddersfield Town player went on to become a coach
Pat Liney: Former Dundee goalkeeper played for both Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue
Andy Lochhead: Scottish forward made more than 200 appearances for Burnley and also played for Aston Villa
John Mackin: Clubs included Northampton Town and York City
Roy MacLaren: Former St Johnstone and Bury goalkeeper was assistant manager at Aston Villa when they won the First Division title and the European Cup
Chris Maull: Women's football pioneer who was one of the founders of the Swindon Spitfires and a winner of BBC West's Unsung Hero award
Tony Marchi: Former Tottenham captain who also had a spell playing in Italy
David Marsh: Former Everton chairman, who was also a top amateur golfer
Billy McEwan: Played for a host of clubs including Rotherham United, who he later managed
David McKnight: Part of Chelsea's ground staff
Rheiss McLean: Played for Hinckley AFC, Stratford Town and Shepshed Dynamos
Vince McNeice: Defender made 231 league appearances for Watford
Mick Meagan: Everton and Huddersfield Town player won 17 Republic of Ireland caps and became their first manager
Clive Middlemass: Former Workington player went on to become a scout, coach and manager
Sinisa Mihajlovic: Former Yugoslavia international defender and Serie A winner
Jimmy Millar: Won three League titles, five Scottish Cups and three League Cups with Rangers and two caps for Scotland
Lol Morgan: Played for Rotherham in the first League Cup final in 1961
Harry Mowbray: Former Blackpool and Bolton defender.
Peter Neale: Defender made 245 appearances for Scunthorpe
Terry Neill: Former Arsenal and Northern Ireland captain and manager
Tony Nelson: Played 192 games for Bournemouth and also worked for the club as an assistant manager and chief scout
Billy Newman: Shelbourne and Bohemians player also represented the Republic of Ireland
Mick Newman: The last amateur to play first-team football for West Ham United
Neil O'Donnell: Played for Norwich, Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday
Frank O'Farrell: Former Man Utd, Leicester City and Torquay manager
Jimmy O'Rourke: Hibernian's youngest-ever goalscorer played more than 330 games for the club
Ansah Ossei-Owusu: English midfielder whose clubs included Bristol Rovers and Enfield
Aled Owen: Welsh winger played for Tottenham before joining Ipswich Town
Jack Parry: Made 483 appearances for Derby County, scoring 110 goals
Gary Pearson: Former Darlington player who managed a host of league and non-league clubs
Steve Peplow: Winger made 272 appearances for Tranmere Rovers
Ronnie Radford: Former Hereford United player scored one of the most iconic goals in FA Cup history
Howard Radford: Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bristol Rovers
Mino Raiola: Football agent represented some of the game's biggest stars
Frank Rankmore: Played for Cardiff City, Peterborough United and Northampton Town, and won one Wales cap
Eddie Rayner: Played for Stoke City in the 1950s
Freddy Rincon: Former Real Madrid midfielder Rincon scored 17 goals for Colombia and played at three World Cups
Davie Robb: Forward for Aberdeen and won three Scotland caps
Neil Robinson: Former Everton and Swansea City footballer
Gerhard Rodax: Won 20 caps for Austria
Christian Rowe: Played for Havant & Waterlooville and Slough Town
Uwe Seeler: Scored 43 goals in 72 games for the then-West Germany and featured at four World Cups, captaining them in the 1966 final
Piet Schrijvers: Former Dutch international goalkeeper
Dave Shearer: Former Middlesbrough and Gillingham forward
Micky Slocombe: Former Bristol Rovers player
Dave Smith: Former Southend United and Mansfield Town manager
Dave Smith: Made over 400 appearances for Lincoln City
Jimmy Smith: Winger played for Chelsea and Leyton Orient
Derek Stokes: Played 141 games for Bradford City in two spells during the 1950s and 1960s
Adam Strachan: Made 111 appearances for Partick Thistle
Con Sullivan: Former Bristol City and Arsenal goalkeeper
Trevor Swift: Made 328 appearances for Rotherham United, scoring 25 goals
Ron Tarry: Hungerford Town president who supported the club for over 70 years
Kevin Thomas: Goalkeeper played for Southport, Blackpool, Oxford United and Southport.
