Famous Twins (Sports, A-J)

Sets of twins or individuals with twins who are athletes of note with the last names beginning with the letter A to the letter J. Please feel free to update if you have any additions to this list. (birthdates refer to dates of birth of the multiples if known) Our sports lists include the 12 sets of twins to both play in the NFL, nine sets of twins to both play in MLB, five sets of twins to both play in the NHL and five sets of twins to both play in the NBA

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• Adams, Gary and Gene - (born Sept. 4, 1939) - Gary is the winningest coach in UCLA baseball history, guiding the Bruins to close to 1,000 victories in 30 years at his alma mater (1975-2004). He and his twin brother, Gene, formed the UCLA middle infield during the 1960 season and Gene's son, Manny, played for his uncle at UCLA. Gary Adams coached more than 40 collegiate baseball players who made it to the majors
• Alson, Rafer - (born July 24, 1976) - NBA player (Milwaukee, Toronto and Houston) who is nicknamed 'Skip to my Lou'. Has a twin sister. Grew up in Queens, NY
• Andretti, Mario and Aldo - (born Feb. 28, 1940) - Famous race car drivers. Mario is the only race care driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and the Formula One World Championship. Mario's two sons, Michael and Jeff, also both competed in the Indy 500 as has one of his grandsons, Marco. Aldo was also an established driver but had to retire following a serious accident in 1959. His two sons, John and Adam, have also raced professionally
• Arroyo, Carlos and Alberto - (born July 30, 1979) - Carlos completed his sixth NBA season in 2007 and has played for the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets and Toronto Raptors during his career. He is considered one of the all-time best NBA players of Puerto Rican descent. His twin brother Alberto plays basketball professionally in Puerto Rico.
• Ashburn, Richie and Donna - (born March 19, 1927) - Richie (birth name was Don) was a Hall-of-Fame MLB Infielder, primarily with the Philadelphia Phillies. Hit .308 during a 15-year career that included five All-Star Game appearances. Passed away in 1997. Had a twin sister Donna, who preceded him in death
• Augustyniak, Julie and Nancy - (born Feb. 1, 1979) - Professional women's soccer (WUSA). Played together collegiately at Clemson and then professional together in the WUSA for Atlanta. Julie married an identical twin, Chris Tuff, in 2007 and still plays for a team in Atlanta while her sister now plays for a team in Fort Collins, Colorado

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• Barber, Me'Lisa and Mikele - (born Oct. 4, 1980) - Former collegiate Track & Field champions at the University of South Carolina

Tiki and Ronde Barber in 1999

• Barber, Tiki and Ronde - (born April 7, 1975) - Probably the best known NFL twins. Tiki Barber was a running back with the New York Giants (1997-2006), while Ronde Barber is a defensive back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997-present). Tiki had his best professional season in 2005 with 1860 yards rushing, 2nd in the NFL, then followed it with 1662 yards rushing in 2006, 4th-best in the NFL, before retiring at the age of 30. Ronde had two TD's in a game on Sept. 22, 2006 vs. the Eagles to tie an NFL record. They both have experienced off-the-field NFL success as writers (the Barber Twins co-wrote three children's books together), actors and TV and radio work. Tiki began broadcasting for NBC-TV beginning in the 2007 season
  
  
• Bell, Mark and Mike - NFL-playing teammates whose careers were interrupted by off-the-field problems. Mark was a defensive end for Seattle from 1979-1982, and with Baltimore and Indianapolis in 1983 and 1984. Mike was a defensive end with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1979-1985 and then again from 1987-1991. But both Bells were sent to prison in 1985 for cocaine possession, causing Mike to be suspended from the league in 1986
  
  
  
