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1919–1989
Roy Francis (20 January 1919 – 1 April 1989) was a Welsh rugby league footballer and coach of the mid 20th century. He was the first Black British professional coach in any sport. Francis, who earlier played rugby union in Wales, was also a highly…
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Roy Edward Johnson (June 27, 1959 – January 26, 2009) was an American professional baseball outfielder who appeared in 36 games in Major League Baseball (MLB), mainly as a center fielder, in parts of three seasons for the Montreal Expos (1982, 1984–1985).
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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including middleweight, super middleweight, light…
1969–
Roy Lee Lassiter (born March 9, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player and head coach of Denton Diablos FC in USL League Two. Lassiter played as a forward, spending the first four years of his professional career in Costa Rica. He returned…
1954–
Roy Lee Jackson (born May 1, 1954) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, and Minnesota Twins across 10 seasons.
1911–1987
Roy E. Partlow (June 18, 1911 – April 19, 1987) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1934 and 1951. In 1946, he was one of the first African American players signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. He spent part of that…
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Roy Lee Rogers Jr. (born August 19, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the Head Coach of the newly formed Liverpool Basketball of Super League Basketball (SLB). He played college basketball for Alabama and…
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Roy Randolph Roundtree (born March 7, 1989) is an American former football wide receiver and current wide receivers coach for Temple. He was a 2013 preseason member of the Cincinnati Bengals and played college football for the Michigan Wolverines football…
1941–
Roy Shivers (born July 5, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a running back and Canadian football personnel administrator, most notably as the first black general manager in professional football. He was a general manager for…
1956–2014
Roy Franklin Simmons (November 8, 1956 – February 20, 2014) was an American professional football player who played as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. With the Redskins he played in Super…
1899–1984
Roy Tyler (December 5, 1899 – August 22, 1984) was an American Negro league outfielder in 1925 and 1926. A native of Olmstead, Kentucky, Tyler was one of 63 soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment convicted of mutiny in the Houston riot of 1917. While…
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Roy Horace Welmaker (December 6, 1913 – February 3, 1998), nicknamed "Snookie", was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1932 to 1953. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Welmaker served in the US Army during World War…
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Roy Hilton White (born December 27, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979. With the Yankees, he won two…
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Royal Terence Ivey ( roy-AL; born December 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the head coach of the South Sudan…
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Royce Spencer Clayton (born January 2, 1970) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies,…
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Royce Oliver Lewis (born June 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Twins first overall in the 2017 MLB draft. Lewis made his MLB debut in 2022.
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Royce Alexander White (born April 10, 1991) is an American political candidate and former professional basketball player who was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota and is a Republican candidate for the…
1975–
Royston Ffrench (born 5 September 1975) is a professional flat jockey. He was the 1997 British Champion Apprentice Jockey and has won multiple Grade 1 races in Europe and the Middle East.
1879–1930
Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American professional baseball co-founder, player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Foster is considered by sports…
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Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the England national team. An academy graduate of Chelsea, Loftus-Cheek made his debut for the club in 2014 and went…
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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending 18 years and 4 months in prison. In 1966,…
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Rubin Carter (born December 12, 1952) is an American former football player and coach. He last served as defensive line coach for Purdue University. Carter played professionally as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Denver…
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Claude Marrow Jr. (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Ruckus. He performs in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling.
1962–2025
Rudolph Freed (May 9, 1959 – March 8, 2025) was a Costa Rican-American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Rudy Diamond during his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the 1980s. He also wrestled for National Wrestling…
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