years for five different teams (Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals). His two sons, Joe Jr. and Nick Lahoud, played Minor League Baseball. Basketball Rony Fahed – basketball player Matt Freije – basketball player Fadi El Khatib – basketball player Ali Mahmoud – basketball player Elie Mechantaf – basketball player Rony Seikaly – Lebanese-American professional basketball player Joe Vogel – professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team Jackson Vroman – professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team Wael Arakji – basketball player Ice hockey Ed Hatoum – former professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks Nazem Kadri – professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs Playing card tournament titleholders Kassem 'Freddy' Deeb Ihsan 'Sammy' Farha Joseph 'Joe' Hachem Football Faisal Antar – football (soccer) player Roda Antar – soccer player Mohammed Ghaddar – soccer player in Syria Wartan Ghazarian – soccer player of Armenian origin Moussa Hojeij – soccer player/manager Youssef Mohamad – soccer player in Germany Soony Saad – soccer player Jamal Taha – soccer player Skiing Ibrahim Jaja Rugby league Hazem El Masri – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player and highest NRL point scorer Anthony Farah – hooker for the West Tigers in the New South Wales Cup Wayne Chahoud – played for the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Cup Liam Ayoub – plays for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL Rugby Union Ahmad Harajly – World Rugby Sevens Series USA Rugby player and first Arab American rugby athlete to represent the USA. Professional athlete for Major League Rugby for the New England Free Jacks See also Lebanese diaspora List of Lebanese people (Diaspora) References