Sports
- John Baird (American football), All-American football player
- John Baird (Australian footballer) (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
- John Baird (cyclist), former racing cyclist from New Zealand
- John Baird (footballer) (born 1985), Scottish footballer playing for Dundee F.C.
- John Campbell Baird, 19th century Scottish footballer
- John Washington Baird (born 1852), American chess master
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athleticsa complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and powerthe womens programs are just as doomed as the mens are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if thats the kind of success for womens sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (16721719)