• Belle, Albert and Terry - (born Aug. 25, 1966) - Albert had 381 career homers in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Cleveland Indians. Terry is an agent
• Blackmon, Stefanie and Tiffanie - (born May 16, 1983) - Women's basketball players who were both members of the 2005 Baylor University women's basketball NCAA championship team. Stefanie was one of the stars of the team
• Bosworth, Korey and Kyle - (born Nov. 21, 1986) - Defensive players for UCLA football team. Nephews of former NFL linebacker, Brian Bosworth. Kyle is a junior linebacker and Korey a redshirt sophomore defensive end
• Brands, Terry and Tom - (born Apr. 9, 1968) - Wrestling greats who are both members of the United States National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Terry was inducted in 2006 and Tom in 2001). Terry is a two-time World Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist (2000) who now coaches for USA Wrestling. Tom is a former Olympic Gold Medalist (1996) and World Champion and is now the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa
• Brazenton, Dewon and Fewon - (born June 16, 1980) - Dewon is a Major League Baseball pitcher who compiled an 8-25 career record with a 6.38 ERA in parts of five seasons (through end of 2006 season). His twin brother, Fewon, had CP and was confined to a wheelchair before tragically passing away at the age of 22 in December, 2002, just a few months after Dewon's MLB debut
• Brown, Elmer and Delmer - Teamed with fellow twins Blaine and Wayne Rideout to set world record in sprint medley track & field relay in 1938. Delmer was a long-time coach and trainer at East Texas State, Texas Tech and Baylor. He was also head trainer at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Elmer served as trainer at TCU for 28 years and was an Olympian as both an athlete and trainer (1956)
• Bryan, Bob and Mike - (born April 29, 1978) - Mirror-image identical twins who have been the top-ranked men's tennis doubles team in the world off-and-on since 2004. Have won 42 men's double titles together, including five Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon 2006, Australia 2006 & 2007, U.S. Open 2005, French 2003) and close to 50 titles each as of mid-2008 (Bob has five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles and Mike has one)
• Bullocks, Daniel and Josh - (born Feb. 28, 1983) - Became the 11th set of twins to both play in the NFL when Daniel played the 2006 season for the Detroit Lions as a strong safety. Josh left college a year earlier (both twins went to the University of Nebraska) than his twin and played the 2005 and 06 seasons with the New Orleans Saints as a free safety
• Burge, Heidi and Heather - (born Nov. 12, 1971) - Were once the world's tallest female twins at 6'4 3/4" each before being unseated by the Recht Twins of Oregon. Heidi and Heather played collegiate basketball at the University of Virginia, where they led the Lady Cavs to three Final Four Appearances. Heidi played briefly in the WNBA and the story of the Burges was made into a Disney Channel movie in 2002, Double Teamed

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• Cannon, Joe and Jon - (born Jan. 1, 1975) - Joe is a two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year who has been playing soccer professionally since 1998. Jon was drafted in the 1993 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played most recently in the Arizona Diamondbacks system and may now be out of baseball
• Canseco, Jose and Ozzie - (born July 4, 1962) - Jose Canseco is probably the most successful baseball player ever who was part of a twin combination where both twins made it to the majors. While his twin brother Ozzie played just 34 games in the majors and never hit a homer, Jose retired following the 2001 season with 462 homers, 22nd on the all-time list at the time. Jose played his first eight seasons in the majors with Oakland and ranks as that teams' third-leading home-run hitter in history behind Mark McGwire and Reggie Jackson. Ozzie is now a player agent. Jose and Ozzie were arrested together in the winter of 2001 in an altercation in Miami. Jose's allegations of steroids abuse in baseball following his retirement has made him a controversial figure well after his playing days were over
• Cash, Keith and Kerry - The Cash twins both played at tight end in the NFL, playing for five different teams from 1991-1996. Keith Cash was with Pittsburgh in 1991 and Kansas City from 1992-1996. Kerry Cash played for Indianapolis (1991-1994), Oakland (1995) and Chicago (1996)
• Cliburn, Stan and Stu - (born Dec. 19, 1956) - The Cliburns both played for the California Angels. Stan played first, as a hitter for one season in 1980. Stew was more successful, playing three seasons as a pitcher including a very successful campaign for the Halos in 1985 in which he compiled a 9-3 record and 2.09 ERA. They continue to work together, Stan manages the Triple A Rochester Red Wings and Stu is the pitching coach
• Collins, Jarron and Jason - (born Dec. 2, 1978) - The two were collegiate stars together at Stanford and were NBA rookies during the 2001-02 season. Jarron has played all seven of his NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz while Jason played six years with the New Jersey Nets before being traded twice in 2008, first to Memphis and then to Minnesota. Jason is 7'0" and Jarron is 6'11". On January 29, 2007, the two started against one another as the Nets played in Utah
• Connolly, Merja and Jim - A rarity among sporting twins, male/female twins who were each established athletes. Merja helped lead the UCLA Women's Volleyball team to the 1984 NCAA Championship, being named to the All-Tournament team. Jim won the decathlon at the 1987 NCAA Track & Field Championships. Their parents met at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne where they were each gold medalists in track and field - Harold Connolly (USA) in the hammer and Olga Fikotova (Czechoslovakia) in the shot put
• Cooper, Henry and George - (born May 3, 1934) - Henry Cooper is a former European Heavyweight Boxing Champion and two-time BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner who is best remembered for knocking down then Cassius Clay (and later known as dad of twins Muhammad Ali) in a non-title fight in 1963 (Ali's last fight before defeating Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champ). They also met in a title bout in 1966 which Ali also won. Henry has an identical twin brother, George
• Cooper, Jacqui, Fiona and Sarah - (born Jan. 6, 1973) - Jacqui is an Aerial Freestyle Skiing World Champion from Australia and part of a fraternal set of female triplets. She was a favorite in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics but failed to medal
• Czisny, Alissa and Amber - (born June 25, 1987) - Fraternal twins, Amber and Alissa are both world-class competitive figure skaters although Alissa has received more honors, finishing third at the 2007 U.S. Championships. She is also a former U.S. Collegiate Champion at Bowling Green State University where both twins attend school

