Edwin Stead (1701–1735) – noted cricket patron and team captain in the 1720s and early 1730s George Louch (1746–1811) – cricketer Robert Clifford (1752–1811) – cricketer for Kent Fuller Pilch (1804–1870) – cricketer for Kent and Norfolk Henry Tracey Coxwell (1819–1900) – balloonist H T Waghorn (1842–1930) – cricket statistician and historian Spencer Gore (1850–1906) – first Wimbledon tennis champion Cuthbert Ottaway (1850–1878) – England football captain Frank Marchant (1864–1946) – cricketer for Kent Fred Waghorne (1866–1956) – ice hockey referee in Canada Douglas Carr (1872–1950) – cricketer for Kent and England Syd King (1873–1932) – footballer and manager of West Ham United Archie Cross (1881–unknown) – footballer for Woolwich Arsenal Edward Walter Solly (1882–1966) – cricketer for Worcestershire Walter Tull (1888–1918) – UK's second black professional footballer and first black infantry officer John Stanton Fleming Morrison (1892–1961) – golf course architect Louis Zborowski (1895–1924) – racing driver Wally Hammond (1903–1965) – cricketer for Gloucestershire and England Dick Edmed (1904–1983) – footballer for Liverpool Les Ames (1905–1990) – cricketer for Kent and England Alec Rose (1908–1991) – sailed single-handed around the world Hopper Levett (1908–1995) – cricketer for England Art Potter (1909–1998) – Canadian ice hockey administrator Sam King (1911–2003) – golfer Arthur Fagg (1915–1977) – cricketer for Kent and England William Murray-Wood (1917–1968) – cricketer for Kent Jack Conley (1920–1991) – footballer for Torquay United Ted Ditchburn (1921–2005) – footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and England Malcolm Allison (1927–2010) – footballer for West Ham United and football manager Brian Moore (1932–2001) – TV sports commentator George Wright (1930–1992) – footballer for West Ham United Brian Luckhurst (1939–2005) – cricketer for Kent and England Barry Davies (born 1940) – TV sports commentator Bill Ivy (1942–1969) – motorcycle racer Brian Rose (born 1950) – cricketer for Somerset and England Paul Gilchrist (born 1952) – footballer for Southampton, Portsmouth and Swindon Town Kevin Jarvis (born 1953) – cricketer for Kent and Gloucestershire Tony Godden (born 1955) – footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea and Birmingham City Dave Carr (1957–2005) – footballer for Luton Town and Torquay United David Gower (born 1957) – England cricket captain and TV presenter Bob Bolder (born 1958) – footballer for Charlton Athletic, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday Graham Dilley (born 1959) – cricketer for Kent and England Richard Ellison (born 1959) – cricketer for Kent and England Barry Knight (born 1960) – football referee Steve Bennett (born 1961) –