| PIRIE | Gordon ___, athlete voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 (5) |
| KEELY | Runner who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, _ Hodgkinson (5) |
| WHITBREAD | Fatima _, retired British athlete who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987 (9) |
| NIGELMANSELL | English motor-racing driver voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1986 and 1992 (5,7) |
| PAULARADCLIFFE | Runner voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002 |
| OWENS | Jesse ___, athlete who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936 (5) |
| HOOKS | Valerie Brisco-___, athlete who won three Olympic gold medals in 1984 (5) |
| MURRAY | Who was recently voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2015? (6) |
| ROYAL | ___ Athlete, Grant National winner in 1995 (5) |
| OTTEY | Merlene ___, athlete who began her career representing Jamaica, but has represented Slovenia from 2002 to 2012 |
| AGENT | Free ___ (athlete who's eligible to sign with other teams) |
| MEADE | George Gordon ___, Union general in the American Civil War who defeated Robert E Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 (5) |
| GROIN | Pulled ___ (athlete's injury) |
| SALTS | Smelling ___, athlete's pick-me-upper |
| ELBOW | Tennis ___ (athlete's injury) |
| SCOTT | Gordon ___, actor who played the title role in 1955 action film Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (5) |
| BESTS | Personal ___ (athletes try to set them) |
| DARCY | Gordon ___, Ireland and Leinster centre who represented the British & Irish Lions once in 2005 (5) |
| LIDDY | G Gordon ___, former US soldier and FBI agent jailed for his role in the Watergate scandal (5) |
| ALANAMECHE | First NFL Rookie of the Year in 1955 |