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• Darling, Devard and Devaughn - (born Apr. 16, 1982) - Highly decorated prep football players from Houston who both signed to play college football at Florida State. Devaughn died tragically on Feb. 26, 2001 during off-season conditioning drills. Devard transferred to Washington State University to continue his collegiate football career and then played the 2004-06 NFL seasons with the Baltimoire Ravens
• Davis, Glenn and Ralph - (born Dec. 26, 1924) - "Mr. Outside", Glenn Davis was one of the most reknowned players in college football history, winning the Heisman Trophy at Army in 1946 and helping to lead Army to three straight national championships and setting numerous college football records two of which he still held at the time of his death at age 80 in 2005. He would go on to win an NFL title for the L.A. Rams in a pro career that was shortened by injury. His twin brother Ralph attended West Point at the same time but did not play football. Ralph was the older twin by 90 minutes and preceded his twin brother in death
• de Boer, Frank and Ronald - (born May 23, 1970) - Dutch National Team soccer players. They played together on both the 1994 and '98 Netherlands World Cup teams
• Doyle, Brian and Blake - (born Jan. 26, 1955) - Twin brothers from a baseball family, Brian played just parts of four seasons in the majors but is remembered by New York Yankees fans for his heroics in the 1978 World Series. His twin brother Blake played nine seasons in the minors. The Doyle Twins older brother, Denny, played nine seasons in the majors. Together, the Doyle twins founded a successful baseball coaching academy, Doyle Baseball, after retirement. Blake is still that organization's CEO while Brian is now a minister in Florida
• Dunn, Jerry and Terry - (born May 6, 1953) - Terry is the head coach in men's basketball at Dartmouth College. Jerry formerly was the head coach at Penn State and now serves as the assistant at the University of Michigan
• Edwards, Marshall and Mike - (born Aug. 27, 1952) - Mike Edwards had a couple of successful seasons in MLB for Oakland, but made it to the bigs first with Pittsburgh in 1977. Marshall, like his brother, was more of a speedster than a power-hitter. He played three mostly unspectacular seasons with Milwaukee from 1981-1983. They also had a younger brother named Dave Edwards who played five seasons in the big leagues
• Elway, John and Jana- (born June 28, 1960) - John Elway is an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback whose twin sister Jana was unable to witness his enshrinement into the Hall of Fame in 2004, passing away in 2002 to lung cancer. John was the quarterback for the Denver Broncos from 1983-98, leading his team to five Super Bowls, winning the titles in his last two years in the NFL in 1997 and 98. He played in nine Pro Bowls and had the best winning-percentage of any quarterback in NFL history.
• Epstein, Theo and Paul - Theo was named the GM of the Boston Red Sox in Nov., 2002 at the tender age of 28 years and 11 months. His brother is a girls soccer high school in Brookline, MA. Their mom is also a twin and they are the grandsons of Phillip Epstein (co-writer of movie, Casablanca, with his twin brother Julius)
• Evers-Swindell , Georgina and Caroline - (born Oct. 10, 1978) - New Zealand identical twin sisters who the Gold Medal in the Athens Olympics in 2004 in the Double Sculls Women's Rowing Event. Two-time World Champions in Doubles Rowing who were also co-named 2005 Rowing Female Crew of Year by the International Rowing Federation

