List of Montreal athletes
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Gabriel Assouline, Ball Hockey Goaltender- Great AntonioGreat AntonioAntonio Barichievich, known as the Great Antonio , was a Croatian-Canadian strongman and eccentric.-Early life:He was born Anton Baričević in Zagreb, Croatia...
, strongman - Joel AnthonyJoel AnthonyJoel Vincent Anthony is a Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA who is currently a member of the Miami Heat. He is also a key member of the Canadian national men's basketball team.-High school career:...
, NBA basketball player currently playing for the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
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- Jean BéliveauJean BéliveauJean Arthur "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau, is a former professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. As a player, he won the Stanley Cup 10 times, and as an executive he was part of another seven championship teams, the most Stanley...
, NHL hockey player - Chris BenoitChris BenoitChristopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta) - Tim BiakabutukaTim BiakabutukaTshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka is a former American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL from 1996 to 2001.-College career at Michigan:...
, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers - Toe BlakeToe BlakeHector "Toe" Blake, CM was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League .-Nickname:His nickname came out of his childhood for his younger sister was unable to pronounce his name...
, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend - Mike BossyMike BossyMichael Dean Bossy is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders for his entire career and was part of their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s...
, Hockey player - Raymond Bourque, NHL hockey player
- Scotty BowmanScotty BowmanWilliam Scott "Scotty" Bowman is a retired National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
, hockey coach - Robin BurnsRobin BurnsRobert Arthur Burns is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger.-Playing career:Following a season at Notre Dame de Grace, Burns went on to play 3 years with the Montreal Junior Canadiens and another two with the Houston Apollos of the CHL...
, former NHL hockey player, founder and owner ITECH Hockey equipment - Martin BrodeurMartin BrodeurMartin Pierre Brodeur is a French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 19-year tenure with the Devils, he has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two...
, NHL goaltender - Joël Brien, NCAAF running back
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- Vic EmeryVic EmeryVictor Emery is a Canadian businessman, gold medallist at the Olympic Winter Games and a world champion bobsledder. He was born in Montreal, Quebec....
, Olympic bobsleighBobsleighBobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
Gold Medalist - Terry EvanshenTerry EvanshenTerrence Anthony "Terry" Evanshen is a motivational speaker and former star receiver in the Canadian Football League.-CFL:...
, former CFL football player, Montréal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
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- Arturo GattiArturo GattiArturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...
, professional boxer, world champion - Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
- Howard Grant, former professional boxer
- Otis GrantOtis GrantOtis Grant is a Canadian retired boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final.-Professional career:...
, former WBF champion boxer
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- Marc Harroch, former NHL hockey player
- Doug Harvey, ice hockey player
- Alonzo HighsmithAlonzo HighsmithAlonzo Walter Highsmith is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
, former NFL football player - Dave Hilton, Jr.Dave Hilton, Jr.Dave Hilton, Jr. is a former boxing world champion. He is a member of the Fighting Hilton Family and is the former brother-in-law of Arturo Gatti...
, World Champion boxer - Matthew HiltonMatthew HiltonMatthew Hilton was a Canadian boxer from Montreal, Quebec and one of the three brothers from the fighting family Hilton....
, World Champion boxer
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- Tommy KaneTommy KaneThomas Henry Kane is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks and Toronto Argonauts.-Football career:...
, former NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks - Hercules KyvelosHercules KyvelosHercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...
, professional boxer - Joe KennawayJoe KennawayJames 'Joe' Kennaway was a dual international football goalkeeper. He began his career in Canada, spent four years in the American Soccer League before finishing his career with Celtic F.C. in the Scottish Football League...
, professionnal soccer player
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- Charline LabontéCharline LabontéCharline Labonté is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and is studying Physical Education at McGill University.-Playing career:...
, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006 - Maxim LapierreMaxim LapierreMaxim Lapierre is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens...
, NHL hockey player/Montreal Canadiens - Georges LaraqueGeorges LaraqueGeorges Laraque is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who last played with the Montreal Canadiens before his contract was bought out in 2010. He is also a host for CFRN and deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada. During his NHL career he played for the Edmonton Oilers,...
, NHL hockey player/Montreal Canadiens - Vincent LecavalierVincent LecavalierVincent Lecavalier is a Canadian professional hockey center and captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League .-Rimouski Océanic:...
, NHL hockey player/Tampa Bay Lightning - Mario LemieuxMario LemieuxMario Lemieux, OC, CQ is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. He played 17 seasons as a forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2006...
, ice hockey player/owner/Pittsburgh Penguins - Kristopher LetangKristopher LetangKristopher Allen Letang is a French Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League . He played junior in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for three seasons, during which time he was selected 62nd overall by the Penguins...
, ice hockey player/Pittsburgh Penguins - Eric LucasEric LucasÉric Lucas is an active professional boxer of height 183 cm.Lucas turned pro in 1991 and came up short in his first two title shots, against WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Fabrice Tiozzo in 1996 and IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Roy Jones Jr later that year...
, former professional boxer - Roberto LuongoRoberto LuongoRoberto Luongo is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is of Italian and Irish ancestry. He employs the butterfly style of goaltending...
, NHL hockey player/goaltender, Vancouver Canucks
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- Russell MartinRussell MartinRussell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr is a Canadian Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Yankees.Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his Major League debut, and continued in that role for nearly 5 years...
