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Joe Bellino
Joe Bellino (Joseph Michael Bellino, 1938-2019), the "Winchester Rifle," was a Navy halfback and the first Naval Academy player to win the Heisman Trophy (1960), also taking the Maxwell Award, before 28 years of Navy service and three AFL seasons with the Boston Patriots.
Joe Benner
Joe Benner (Huelet Leo Benner, 1917–1999), American Army pistol shooter; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in 50 m free pistol, three world titles, six national championships, USA Shooting Hall of Fame.
Joe Bottom
Joe Bottom (Joseph Stuart Bottom, born 1955) is an American swimmer, 1976 Olympic 100m butterfly silver medalist, and former world record-holder in the 100 fly (54.18), 50 free, and both 4x100 relays; ISHOF 2006.
Joe Brady (American football coach)
Joe Brady, American football coach, Buffalo Bills head coach since January 27, 2026 (21st in franchise history); former Bills and Panthers offensive coordinator, 2019 LSU Broyles Award winner.
Joe Brolly
Joe Brolly (Padraig Joseph Brolly, born 1969, Dungiven) is a Derry Gaelic footballer, 1993 All-Ireland winner, RTÉ Sunday Game pundit until 2019, criminal defence barrister, and 2012 kidney donor.
Joe Bryant
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (1954-2024), American basketball forward, eight NBA seasons with the 76ers, Clippers, and Rockets, later a coach in Italy and the WNBA, and father of Kobe Bryant.
Joe Bugner
Joe Bugner (József Kreul Bugner, 1950–2025), Hungarian-born British-Australian heavyweight boxer; twice went 15 and 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali, lost to Frazier, beat Henry Cooper 1971, won WBF title at 48.
Joe Burgess
Joe Burgess (born 1994, Wigan) is an English rugby league winger; Wigan, Roosters, Souths, Salford, Hull KR, Catalans from 2027; 2025 treble winner, 4 England caps.
Joe Burrow
Joe Burrow, born Joseph Lee Burrow in 1996, is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals who won the 2019 Heisman Trophy at LSU.
Joe Caldwell
Joe Caldwell (Joseph Louis Caldwell, born 1941, Texas City, Texas), nicknamed Jumpin' Joe and Pogo Joe, is a retired American basketball forward, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, and second overall pick of the 1964 NBA Draft who played 11 seasons with the Pistons, Hawks, Cougars, and Spirits.
Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe (born 1972, London) is a Welsh former boxer, nicknamed the Pride of Wales, who held the WBO super-middleweight title over ten years, unified 168 lbs, and retired 46-0 (32 KOs) in 2009.
Joe Carter
Joe Carter (born 1960, Oklahoma City) is a former MLB outfielder whose Game 6 walk-off homer off Mitch Williams won Toronto the 1993 World Series; career .259, 396 HR, 1,445 RBI, Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer.
Joe Coffey (wrestler)
Joe Coffey (Joseph Coffey, b. May 22, 1988), Scottish heavyweight wrestler, two-time ICW champion, Gallus leader with Mark Coffey and Wolfgang in WWE NXT UK; record 497-day NXT UK Tag Team reign; released May 2025, now in MLW.
Joe Cole
Joe Cole (Joseph John Cole, born 1981, Camden) is an English former midfielder, West Ham and Chelsea playmaker who won three Premier League titles, earned 56 England caps at three World Cups, and retired in 2018 with 716 appearances and 104 goals.
Joe Davis
Joe Davis (1901-1978), English snooker and billiards player; won the first 15 World Snooker Championships 1927-1946, organized the 1927 inaugural championship, and made the first officially ratified 147 maximum break in 1955.
Joe Deakin
Joe Deakin (Joseph Edmund Deakin, 1879–1972), British runner nicknamed "The Priest"; won 1908 Olympic gold in the 3-mile team race, sixth in the 1,500 m, and competed until age 90.
Joe Dean (golfer)
Joe Dean, English DP World Tour golfer (Joseph Dean), former supermarket delivery driver and truck driver; 2024 Kenya Open runner-up, 2026 Last-Chance Qualifier winner, and maiden DP World Tour title at the 2026 Husqvarna British Masters.
Joe Delaney
Joe Delaney (1958-1983), Kansas City Chiefs running back, 1981 AFC Rookie of the Year with 1,121 rushing yards; drowned June 29, 1983 in Monroe, Louisiana saving three children despite not being able to swim.
Joe Depietro
Joe DePietro (Joseph Nicholas DePietro, 1914-1999), American bantamweight weightlifter, 1948 London Olympic gold medalist with a 307.5 kg world-record total, 1947 world champion, and 1951 Pan American Games winner.
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999), "Joltin' Joe, the Yankee Clipper," Yankees center fielder 1936–1951; set the record 56-game hitting streak in 1941, hit 361 home runs, .325 average, Hall of Fame 1955.
Joe Dines
Joe Dines (Joseph Frank Dines, 1886-1918), English amateur football half-back; won Olympic gold with Great Britain at Stockholm 1912; 24 amateur caps; killed as a second lieutenant on the Western Front.
Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars, born 1963 in Shreveport, Louisiana, is a Hall of Fame guard who played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons, won 1989 and 1990 titles and the 1989 Finals MVP, and now runs Pelicans basketball operations.
Joe Earl
Joe Earl (Athol John Earl), New Zealand rower born 1952, won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Munich 1972 and bronze at Montreal 1976.
Joe Fargis
Joe Fargis (Joseph Halpin Fargis IV, born 1948), American show jumper; double 1984 Olympic jumping gold on Touch of Class, 1988 team silver on Mill Pearl, Middleburg Virginia trainer.
Joe Flacco
Joe Flacco (born 1985), NFL quarterback; drafted 18th overall by Baltimore in 2008, Super Bowl XLVII MVP with 11 TDs and 0 INTs in that postseason, 2023 Comeback Player of the Year, later Bengals, Browns, Colts, Jets, Broncos.
Joe Fortenberry
Joe Fortenberry (1911–1993), Texas-born 6'8" center, captained the USA team that won the first Olympic basketball gold at Berlin 1936, scoring 8 in the 19–8 final, and is credited with the first dunk.
Joe Fournier
Joe Fournier (Jocelyn Faisal Jules Fournier), British nightclub owner and light-heavyweight boxer, 'The Billionaire'. 9-0 (9 KOs) pro record, doping ban, WBA International title removed from record, exhibition losses to David Haye and an overturned elbow KO by KSI in 2023.
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier (1944-2011), "Smokin' Joe", American heavyweight boxer, undisputed champion 1970-73, Tokyo 1964 Olympic gold medalist, first man to beat Muhammad Ali (1971), record 32-4-1, lost Thrilla in Manila 1975.
Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman
Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, the Sunshine Showdown of January 22, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica: undefeated champion Frazier (29-0) lost the WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles when 37-0 challenger Foreman knocked him down six times for a second-round TKO.
Joe Gacy
Joe Gacy is the ring name of Joseph Sawyer (born 1987), an American wrestler, three-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, former WWE NXT star and Wyatt Sicks member, now GCW World Champion.