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Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich, "Pistol Pete" (1947-1988), American NBA guard and LSU legend; NCAA record 3,667 points at 44.2 ppg, five-time All-Star, 1977 scoring champion, Hall of Fame 1987.
Pete Rose
Pete Rose (Charlie Hustle, 1941-2024), MLB all-time hits leader with 4,256 and games played record holder, banned for life in 1989 for betting on Reds games, posthumously reinstated by Manfred in May 2025.
Pete Rozelle
Pete Rozelle, born Alvin Ray Rozelle, was an American sports executive who served as NFL commissioner from 1960 to 1989, overseeing the Super Bowl's rise.
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras (Petros Sampras, "Pistol Pete"), American tennis player born 1971; won 14 Grand Slam singles titles (7 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 2 Australian), 286 weeks at No. 1, six straight year-end No. 1 finishes, Hall of Fame 2007.
Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss (1931-2020), English professional golfer and BBC 'voice of golf'; eight-time Ryder Cup player, winner of 20+ tournaments, BBC lead commentator from 1978, and designer of The Belfry.
Peter Blange
Peter Blange, born in 1964 in Voorburg, the Netherlands, is a retired Dutch volleyball setter who captained the national team to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and holds the Dutch record of 500 international matches.
Peter DeBoer
Peter DeBoer (George Peter DeBoer, born 1968, Dunnville, Ontario) is an NHL head coach, now with the New York Islanders, formerly Panthers, Devils, Sharks, Golden Knights, Stars; 662 wins, 9-0 in Game 7s, two Cup Finals.
Peter Forsberg
Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey center (born 1973, Ornskoldsvik), Hart and Art Ross winner 2003, two Stanley Cups, two Olympic and two World golds, Hockey Hall of Fame 2014.
Peter Gammons
Peter Gammons (born 1945) is an American baseball journalist and broadcaster of the Boston Globe Sunday notes column, ESPN's Baseball Tonight, MLB Network, and The Athletic, and 2004 J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner.
Peter Graf
Peter Graf (1938-2013), German insurance and used-car salesman, father, coach and manager of tennis champion Steffi Graf; convicted 1997 in Mannheim of evading about $7.4 million in taxes on her earnings, imprisoned, released April 1998, died of pancreatic cancer.
Peter John Ramos
Peter John Ramos Fuentes, Puerto Rican 7'3" (2.21 m) center born 1985 in Fajardo; drafted 32nd overall by Washington Wizards in 2004, played 6 NBA games, then 20 clubs in 8 countries and Puerto Rico's national team.
Peter Laviolette
Peter Laviolette (born 1964, Norwood, Massachusetts) is an American NHL head coach, now with the Los Angeles Kings; 846 wins (seventh all-time), 2006 Stanley Cup with Carolina, Cup Finals with three franchises.
Peter O'Mahony
Peter O'Mahony (born 1989, Cork) is a retired Irish rugby back-rower; Munster career 2010–2025 (193 appearances), 112 Ireland caps, 2024 Ireland captain, 2017 Lions first-Test captain.
Peter Paul Fernandes
Peter Paul Fernandes (1916-1981), Karachi-born Goan field hockey forward, won gold with British India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, scoring twice against Japan, and also played first-class cricket for Sind.
Peter Rost
Peter Rost (born 1951, Leipzig) is a German handball player, coach, and functionary; not the swimmer Peter Drost or speed skater Patrick Roest. He captained East Germany to 1980 Olympic gold, won 1974 world silver, and earned 216 caps with 339 goals.
Peter Šťastný
Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey center born 1956 in Bratislava; defected from Czechoslovakia in 1980 to the Quebec Nordiques, second NHL scorer of the 1980s behind Gretzky, 1,239 points, Hall of Fame 1998.
Peter Trump
Peter Trump (born 1950, Frankenthal) is a German field hockey player, 213-time West German international, Olympic gold medalist Munich 1972 (1-0 final vs Pakistan), fifth at Montreal 1976, TG Frankenthal club player, later coach and sports goods shop owner.
Peter Windt
Peter Windt, born Pieter Windt in 1973 in Veendam, Netherlands, is a former Dutch field hockey player who won gold with the national team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Peter Wright (darts player)
Peter Wright, "Snakebite" (born 1970, Livingston, Scotland), Scottish PDC darts player and two-time world champion (2020, 2022), 2017 UK Open and 2021 World Matchplay winner, known for his mohawk and showmanship.
Petr Korda
Petr Korda (born 1968, Prague) is a Czech former left-handed tennis player, 1998 Australian Open champion over Marcelo Rios, 1992 French Open runner-up, career-high world No 2, father of Sebastian Korda.
Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda: name of several Czech athletes, chiefly the ice hockey defenseman (born 1966, Most) who scored the winning goal for Czech Olympic gold at Nagano 1998 and won the 1986 Stanley Cup, and the hurdler (born 1984) who was 2011 European indoor 60 m hurdles champion.
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová, Czech left-handed tennis player, two-time Wimbledon champion (2011, 2014), 31 WTA titles, career-high No. 2, 2016 Rio bronze, retired at the 2025 US Open after a comeback from a 2016 knife attack.
Petteri Lindbohm
Petteri Lindbohm (born 1993, Helsinki) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman, 2012 St. Louis Blues draft pick, 2019 World Championship and 2022 Olympic gold medalist, currently playing for TPS Turku in the Liiga.
Peyton Barber
Peyton Barber, NFL running back (Auburn), undrafted 2016; played Tampa Bay 2016-2019, Washington 2020, Las Vegas 2021; 89 games, 2,457 rushing yards, 21 TDs; career-best 871 yards in 2018.
Peyton Hillis
Peyton Hillis (born 1986, Conway, Arkansas), NFL running back for Denver, Cleveland, Kansas City, and the Giants; 1,177 rushing yards in 2010, Madden NFL 12 cover winner, hospitalized in 2023 after saving his children from drowning.
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback 1998-2015 for the Colts and Broncos, record five-time MVP, two-time Super Bowl winner, career 71,940 yards and 539 touchdowns, Hall of Fame 2021, later founder of Omaha Productions.
PGA Championship
PGA Championship, annual men's golf major run by the PGA of America for the Wanamaker Trophy; first played 1916 at Siwanoy (Jim Barnes), match play until 1957, 72-hole stroke play since 1958, three-hole aggregate playoff since 2000, held each May since 2019.
PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour, now branded the DP World Tour: Europe's principal men's professional golf circuit, founded 1972 under John Jacobs, running the Race to Dubai, Rolex Series and Ryder Cup Europe.
PGA Tour
PGA Tour: leading US men's professional golf organization, founded 1968, Ponte Vedra Beach; runs FedExCup season, Signature Events, PGA Tour Enterprises, and 2028 two-series restructure.
PGA Tour (video game series)
PGA Tour video game series: EA's golf line (Tiger Woods PGA Tour 1998-2013, EA Sports PGA Tour 2023) and 2K's PGA Tour 2K series (2K21, 2K23, 2K25 by HB Studios), rival licensed golf simulations.