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• Fair, Lorrie and Ronnie - (born Aug. 5, 1978) - Professional women's soccer players. Lorrie was on USA National Team and was a member of the 2000 silver medal-winning USA Team. Lorrie played collegiately at UNC and Ronnie at Stanford
• Fathauer, Daryl and Derek - (born Jan. 20, 1986) - Amateur golfers who competed together at the University of Louisville. Derek won the 2006 Big East Men's Golf Championships and Daryl captured medalist honors in 2007 at the same event.
• Ferraro, Chris and Peter - (born Jan. 24, 1973) - NHL players who became first set of identical twins to play on same team when they each played for the New York Rangers during the 1995-96 season. They scored a combined 16 goals in their NHL careers
• Florie, Bryce and Bryan - (born May 21, 1970) - Bryce Florie played parts of eight seasons in MLB (1994-2001) as a relief pitcher. His brother never played baseball professionally
• Ford, Cheryl and Daryl - (born June 6, 1981) - Cheryl is two-time WNBA All-Star was all-WAC basketball player at Louisiana Tech. Twins biological father is NBA great Karl Malone
• Frazee, Megan, Molly and Moriah - (born March 29, 1987) - The only set of triplets playing NCAA Division I Women's Basketball together, the Frazee triplets completed their sophomore seasons in 2007 as the three leading scorers for the Liberty University Lady Flames. Megan was the 2nd leading scorer in the conference with 17.2 points per game while also averaging 8.5 boards per game and was invited to the 2007 USA Women's National Team Trials
• Gait, Gary and Paul - (born Feb. 1, 1979) - Famous lacrosse players - Gary is considered one of the best players in the sport's history. They are from Victoria, B.C. Paul retired from the sport in 2002. Gary also is a women's asst. lacrosse coach at the Univ. of Maryland
• Galaxy, Khaosai and Kaokor - (born May 15, 1959) - Twin boxers from Thailand who were both World Champions, the only set of boxing twins to ever earn that dual honor. Khaosai was the WBA Super Flyweight Champion from 1984-92, retiring after 19 successful defenses of his title. He retired with a 50-1 career record in the ring (his only loss coming early in his career) and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999. Kaokor was the WBA Bantamweight Champion twice, defeating Wilfredo Velasquez on May 9, 1988 only to lose the title three months later to Sung Kil Moon on Aug. 14, 1988. He became champion again on July 9, 1989 in a rematch with Moon but again lost in his first title defense later in 1989
• Geiger, Matt and Mark - (born Sept. 10, 1969) - Matt Geiger enjoyed a 10-year NBA career from 1992-2002. He shaved his head late in his career in honor of Mark's battle with cancer (now in remission)
• Golsen, Gene and Tom - The only set of twins to both play together on the same NFL team, the 1926 Louisville Colonels squad, a team which played just four games in the NFL before folding
• Gorgen, Scott and Matt - (born Jan. 27, 1987) - Collegiate baseball pitchers who have excelled at different campuses. Scott is a two-time All Big West honoree at UC Irvine and was named a Freshman All-American in 2006. He tossed four straight complete game victories late in the 2007 season to lead his Anteaters to their first-ever College World Series trip and was 13-3 with a 2.85 ERA during his sophomore season. Matt ended his sophomore year as Cal's saves leader with nine while adding a 3-5 record and 2.51 ERA
• Graffin, Andrew and Allen - (born Dec. 20, 1977) - Track distance runners from England. Andrew competed for England in the 2000 Olympic Games. Both have run sub-4 minute miles
• Graham, Joey and Stevie- (born June 11, 1982) - The Graham Twins became the 5th set of twins to both play in the NBA when they made their pro debuts during the 2005-06 seasons. Both twins played collegiately at Central Florida and Oklahoma State University (transferring after two years in college). Joey was taken with the 16th overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors and has played two full seasons in the NBA. Stevie was undrafted and has played 36 games in parts of two NBA seasons with four different teams, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston and Portland
• Grant, Horace and Harvey - (born July 4, 1965) - One of highest-scoring twins in NBA history. Horace played 17 seasons in the NBA, earning 4 World Championship rings, and scoing 12, 996 points while adding 9,443 rebounds. Harvey played 11 seasaons and totaled 7,781 points with 3,436 rebounds
• Griffin, Michael and Marcus - (born Jan. 4, 1985) - Twin brothers who played collegiate football together at the University of Texas, where they helped lead the Longhorns to the 2006 National Championship. Michael was the first round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans and will likely play cornerback int he NFL. Marcus redshirted his freshman year and will be returning to Austin for his senior season in 2007
• Grimes, Ray and Roy - (born Sept. 11, 1893) - Roy just played the 1920 season for the NY Giants, but Ray fared a little better, playing a total of six seasons as a power-hitting first-baseman and had a career batting average of .329. His most successful season was 1922 when he hit .354 for the Cubs with 45 doubles, 12 triples, 14 homers and 99 RBI. In 1926, Ray was a teammate of Bubber Jonnard with the Philadelphia Phillies, marking the only time in MLB history that two different sets of twins played together on the same team
• Gullikson, Tim and Tom - (born Sept. 8, 1951) - Tennis players who experienced success in both doubles (10 titles together, runners-up at Wimbledon in 1983) and singles. Tim passed away due to a brain tumor on May 3, 1996 and Tom founded the Tim and Tom Gullikson Foundation to support victims of brain tumors. After finishing their playing careers, both twins turned to coaching, Tim used to coach Pete Sampras and Tom coached or captained both a U.S. Olympic Team (2004) and Davis Cup (1995-99)

