There are a variety of North American sports that offer a MVP seasonal award. The most ever for a single sport is Wayne Gretzky who won the MVP award on 9 separate occasions in the NHL. Other notable winners follow:
MLB: Barry Bonds has won the award 7 times in the National League
NBA: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the award 6 times
NFL: Peyton Manning has won the award 4 times
MLS: No player has won the award more than one time
A Sportsman but it some people say it by the sport they do for example If someone played football you may call them a football player If someone was in the olypmics you may call them an athlete ect
A professional soccer player is a deticated athlete that gets paid to play on a team.
what do you have to do to become a professional athlete
Dinara Safina is a professional tennis player.
Hakeem Olajuwon was a professional basketball player.
Martin Abena is a professional soccer player from Cameroon.
Jerry Rice
Paul Gasol is a Spanish athlete. He is a professional basketball player having played for the NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers.
Lou Gehrig was a baseball player. Bob Griese is a former professional football player.
Nolan Ryan, professional baseball player Nancy Carrigan, US Olympic figure skater Nick Falbo, professional golfer Greg Norman, professional golfer Joe Namath, professional football player
You can just say, "i am a professional hockey player" or call yourself an professional athlete in hockey. Anything you want really.
Matt Anderson is an award winning professional volleyball player. Anderson was a three time All American athlete in college at Penn State, an Olympian, and won a gold medal in the 2008 Pan American Cup.