John Angus Lyall (24 February 1940 – 18 April 2006) was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. His mother, Catherine, was from the Isle of Lewis, his father, James, was from Kirriemuir. He was born in Ilford, Essex.

Watched by West Ham manager, Ted Fenton, and chief scout Wally St Pier, Lyall was offered a place at West Ham aged fifteen. In October 1955 he joined West Ham United as a groundstaff boy, with duties such as boot cleaning, painting the football stands and wages clerk. He played youth team football as a left back. In February 1957 he won his only significant international honour when he played for England Youth in a 7–1 victory over Luxembourg at Upton Park. In 1957 he was also a member of the West Ham side which lost 8–2, on aggregate, to Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup Final.

He made his senior debut in April 1959. His first team career was interrupted and prematurely ended by a serious injury to his left knee. In January 1964 after making 36 appearances in all competitions, aged 23, he was diagnosed with an inoperable, generally disarranged knee and retired from playing professional football. Lyall was granted a testimonial game by West Ham which was played in April 1964 and netted him £3797. He was offered the role of part-time youth team manager.

Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958) is a retired English footballer who played as a defender.

Playing most of his footballing career for West Ham United he appeared in 598 games for scoring 34 goals. With the club for 21 years, and winning the 1980 FA Cup Martin left West Ham in 1996 and played one season with Leyton Orient before moving into football management with Southend United. This lasted only two seasons before he started a career in the media on radio station talkSPORT and also as a pundit on Sky Sports TV football talk shows. Playing 17 times for England during the 1980s, Martin represented them at the 1986 World Cup.

Born in Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, Martin played schools football for Bootle and Lancashire and was attached to Merseyside club Everton as a schoolboy, but left in 1974 after the Goodison Park club only offered him an apprenticeship on a part-time basis, stating at the time that he "would never kick a ball for them again".^{[citation needed]} An unsuccessful trial later that summer with Queens Park Rangers was followed the very next day by one for West Ham United, where he was awarded a contract as an apprentice 19 August 1974. He appeared in the FA Youth cup final of 1975 and signed as a professional on 29 July 1976. He did not make his first team debut until 18 March 1978 as a substitute against Aston Villa. His final appearance was as an 88th minute substitute on 5 May 1996 against Sheffield Wednesday.

John Roy (September 13, 1930–June 13, 2001) was a noted professor in the Art Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1964 until his retirement in 1994. He continued to paint until his death in 2001. His work included pointillism and photorealism and he created a remarkable and highly original body of work that represents an important contribution to the history of late twentieth century American painting.

A contemporary and colleague of Chuck Close, the two influenced each others' work considerably. Roy was the subject of one of Close's more noted paintings.

Graham Wilson (died in Sydney, New South Wales on 20 December 2005) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for Newtown club and later Cronulla-Sutherland, also achieving state and international representative honours. He is also the father of fellow Sharks and Blues player Alan Wilson.

Originally from Grafton, New South Wales, Wilson made his first grade debut for Newtown in the Sydney premiership as a 16-year-old in 1960. He was first selected to represent New South Wales the following season.

In 1963, the South African team was touring Australia and Wilson represented Sydney against them. Before leaving for New Zealand, the South African team invited Wilson and Canterbury-Bankstown's hooker, Fred Anderson to bolster their injury-ravaged forward pack. Later that year Wilson toured Britain and France with the 1963-64 Kangaroos, gaining the unusual distinction of playing for two countries in the same year. On tour he played for The Ashes, helping Australia to victory in the series.

Francis "Frank" McAvennie (born 22 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.

McAvennie grew up in Milton and attended St. Ambrose Primary and St. Augustine's Secondary.

McAvennie started his playing career in Scottish Junior League football. He did not move into professional football until he joined St Mirren in 1980, at the age of 20. He would make 135 league appearances for them over the next five years, scoring 48 goals.

Before turning professional, he had joined the Territorial Army and later had trials with the British Army but was not accepted for a role with them due to his inability to hit the target during shooting practices. He also had a spell working as a road sweeper.

His strong form in Scotland attracted attention from south of the border, and John Lyall signed him for West Ham United in June 1985 for £340,000 and he formed a formidable partnership with young English striker Tony Cottee. He was originally signed as an attacking midfielder, but was played as an out-and-out striker after an injury to Paul Goddard in the opening game of the season.