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John Docherty, footballer and manager who took Millwall to the top of the League
He had a keen eye for talent, signing Tony Cascarino, Terry Hurlock and Jimmy Carter for Millwall, who sold them all on for a healthy profit
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John Curry, businessman whose expertise was crucial as the All England Club entered the modern era
He expanded the site, oversaw the construction of the Centre Court’s retractable roof and swelled the Club’s coffers
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Patti McGee, skateboarding’s first female champion, who took the sport on to primetime television
She was a guest on Johnny Carson and taught his fellow chat-show host Mike Douglas how to skateboard
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Barry Dennis, flamboyant bookmaker who tipped losers as ‘Barry’s Bismarcks’ on Channel 4
A great Turf character, ‘the Romford foghorn’ was celebrated for his rudeness and at Royal Ascot had a policy of ‘NO WOMEN, NO DRUNKS’
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Bill Moyes, intrepid ‘Australian Birdman’ who pioneered foot-launched hang-gliding
He never expected when he first flew off mountains that piloting kites in that way would explode as a sport
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Julia Hawkins, former teacher who broke records in competitive sprinting after turning 100
Asked about her remarkable longevity, the ‘Hurricane’ told The New York Times: ‘Marry a good man and your life will be wonderful, wondrous’
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Geoff Capes, ‘World’s Strongest Man’ who dominated 1970s shot-putting across Britain and Europe
At his peak, his daily diet included a box of cereal, seven pints of milk, two loaves of bread, a leg of lamb, two steaks and a dozen eggs
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Brian Lockwood, World Cup-winning rugby league forward who brawled with Australia’s captain
‘He just called me ‘Pommie this’ and ‘Pommie that’ with a few swear words thrown in. I ended up knocking seven bells out of him’
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Kevin Bowring, rugby union flanker who coached Wales then became a linchpin of the England set-up
The former England coach Stuart Lancaster cited him ‘as the biggest influence of my career’
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Chris Jones, climber who in 1974 scaled a face steeper than the Eiger and higher than El Capitan
‘A sheer black wall of north-facing limestone’, it remains one of the hardest alpine climbs and has never been repeated in its entirety
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Ronnie Dawson, rugby hooker who captained Ireland and led the Lions to victory against Australia
Along with Martin Johnson he holds the record for the most Lions matches as captain
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Peter Cormack, midfield maestro who won the League, FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Liverpool
Bill Shankly called him ‘the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle’ when he arrived at Anfield
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Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis star who livened up Wimbledon by playing in fur, feathers and lace
She won a few modelling contracts but said ‘if I’d been born 30 years later, I would have become terribly rich like Anna Kournikova’
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John Matheson, GP and bridge player who won the Scottish Cup a record 18 times
He amassed his remarkable tally of wins despite spending a decade and a half away from the top levels of the game
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Alan Rees, talented racing driver who later co-founded the Formula One teams March and Arrows
In 1971, March’s innovative design – nicknamed ‘the tea tray’ – took driver Ronnie Peterson to second place in the World Championship
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Pete Rose, record-breaking giant of baseball whose gambling habits led to his expulsion from the game
He won the World Series three times but was banned for life for betting on his own team
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Clive Everton, snooker authority who succeeded ‘whispering’ Ted Lowe as the BBC’s voice of the game
His rich-toned West Midlands voice exuded calm, but he was also crusading journalist and a thorn in the side of the snooker establishment
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Chad McQueen, actor known for The Karate Kid who also followed his father Steve into motor racing
His father took his parental responsibilities seriously, he recalled: ‘I think I benefited from the neglect his Mom had shown him’
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Brian Huggett, golfer who shone for Britain at the Ryder Cup in an era of American dominance
He had 16 tournament victories and was known as ‘the Welsh Bulldog’ for his tenacity
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Totò Schillaci, footballer whose goals lit up Italia ’90 but whose career rapidly fell away
He won the Golden Boot as top scorer and Golden Ball as best player at the World Cup but played only a few more games for Italy
