Former professional basketball player Christian Laettners hall-of-fame career for the Duke Blue Devils is recognized as one of the greatest in NCAA history. Raised in Angola, New York, Christian attributes his determination and competitive drive to his brother, who bulled him as a boy. During his college years playing on the basketball team, he scored over 2,000 points, which set... read full bio
Christian Okoye is a Nigerian-American former professional football running back who played with the Kansas City Chiefs the entirety of his football career. Okoye was born in Enugu, Nigeria, and he moved to the United States when he was 21 and began playing football at California’s Azusa Pacific University. Okoye went on to be drafted in the second round of... read full bio
Christian Ponder is a former American professional football quarterback who has played in the NFL. Ponder was born in Dallas, Texas, and he began his career playing high school football at Colleyville Heritage High School where he was named to The Dallas Morning News’ all-district first team. Ponder went on to play college football at Florida State where he was... read full bio
Christian Ramirez is an American professional soccer player who currently plays forward for the Houston Dynamo of the MLS. Ramirez was born in Santa Ana, California, and he began his career playing soccer in high school where he also played for the Olympic Development Program and earned the Golden Boot award. He went on to play college soccer first at... read full bio
Christian Sprenger is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer from Queensland who trained under Simon Cusack at the Commercial Swimming Club. Both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events were won by him in the Australian Swimming Championships. Later in the year, he took home nine FINA World Cup victories, along with seven silver and three bronze. He recorded a new personal... read full bio
Christian Vande Velde is a professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for Garmin-Transitions. The son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal. With the team time trial win by Slipstream-Chipotle in Stage 1 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Vande Velde became the first American to wear the... read full bio
Christian Yelich is an American professional baseball outfielder that plays for the Milwaukee Brewers of the MLB. Yelich was born in Thousand Oaks, California, and he began his career playing high school baseball at Westlake High School. From there, he was selected by the Miami Marlins in the MLB draft and he went on to play for the Greensboro Grasshoppers,... read full bio
Christie Patricia Pearce (who you probably know was Christie Ramone) was a professional soccer player, primarily playing as a defender. Christie also served as captain of the United States national team. Christie played in five different FIFA Women’s World Cup finals and four different Olympics women’s football tournaments. Christie, along with her team, won the championship of both the 1999... read full bio
Christine Sinclair is a Canadian soccer player and captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada and she has played as forward and attacking midfielder. Sinclair began playing soccer at 4 years old and she started playing with Burnaby South Secondary School where she helped lead them to three league championships. Sinclair went on... read full bio
Christy Martin, also known as “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”, is a former American world champion boxer who is CEO of Christy Martin Promotions, a boxing promotion company. Martin was born in Mullens, West Virginia, and as a child she played in various sports before going on to earn a basketball scholarship from Concord College in Athens, West Virginia where she... read full bio
Chuck Amato is a former American football coach and former football linebacker. Amato was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and he began his career playing football in high school before going on to play college football at North Carolina State University where he earned his B.S. in mathematics and his master’s in education. While playing football in college, he helped the... read full bio
Charles Bednarik is a former professional football player, known as one of the most devastating tacklers in the history of football and the last two-way player in the National Football League. Bednarik was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Bednarik was ranked number 35 on the NFL Network's The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players". Ranked one spot ahead... read full bio
Chuck Foreman is a retired American football football player. He was a running back during his National Football League career. Foreman was named NFC player of the year by The Sporting News. He was named All-Pro and played in five consecutive Pro Bowls. Foreman had 3 straight seasons rushing for 1,000+ yards and scored a then NFC record 22 Touchdowns... read full bio
Chuck Howley is a former football linebacker in the National Football League. Howley played with the Cowboys for 165 games over thirteen seasons, playing in two NFL Championships and helping the Cowboys reach two Super Bowls. The Cowboys finished in the top seven in the NFL in scoring defense and yards allowed in 10 of Howleys 13 seasons with the... read full bio
Charles David “Chuck” Liddell is a retired American wrestler. He is a mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He has 20 wins in kickboxing, and 21 wins in mixed martial arts. Liddell has been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Liddell’s grandfather was the one that paved his career. His grandfather taught Liddell and his siblings... read full bio
Chuck Muncie was an American football running back who played for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times, and tied the then-NFL season record for rushing touchdowns. He became the first member of the Saints to be named to a Pro Bowl, and he was... read full bio
Chuck Pagano is an American football coach and former football player who is currently the defensive coordinator coach for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. Pagano was born in Boulder, Colorado, and he began his career playing football at his high school before going on to play college football at the University of Wyoming where he also earned his degree... read full bio
Chykie Brown is an American professional football cornerback who has most recently been a free agent. Brown was born in Houston, Texas, and he began his career playing high school football where he was named an all-state standout, a two-time all-district athlete, and a first-team 5A all-state by The Associated Press and Texas Sports Writers Association. Brown went on to... read full bio
Cindy Parlow Cone is an American soccer executive and president of the United States Soccer Federation. Cone was born in Memphis, Tennessee and she started playing soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her time there, she was a four-time All-American and she helped the team to win the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship three times, and... read full bio
Cortrelle Javon (CJ) Anderson is an American football running back for the NFL and plays for the Carolina Panthers. He was signed by the Denver Broncos after college, and made it to one Pro Bowl and won the Super Bowl 50 while playing for the Broncos. Anderson was already succeeding in football while playing in High School. During his time... read full bio
