| BRADY | Tom _, recently retired American footballer who played in the NFL for 22 seasons (5) |
| LINDE | Steve ___ (recently retired JPOST editor) (5) |
| TOM | ___ Brady American footballer who is married to the Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen |
| BRETTFAVRE | Hall-of-Fame Packers quarterback who played in the NFL while a grandfather: 2 wds. |
| OTT | Mel who was a New York Giant for 22 seasons |
| TERRYCREWS | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor who played in the NFL |
| TURNPRO | Join the NFL, for example |
| MELOTT | Giants star for 22 seasons |
| KEVIN | Rugby league footballer who played in the Challenge Cup Final for Leeds, Wigan and St Helens (5,3) |
| DEFOE | Jermain, England footballer who played in the Premier League for clubs including West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland (5) |
| EMNES | Marvin ?, former Netherlands youth footballer who played in Britain for Swansea City, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers (5) |
| IDOLS | Just Sam, Chayce Beckham, and Noah Thompson, in the '20, '21, and '22 seasons respectively |
| CHANG | Michael _, retired American tennis player who is still the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam tournament (5) |
| BUBBA | Charles "_" Smith, American footballer and star of the Police Academy films (5) |
| SAHIB | South American footballer in Scotland possibly is a gentleman (5) |
| TONYA | --- Harding, retired American figure skater; subject of a 2017 film starring Margot Robbie (5) |
| ELLEN | Recently retired footballer and record England women's goal scorer, _ White (5) |
| IRVIN | Michael ___ retired American football player nicknamed The Playmaker |
| TONEY | James ....., retired American boxer nicknamed 'Lights Out' (5) |
| ANDRE | ..... Agassi, retired American tennis player married to Steffi Graf (5) |
