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Eric Fisher (American football)
Eric Fisher (born 1991) is a former NFL offensive tackle from Central Michigan taken first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2013 draft, a two-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl LIV champion who finished with the Colts in 2021.
Eric Fonoimoana
Eric Fonoimoana (born 1969, Manhattan Beach, California) is an American beach volleyball player who won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold with Dain Blanton, was 2002 AVP MVP, and founded Dig for Kids.
Eric Forsyth
Eric Forsyth names two British-born sportsmen: Charles Eric Forsyth (1885-1951), 1908 Olympic water polo gold medalist and ASA swimming champion, and Captain Eric Forsyth (1932-2023), Brookhaven engineer and Blue Water Medal ocean sailor aboard Fiona.
Eric Frenzel
Eric Frenzel (born 1988, Annaberg-Buchholz) is a retired German Nordic combined skier: 7 Olympic medals (3 gold), 5 straight overall World Cup titles 2013-2017, 18 World Championship medals; now Germany's men's head coach.
Éric Gagné
Éric Gagné (born 1976, Montreal) is a Canadian former MLB relief pitcher, Dodgers closer 2002-2006 nicknamed "Game Over", winner of the 2003 NL Cy Young Award with 55 saves and a 1.20 ERA, holder of the record 84 consecutive saves and a 91.7% career save rate, later named in the Mitchell Report.
Eric García (footballer, born 2001)
Eric García Martret (born 2001, Martorell) is a Spanish ball-playing centre-back, La Masia graduate, ex-Manchester City, Barcelona and Girona loanee; 22 Spain caps, Olympic silver and gold, renewed to 2031.
Eric Gordon
Eric Gordon, born Eric Ambrose Gordon Jr. in 1988, is an American NBA guard who won the 2017 Sixth Man of the Year award with the Houston Rockets.
Eric Green
Eric Hubert Green (1878-1972), English field hockey outside-left for Staines Hockey Club; 16 England caps 1902-1908 and Olympic gold with England in the debut men's hockey tournament at London 1908; later The Times hockey correspondent.
Eric Hansen (chess player)
Eric Hansen (born 1992, Irvine, California) is a Canadian chess grandmaster, ChessBrah streamer, and Canadian Olympiad team member; peak FIDE 2629, Canadian number one in May 2013.
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden (born 1958, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American former speed skater who won all five long-track golds at the 1980 Olympics, a first, then became an orthopedic surgeon.
Eric Hosmer
Eric Hosmer, American MLB first baseman (born 1989), drafted third overall by Kansas City in 2008; 2015 World Series champion famous for his Game 5 dash home, four Gold Gloves, 2017 Silver Slugger, and eight-year $144 million Padres contract; retired 2024.
Eric Johannesen
Eric Johannesen (born 1988, Oberhausen) is a German rower, Olympic champion in the men's eight at London 2012, silver at Rio 2016, world champion 2011, four-time European champion 2013-2016 with the Deutschland-Achter; brother of Torben Johannesen.
Eric Johnson (tight end)
Eric Johnson, full name Eric Maxwell Johnson, is a former NFL tight end who played for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints from 2001 to 2007.
Eric Kendricks
Eric Kendricks, NFL linebacker; UCLA's all-time tackles leader (481), 2014 Butkus Award winner; drafted 45th overall by Minnesota in 2015; 2019 first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl with the Vikings.
Eric Krenz
Eric Krenz (1906-1931), American discus and shot put thrower for Stanford; 1928 Olympic shot put fourth place, world discus records of 48.90 and 51.03 m, drowned in 1931 before the 1932 Olympics.
Eric Lamaze
Eric Lamaze (born 1968 in Montreal) is a Canadian show jumper who won individual Olympic gold on Hickstead at the 2008 Beijing Games and bronze at Rio 2016.
Eric LeGrand
Eric LeGrand, former Rutgers Scarlet Knights defensive tackle (No. 52, the only retired number in Rutgers football history), paralyzed from the neck down in an October 16, 2010 game against Army; later a motivational speaker, broadcaster, and founder of Team LeGrand and LeGrand Coffee House.
Eric Lemming
Eric Lemming (1880–1930), Swedish javelin thrower from Göteborg, first great modern javelinist; Olympic champion 1906, 1908 (twice), and 1912, and first official IAAF world record holder at 62.32 m.
Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell (1902–1945), Scottish sprinter and missionary, won the 1924 Paris Olympic 400m gold in a world-record 47.6 s after refusing to run the 100m heats on a Sunday; he died in the Weihsien internment camp in China in 1945 and inspired Chariots of Fire.
Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros, Canadian center born 1973, drafted first overall 1991 by Quebec Nordiques, refused to play, traded to Philadelphia in 1992; Hart Trophy winner, 865 points in 760 NHL games, Hockey Hall of Fame 2016.
Eric Lindros trade
Eric Lindros trade: June 1992 deal sending the 1991 first-overall pick's rights from the Quebec Nordiques to the Philadelphia Flyers for Forsberg, Ricci, Hextall, Duchesne, Huffman, picks, and $15 million, confirmed by arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi over a rival Rangers deal.
Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini (born 1971, Hartford, Connecticut) is an NFL coach, Jets head coach 2006-08 and Browns head coach 2009-10, 33-47 career record, Patriots defensive coordinator 2005, 49ers DC 2015.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (born 1989) is a Cameroonian forward from Hamburg's academy who played for HSV, Nürnberg, Mainz, Schalke, Stoke, PSG, and Bayern Munich, won three Bundesligas, and never cost a transfer fee.
Éric Molina
Éric Molina (Eric Lee Molina, born 1982) is a Mexican-American heavyweight boxer, "Drummer Boy", 29-9 (21 KOs), who lost world title fights to Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua and was suspended two years by UKAD in 2018.
Eric Montross
Eric Montross (1971-2023), American basketball center from Indianapolis; 1993 NCAA champion at North Carolina under Dean Smith, ninth overall pick of the 1994 NBA Draft by Boston, eight NBA seasons, later Tar Heel radio analyst; died of cancer at 52.
Eric Moussambani
Éric Moussambani Malonga, 'Eric the Eel' (born 1978, Malabo), Equatorial Guinean swimmer famous for his 1:52.72 solo 100 m freestyle at Sydney 2000, the slowest Olympic time; later national coach.
Eric Musselman
Eric Musselman (born 1964, Ashland, Ohio) is an American basketball coach, USC Trojans head coach since 2024 after Arkansas (111-59), Nevada (110-34), and NBA stints with Golden State and Sacramento; son of coach Bill Musselman.
Eric Norris
Eric Scott Norris, born 1965, is an American stunt coordinator and racing driver, son of Chuck Norris, who won the 2002 NASCAR Grand National West Series championship.
Eric O'Neill (American football)
Eric O'Neill, born in 2003, is an American professional football edge defender for the Detroit Lions, signed as an undrafted free agent in 2026 after college stops at LIU, James Madison, and Rutgers.
Eric Paschall
Eric Paschall (born 1996) is an American basketball forward from Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., a 2019 second-round pick (41st overall) who made NBA All-Rookie First Team with Golden State, later played for Utah, and now plays for Bambitious Nara in Japan.