Adrian Thorne: Scored 44 goals in 84 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion between 1958 and 1961
Bobby Todd: Played 110 times for Wigan Athletic, scoring 14 goals
Keith Todd: Part of Swansea Town side that reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1964
Graham Tutt: Goalkeeper played 78 times for Charlton Athletic
Gian Piero Ventrone: Tottenham Hotspur fitness coach
Jamie Vincent: Former Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Swindon Town left-back
Phil Walker: Played for Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Gillingham.
Jimmy Whitehouse: Former Reading and Coventry City forward
Davie Wilson: Former Rangers and Scotland winger
Frankie Wilson: Former Irish League player who also played Gaelic football for Antrim
Sammy J Wilson: Won 12 Northern Ireland caps between 1962-68
Alan Wooler: Defender made over 300 appearances for Aldershot Town and also played for West Ham United
GAELIC SPORT
Martin Bailie: Northern Irish hurler
Damien Casey: One of Tyrone's greatest hurlers whose tally of 39 goals and 906 points is unlikely to be surpassed
Sean McCague: Former GAA president between 2000 and 2003
Brian Mullins: Gaelic football player and manager who was an All-Ireland winner with both St Vincent's and Dublin
American golfer Shirley Spork (bottom left) was one of the co-founders of the LPGA TourGOLF
Tom Weiskopf: Won 1973 Open at Royal Troon
Peter Butler: Former Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup player who helped set up the European Tour
Eduardo Romero: Argentine golfer won eight European Tour titles
Shirley Spork: One of the founder members of the LPGA Tour
Bob Goalby: Won the 1968 Masters
Russell Weir: Scottish golfer captained Great Britain and Ireland's PGA Cup team in 2011 and 2013
Margie Masters: First Australian woman to play and win on the LPGA Tour
Birmingham-born Peter Butler was one of the leading British golfers during the 1960s and 70sGYMNASTICS
Dick Gradley: British gymnast competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Szilveszter Csollany: 2000 Olympics rings champion from Hungary
Margit Korondi: Hungary's two-time Olympic champion and eight-time Olympic medallist
John Mulhall: Welsh gymnast represented Great Britain in gymnastics at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics
HOCKEY
John Peake: Part of Britain's silver medal-winning team at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Val Robinson: Won 170 caps for GB and England
Lester Piggott rode more than 5,000 winners during his 47-year career and is considered one of the greatest Flat racing jockeys of all timeHORSE RACING
Jack de Bromhead: Youth jockey and son of prominent trainer Henry de Bromhead
Alec Head: Trainer who saddled four Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners, and also enjoyed three English Classic wins, including the Derby
Peter Hedger: Jockey and trainer whose career in racing spanned eight decades
Jimmy Lindley: Classic-winning jockey who became a BBC broadcaster
Sir Robert Ogden: Racehorse owner whose many victories included the 2007 Queen Mother Champion Chase with Voy Por Ustedes
Lester Piggott: Eleven-time champion jockey won 30 British Classics, including a record nine Derby victories
Mick Ryan: Trained more than 700 winners, including the 1984 Irish 1,000 Guineas
Taffy Thomas: Welsh jockey rode 878 winners in a career that spanned almost 30 years
Andy Turnell: Jump jockey who became a Grand National winning trainer
Liam Ward: Six-time Irish champion Flat jockey rode Nijinsky to win the 1970 Irish Derby
Jim Wilson: Amateur jockey won the 1981 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Little Owl, and also had Festival winners as a trainer and owner
LAWN BOWLS
David McGill: World Championship medallist
Liz Dickson: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
Ted Hayward: Former world champion and England international
Phillis Nolan: Three-time world champion
American journalist Grant Wahl collapsed while working at the Fifa World Cup in QatarMEDIA
Sue Baker: Motoring journalist presented BBC's Top Gear from 1980 to 1991
Harry Gration: Long-time BBC Look North presenter who reported on many sports, including rugby league and football
John Gwynne: Former darts commentator also covered football, cricket, rugby union and speedway
John Hanmer: Part of the BBC Grand National commentary team for more than 30 years
Richard Moore: Former cyclist became a much respected journalist, writer and podcaster
