Athletes from the Middle East?!

[waynemorgan]

We are trying to think of any pros from the ME, minus golf. Are there any?

 

[IcSyU]

There have gotta be some soccer players don't there?

 

[bpmcclain]

the Iron Sheik

 

[bostrem00]

Hamed Haddadi, backup center for the grizzlies is the first Iranian to play in the NBA

 

[waynemorgan]

Minus soccer, doesn't count in this thread

 

[cybsball20]

Yu Darvish, the coveted pitcher in Japan is half Saudi Arabian and spent a great deal of his childhood there.

 

[edr247]

What sports are you looking for? Football, basketball, baseball and hockey? Also, are you asking about people who were born in the Middle East, and moved here to play professional sports? Or people of 'Middle-Eastern' descent?

 

[reignofthetiger]

Omri Casspi is an Israeli NBA player.

 

[eclone]

Omri Casspi, first Israeli in the NBA

Omri Casspi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[reignofthetiger]

Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu are Turkish...

 

[CycloneNorth]

What sports are you looking for? Football, basketball, baseball and hockey?

I heard Iran has a pretty promising crop of hockey talent coming up.

 

[reignofthetiger]

NBA.com NBA Players from around the world:<br> 2005-2006 Season

 

[CyLoboClone]

turkey is in the middle east?most people would call it eurasian. I wouldn't include egypt in the discussion either.

Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu are Turkish...

 

[sngorman]

I know that Morocco isn't in the M.E. but it made me think of Nawal El Moutawakel....

Nawal El Moutawakel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[cyclonedave25]

Hossein Rezazadeh, from Iran, is/was the strongest Olympic Weightlifter in the world.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOA5RbAQWA8]YouTube - Hossein Rezazadeh c&j[/ame]

 

[cyspike]

We are trying to think of any pros from the ME, minus golf. Are there any?

no

 

[Jack & Hilton]

A former 6-6 center just passed away recently in Pakistan.

 

[tiberius]

Bald Bull was from Istanbul

 

[cyspike]

A former 6-6 center just passed away recently in Pakistan.

True. First he ran like he had a relay baton stuck up his ***.

 

[Jambalaya]

Rony seikely?