List of Greek Americans - List - Sports

Sports

• Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis1 - college football star and professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
• Tom Anastos - Head Hockey Coach, Michigan State University
• Peter Angelos - MLB owner of the Baltimore Orioles
• Annastasia Batikis - played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945
• David Batista (Bautista) - WWE SmackDown!, professional wrestler (Greek mother)
• Clay Bellinger - MLB player of the Baltimore Orioles
• Adam Burish - NHL player with the Dallas Stars
• Nick Calathes - former Florida Gators basketball player
• Al Campanis - MLB player and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jimmy Carson - NHL hockey player (original family surname Kyriazopoulos)
• Chris Chelios - NHL hockey player
• Anton Christoforidis - professional boxer, NBA World Light Heavyweight Champion 1941
• Zach Collaros - quarterback for the University of Cincinnati football team
• Ria Cortesio - professional baseball umpire
• Tara Dakides - pro snowboarder and champion from California
• Chris Farasopoulos - NFL player, played for the New York Jets
• Nick Fotiu - NHL player, played for the New York Rangers
• Danielle Fotopoulos - soccer player, US women's national soccer team
• George Kottaras - catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
• Nick Galis - basketball player, played in Europe (where he is known as Nikos Galis) and is regarded as one of Europe's all-time basketball greats
• Alex Grammas - MLB manager and infielder for St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs.
• Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas) - surfer
• Alex Holmes - NFL tight end for the St. Louis Rams, mother is Greek
• George John - Soccer player, currently with Major League Soccer club FC Dallas
• Maria Kanellis - professional wrestler with WWE Smackdown
• Alex Karalexis- professional fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Chris Karamesines - racecar driver
• Dean Karnazes - ultramarathon champion, writer, businessman
• Mike Karakas - NHL player for the Islanders 1935–1946
• Alex Karras - NFL player with the Detroit Lions, wrestler and actor
• Lou Karras - NFL player with the Washington Redskins, older brother of Alex Karras
• Ted Karras - NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, older brother of Alex Karras
• Gus Kartes - former Olympiacos Piraeus footballer
• Eric Karros - former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now a baseball broadcaster
• George Kastrinakis - former professional basketball player in Greece
• Michael Katsidis - (born in Australia) current boxer
• Bobby Kingsbury - MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Frank Klopas - retired soccer player, formerly of AEK, Apollon, Kansas City Wizards, Chicago Fire and the U.S. national team
• Chris Kontos - former NHL player known for his prolific scoring in the play-offs
• George Kontos - MLB pitcher with the San Francisco Giants
• John Korfas - former Greek pro basketball player.
• Tom Kostopoulos - NHL hockey player.
• Niko Koutouvides - NFL linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Kosta Koufos - player for the Utah Jazz in the NBA and the Greece national team
• Alexi Lalas - soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, U.S. national team
• Steve Lappas - former college basketball coach at Villanova and UMass
• Themistocles Leftheris - American pair skater, 2007 U.S. National Pairs bronze medalist
• Kay Lionikas - played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948–1950
• Billy Loes, MLB Pitcher for the Dodgers and other teams
• Jim Londos - champion wrestler during the 1930s
• Greg Louganis - Olympic diving champion (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish)
• Christina Loukas- Olympic diver
• Nick Markakis - MLB outfielder who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles
• Tino Martinez - former MLB first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees (Greek mother)
• Aaron Miles - MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies (paternal grandmother)
• David Nelson - former professional Greek basketball player
• Gus Niarhos - MLB Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox, Phillies
• Joe Panos - NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills 1994–2000 (birth name Zois Panagiotopoulos)
• Petros Papadakis - Host of various sports shows on radio, former college football tailback and team captain at USC 1996–2000.
• Milt Pappas - MLB pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds and other teams
• Tom Pappas - Track & field decathlete, 2003 world decathlon champion and 2-time Olympian.
• June Peppas - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1948–1954
• George Parros - NHL hockey player
• Tony Pashos - NFL lineman with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• Lonnie Paxton - NFL New England Patriots long-snapper 2001–2003
• Peter Philipakos - Soccer player, formerly of Olympiacos F.C., currently with Ethnikos Piraeus.
• Pete Pihos - NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles (Pro Football Hall of Fame)
• Joseph Pilates - inventor of Pilates
• Dawn Marie Psaltis (Dawn Marie) - former WWE diva
• Kurt Rambis - former NBA player, won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers (birth name Kyriakos Rambidis)
• Chris Roupas - Former Greek American Professional Basketball Player, First Penn State Nittany Lion to play professional basketball in Greece
• John Sitaras - fitness professional, creator of the Sitaras Method and founder of Sitaras Fitness in New York City
• Pete Sampras - tennis player, considered one of the best tennis players in history
• Fred Smerlas - NFL player for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots
• Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder1 - sports commentator
• Alex Spanos - NFL owner of the San Diego Chargers
• Trish Stratus - WWE diva
• Matt Stover - NFL player, kicker for Baltimore Ravens
• George Theodore - MLB outfielder for the New York Mets
• Craig Titus - American bodybuilder
• Gus Triandos - MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles and other teams
• Lou Tsioropoulos - former NBA player with the Boston Celtics
• Garo Yepremian - NFL player (Greek Cypriot origin)
• George Zaharias - sports promoter and professional wrestler in the 1930s (birth name Theodore Vetoyanis)
• Gust Zarnas - NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers 1938–1940
• Clint Zavaras - MLB pitcher with the Seattle Mariners in 1989