John Morris: BBC Northampton's first sports editor and former secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control
Barry Newcombe: Covered multiple sports including rugby union, boxing and tennis and a former chair of the Sports Journalists' Association
Roger Pearce: ITV technical director
Nigel Pearson: Journalist and commentator who covered sports including darts, speedway and football
Brent Pope: Former Cardiff Devils player and coach who commentated on three Winter Olympics for the BBC
Colin Slater: BBC Radio Nottingham commentator delivered almost half a century of coverage of Notts County's matches
Alan Smith: Newspaper journalist covered every major equestrian championship between 1960 and 2008
Gordon Sparks: BBC Radio Devon presenter and former Plymouth Argyle commentator
Bill Turnbull: Former BBC journalist and Wycombe Wanderers commentator
Grant Wahl: US football journalist
Louise Willcox: Sound supervisor who worked on many major events for BBC Sport and programmes such as Match of the Day
Ken Wilson: Long-time producer of BBC World Service programme Sportsworld
MMA
Anthony Johnson: American light-heavyweight fighter
Elias Theodorou: Canadian UFC middleweight fighter
Known as the 'Clogher Bullet', Keith Farmer was one of Northern Ireland's most successful motorcyclistsMOTORSPORT
Tony Brooks: One of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s
Alain de Cadenet: Racing driver who went on to become a TV presenter
Cesar Chanal: Sidecar driver had recorded several podiums in the French F1 and F2 National Sidecar Championships
Vic Elford: Sportscar racer who competed in F1, Le Mans and rallying
Keith Farmer: Four-time British motorcycling champion
Paddy Hopkirk: Won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally
Tony Jefferies: Multiple Isle of Man TT winner
Olivier Lavorel: Sidecar racer had recorded several podiums in the French F1 and F2 National Sidecar Championships
Davy Morgan: Northern Irish rider had 25 top-20 finishes at the Isle of Man TT
Jack Oliver: Northern Irish rider won his first Irish national road race in April
Mark Purslow: Welsh motorcycle rider
Phil Read: Won eight world titles and was the first motorcycle racer to win the World Championship in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes
Chrissy Rouse: British Superbikes rider
Roger and Bradley Stockton: Father and son who died in a crash at the Isle of Man TT
Patrick Tambay: Former F1 driver, whose teams included McLaren, Ferrari and Renault, won two GPs
PARALYMPIC SPORT
Bernard Atha: Founding chair of the British Paralympic Association
Barry Schofield: First General Secretary of British Paralympic Association in 1989
ROWING
Robin Dowell: Former GB coach and chief coach of the Swiss national team
Vaughan Thomas: Cox of GB men's four at the 1988 Olympics
Castleford Tigers Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Beardmore represented Great Britain in the 1980sRUGBY LEAGUE
Bill Ashurst: GB international made 185 appearance for Wigan, scoring 74 tries
Kevin Beardmore: Great Britain international won 1986 Challenge Cup with Castleford
Harry Beverley: Prop played for Dewsbury and England
Ricky Bibey: Challenge Cup winner with Wigan and St Helens
Mick Crane: Won Challenge Cup with Leeds and Hull, and represented Great Britain
Des Drummond: Former Leigh and Warrington player won 24 GB caps
Johnny Duggan: Played rugby league and union for Wakefield
Kenny Faulkes: Scrum-half made more than 250 appearances for Hull FC
Paul Green: Coached the North Queensland Cowboys to their first NRL title in 2015
Liam Hampson: Australian played for Queensland Cup side, the Dolphins
Brian Hogan: Played for St Helens, Wigan and England
Phil Jackson: Won World Cup with Great Britain
Mel James: Wales international won Challenge Cup with St Helens and also played rugby union
Maurice Lindsay: Former RFL chief chief executive who masterminded Wigan's revival as their chairman in the 1980s
Glyn Shaw: Welsh dual-code international
Michael Purcell: Versatile Australian back played for Ipswich Jets
David Stephenson: GB international played 214 games for Wigan and also played rugby union for Fylde
Va'aiga Tuigamala: Former Wigan Warriors and Newcastle Falcons dual-code international
David Wakefield: Played for Wakefield and Doncaster in the 1950s and 1960s
Adam Walker: Former Hull KR and Scotland prop
Arnold 'Boxer' Walker: Workington and Whitehaven player also represented Great Britain and England
