Question

Do you have famous athletes, sportsmen or honored sports figures in your families?

Answer 1

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colville-578 5thr Cousin 1940 Stanley cup and Hockey Hall of fame

Answer 2

My mother's first boyfriend was the brother of Adrian Quist, an Australian tennis player.  Does that count?

Comments

Close enough. John! 

Answer 3

Baseball player Don Mattingly is a distant cousin.

Answer 4

I have two racing drivers to add - cousins of my husband, but I've only managed just over 10% of the gedcom I uploaded and haven't reached them yet.

Answer 5

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Faithfull-180

I had this name on my tree but only today I discovered that he played rugby union for England, the British Army and Yorkshire county side not to mention Harlequins, a very famous rugby club to this day.

Answer 6

The husband of my second cousin once removed was an Olympic Champion in 2004.

Comments

which sport?

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Handball

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Thanks! What an interesting thread this is!