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Paul and Morgan Hamm in competition

• Hamm, Morgan and Paul - (born Sept. 24, 1982) - Two-time Olympic gymnasts who were on the U.S. silver medal-winning men's team in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Paul won the gold medal in the All-Around Men's competition, although the scoring was disputed in a controversy immediately following the announcement of the results (it was not overturned). He was the first American male ever to win Olympic gold in the all-around. They returned to active competition in 2007 and hope to make the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
• Harrison, Alvin and Calvin - (born Jan. 20, 1974) - U.S. Olympic Track & Field Gold Medalists (Alvin in both 1996 and 2000, Calvin in 1996) who overcame adversity of homelessness to earn Olympic gold and then later saw success tainted with suspensions from international competition due to use of illegal substances
• Hauser, Brad and Brent - (born March 28, 1977) - Distance runners, Brad ran 5000 meters for USA at 2000 Olympics
• Hayes, Jarvis and Jonas - (born Aug. 9, 1981) - Jarvis and Jonas played collegiate basketball together at Western Carolina (one year) and then the University of Georgia (two years) where NCAA troubles for the Bulldogs led Jarvis to declare early for the NBA draft. He was selected by the Washington Wizards in the 2003 NBA Draft and has played four seasons in the NBA. Jonas is as assistant basketball coach at South Carolina State University
• Head, Samantha and Johanna - (born Feb. 28, 1973) - Women's professional golfers from England
• Hobgood, C.J. and Damien - (born July 6, 1979) - Professional surfers
• Hochschorner, Pavol and Peter - (born Sept. 7, 1979) - Olympic Canoeing - Slovakian twins who teamed to win gold at 2000 Olympics
• Hodges, Roneeka and Lewis, Doneeka - (born July 19, 1982) - Women's basketball players who played collegiately together at LSU for three years before Roneeka transferred to Florida State for her senior season. Roneeka played three seasons in the WNBA for the Houston Comets before going to training camp in 2008 with Phoenix where she was briefly reunited with her twin sister Doneeka (who had changed her last name after marrying). Doneeka played three years in the WNBA with Los Angeles but both twins were cut during camp in '08 and didn't get to play together in the regular season
• Hollonbock, Scot and Sean - (born Nov. 5, 1969) - Scott won 2 gold medals at 1992 Paralympics and set world records in 800 and 1500 meters
• Howard, Ryan and Corey - (born Nov. 19, 1979) - Ryan Howard was voted the 2006 National League Most Valuable Player after leading MLB with 58 homers and hitting .318 while adding 149 RBI. He is 6'4, 255 pounds and his twin brother, Corey, is 6'6", 260 pounds. Both twins were in the marching band together in their St. Louis area high school and Corey played basketball and went on to get a law degree
• Hughes, Kim and Kerry - (born June 4, 1952) - 6'11" basketball players who both played at the Univ. of Wisconsin in the early 1970's. Kim was all Big-10 and later played 6 years in the ABA and NBA before coaching for both Denver and the Clippers
• Hunter, Bill and George - (born July 8, 1886) - George Hunter played Major League Baseball two years for Brooklyn in 1909 and 1910 while Bill only played one season, in 1912 with Cleveland

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• Johnson, Tony and Teresa - (born March 12, 1982) - Outstanding former athletes at Penn State University who come from a rich family tradition of athletes. Tony led the 2004 football team in receptions and Teresa was a starter on the Penn State softball team. Their older brother Larry is Penn State's all-time leading rusher and NFL rushing leader (K.C. Chiefs) and their father Larry is a Defensive Line coach for Penn State
• Jonnard, Bubber and Claude - (born Nov. 23, 1887) - The Jonnards were a batter-pitcher baseball twin combination. Bubber (a catcher) made it to the bigs first, playing for Chicago (AL) in 1920 and four teams total in a six-year career. Claude (the pitcher) specialized as a relief pitcher in a six-year career that began with the New York Giants in 1921. He led the majors in games played in 1923 with the Giants (45) and also led in saves both in 1922 and 1923 (5 each season). He also played in three World Series including the 1922 series where his team defeated Babe Ruth's Yankees
• Josephson, Sarah and Karen - Olympic Synchronized Swimmers who were 1988 Silver Medalists and 1992 Gold Medalists. Sarah also won two individual Olympic medals and Karen won one individual medal

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Twinstuff 13:04, 26 May 2007 (CDT)