Johnny Whiteley: Former Great Britain player and coach and Hull FC legend
Eddie Butler in action for Wales against Scotland in 1982RUGBY UNION
John Allen: Made 457 appearances for Leicester Tigers
Federico Martin Aramburu: Former Glasgow Warriors player won 22 caps for Argentina
Aida Ba: Former France international
Phil Bennett: Former Wales and British and Irish Lions captain
Pierre Biemouret: Former France international
Steve Black: Worked as a coach at both Newcastle Falcons and Newcastle United
Eddie Butler: Former Wales captain who became a renowned journalist, broadcaster and commentator
Richard "Red" Conway: Played 10 Tests for the All Blacks, between 1959 and 1965
Benoit Dauga: Won 63 caps for France
Mike Davis: Won 16 England caps and coached side that won 1980 Grand Slam
Dawie de Villiers: Former Springbok captain
Kevin Flynn: Won 22 Ireland caps
Jerry Holland: Irish rugby union player and coach won three international caps
Jack Jeffery: Played for Evesham RFC
Ken Jones: Former Wales and British and Irish Lions centre
Ken Kennedy: Former Ireland and British and Irish Lions hooker
Tom Kiernan: Full-back won 54 Ireland caps and went on to coach them to a Triple Crown
Larry Lamb: Former international referee
Jim Lenehan: Played 24 Tests for Australia and also captained the Wallabies
Iain Leslie: Former Watsonian FC player, coach, club secretary and president
Doddie Weir was a titan of Scottish rugby and one of the sport's greatest charactersWillie Los'e: Tonga international became a respected TV broadcaster
Donald Macleod: Former Scottish Rugby Union president and Scotland team doctor
Kelly Meafua: Forward played for French side Montauban
Clive Millar: Former Scotland B and Edinburgh back row
Paul McNaughton: Played for Leinster and Ireland, and also played football and Gaelic football
Ricky Richardson: Former York RUFC player and club legend
Alan Rees: Former Wales international also played rugby league for Leeds and cricket for Glamorgan
Dave Sims: Former Gloucester captain won three England caps
Tom Smith: Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions prop
Norman Suddon: Prop won 13 caps for Scotland
Mosese Taga: Former Fiji captain
Pedrie Wannenburg: Won 20 caps for South Africa
Jim Watt: Played 42 matches for the All Blacks
Doddie Weir: Former Scotland and British and Irish :ion who raised millions for motor neurone disease research
SAILING
Paul Anderson: British sailor won bronze at the 1968 Olympics and was vice-president of Special Olympics GB
Michael Baker-Harber: Represented GB at 1976 Olympics
Eya Guezguez: Tunisian sailor competed at the 2020 Olympics
SURFING
Kalani David: Professional surfer and skateboarder
SWIMMING
Denys Dubrov: Ukrainian was a four-time Paralympic champion, winning gold in the men's 200m IM SM8 at the 2020 Games
Brenda Fisher: Long-distance swimmer who broke many records, including setting the best women's mark for crossing the English Channel
Sarah Newland-Martin: Former Paralympic swimming and athletics champion who became a tireless disability rights campaigner
TENNIS
Nick Bollettieri: Pioneering tennis coach helped to guide 10 world number one singles players, including Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles and Boris Becker
Simone de Luigi: San Marino Davis Cup player
Bob Falkenburg: American won the 1948 Wimbledon men's singles title from match points down in the final
Naresh Kumar: Former Indian Davis Cup player and captain
Jim Moore: Australian former player was tournament referee at Queen's for 42 years between 1978 and 2019
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
Alan Ash: Represented GB at five Paralympics
Brian Pitchford: Chairman of Canterbury Hellfire, the first wheelchair rugby club in south-east England
WINTER SPORTS
Alexander Gorshkov: Won first ice dance gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Richard Liversedge: British luger competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Winter Olympics
Rob Mitchell: Represented Great Britain as a short track speed skater at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Tony Nash: Won gold for GB in two-man bobsleigh at 1964 Winter Olympics
Chris Reed: Represented Japan in ice dancing at three Winter Olympics
Thomas Ulsrud: Norwegian curling skip, famed for his team's colourful trousers, won silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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