Sportsman (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sportsman</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that player is a type of sportsman)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for player that I've seen before include "South African golfer, b. 1935" , "Sportsman - instrumentalist" , "Partaker in game" , "one on the wing, perhaps?" , "Game's participant" .)
(Other definitions for golfer that I've seen before include "Driver, chipper and putter" , "Player with clubs and tees" , "McGinley or Harrington, say" , "Player on links" , "Swinger on course" .)