Athlete

• football player

  An athlete who plays American football.

• ballplayer

  An athlete who plays baseball.

• hockey player

  An athlete who plays hockey.

• tennis player

  An athlete who plays tennis.

• soccer player

  An athlete who plays soccer.

• lacrosse player

  An athlete who plays lacrosse.

Also contains

• golfer

  Someone who plays the game of golf.

• card player

  Someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games.

• chess player

  Someone who plays the game of chess.

• grandmaster

  A player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge.

• shooter

  (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots...

• server

  (court games) the player who serves to start a point.

• scorer

  A player who makes a score in a game or contest.

• pool player

  Someone who shoots pool.

• stringer

  A member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer".

• seed

  One of the outstanding players in a tournament.

• bowler

  A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins.

• playmaker

  A player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate...

• dart player

  Someone who plays the game of darts.

• volleyball player

  Someone who plays the game of volleyball.

• billiard player

  Someone who plays billiards.

• most valuable player

  The player judged to be the most important to the sport.