, Baseball Player for the Los Angeles Dodgers - Percival MolsonPercival MolsonPercival Molson, MC was a Canadian star athlete and soldier. After an outstanding sports career with McGill University, Molson joined its administration. Molson died fighting in World War I...
, athlete, soldier
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- Craig NormanCraig NormanCraig Norman, is a native of Greenfield Park, Quebec. He was appointed full-time head coach of the McGill University Redmen in June, 2004, after winning Canadian university coach of the year honours in men’s basketball during the 2003-04 season, as head coach at Royal Military College in Kingston,...
, Head Basketball coach McGill Redmen, former basketball player, Concordia University
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- Caroline OuelletteCaroline OuelletteCaroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...
, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006 - Maryse OuelletMaryse OuelletMaryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
, female wrestler and a WWE Divas Champion
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- Mary PierceMary PierceMary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
, tennis player - Dick PoundDick PoundRichard William Duncan Pound, is a Canadian lawyer, partner of the law firm Stikeman Elliott, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency based in Montreal, and former chancellor of McGill University...
, lawyer, Olympic Games executive - Cheryl PounderCheryl PounderCheryl Pounder is a women's ice hockey player. Pounder plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics....
, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, 2006
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- Claude RaymondClaude Raymond (baseball)Jean Claude Marc Raymond was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox , Milwaukee Braves/Atlanta Braves , Houston Colt .45's/Houston Astros and Montreal Expos...
, former baseball player/coach Montreal Expos - Deanburk Reid , Montreal Matrix , Montreal Royals
- Mike RibeiroMike RibeiroMichael Ribeiro is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League . Ribeiro is of Portuguese ancestry.-Playing career:...
, NHL Hockey player - Henri RichardHenri RichardJoseph Henri Richard is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1975...
, former NHL hockey player - Maurice RichardMaurice RichardJoseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...
, former NHL hockey player/LEGEND - Greg RusedskiGreg RusedskiGregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
, tennis player
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- Martin St. LouisMartin St. LouisMartin St. Louis is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, NHL hockey player - Kim St-PierreKim St-PierreKim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...
, hockey goaltender Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006, McGill Martlets hockey team - Dean SmithDean SmithDean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
, Former basketball player , coach - Peter SmithPeter Smith (ice hockey)Peter Smith is the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. He served as assistant coach under Melody Davidson for 3 years.Native of Lachine, Quebec, he is also the head coach of the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team.-External links:...
, head Hockey coach women's team McGill Martlets - Sylvia SweeneySylvia SweeneySylvia Sweeney is a Canadian Executive Television Producer and Olympian. Sweeney is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney, and the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson....
, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist - Georges St-Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts superstar who won Canada's sportsman of the year, 2008.
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- José ThéodoreJosé ThéodoreJosé Théodore is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
, NHL hockey goal tender - Jocelyn ThibaultJocelyn ThibaultJocelyn Thibault is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres...
, NHL ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins. - Ryan ThorneRyan ThorneRyan Thorne, was born in 1971, in the city of Montréal, Québec, Canada.Ryan Thorne, is currently the head basketball coach of the women's team at McGill University, in Montréal, and has been since the 2002−2003 season...
, Head Basketball coach McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball, Bishops University
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- Maurice VachonMaurice VachonMaurice Vachon is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon...
, also known as Mad Dog Vachon - wrestling champion - Ernie VandewegheErnie VandewegheErnest Maurice "Ernie" Vandeweghe Jr. is a physician, a United States Air Force veteran and a retired professional basketball player. He is best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family...
, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks - Marc-Edouard VlasicMarc-Edouard VlasicMarc-Édouard Vlasic is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . The Sharks drafted him 35th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, using a pick exchanged for goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff...
, NHL hockey player
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- Carolyn WaldoCarolyn WaldoCarolyn Jane Waldo, is a former synchronized swimmer from Canada.Competing both as a solo and as part of a duo with Michelle Cameron, Waldo experienced tremendous success in international competition...
, synchronized swimmer - Dwight WaltonDwight WaltonDwight Walton is a former basketball player from Canada, who played at Dawson College in Montreal with teammates Trevor C. Williams, Wayne Yearwood and Boyd Bailey. He later would go on to join the Canadian National Team.Before Dawson college, Dwight Walton play basketball at Wagar High School in...
, former professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian - Ben WeiderBen WeiderBenjamin "Ben" Weider, was the co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness along with brother Joe Weider...
, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders) - Joe WeiderJoe WeiderJosef E. "Joe" Weider is co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests...
, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests - Bill WenningtonBill WenningtonWilliam Percey Wennington is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams and the 1983 World University Games team that won gold against...
, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls - Nigel WilliamsNigel WilliamsNigel Williams may refer to:*Nigel Williams , British novelist, screenwriter and playwright.*Nigel Williams , American ice hockey defenceman.*Nigel Williams , English former professional footballer....
, former CFL football player - Trevor C. WilliamsTrevor C. WilliamsTrevor C. Williams is a retired Canadian basketball player.Williams is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team and currently the head coach of the Dawson College Lady Blues AAA basketball team in Montreal, which won a provincial championship in 2002...
, former basketball player with the Canadian national team, philanthropist - Aleksandra WozniakAleksandra WozniakAleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments...
, tennis player