Sorting a file

I have the file below which I need to sort by player and then rewrite it, this file will then be used as part of another part of my input process on my site. A couple of things. I am able to read the file into an array using 'file', I think, but I am not able to sort it. I have tried different variatons of 'sort' and it doesn't do it properly. One other question though, when I display the contents of the array in my browser, I only get the players name and not the <Option VALUE=?>, I am assuming this is because of the way IE has interpreted it and that the entire line did actually get read, but who knows. Any help is appreciated..... <Option VALUE=1>Bonk <Option VALUE=3>Alfredsson <Option VALUE=4>Neil <Option VALUE=5>Chara <Option VALUE=7>Lalime <Option VALUE=15>Hossa <Option VALUE=18>Phillips <Option VALUE=20>Redden <Option VALUE=21>Havlat