All-Name Teams: A to Z

Featuring names from across the world of sports…

Welcome to a special edition of the All-Name Teams:
In alphabetical order from A to Z, here is a list of athletes whose first and last names begin with the same letter.*

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High … he was named Jesus.” — the Gospel of Luke

Andre Agassi — tennis
Benjamin Becker — tennis (the opponent in Agassi’s last match)
Cal Clutterbuck — hockey
David DeJesus — baseball
Ezekiel Elliott — football
Fabio Fognini — tennis
Gail Goestenkors — basketball
Hozumi Hasegawa — boxing
Israel Idonije — football
Jussi Jaaskelainen — soccer
Kyle Korver — basketball
LaRon Landry — football
Majestic Mapp — basketball
Natalie Novosel — basketball
Orion Outerbridge — basketball
Paul “The Truth” Pierce — basketball
Quint Kessenich — lacrosse
Roger Rinderknecht — cycling
Sammy Sosa — baseball
Tim Tebow — baseball, football
Ugueth Urbina — baseball
Victor Valdes — soccer
Wes Welker — football
Xander Bogaerts — baseball
Yamileska Yantin — volleyball
Zinedine Zidane — soccer

* But there are two exceptions — their first names begin with the proper alphabetical-order letter, but not their last names. If you know of any athletes for these two categories — Q and X — please let me know!